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

At their present rate OF settlement 1t
will not be but = year or two until Swift
and Stevens counties are as thickly set
tied as Rice or Olmsted. 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 USIoH
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 range 43. Ate. getting their crops in
,.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 a
Saw Years from now Swift and Stevens county
will he az thickly settled as Dakota county
now is. The superior quality OF their wheat,
and the large increase in yi-ld will more than
counterbalance the extra cost of Transportation.
tw. en- Breckenridge and Glyndon, which will
add from FIVE to ten cents more to every BUSH
Il Of wheat raised or that line Of railroad.
They ex pect farming will be as profitable any
where west OF kandiyohi county as it now is in
Dakota county.
Tue 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 1. would give access
to the forts Of Dakota and Montana
grand market for supplies If the Black
Hills prove success i, would give a still
greater market for beef. -four, pork, &c !;
while or tie other hand it would place
Mcekcr, k,ndiyohi, Swift, Stevens and
Grant counSes in direct connection with
Duluth. andshus add ten to fifteen cents
per bushel tothe price OF wheat during
the season OF AXE navigation.
We find in the Benson Times OF April
18th, published 4 the county seat oi
Swift county, the allowing:
| Il is with pleasure Wa notes that TIE influx
| OF settlers TO wilt county Is increasing. Since
til- spring opened and tho snow dkmppeared,
| the number coming in has been doul1ea: Nv
ery train unloais from five Sftsen. ID nnny
others come by conveyanoss aasess tAe oossi
try. One week ago to-day, pity OfChunai-
an French :xenty-eight in nnn1esr en6ne On
| the tram, and in the course on cnup1p a
h urs had me. their friends, and 60 out q
the new homes they had selecekd 3 s1nple d
months ago On the same train were - q
fifteen Swedes, who came for the ss1ns pogTDe
and did likewise. Land and c.Iiu0 alo%
chief topics Of conversation on the saseg0 ~
in the hotels, and after thy so to bed ~ 9
hear them discussing thu merits of esgtnll
lands they have looked At, or deciding VIZ
they will 20 % prospect on the morrow. II
seem pleased with hat they find, and mali
selection m-where before they are mere rnan
DAYS. There i An abundance Of land to choos
from. and the arnesnt aud grade OF the whe.
raised in this county tie past year, show 1t
be Of an excellent quality. The ern,-rasio
doe. not come from one .r two points aion
y Massachusetts,, New York, Ohio, Indian
) Michigan, aud other states are represented, b
sides the many coming from other COMMITTEES
: tbs stat, aud the flrsign imniSra.;ou whfe
comes continuously. There is land enough
max. homes tor ali.