Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-02
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to 10 ambitious for state honors aud enlarged
, sovereignty. 1t 10 said We must wait lonl
= for the return of . republican majority Il
3 both houses because the democratic MAORI
y will not admit . republican state. Som,
oppose q state organization because It would
cause too heavv,an expense list for our aggre
gate wealth. Others say that only - . state
caa We reach our strength, ornlake adequate
gain, in population and wealth. There arc
other similar arguments of all shades. We
believe there is n line of action which ID
equally the duty of every class of c~itizens,
and which will at the 'same time successful.
~ answer the objections Of each and best
secure a statehood desirable for all. This IL
going to work heartily for the settlement of
our lands. The times are ripe for 1t. Tho
people, east and west, are deairous Of &C.
cupying just such lands as We have, free
and abundant, for them. From New Eng
land, the Dorian hive Of our northwest colo.
| MES, and from every state Of the middle
west the people are moving or preparing to
move to pew homes. They
will mainly go where they
are invited. One.hslf know nothing
of Dakota except through the Northern
Pacific railroad. Many Of these hesitate to
go SO far north, magnifying the rigors Of the
climate. The other great railroads pass
through Nebraska and Kansas and the latter
keeps all channels filled with its bloviation.
1t usually happens that the homeseeker has
studied a railroad prospectus, and, having
purchased hia ticket, starts with the expccta-
tion of being pleased, and locates somewhere
on that line. And it is curious often to OBJ
serve how earnestly they will at first try to
persuade themselves that they are satisfied.
The very throng he inds himself with hur-
ries him on to his selection. The good
lands found in any given region keep up
the current and it overaows upon lands
which would not originally have been
touched. The railroads, the Spectators,
owners Of townsites and all traders and per-
sons who have invested, are interested in
keeping up the movement. In such manner
has Kansas been pushed upon the attention
of the country for twelve or fourteen years.
There is hardly a writer Of any prominence
upon the newspaper or the author of a book
or pamphlet who has not a speculative in.
terest in Kansas. So the en- ire press ia in
a manner subsidized in its favor. This is
partially true also Of Nebraska.
But there ia now another side TO this sto
~, and therein is our opportunity. During
q recent trip east l had this subject in mind
much of the time, and learned some sur
pciaing facts. Take a tour through either
Ohio or Indiana, and you will not meet a
group of half dozen men Outside the
large cities) but one OF more have been to
Kansas, tried it and returned. Let any Que
ia such a crowd ann ounce his purpose to re.
move to Kansas, and he will be met then
and there by a prompt declaration OF his
folly. "Why, now, what is the use Of your
going on that sort Of a wild goose chase ;
have not Mr.. Jones here and l tried that ?
You will 60 there and sink q lot of money
and be glad to get back, just IS We did"
That is a fair eample Of answers heard.
Ny brother, ]. H. Beadle, is known to
many here az familiar with the west, aud
long a popular and reliable writer thereon.
In a conversation with him, he said, in sub
stance, that if all who had migrated to Kan
sas had remained there, it would now have
at least 1900 900 Inhabitants, but it has in
fact not over half that number, if go many.
Out of 10000 0 or more who went there
in the year 1877. not over IS 900
remain 10 the state. This proportion Of
returning people steadily increases. The
momentum was such, and the times have
continued hard 81 long that there is only
now q d.minution of migration thereto, but
it must hereafter rapidly decrease. The
only chance nov in Kansas is for bargains
in more settled regions in the eastern part
or for those who design engaging in stock
raising and know Just what they are about
and have the means to stick to it. l do not
them from reliable sources. II showed me
however that the end has begun and that
our opportunity is now.
Three or fur great lines Of railroad sre
entering our borders or near to them. The
Milwaukee and 81. Paul; the Sioux Falls
line; the Winona & St. Peters (branch Of
G. & N. W and t. e Hastings and Dakota
near Big Stone Lake. All will g. forward
at once. neither has q land grant and all are
greatly Interested in securing the settlement
Of the country west Of them. They will
all aid Us and join with VI ia properly ad.
vertising Dakota. They are snxious we
should do something. There are the upper
! Sioux and Vermillion and nearly the whole
valley Of Dakota river unsettled. The last
contains a vast area of the finest lands "a
good. every whit, as the oldest settled
counties in southeastern Dakota. There il
. great plain OF valley 10 the middle part,
lat the dirt lodge r%eeion) as fine as the valley