, 1880-08-22
Visit Of a Party Of chicagoans to
Northern Dakota.
Interesting Interviews with John
- C. Dore and @. B. Blair.
The Northern Pacific Railroad and
Its Tar cement.

the line OF the Northern Pacific Railroad.
Yesterday reporter OF TIE TRIBUNE en-
countered Mr. pore and talked with him
about his trip. AS will be seen from the fol-
lowing interview, Mr. Dore returned very
enthusiastic over the resources Of the coun-
try he had just visited.
II .am Informed, Mr.. Dore, that you re-
turned last week from the Red River coun-
try?"
"Yes."
"Where did you go"
IL vent from Chicago to St. Paul via the
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad; thence to
Bismarck, on the Missouri River; and on MY
return went to Duluth, and from Duluth
returned home"
"Who went with you p
&c. B. Blair, E. g. Rogers, Mark Kmball,
D. l.. Smith, l.. F. Hllliard, E. S. Ktmbal,
and W. Mitchell; and at St, Paul Mr.. II. E.
Sargent, General Manager OF the Northern
Pacific Railroad, joined our party"
1.-The section o country you visited lies
mainly along the Northern Pacific Railroad,
thiuk?"
'It does"
"what do you think Of that part of the
country?"
"Judging others by myself, think there
has been a great deluslon in the public naind
with regard to it. I had supposed. until re-
Gently. it is too far north; that 1t is cold,
sterile country, and comparatively uninyiting
as well as unproductive. The truth Is the re-
verse Of this. The thermal INES % run SO l far
extremely healthy. OF course, 4 is cold
there in the wiuter, as it Is In Minnesota
So fur as I know, it is the best and most. re-
liable wheat-growinK country IN AmeTlcaa
wheat-growtng lands equally good In the
Red River Valley, extending far up
| into Canada. And. Judging from what
| have seen III Dakota and Northern Min
nesota, l nm now prepared TO neligyo ,,aa UTMOST
| may sny in ali truthfulness,. in my opinion
| the agricultural resources OF that portion Of
| country are very grcat-much greater than
| those who have not been there have any Idea
ibid you visit the celebrated wheat
II did; and saw what I think can be
! seen nowhere else in the world. The first
field We visited was said to be siX s miles le:s
square miles. We did not measure the land,
! but we rode some fifteen miles through 1t
with others, among them the Governor Of
Dakota and bis friends,-makin1g a
party requiring tie ten eGa nf t6a e ~
| We saw as we rode Two briga1es Of reapers
and binders (every reaper binds the. grain as
| it cuts it). One Of these numbered twenty
| five, the other thirty-tive. This was the
Dalrymple farm. There are on the. farm 155
reapers and binders; and there are thrashing-
machines, plows, larrows, and wagons 10
proportion, and horses and mules enough to
work all this agricultural machinery, 1t was
| grand sight, and one that will never be Tor.
gotten ta Three horses or mules are a''aenea
- HWhat is tie probable yield of wheat p
II was told it is better than last year: that
it would exceed twenty bushels. think 1t
was estimated at twenty-five bushels per
:" Did you. visit any other farmP'
..Xesss ."XXess the the Sfesl {Ssf f farm"
,"The wheat was better than any I saw W on on
the Darypiet Tar farm L appe1ased to Pc az
well headed, and very even In growth. The
estimated yield on this farm was thirty
bushels, may say It Is hardly necessary In
the vicinity OF Red River to leave the cars to
- Do you know whether there is much in
crease in acreage Of wheat sown IN Dakota
road over last year?"
II was told there was nearly double the
"You crossed the Red River, and saw 1t, Of
course. Is this river of #, much use to the
country for navigation?"~ ~
- l think so. Nhere we crossed IL IL LOOKS
much like canal with high eiubankments.
There were on it at Fargo where we crossed
it several small STEAMBOATS, and barges for
grain. lsalso noticed an elevator on Its
bank. I was told it is navigated about
thirty-five miles south Of Fargo, % and II
| peg. II is worth remembering that up Is
sonth and down Is north at Fargo, as the
Rcd River flows north,"
'tWhat is the extent Of the Northern Pa
ciflce Railroad now completedT
AT present it runs cars from Duluth to
the Missouri at Bismarck. am informed It
has 100 miles more. Of road completed west
of the Missouri, and it Is pushing its way to
the Pacific Ocean, and VII. l am Informed,
viii be near the great National Park about
Jan. i: 1889, The number Of miles Of COM
pleted road Is 557, am Informed"
"What is the condition Of the road where
you havs o,t travelled over It, and no" is 1t
"The road is in excellent condition, and ita
equipment good; the increasing business of
the road requires constant increase OF
| cars. Mr.. Sargent the General Manager Of
for for several sever hundred freightrcars, think 500.
and ten new engines, and should soon re-
Quire more. The cars 4 noticed he said)
would each be constructed to carry 500 bush
IS i i9stsad Of $50 bushels the usual 'apac
ca5net anything, ;yyaas St. but wheat be raised on
s:Oh, YES. Oats, and barley, and hay grow
as freely IS whea resgGa6eS eeg g5fsw Is nota IN
toes I raised there is specially worthy Of men
ton. At the present time think not much
English hay is grown, but there is no limit
to the amount Of prairie hay that can be cut
Mr. DalrymPle said u. ne neog Gnt Ivy tons this
DULUTH, TIE ZENITH CITY.
uv.,. .,;a 1.ou ,vent tn Du]rth What ia