, 1879-08-09
RED RIVER VALLEY.
tte Mammoth Wteat-Fiefds.-.A
Few Words of History.
The Disparaging Statements Of Gen.
Hazsn, and How They Have
Been nelutod.
Operations Of 0liYcr Dn1rymp1e--.Tho
Cass, Cheney. and Grandin
Firms.
4 Bonanza Which Fir Exceeds Anything
Developed ut Leadvilla.

uofctuPtu W 0tAuFllHs
Bptthi Corrtsrondfhes Of The Trttn1He.
RED RIVER WALLET, Aug. Ain Dakota. no
miles northwest Of Chicago, III tho Valley Of
the Red River Of The Hnrlll, during The present
week, there is harvest.scene tho counterpart
Of which canaot be found on the face Of the
earth. Il "a q seems where science, tnvknlton
capital, and system have reduced Lie cast Of
w1lcat-culturo 10 its minimum. Nor IL there
seomngiy any place on The fAce ot the earth
whcro 1t can be duplicated; for thcEcis no oshcr
location where kojI, climate. location, With otlpr
conditions, combine as in that region.
Having been one Of d pasty Of Journalistic 10
visit tl,nt suction during thu past week, shall
np"ak OF what NC hare sccn.
1lscre nsc lnrrer fields Of wheat in California
than III DaAoln, bat California sows its wheat
IN the fall, while the cereals Of Dakota arc nil
sown Ia tho spring. California Inns no rainfall
in summer but is dependent wholly upon tic
rainy season In winter. In Dakota the summer
rainfall Is sufficient for The production Of crops
In perfection. But OF this moro ny.nntl-by
4 Few SoRps or HISTORY
arc needed ut tic outsat. In 1870 and n, ut
tho time tho construction of the Northern
Pacific Kailroad was begun, tho newspapers con.
taine1 descriptions of The country nlong its
line, which wcro generally d'scredtted and
ridtc,1led. The country WIS sarcnstically called
"Jay Cookies Paradise" The man issued by
him represented tic ieothcrmal Of Chicago rs
pending northuard to the British boundary,
md Tint of st. Paul as reaching far away to tho
Upper Saskatchewan. The country rms de-
clarcd to DO the future whcat-acld Of
The Continent. Proctor Knott rldlculrd
The idea in Congress. After Mr..
Cookies fai1urc, in September, 1917, and
tho collapse Of The Northern Paclac, those who
had given sueh glowing dcscriptions OF tic
country were held up to acorn anil rdcnle,-
the writer Of tlls arsclo being one Of tnc n,lsl-
ber. The January number Of the North .fmrr-
itan Reu;tp for 1876 contains crushing article
bY Gen. William .. Hazen, who had been sta.
tened nt Fort Duford, at the junction of the
Yellowstone md Missouri, mt who, Of conrsc,
know ail about tho country; md, ho'nE grad
uatc Of West Point, his Testimony could not ho
gatnhntd. 1le admitted that tte Red River 'hl-
ley wns fertilo. bit beyond that .lic Country
was IN the main worthless quote:
t:ong west from The Red River to TIM Jnmes
there Is aon,u fair nnt!. but much TINT II worth"
sss; aa themes to tho VIZ 81 Or tn no
Heyond tl.o Rei Is{ycr tho country I, not sus-
'IF's Tho counsry With lie exception hitherto mcn-
toned, Is practically worthless.
This was crushing stntoment. The mcn and
wonon who had Invested In thc bonds Of tic
thu bonds wero worthless, but the lan's Mao.
Gen. IInxcn fortified his stntcnrnts by eopious
citations frhm the rcnorta of other
graduates Of West Point, and tho accumulated
evidences sent the bonds Of the Northern Pacific
down to $40.
but. while Gen. f1nzen was writing that crush
inE article, Mr.. j. R. Power, I.AlM Commits
sioner Of the Company. was turning the sous on
qna,,ter.sec,ion abot.t ten miles west Of TIE
Rcd Rlver,-tl,e Company being determined to
lot the world know that thy Red River Valley,
at lcnBt, WIS not worthless region. THAI
breaking wnt done in June. 1871, md sown 10
wheat In 1915, producing good crop.
OLIVER DALRyMrLE.
Of Cottage Grove, near St. ruu, had n'ada q
fortune In raising wlcut: but. through uBfottn-
mats Investments, had seen 1t slin away. III
March, 1875. tie prosPuctea tho country west uf
ti,c Kcd River, and ma,!D up Ills mint that Nat
urc had gtyun to that Iocaity-tle statements
Of artny.otIlecr8 10 the contrary u0twithstalltl
!ng-suporior conditions for tue production Of
ali small grains,
MEANWHILE two Directors of the Northern
Pacile,-tho lion, g. ". Cnss. os itttsbnrg, and
!nt.ds wero valuable, had changed their bonds
Into lands, nnt luu purchased the intervening
Government sccttons with fntitan scrip,-th,ls
giving them comphct farms OF large area. atr.
DAfiNlPlG} AAflHk IilE4S VII AEtuIHCHIGAA hlLA
them, turned l,!s Elrst turfow III june, 1s15,
blowing; 80 acrcs, harvesting his first crop N
1S79 Next year 1e Increased the acreage, and
has gono OIL I'LL he has this year
TWENTY THOUSAND ACRES IN cRors,-
1900 being wheat, aud the remainder oats and
barley, used Oh the farm. lis has broken 5000
ucres atdtttonal for next year,
Thfs does not oil liz In o1ie body; hut por-
t!nn-thu Gran,l!n farta, owned by tllc tiranAn
hrolhcss. Of Tldcoutc, la.-ltcs IN Trail Coun-
IN thu Cass Cheney, and tiran,ilu tracts is 75,0pl
ncrca, Of which Mr. Dalrynple by tt,u fulfill
ment nt ha part OF the contract. will own one-
half, or 81 500 acEcs all eaEllod slnco June, 1911
do not FFopose to give the statistics Of Mrr.
CTS doubtless arc familiar with them. Suffice It
10 any, .lat his whcat-crop this yeAr Will agEre-
gate between 40o, ,010 aIld 5oa,0N bushels; that
buslauI; una tint the nct profit will bu from 10
to u cents per hslstle Ite estimates ttie ayer-
age yiuld at from tweniy-three To twenty-five
basheta per nero. Thu net profits on the crn'
thIs year will not be less thnn $lk0, ,01O! Talk
about Loa..vsllet llsra is II bonanza which viii
bc profitable next year, and thc next. aud tho
ncxt.
Hers let INC say t1lat Mr.. palrymp!e is too
good farmer to exhaust h!s lam!s. He docs
not buFn silu manure Of lis stals, but plies It
III Tho field, and. when it is well rottcd. will
turn 1t to tic soil; af.t proposes to keep hts
land N heart by plowng In clover aud letting it
!ie 1QlloH4
nEuoLp THE scEsai
lust think OF a sra Of what containing twenty
square niles,-l3, ,00u ncres,-rIc1. ttpo, goltlsn,
--the wtn,ls tipp!ing over It. AZ far ~ tho cYo
can geo tIieru IA tito sumo Colen.russct hue.
Fnr away on the horizon you buhold MI nrnly
swccpnE along iu grand slroretsIon. Riding OH
to tncetit, you sec d Ma}or-General on horse
back,-lho Superintendent, two Brigsders Oh
horsrback, k,-ronatrers. No swords flash In the
sunlight. but thclr weapons arc monkey
wrenchea aud hammers. No brasa band, no
dFmbcat Or shriIl nnte OF tic t1fo; but tlle army
tnoYas on-a solid phalaux Of twauty-tour self.
bindtnY reapers-tD tho inuslc Of its own una
chncry. At one swoap, In twtnkll,,g, swath
Of l1e feet has been cut and housNl,-s.1r reapesa
tossing lite bundles almost uisdainfut!y Into the
nlr,-cach bIudor doing i',c work Ut stx tnen.
1u all there xrc 1I5 solfbndlnE reauers ut work.
During tile harvest about 400 nlen nrc employed.
and during tlrcshluE G00,-thetr wages beiny IL
day with hoard.
Il u estimated. that this combination Of
capital with a rigid system, adls about 81 per
AFRO 70 str. DalrympEo's pso0t oyrs those who
farm iu stnall way.
u. ths month Of March, 1877, when tho article
q uen. !la2eu waa having liz full torre, Mr,
Dalryalple WAS walking over thcse lands, aud
sar!ag to h!maclf, as hs bcheid tho quality OF
n ArHh fuh..