Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-08-19

DaKOta IL mas never Deen UainaS6u
as much as batch Of chinch bugs
wsuld ten acre field in one season
down east There are grasshoppers
in Dakota, and there is no use in say
ing there are not, aud we always ex-
pect to have them and it is a mighty
poor country that can't support !,
few. The wheat we harvest every
year tells the tale.
$50 West, Young Man, Go West"
Lansing Mich journal.
We are pleased to know that Da-
kota and the far west are exciting
considerable interest hereabouts. A
dozen gentlemen, more or less, are
contemplating a trip to Dakota,
starting next Tuesday, the 10th
inst. Many others are also study.
ing the situation. Most are going
merely to observe, but the facts
prove that most who go to observe
actually do invest before they re-
turn. People who change their 10.
cation and who make investments
should carefully study the situation,
and act upon a sufficient knowledge
of the facts and upon their own
Judgment. Yet there are few
points that are settled beyond cavil
or dispute.
Northern Dakota, known as the
Red river wheat belt, is one of the
richest countries OH the globe.
Neither ancient nor modern history
furnishes its superior as a wheat
country. It would be impossible to
find richer soil. A calcareous
mari furnishes an endless supply of
the chemical ingredients needed for
cereals, and a sub-soil Of clay pre-
serves dampness in the soil and fur
nishes foundation for an endless
succession of crops. It is to-day
the best wheat region in the
known world.
The government does not sell it's
lands. It gives them away to ac-
tual settlers. A homestead of 100
acres and Il tree claim Of l6O acres
give a man half a section Of the
best land in the world for nothing.
for young man, or a poor man,
no such opportunity to SO easily Sc
cure Il competence can be found
elsewhere in the world. As the
breaking is done in June, and as
one has six months to get on to
the land after entry is made, No
vember is the best time to make
the entry Then you have until
May to get on to your land. You
have the summer to build your
house and prepare for crop the
next year. Meantime go and see
how you like the country and the
prospect.
The country is filing up with un-
precedented rapidity. The Chica-
20 Tribune said two months ago
that 100000 people would settle in
Dakota this year. All the indica-
tions are that that was not a too
sanguine estimate. The writer
personally saw scores and hundreds
of farm houses, in riding on the cars
through the country, where last
year there were none at al. The
country i. rapidly filling up.
Towns are springing up i'll every d.
rection. Railroads are being built
in all directions. The growth of
the country is truly most marvel.
Gus.
In such a condition of things
not only can man get good farm
for nothing, but values of land
and town property are advancing
at an astonishing rate, and business
is booming everywhere. Not only
are men of very moderate means
securing good and valuable homes,
but men Of capital are securing the
most gratifying returns on their
investments. In a country increas.
ing in popula ton as Dakota is, and
fourishing in every branch Of busi.
ness enterprise, this must Of neces.
sity be true.
We have been twice to Dakota,
and the views expressed above are
the result of some observation and
some knowledge. We should like
to see vastly more of the money
that is being and is to be made in
Dakota, find its way into the pock
cts and homes Of Lansing people
Our capital city could stand a good
deal of tn 1t sort Of thing.