The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-08-04
CARLToN. BARNES Co.,
DAKOTA, July 25, 1881.
10 he Edi.or OF ,he Esrrsrn1.r.

the focus to bear upon the village of
Carlton, plated in Section 90 Township
140 Range 56 west, and you will discover
me seated at my desk preparing this ar
ticle for your readers. If you viii drop
in will lay aside business and we will
look over this section of the great Terri.
tory Of Dakota, so recently purchased
from the various Indian tribes, who for
centuries have held possession in com:
pany with buffalo, antelope, badger,
gopher, and many other lesser animals
and birds.
Since my visit here in October, 1879,
the changes wrought by settlers can
scarcely be conceived, on plain as well
as in towns. There are villages of few
months growth that are a surprise to us
siow-going Eastern men, who, if q town
years, are content and do not expect
more but here the rapid settlement and
development Of the country builds towns
like mage. ...> ..,
In. October, '7s, Tower City, six miles
from this place, contained one hotel, one
small store, enc lumber Office and one
small feed store. In the short space of
twenty months, it has quite four hundred
inhs bitants, two hotels, and twenty-five
places of business of all grades, fine
station building, an immense wheat ele-
vator, side track, churches, schools, etc.,
etc. I could hardly realize that it was
the same location, with only four build
ings. You ask what has wrought this
change. Echo answers, "No. hard
Dakota wheat, averaging twenty bushels
per acre."
It is the same story all along the base
line of this territory, i. e. the Northern
Pacific Railroad. Small towns grow into
Importance without effort, from force of
circumstances. Wheat grows here and
sells for cash, and that tells the whole
story. ,.--.H
This little yillage-not known till last
August-is already assuming important
proportions, under the supervision of
Judge J. NJ. bennett, than whom there is
no harder worked man in Dakota. he
is the head and front of this enterprise,
and by his indomitable perseverance has
succeeded in getting business on sound
basis. Among other improvements is
that of getting long side track laid
here for the meeting Of trains, this point
being by its location the chief meeting
station between Fargo and Bismarck.
To-day ground is being broken for an
elevator, and it will be finished by the
time the crop is thrashed. A we'll stocked
store of general merchandise, under the
supervision of A. L. Hamlin, lends its
aid to further the interests of Carlton.
] find prices but little above those at
home, but of course there are some arti-
cles higher.
The youth are not forgotten in the
general prosperity, for I am informed by
Judge bennett that q schoolhouse cost
ing $2.1OO has been decided upon, its
location staked out, and only waiting the
arrival of lumber to commence opera
tions. The elevations show handsome
modern design. large enough to accom-
modate one hundred pupils. Upon in
quiry we learned that there were only
nine scholars In the district however, a
year or two will fill 1t up, If we are to
measure this place by Casselton, Wheat
land or Valley City. a 81
The ever-present saloonist is already
among us, open for Business, but the
wonder to me is where he gets his Gus
toners and profits to cover the cost OF
license. The territorial fee is $500, and
in towns having corporations it is about
$3.50 more. Tower City votes to have
no liquor, and there is not q saloon there.
Something new under the sun-a city of
four hundred souls, many thirsty ones,
no doubt, and not a drop of whiskey to
fill up with
The wheat crop is looking fair, when
we consider that there has been quite
severe drought of several weeks; yet
good judges say it has not been seriously
hurt, as the soil of these rolling uplands
holds moisture to an astonishing degree.
There is at our hotel one Of the finest
wells Of water that ever saw, without
exception-cold, sweet. and pleasant to
taste. By actual test the Thermometer
registered A degrees, and when We re-
49, ~ - ~-o&a- fraa1oo OF 90 daoraao
we may deduoe the fact that it is cold
enough for health, in fact too cold. In
the Red River valley the water is simply
awful. If may use a word of slang, but
it seems to be the only one to express the
facts in the case. One drinks it only
under protest, Eowing in his heart peyer
to taste it again. 1t is brsckish, sulphur
GUS and hard, very suggestive of solution
of EPSON salts. 1t is said to have the
medicinal effect of those salts to high
degree.
The climate is dry and tonic; it effects
me most pleasantly. No sense of damp
ness in the early morning or late in the
evening. No fever and ague or Other
febrile diseases. Judging from the
healthy look of all whom have chanced
to meet, the chances for cemetery in
agural are very remote.
This letter has grown lengthy, without
exhausting the subject before me. Next
week will give q little personal expe'
rience accumulated in two hundred
mile ride over the prairies in search OF
pleasure. 8. 8. PARKER
County Recorders Report.
Recorder John Blanchard makes the
follouinr official rennrt for the wear