Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-13

Special Correspondence.
Seven or eight families from Canada are
expected at Scotland in a few days.
Nineteen Russian families will loca.e in
Hutchinson county, ten miles west Of Olivet,
and ten miles northwest of Scotland.
Seven families have taken land by jump
ing and buying in the vicinity Of Olivet.
Besides these, about seven Of eight young
men without families have located In the
same neighborhood.
l mentioned in my last the death Of one
Of Isaac Nellis' little girls, The other died
the day after the funeral Of the first. The
grave was opened for the other, and they
now lie together. Two beautiful little girls
they were, three and four years old.
The equinoctial storm arrived on the 9th
of April, instead of the 10th Of March.
This day five years ago, We had a severe
snow storm, driving the cattle before it into
%ravines, and covering them up with snow.
Hundreds of cattle were lost on the Missouri
and Jim rivers, and several people persisted
in different localities.
The fields are green with The growing
wheat, and the open prairie affords sufficient
feed for cattle. Ducks and geese are moving
northward. The crow of the prairie cock
wakes us at early dawn, and everything that
is ION the earth and in the waters beneath
the earth." proclaim it spring time,
immigration is coming in the valley rap
idly. Thirteen families from Minnesota
have selected lands on Dry creek, five miles
west Of Milltown, in Armstrong county
This creek is called Dry creek, because it
sinks before ii arrives at the Jim river. Two
or three miles from this point it is 4 running
stream. SIX
The Bohemians are crowding on the Rus.
slams by purchasing lands wherever they
can get them near their settlement. These
people came here ten years ago, with eighty
dollars in money. They now have each 800
acres Of land, well improved, and about
ST, 900 worth, or more, Of stock and nipple.
ments, and are able to buy 800 acres more.
So much for farming in Dakota. If there
is any other country in the world that q man
can accumulate $40 acres Of land in, in ten
years, l would like to hear of it. If Bo.
hemiah or a German can do this in the past,
we want a few more grasshoppers to scare
the lazy Yankee out.
1t is now one o'clock the 9th day OF
April. take back all l said at nine this
morning. The fields are not green, the
cattle are not grazing on the prairie. ducks
and geese are not flying, nor does the prai.
rie cock crow. Instead of fields Of green
are fields of white. The cattle are In the
sheds and stables. The ducks and geese
have hid themselves in stme high banked
Like or stream. The prairie cock sits
quietly in the high grass and everything
ION the earth and in the waters beneath the
earth" proclaim it a "blizzard." "Let bel
rip" The farmer says it is good for the
wheat. Is is a fac simRt of what VI had
five years ago to-day.
In my last l remarked that the millers O
Dskota must find Q market for their -four
The millers are no more interested in thi!
fact than you people of Yankton. Nov
since an appropriation of $780, 600 has beer
made for the improvement of the river, i
looks as though the most feasible route tt
market would be by the Missouri river. 1
they can ship wheat from St. Louis to New
Orleans for Z cents per bushel, which il
about half way from Yankton TO that point
why can't We do the same from Yankton tc
St. Louis? With q little improvement Of
the river we certainly can. The rates from
New Orleans to Liverpool are the same as
those from New York, since the improve,
mebt has been made in the mouth Of the
Mississippi by the erection of Ead's ~jetties
enabling the large class of vessels to ente,
the port Of New Orleans. All the river
towns south of Sioux City are now alive to
the enterprise Of shipping their grain by
water instead of rail. Barges are now carry
ing immense quantities of grain from Kan.
sas towns TO St. Louis. This project will
enliven Yankton beyond all others.
Whereas If you extend railroad communica.
ton beyond yeur city produce and freight
will pay without your receiving any tribute
whatever. Yankton should look to and
improve her natural resources before it
launches her means into channels Of trade
that will In . few years meet with competi.
ton. You can build railroads whenever
and wherever ysu please, but you can't
make another Missouri river. 1t seems to
me that it is and will be the natural chan.
mel for the transportation of the immense
wealth of the fertile valleys of Dakota.
A man in Kentucky got rich by attending
to his own business. Every man caves
money. which is the right road to fortune,