Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1878-05-24

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NO. 81.
The attention of the readers of the TR1-
BuSE has frequently been called totheval-
ue ofthe lands lying along the line Of the
Northern Pacific railroad from Bruincrd
TO Bismarck and also west of the Missouri
river, and we shall continue our endcavors
to impress upon our readers the impor-
lance of securing portion of these lands
while they are cheap and easily obtained
The successful cultivation of the soil is
the only abiding source of prosperity for
any people. In many of the older states
success is only achieved by slow and la
borious processes, requiring more labor to
cultivate successfully one acre of land there
than ten acres of our rich loamy prai-
rics. Then the price of land per acre ranges
from twenty-five to one hundred dollars in
the older settled states, and with few ex-
ccptions land far inferior to these broad
undulating prairies with which wcar sur
rounded and upon which little value, CON-
parativcly, has been heretofore placed.
We are glad to notice an increasing inter
est in Dakota lands recently, and to see
that our people arc beginning to realize
the cytant and value of this mine of wealth
| with which we are surrounded, which is
; more enduring than the Black Hills, and
not secreted in inaccessible gulchcs or
wicrd glcns, requiring expensive and prob
ably exhaustive and Intellectual prospect
ing, but opening out on every hand it in
vitcs occupancy and promises rich re-
turn proportionably to the amount invest
cd. There are no richer or more product
i've lands in the world than along the line
of the Northern Pacific; and there is no
spot in the civilized world where lands,
with the same facilities for crops and mar
kct, can be obtained so cheap; the prices
put upon their lands by the Northern Pa
cific company arc lower than that Of any
other land grant company and in addition
to this the preferred stock of the company
is received at par for land which at the
present price (abort fifteen cents on the
dollar) brings most of the railroad lands
to less than one dollar per acre to the pur-
chaser These lands are especially adapt
ed to raising cereals and vegetables, and
from careful examination of the soil and
with an experience of many years in wheat
lands we take the responsibility of pre-
dieting that within ten years the Northern
Pacific belt from the Mississippi to the
mountains will be the wheat field of Amer
ica. 1t is bewildcring to contemplate the
capability Of this vast area, when its rich
black soil shall yield its long husbandcd
richness to the hand of industry. The
Northern Pacific has ever been liberal
with actual settlers, and has offered and
still offer liberal inducements in reduction
of fare and frcights to all desiring to settle
within their limits, whether on govern
ment land or lands purchased from them.
As result of their efforts and the immense
yield of wheat and oats, and in fact crops
of every kind wherever planted along their
line of road last year, the country is at last
waking up to the truths which the TRIBUNE
has been endeavOring to make prominent
for long time, viz: that the Northern Pa
cific belt was the worlds granary. Twcn- |
ty-fve to thirty bushels Of wheat to the
acre, and said acre costing less than one
dollar, is strong argument, and from the
activity recently exhibited in Northern
Dakota lands, seems effective. The sales
ut the company's office for the three months
ending March 3lst, aggregate $500 acres.
A large amount of government land is also |
being taken at all the Offices along the line
of road. Many large farms have already |
been opened and quite a number will be !
opened this season.
William Floyd, of Altoona, Pennsylva- !
MIA, will break up on his land near James
town two thousand acres. Van Dcuscn,
Gcele s. Co., of Milwaukee, will break up |
about the same amount near the 18th Sid |
ing, about half way between jamestown
and Bismarck, Charles Parke, Joseph Dill /!
worth and others, of Pittsburgh, about the
same at the 18th Siding, twelve miles east
of Bismarck, and all along the line from
Braincrd to Bismarck, hundreds of farms
will be opened varying in area of cultiva-
from forty TO three hundred and twenty !
acres each. From the best information
obtainable there will be at least one hun
dred and twenty-five thousand acres in
wheat. within the limits of the Northern
Pacific grant and enough more land being
broken to double the arrcage in 1879. Six
miles east of Bismarck, on Apple creek,
quito settlement from Maine have loca-
ted, and VIC learn more arc to follow. These
men are all thrifty business men with means
enough to dcvclopc their lands which they
arc doing in a practical way. Around Bis
marck the farmers arc increasing their
acreage and many new farms have been
opened this spring. The large Stark farm,
three miles from town, three hundred and
twenty acres Of which was broken last
year, is being cultivated by Mclean & Mac
nider, the crop is looking finely and bids
fair to be an immense success. When it
becomes generally known that lands of
such remarkable fertility, depth Of soil,
adaptability to cultivation, and so easy of
access, are to be had US homestcads, timb- !
er claims and by prc-emption at two dol
lars and fifty cents per acre, and of the
railroad by purchasing preferred stock at
less than one dollar per acre, m en- who |
are now cultivatin g poorer lands east, hut
which, owing to their locality, stand in
the market at from twenty-five TO fifty dol
lars per acre, will dispose of the m, to pur-
chase with the proceed. many times the
original amount of land and better adapted
for raising wheat, and in fact all kinds of
produce with the exception, perhaps, of
corn, although in the vicinity OF Bismarck