Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1879-01-16

MESTOW.N, STUTS
story, and therein is our opportunity. 4
During recent trip east had this sub:
ject in mind much Of the time, and learned
some surprising facts. Take tour
througtf' either Ohio cr' ln,lisna; and you
will'not meet ! group Of q hsif dozen men
(outside' the large cities) but one or more
have been to Kansas, tried it and returned.
Let any one in such a.cFowd announce bis
purpose to rem0ve "a Kahsas, snd' he will
he met then and therc by 4 prompt de:
claration Of his folly. Why, now, what
is the use Of your going d, that soft Of =
wild goose' chase;;o i,svel rot Mr.; Jones
here and / tried that, You will 30 there
and sink 4 lot Of money Ind. be glsd to.
get back, just u *e did .'4 That 'iga fair
sample of answers heard -.
Ny brother,J: IF. Beadie,. 10 ek1own to-
many here d.. familiar With the vest, and
long q popular and reliable writer thereon
In conversations with him, he eaid. ID
substance, that, if all Who hsd nig1ratett 70
Kansas bad remained there, it wOdld now
have at least 1900, 600 inhabitants; but it
| has in fact not over half that number; if
so many. Out Of 900 900 Or more who
went there in the year 1877. not over
u, 900 remain in The state This proper
tion of returning people steadily increases.
The momentum was such; and the times
have continued hard 50 long that there is
only now. .li,ninution Of migration there
To-, but 1t must hereafter rapidly decrease.
The only chance now IN Kansas is for
bargains in more settled regions in the
eastern part, or for those who design en-"
gaging in stock raising and know just
what they are about and have the means
to stick to it DO MT report their views
so strongly as 1 heard them from reliable
sources. It showed me however that the
end has begun and that our opportunity
is now. *#" @'"a. $50 q
Three or four great lines of railroad are
entering our borders. or near to them The
Milwaukee and St. Paul; the Sioux Falls
line; the Winona & St. Peters (branch
of G. s N. w. and the Hastings and
Dakota near Big Stone Lake. All will
90 forward at once, neither has . land
grant and all are greatly interested in
securing the settlement Of tile country
west of them They will all aid US and
join with US in properly advertising Da-
kota. They are anxious We should do
something There are the upper Sioux
and Vermillion and nearly the whole
valley Of Dakota river unsettled. The
last contains vast area of the finest lands
as good, every whit, as the oldest settled
counties In southeastern Dakota. There
is a great plain or valley in the niddle
part, (at the dirt lodge fegion) as fine as
the valley of the Red River of the north.
It is now untouched and has more area
than remains untaken of the other valley
This should all be settled in two years, it
can now be occupied easier, because of
these railroads, than Northern Clay or
Union counties could eight years ago.
The next census will, with proper work,
show Dakota with 100000 people. That
should be our aim; that shown to the
nation will admit US to the union or give
the southern part admission. We must
do something for immigration. The
legislature can surely frame plan so
simple and inexpensive IS to be fair to
all and burden some but which may vast.
ly aid the work. True economy is in
growth and increase of production and
taxable property. With a quarter of a
million people and three fold our present
property all objections to statehood will
disappear. The movement will advance
the welfare of every part Of Dakota, old
and new. The general return Of prosper
ity will aid US also. Growth will beget
energy, and activity in one line will de-
velop enterprise in all our institutions as
well as in commerce. In this direction
lie the interests of oil and through its
success every obstacle is removed and
every wotthy point gained. Can weOet
the next two years Of our history take
care of itselfs Let US shape it with WIS.,
dom unto honor. w. 81. Fl. BEADLE.
I "A Contrivanoe that Will Walk Loxy
| Man Twelve Miles IN Hour.
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