, 1879-06-06
RED RIVER OF THE NORTH.

From 6Es IHHk l0 "tsulP6k~Ak"
Cauntry ot North Anrrlcn-ThD 2trtnIn OF
;lmmtcrnt1on--fnn on tho River. -
Spresat CorrrsEondtntr o. The Tribune
V,xSlpEG, sfanitDha, +Jnne a+-Tllc great Red
River Valley Of the North. about which SO mitch
las been written, Ia really about 500 miles long
and seyenty-favc miles wide. IT. rIttnd8 from
about 100 nrs south Of Fargo and Moorhead,
on the Northern Pacific, nostl.Waetl AGO miles 10
Lake Winnipeg, in Callada. About l50 miles Of
thu valley IL III Mnnitoua. TIIe river rs about
one .hnlf us large rs ills Ohio. It is nnytgablo
from Fargo 10 Like Winnipeg Mt ull times. It
forms the boundary botwcen Minnesota and Da'
kota. Il Is into this valley, n,'d farther un lip
into Manitoba, that tho sssarlns Of immigrants
ar0 ,l0w pouring. .... =,
Tralns ara now running over tho st, Paul II
Pacific and SOUTH Branch of tho Canadian Pa-
c1tlc, from ST.. Paul tu Winnipeg. III thirty hours.
took ono Ut the lied River boats, tho Mauluba,
ut tho end OF the St, Paul IL PacIlr, OH the ca
na11an boundary, ai'd arrived tp Winnipeg III
thirty-h!x ho,,rs.
Is this wlicat.countryi
It is really the wI,cat-country Of North Amer
tca, 1T tho south end of tho valley. on the
! Nor,hern t'aciilc, Is tho famous Darymple
farm, Of b5,b55 acrrs; nt.d from DalrSmplefH
iarip tu Winnipeg, In !csn thuu three years, Wll
he ono continuous wheut-tleld. 409 miles loEE,
and from iifty to eighty miles wide, containing
more than Is 1000 02o neses. TIae soil Is ytc! and
bluck. II Is the lacIl prarh.-so'l Of Illinois In
! sprlllg-w!lcat latitude. Cav. Howard, oi la.
| ko,a, tells MIC that tho Rcd River Valley ns'd
the prAIriu rontributory to 1t will uiu day pro-
ducc go ,000, ,0O bushels Of wheat annually, md
w,,cut worth - harrc more than wheat grown
In Illinois and Missouri. The Dakota side oi
Rcd River is iliu highest atld advise suffers TO
50 there.
Arc settlers fllltug up tho country
| Yes, It Is seldom, In riding the tlrst sNO
miles, that you arc out Of the sight u settlers
l,,ts. Beyond that the prairlea nse hpeckcd will
cmirrant- wugnIIs. st!ppt'sa eaw teams break"
iug up the prairie as often as olIce III milo
during tho e,,ltse DISTANCE. ,tss0,OO acEcs OF
wheat la,,d were taken un III tic lstd RlYor
Valley IL ls77-'s; aud over COO, 600 ncrcs nro
eaid to have beeu taken up during 1S18-'0 The
prcsGnt crop lpnkR r1ccrtiil,giy good, &it hl13.
pDsc G,0OU ls0 bushels ot whrat Will bc ralscd 10
this valley alone this wear. Tho Yield Is always
from Twenty-Five to thlrty~hyo bushels to t!e
Where arc I',e Immigrants coming fro,nl
On the train md Reu River huats saw people
from almost livery !ati0fl. 'lhero were Men
uoultcs for t,n Mennonite settlements In
Manitoba Guardians frusn Quebec, Yankees from
Errnls,n., md ono partv oi Ssstellsnen who ius,
come nyrofs tllr AtIabtle. Tie Stotchn,en hati
eleven horses a,,d a full car-loud ol Implements
and susnttNre:
"Whyrs ila you come FRONT" I asked gray
ii cau,o from Argyll scottund," answered
The spokesman, whom they all called Alcsanur1
McFAtlAtn,
"Fnranin. for the Duke Of Argyll, sir. We've
bcyn his tenants for twenty-!our ycara."
why tilu yoa Leave ti,r old Dnkrt"
"Becluse lie WIS not !ouk!ng for my good 70
| ale la tHt,S H11
couldn't nay our rents nrd laya anyth*'g lets
!ox n,yh ,, rsnt M YOU psy in $50: sso;,a"ll"
WHEN Gould tlll, wlleh It was paid, tlIn'l
t,s old duke ID Al, oltI sklnhut. lte 10 skin nh
tenuntal" sail the mtn, 1etalI,sly.
"Wlsre arc you rofn;: to settle" l con
Nv = arc going on leyontt Winnipeg, up I,
Thy Little saskatchewan, IL Manitoba Tl4ero'
a 9rotch settlement i1Irrc."
With Alexander MCFaldcn It WAS anolhe
case nj exodus. Hard ttn,cs In Scotland has
| really starved him out+
How cut brstlcr como to the He'd River Val
leyi ,.-.-.-.,- .,i
llen rcport tn tho J.nlm.'ttlllcu Ut Grasrl FoIN
Or Crookssou, which aru uholit halfway up !tct
lslycs-ono 0l '!te Dakota nlsd ot,s Oh tile Mln
! nesotu s,'ic. It Is asnul Grand fuFks that
think the best wheat-land ltcs; AMI about hcr
tiers IL still Government llud for sale. CfooEs
toH a1l aira'l Forks atu the very best pom. p
for scitlerto c0!nt 10 IN all tle Northwest. lh
| ltiu!a on the Minnesota nnd Dakota s!dea
ltcll River ure uuGut half taken up. Fur annu
tfty mites beyu'l! ulyMon. where tue 81, laIl
Il Pacific llaiIraad erosses tle Northern laea:it
tilr bsst wtseat-aAi lIs l,een taken; tt'et,, IL
tie next IUl mlcs, about one aero fl four u e e
lcctca; Wills, fur seventy mt|cs snuth OF 81
, Vincent. ou tht boundary tetwcc!l a1inlls4oi
and Aanituba, thu country Is all wa!a l'rattle.
, ainuy atrcwtf Caua,!ialis unu YaMhces feturI
every dur on the cars trutn W'nMipeH> 9Il sctt
' ua Minnesota aud uahula lutlu lu t'!o hea Alse
[ Valley.
t Yesterday met PARTY OF CanaalanMa " u
Winnipeg, who wero gotug buck up leo 4aFe
( | iuto The states To lueAte.
) why do ynu " bark tliere !" asked. .,,
/ "net4use tue lanL Is tcttcr there. sir' W'nni
Y ! psE IL too lur n97th.h
j "liut Tau t,aye l35 miles Of tho Red hsser Ii
= 3lanltvha." bAt1. ........ .
y "Ycs; but Tie Red River alter It cFossea inl'
Q Manitoba from Minnesota IL settled up VII
j ha!f-b'ee!a We can buy their farms !of 81 tc
O aerc but VIZ Will be surrounded by ecin!'saYa:es
u There will Ae 10 schools In CaaaAa fur }ears
b Over III Mthuc.ota suu Dakota tho people n