Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-07-27

: down and take what falls into thei
hands, like the mamma of the Israelites
but make a reasonable effort, they new
er do. They ought TO have a part o
the immigration flowing to the North
west and West. What is the cause o
their not receiving portion? Is it {
, lack of appreciation by the residents o
that section? Itseems SO. / have seeI
D as good land as can be found i'm Min
nesota sold for back taxes in Washing
, ton county, Mo. ,::and bought in by the
. officers selling it, for barely enough t.
pay the printer; the sheriff and CLERK
going without their fee. Another in
; stance can cite of the lack of appre
citation of the value of land in that sec
ton by its citizens is: A gentleman
residing in the northern portion OF
, Washington county, bought a piece Of
land at auction for something like $500
and few weeks afterward sold it fol
several thousand. Again, there are
lands in the immediate vicinity of Po-
tosi held at prices dozen times their
value, because they have struggling bits
of ore on them, and owned by persons
who were never known to pay such a
thing as corporation tax without being
sued and costing the county more than
the amount of the assessment. would
rather own an hundred-acre farm in
the Arcadia or Bellevue valley than a
One-thousand acre farm in Minnesota,
or as much larger one farther West.
After summing the matter up, 1 be-
lieve I can answer my own question, i.
e., the cause of it is, either want of
"feeling for home"or lack ofenterprise
by the "monied men," now my idea is
the best way to attract immigration is
to get up "boom" among yourselves,
and not wait for the influx of people to
cause one. Every head of a family and
every boarding house keeper in st.
Paul are complaining of the dearness
of food. OF course, for the present, it is
nothing but wholesale robbery under
the new-name of "boom," projected
for the benefit of parties owning prop
erty and doing business here; but in
the near future it will be recognized as
a good thing for the country; bringing
a class of people here who, by hang-on-
ativeness, will soon grow wealthy,
Now, why can't Southeast Missouri
get up such boom, and, since Jesse
James is dead, keep up the name of the
State, (the Robber State), when it will
result in good at the end.
SUN DANCE.
There was an article in the papers of
st. Paul last week stating, that the
Chippewa Indians would hold their an
nual pow-wow and Sun-dance at Poke |
guma farm, some sixty-eight miles |
north of the city on the 10Th inst, and |
the writer, longing for something to tell |
the "folks to home" when he returns,
after being worn out with travel and
age, "hied himself thither, in goodly
company" We took the St. P. and ID. |
railroad as far as Pine City, distance
OF sixty-three miles, and proceeded the
rest of the way by steamboat, up
Snake river, and across Lake Pokegu-
ma. The scenery along the cost of the
lake was fine, especially that near the
mouth of Mission Geek, where it
empties into Snake river. Arriving at
the "dancing grounds" we were half
way doomed to disappointment, there
being only two lodges in sight. We
and went running through the
woods, and jumping gullies, finding
large quantity of wild flowers of most
beautiful and varied colors, and hav-
ing regular picnic on wild strawber-
ries. Becoming impatient at the long
delay in the proceeding, we inquired
the cause and were told that on account
of rain the previous night the majority
of the Indians would not arrive till late.
So, some of the leaders of the party got
the few Indians "a dozen or more) pres
ent to do the "dance act' themselves,
the aid of the big medicine
man. They formed large circle, with
two in the center, beating on the bot
tom of an old tin pan, stolen from one
Of the tepees, and then the fun COM
It would have made Simon
or Daniel Boone's hair stand
On end to see them cutting the antics
they did, could they have been pres
ent. They looked the DEVILS they can
be. At the start they were in a
crouching position humming a mourn
ful tune in cultural tone; and, then
all at once jumped up with a whoopl
and yell that would make the blood
run cold in your veins. Some of the
are very intelligent, speak
ing English, French and Chippewa
with equal fiuency. We soon got tired
IF the emusic" and left with a feeling, :
not of anxiety to remain longer,
"a assiare could civ tn