Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1881-10-07

are enjoying lie fruits of such experience
to-day; and !2ae conditions are the same
that existed 900 miles eastward, when
Mr.. DalrymplS' epsned his great farm six
years ago. There are just as many houses
along this line-more, think, than there
were between Fargo and Bismseek when
Dalrymple located his farm, and az rode
along these praiEies yesterdy, I wondered
who would be the Dalrymple Of: western
Dakota.
Mr.. Dickinson, of Malone, N. z, re-
ative of Vice President Wheeler, has
located at Pleasant Valley, and broken the
soil for spring crop. Perhaps si1 years
hence Twill be describing the great Dick
inson farm with its 100000 profits in
crop: as did thaa of Mr.. Dalrymple the
other day.
, THE!GOAL FIELDS
that have been discovered here offer not
only great inducemont for the. invest
ment of capital, but great convenience
TO settlers.
1t was matter of thought to thinking
men why the Almighty, in providing
this soil, all ready for the plow and the
seed as doviie to,the touch of the hus-
bandman as the rich prairies of Illinois,
did not supply. hael to warm those who
some day should come here to cultivate
it. The investigations of tho gsologists
proved that He did. They provedthat an
all wise Providence, in dcprlving this
country of. timber, had stored eshaustless
supplies Of fuel under the ground, and
coal here today is more than ONE half as
cheap as it is in Chicago.
Several mines. have been opened, and
tons of Ignite, chat look like she old
fashioned canne@ coal, are being; shipped
away daily to- points along tho road.
Here, under the very heels of the farmers
who produce the wheat, is found the fuel
that will furnish the power 10 move the
engines that will grind that wheat into
-four The coal deposits extend nearly
200 miles, and the cost Of mining is not
more than in Pennsyl vania.. At the
mines the fuel can be purchased for $3.50
a ton, and the conductor tells me that the
cost Of transportation is Is cents per car,
per mile. The price at Bismarck, deliv-
cred by the railroad company, Is 1926
ton; at Jamestown $445, and At Little
Missouri only $3.50.
: SOCIETY AND RELIGIONS.
Speaking Of tuel reminds me that this
country is,not AZ wicked as some people
suppose. There are bad men here, and
the degree Of cultivation, neral and in
tellectual, is not as high as it may be in
Sprins sfeld, Mass, but charches and
school houses are considered as essential
as in New England, and are just as
numerous in proportion to- tho popula
tion.
On the cars the other day I met tho
Rev. c. B Steysns, formerly Of Summit
county, Ohio, whose son was a college
mate of mine. He is enc Of the pioneer
Z ICSUJ sCl 1dA Clol ~ ACA VI SA1o o0CtAOu3
and he gave me some points Of interest
regarding the religious growth of the
country, which keeps pace with its de-
velopnent in other respects. ...
The first church west of the Red river
was established in 1878 at Bismarck, by
the Rev. I. O. Slean, a Presbyterian
Home Missionary. Now there are
eighteen Presbyterian and seventeen
Methodist churches along the line, and
several more Of the ether den omination
There il no town without church organ
ization, and none without school house.
Saloons and gambling aens are plenty
of course, but are not found except at
terminal points, where the migratory pop
ulatien herds. The settled communities
are as intelligent and orderly A. any in
the civilized world.