New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-29

The assessed valuation of real and personal prop
erty, exclusive of railroad property and lands and
homestead and precmUtiOn claims. was F7324 700
in 1885, in 1eS1 It was f1j. .f39 721, and it is be-
eved that il has since doubled. The acreage under
cultivation in 1850 was 136,357; in 1851 it was
600. .OOC and in the latter year the wheat product
amounted to SOOO.OO bushels According to re-
ports furnished by dealers the sales OF aarcultUral
implements and machinery in 1881 amounted TO
-, ,7J0O O0O and the saes Of lumber TO $1,000, 600.
The uavigabe rivers of North Dakota lthe Missouri
and the Red amount to 1000 miles, upon which
thirty-cight steamboats, and twenty-one bargeS are
found. The town of Fargo has population Of
3 1000 Grand Fork of 3. OOO and Bismarck OF ., 800
Colonel Lounsbury asserted that nincty-clght per
cent of North Dakota consists of lands adapted to
agriculture and grazing; while nearly all the west
crn part is undcrlaId with coal deposits of great
value.
Colonel Lounsbury then described at length the
difficulties of communication between North
Dakota and South Dakota. and dwet upon the in
adequate provisions existing present i'll respect to
the judicial affairs of both divisions.
Mr.. NcllIttc, register of the United States Land
Office at Wa!ertown in South Dakota, speaking for
that division, sad that population in june $50,
wa, 10000; now, estimating II upon the basis OF
homestead entries since, he Thought 1t was a Least
10000. Up to June l. lN7O the total number of
lhN2 the total number was 1916 an increase of
l7TIJ IN nineteen months. The population of his
own county Cadingtonl in June, 1850 was 2l33G;
now, according 10 very careful estimate, 1t Is
between 5000 and 5,lcO.
EX-Congrcssman Caultcld offered az n sugccs-
tios 20 the committee that they lncor-
pOratc in the bill for the admission of Dakota "A
prOylSD that the Governor of the Territory shall
cause an enumeration of the people to be made,
prior To- the time fixed for the meeting of the Con;
ycuiOn 30 frame State Constitution, and If IL shall
bc found that the number of inhabitants is less
than the number required to elect a Repre-
sentative to Congress, IN any STATE,
accoraing TO an, apportonmrnt under
ton shall be held. Mr. Caulieid believes that such
an enumeration would slow population OF at least
2OO,O while according to the appOrtlonmcnt law
which l. likely to lee enacted the ratio Of represent
atIon lu the next Congress VIII DC one 10 lOJ,OUO
or 100000.
Associate Justice Moody of the Supreme Court Of
Dakota, who lives at Dcadw0ud, then addressed the
committee, and from various data and comparisons
showed that the popuatonOi the proposed new state
cannot be less than 10 600. while IN all probability
il approXim1tcs 200 900. He said chat very care
fu estimates OF the population OF twenty organized
and uu0rganIzrd counties ont of the SNyfJur cOun-
ties lying south Of the ioIty-slXth parallel showed
an increase, from H. lOI IN June, lNNO To SJUO m
january So A convention al SIOUX ais, ,cOupOocd
If delegates from every one OF the sNty-lOur COuu-
ties had, after comparison # notes by it, mcm-
beI, expressed as il, deliberate judgment that the
uonulatiou /, AT least 100000. Tie assessed yalua-
road property herds mining locations h"mestcads
and prr-InpiouS was in SO. 5000 1856; in 1850
II was - lI7i 977, and in ISL year ago. II was
TlGiol, 22l. Ihc increase during tho last twelve
months In, been quite great ~ amy other year
~ lch preceded. In SIS there were only l6 organ
lied counties; now there are 81 There > daily
and 40 weekly newspapers. Last year more than
100000 was expended tcr the support OF public