The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-14


place few years, finds he cannot pay
the mortgage, and q chance if it does
not grow larger, cannot keep up the
is ready to sell, in fact
must sell to avoid foreclosure. SomeI
of the best years of his life are gone
and he is not as near having home
for his old age, perhaps retires dis
heartened and goes to renting farm
on shares, then he can never expect a
home of his own.
Are all of these improvements nee
essary? In your country they proba-
bly, are, here they would be eXtrava-
giant, very poor investment, person
could lay his money out in land and
stock to great deal more profit, good
straw sheds will keep stock comforta-
BILE and thrifty, better than many
barns. Hay that can be cut on land
West costs nothing, and put in the
stack for less than $3.50 a ton, would
pay poor interest on barn to cover
it. A house that costs 800 if it is
comfortable, will hold your family and
household effects, will do as we'll as a
$1,000 one until the farm will build
better.
Another reason why young men
should go West, is, the advent Of SO
much labor saving machinery is crowd
ing laborers out Of work, and they
must find new industries. What bet
ter opening for farmers sons than to
come out here and take some of Uncle
Sans land he offers to give away.
Then labor is plenty and cheap here,
during the busy part of the year it is
scarce and very high. Pages could be
written on this subject, but I will drop
it here and present some of the advan-
tages we claim for this section Of the
country.
Minnehaha Co. lies west of the north
line Of Iowa, in the best wheat regions
OF the United States, and is wen adapt
ed to stock raising. I never see any
finer cattle in Kenosha Co., except
thoroughbreds than we have here to-
day, Sheep do better here on our dry
rolling prairies than they do on the
level prairies of Kansas and Nebraska
where the soil is liable to be strongly
tinctured with alkali. It is in the best
watered section Of Dakota, the cOun-
try Astounding in lakes, creeks and
rivers, which are we'll stocked with
fish as the land is with game, some
marvellous stories can be told of fishing
and hunting. I will relate two that
can be vouched for Two men filled &
wagon box with pickeral in about two
hours, all they had to do was stand on
the bank Of the creek and throw
them out with a manure fork and put
them in the wagon. One man rode
seven miles and back, shot forty seven
geese and brants inside of three hours.
A common occurrence for a couple
hunters to go out and shoot 80 or 100
chickens in day.
Water can be had ON any claim by
digging ten to fifty feet, generally if
teen to TWENTY-FIVE.
Sioux Falls, the county seat, is loca-
ted OH the Big Sioux, and has one of /
the finest water powers in the country. |!
At this place the Big Sioux has a fall
of 10 feet in one-half mile. It is being
rapidly improved, and at no distant
day it will be one of the largest mill
ing towns in the West. One railroad
is now completed to the county line,
Is miles from the county seat, and will
be completed next summer, others in
process of construction are pointing
his way. The one coming next sum-
ner is from st. Paul, and gives us di-
rect communication with the lumber
,egions of MINI. We also get Pa. coal
rom st. Paul at a reasonable figure.
The country is fast settling up, from
he fact the land is held for actual set
lers. Spectators cannot buy up
arge tracts of the Government as
hey have done in some of the states,
hus keeping it away from settlers,
Unless they pay them high figure
or it, and you are sure to have neigh
,ors. The man that is on the front to-
lay, will soon have neighbors all
round him and clear beyond him.