The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-05-04
SWIFT AND STEVENS COUNTY.

At their present rate of settlement it
will not be but year or two until Swift
and Stevens counties are as thickly set
tied as Rice or Oimsed. The flood of
emigration is literally pouring in. We
quote an extract from a letter in the
Hastings Union Of last week:
EMPIRE, April l4th, 1876.
EDITORS HASTINGS US1oS
There is a regular stampede from this to
Swift and Stevens counties. SOre returned
yesterday, feeling happy over the selections
they have made south of Morris, in township
1873 i2s raj range 4s. Ate, getting their Gro % ps IL
..ere they are going back again to break on
their new farms They give a glowing account
of the western prairies and predict that in
few wears fron now Swift and Stevens county
will be as tAickly settled as Dakota county
now is. The superior quality Of their wheat,
and the large increase in yi-d will more than
counterbalance the extra cost Transportation.
Beside they expect speedy connection be
tween Breckenridge and Glyndon, which will
add from five to ten cents more to every BUSH
el of wheat raised on that line Of railroad.
They expect farming will be as profitable any,
where west OF kandiyohi county as it now is in
Dakoia county.
The correspondent is right. The
building of that short piece of railroad
from Breckenridge to Glyndon.-thirty-
six miles in all-would add twenty per
cent. to the value OF every acre of land
along the main line OF the st. Paul and
Pacific railroad l. would give access
to the forts of Dakota and Montana
grand market for supplies. If the Black
Hills prove q success i, would give still
greater market for beef, -four, pork, &c :;
while CT tse other hand it would place
Meeker. k,udiyohi, Swift, Stevens and
Grant counties in direct connection with
Duluth. audshus add ten to fifteen cents
per bushel tothe price of wheat during
the season Of nike navigation.
We find in the Benson Times OF April
18th. published 4 the county seat of
Swift county, the iNlowinV:
l. is with pleasure w notic9 9Ttnt eAe influx
Of settlers to wilt county u inee9nufne. Since
tn. spring opened and th9 unow cared.
the number coming in - Shnpu 80 ~
cry train unloads from ave- To- 10usn. " ANY
| others come by conveyaneW 6luoeo II enspi-
try. One week ago to-day, ply sf{r5i-
the train, and In the oounso cfe e6nrk ~
h urs had met their friends, m - ~ sac
the new homes they had seleoo1 3 - p
| months ago. On the same train u~g0 r.
| fifteen Swedes, who came for the ss1no -
and did likewise Land and cirtu5 0SR
chief topics Of conversation on the sonou0 a1
in the hotels, and after thy so to bea - 81
hear them discussing the merits Of ouuo1
lands they haye looked at, or deciding w.
they will so 20 prospect on the morrow A1I
seem pleased with what they End, and mai
selection m-whsre before they are here rnxll]
DAYS. There i an abundance OF land to chooS
from. ard the amos.nt aud grade Of the whea
raised in this county tie past year, show il d
be Of an excellent quality. The emigration
doe. not come from one sr two points alone
Massachusetts,, New York, Ohio, Indiana
Michigan, aud other states are represented. b.
sides the many coming from other COMMITTEES /,
this state, and the fsrsign imuigrasou wbicl
Comes continuously. There is land enough &
max. homes tor ali.