Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-10-14
WHOLE NO. 1887.
Red River Wheat.

pi, but, flowing in the opposite direo.
ton to the larger river, forms the
boundary between Minnesota and d.
kota, and entering the Canadian proy.
ince of Manitoba, finally discharges
itself into Lake Winnepeg: The prairie
drained by this river and its tributaries
contains, roughly, 40. .00O. 900 acres. and.
speaking from our stand point, is the
beginning of the vast section OF fertile
land which. stretching in q widening
belt to the Rocky Mountains, is drained
by the Saskatchewan rivers, and further
north by the Athabssoa and the Peace.
This Canadian division contains cor
tainly $50. 900, 900 acres of land, and
may probably be found to include 25O,.
O0O, 900 acres, when thorough survey
shall have been made by the Dominion
government. The southern limit of
this section of fertile land has latitude
as high as that of Montreal, and what
may be called it, northern limit lies
distant one thousand miles. The oil.
mate, however. differs essentially from
that found in Eastern British Ameriea
at corresponding distance from the
equator. The isothermal lines, a they
approach Hudson Bay from the Pacific
Ocean, bend decidedly to the south.
The mean temperature of the Peace
River Valley varies but little from the
mean temperature Of the valley Of tho
Red River. Throughout the country
wheat may be planted in April, or fully
as early as spring wheat is sown in the
United States. But a. the summer il
not warm enough to ripen Indian corn,
and tho winter, while 1t lasts, permits
no thaw to take place. the climate IL
cold one, compared with that over the
grain States of the Mississippi Valley;
and to this fact. doubtless, the superior
quality of the cereals raised here 10 due.
In 1872 railway construction had
extended far enough in the Northwest
to afford an entrance to this new terri
tory. But the disasters which speedily
overlook the two pionesr lines stopped
at once all immigration. Three years
ago it was resumed. Since that time, il
may be safely asserted, in no other part
OF the United States has it gone forward
with so much vigor, and been attended
with so much prosperity. ~ in the Red
River Valley. The tawns Of Fargo and
Grand Forks, in Dakots, and Winnepeg,
across the border-the country around
them presenting DO resources except
prolific soil-exhibit q growth % rapid,
and commercial transactions a heavy,
as cities which have eprung up in the
richest mining dietricts of the Rocky
Mountains. Intense as the character
of the immigration has been, il has not
yet exercised any disturbing influence
on the grain market. The part of the
land reclaimed is comparatively trifiing.
At various points in the valley farms
have been laid out, and fields Of wheat,
some Of which are thousands OF scres
in extent, have been cultivated. but the
greater part of the land 10 still an un.
broken prairie, without . trace Of set-
tlement. The immigration into the
valley of the Rcd River, and the smaller
immigration into tho valleys Of the Sss-
katchewan, have been of most import
ance in proving that this country pro-
duces the cereals in Q state Of peffec.
ton which has Bot manifested itself
farther south-a result possibly to have
been antioi pated from its latitude and
soil. In climate warmer than 10 need
ed to bring it to maturity, wheat shows
an imperfect development OF gsain,
with deficiency in weight. Il 10 a.
ways moro subject to drought, the hot
sun acting both to evaporate moisture
from the ground and to burn the plant
afterwsrd. The same facts are observ.
able in the growth of other cereals.
Even grass shows o marked change in
value made BY latitude. Many Of our
stocx-raisers in the Southwest do not
sell their cattle in Texas or New Mexico,
but drive them from the coarse and
poor vegetation there to feed on the
sweeter and more nutritious grasses Of
Montana, the increased price which the
cattle bring, paying for drive Of df-
teen hundred miles Hsrpert.
A writer in The Caioago Medical
Journal and E.caniner strongly con-
demps the use cf vulcanized rlbbeE
for the plates Of artificial teeth. One
objection urged is that it causes undue
absorption Of bony substance. All
plates cause this moro or less, but the
rubber plate more than others, ~,
from its non conducting properties, il
allows the heat to accumulate, which
stimulates the absorbents.
The writer says, II have never seer
q month where this material has been
worn but there we're evidences OF uu'
due absorption. and thousands oI
mouths are ruined by il, for absorption
goes on until there is no process lef
and no ridge, or only q flexible one 0l
thickeDed membrane, "a matter O
especial importance to the young ol
middle-sged.
But the effect Of the mercary-thia
enters into the composition Of thu
plate-is said by this writer to be mucl
more grave; and the trouble 10 increasei
by tho fact that, while il 10 ipjurini
the health, the cause IL often no
suspected, and many physicians ar,
unaware Of the poisonous nature OF th,
plate.
The writer in the Journal gives th,
following as an illustrative case: ''LAs
March, lady from Topeka, Kansas
called npon me. For twelve years sh'
had been wearing rubber plate, and
during the entire time had suf{eret
, with serious stomach difficulty, ant
also chronic diarrh3s.
"She had observed the inAame,
condition of her mouth, and ha.
queried whether the plate caused i
and the stomach difficulty. / mad
her set Of continuous eum.' and Oh
,eturned home. In about six weeks
che accidentally broke off tooth. an
sent it to me for repairs. and for wee
were the rubber plate again.
During the summer. she called an
told me her experience. After wssrinl
her new set, the symptoms soon begal
to disappear, and by the time she brOk
, it, she considered herself we'll; but, il
putting in the old rul ber get, the symp
toms reappeared, and continued to in
crease until she received her new set
on wearing which the symptoms disaF
, peared, and she was we'll again."
, Georgia has added LOIS ,052 acres t,
its titled iandsisince 1876, or enough B
make 100 acre farms foe nearly IL OO'
families. The negroes have gsib=t
127 ,G65 acres since 1877, and are mel