New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-20
THE DIVISION OF DAKOTA.
A CITIZEN Of THE GREAT TERRITORY CORDIAL
MpRoYEs Tie TRIBUNh's SUGGESTION.

A CITIZEN nF THE GREAT TERRITORY CORDIALLY
APPROVES THE TRIBUNh's SUGGESTION.
TO tie EdttOr OF The Trto1H;.
SIR: like your iCea of the way 10 which
Dakota should be divided shown tie map IN your
edition Of January "a, except ttat instead o. dividing
Oh the Iortysxh parallel Of latitue, would prefer
the seventh standard, which is about miles south
Of the fortysxth parable o: latitude This line would
moi interfere with the present county, township Oh Sec
ton lines wle a division on the fo-tysix:h parallel
would run through Sections throwing part OF section
In South and part In North Dakota.
Yanxton the capital Of this re 'rsoTy, is III the south
east corner aud difficult Vt access By tue people
nj Nor1 Dakota than tae City OF Chicago. TO compel
ia 10 remain connected with Soutl Dakota 10 wrong
for which shall long remember the present. Dido
crauc Congress South DlkJta would undoubtedly be-
come Republican State, sending two Republicans 10
tue Senate and Republican TO the House IL Is slame
aud an rage that these people NUMBERING as they did
on June l. 100000 souls, should have 40 Voice IN
the law.making body Of our land.
Dlkoe rs 1t now stands extending from tue British
Possessions the north to the State OF Nebraska on
the SOUTH from the States OF iowa and Minnesota on the
east to the Territories Of Wyoming AID Monan on the
west contains Isl 900 square miles. winch could be d.
yld,d into tLirty-One States large the state or
Connecticut and have enough lief; to make two states
,nrOar State Of Rhode Island Dakota is truly
4 place Il magnificent distances" aud II divided a.
propossd the nUrthera portion VIII contain land sum
Gent 10 make nine large as Massachusetts
One glOriou, advantage we Dakota people have over
mos; of our feowcz.ns OF The older sect ons OF our
country viz: Two sections "a section contains $40
acrcs) OF land in each tOwnshp-or one-eghteenh OF
all the lard in the Territory reserved fOs school
fupd and can never be use for any other purpose The
land 30 reserved Ncrth Dakota would Drought To-
gethe- make three States large as Rhode Island Oar
County, slutsman, is almost as large as the state Oh
Delaware. 4, -
This vast land is exceedingly fertile. and is being
randy populated by good, honest sober industIlous
peope North Dakota IN "a few years will Do tllcKy
Formulated land and q land that VIII return ample re-
ward for labor producing, 10 has cue past season,
twenty five bushels of mo. l HARD wheat ZOE
every acre properly cultivated. The time has come
when North Dakota should be set apart as Lefr Tory
and NTH Dakota admitted into the sterh0Od Oh states
hnt We object 90 the by which YOU seem % think
Sre sb1ud DO knOwn-" Pembina" Pembina Is ~ tho
northeast corner proposed Territory and While tue
neopie who reside IN Pcnbina County might prefer tnas
name no one else does. We want the name Nertn pa
zrd world North Dakota the land that produces tne
best a. No. l Hard wheat the world mas YET iOuno:
North Dakota what want and "a eau tae proposed
TERRITORY by any would be OF great pecunisy
Disadvantage to people, as We have expended coosid
cradle time money let the world Know where the
best wheatand' the sun has ever shown nlon can Do
found. Respectfully yOurs, L. WALLACE
Jamestown Dakota, Feb. D, 1881.