Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-03-16
IMMIGRATION
Wonderful Innux OF Settlers to tho Wess
-ilorioas Prospects for the
Future.
Sioux City Journal.


The7mmigration which is now pouring
into the west has not been equaled for sew.
erai ~ sons. Almost every section of the
g., a. .Nissourlv VALLEY. Is. receiving. LARGE and
c,rsia.t add. to its population. The
class OF people coming is much better, In
the way of worldly possessions, than the
average of farm. seekers who preceded
them. being men of some means and pre.
pared to do moro in one season in opening
up good farms than the first corners could
IN three. The depressed times of the east
have sent people to the west and south to
cur the benefits the country offers.
They are coming by wagons and railroads,
and are bringing stock and everything
necessary for the immediate opening of new
homes.
The Illinois Central railroad has been
running three passenger coaches 10 cco
modate the increasing traffic along its line,
and everyday brings to Sioux City y large
number, otmen on the ssarch for lands over
in Nthnska and up h. DAkoa. Large
delegations are also scattered a: different
stations along the line. particularly east of
Marcus. 10 which places the Iowa Land
company has for sometime been directing
the attention OF home seekers by arranging
excursions the members of which have
~ NUAitNo oN fiStty lCaS1uattC iattS III
order 10 introduce them to sections which
the company was pant cuiarIv anxious to
ill up with sstiers There are many, how
ever. who come on west 10 l. Ms.>r lake
the ST. Paul Toad leadiig Z up into the most
northW es,erG counts Of Iowa. the number
of theS" ranging from twenty to forty q
day.
The most remarkable immigration in the
history Of the cou ltry, however, il going
into southwestern Minnesota, and into that
part Of Dakota across the state line, and St
Paul railroad company having put forth
herculean and very successful efforts to at
tract settlers to the sections mentioned.
kasota, the 81. Paul junction of the Winona
and St. Peter road, sees hundred of home
steaders daily change cars, bound for the
lands along the branch. Worthington the
St. Paul junction Of the Sioux Falls Branch
is nightly overrun with people going on
toward the Lowell of the west, as Sioux
Falls has been dobbed. The trains that pull
out every morning are crowded with pas
sengers bound for the newly opening section
and a large share of those on board tn,
train are compelled to stand up for want o
sitting room. The Ike Of this rush ha
never been seen in those parts. Many o
the newcomers leave the trains at the var;.
Gus stations which have sprung up on wha
until recently was blank prairie, and theme,
scatter into the surrounding fertile regions
but a large proportion of them g on t
Beaver creek, the present end of the line
and then take stage or private conveyanc,
for Sioux Falls, twenty miles distant, which
is their distributing point for q vast sectio,
of country which is now being filled SO fas
by newcomers that the Unitel States LAM
office is run to its utmost capacity to accom-
modate those who desire TO locate on gov
eminent lands, and real estate agents ar
kept on the jump attending to the bushes
which Is go rapidly growing OF their hands
Sioux Falls itself Is also growing at al
unprecedented rate, but is not runnin,
ahead of its tributary country. Bushes
houses are going up, new enterprises ar
being started, and the briskest kind Of time
are being enjoyed by the community. Th
railroad is being pushed forward to its com
plction, Mitchell Vincent, the contracto
for its construction, feeling now able to sa,
that !: will probably be completed by tn
middle Of next july. He SAYS that be viii
be compelled TO get his grading complete,
before the spring breaking of new Ian,
commences. which will be about May 18th
for he cannot keep his men and teams afte
that, and that he will also have to have hi
track laying out Of the way before harves'
as his hands will then leave his work an,
go ipto the fields for the higher wages tina
will be paid.
Everything points to the most favorabl
times throughout the northwest the comm.
and succeeding seasons. and it is certainly
matter for congratulation that the bushes
men who have stuck here through the har
times can nov look forward to a reward 70
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