Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-24
DAKOTA's WEALTH.


DAKOTA'S WEALTH.
Req. Henry Coleman Tells What lie Sasc
and Heard While q Visit to Dakota.
milwaukee Republican-Sentinel.
After enjoying two-days' visit with the
members of the Minnesota conference, a
most loyal, genial and noble body of min
listers, doing grand work putting the
rocks of peace, prosperity and permanence
into the great temple of liberty, on Mon.
day morning last I took the Chicago &
Northwestern train, westward-bound. On
on, triumphantly sped the mighty engine
proud of its achievements, for it has ere.
ated nation in a day. A granger was
cursing the railroads as great monopolies,
impoverishing, defrauding and robbing
the helpless people.
"Where do you reside?" said quiet
traveller.
"Forty-five miles west of Winoaa; have
lived there twenty years."
"How many loads of grain could you at
first market in day?"
"Loads! It took four days to take
one load"
Sand what did you get?"
sFifty cents for wheat, less the hotel
bills"
"How many days to market load
now?"
aDays! take four loads day."
sWhat are your hotel expenses?"
"My-what do you mean? I do not 60
to the hotel"
lr f0p NH
"Generally 81.
you drove to Winona?"
give dollars"
Elbow much now?"
SFifty dollars"
"Yet railroads are impoverishing the
people?'
The granger hung his head and muttered
that they were good thing to curse. But
for the railroads these arteries of CONNER
cial life, the settlement of this vast plain
stretching nearly 500 miles from the Mis-
sissippi to the Missouri would be we'll
nigh impossible. Muscle power cannot
haul grain and merchandise $50 miles and
leave the farmer a margin for his toll.
Either he must set up the loom in his cabin
and the forge in his yard, or wait till the
factories of civilization are built within
reach. But the railroad invites to the rich
acres of this broad plain, which stretches
through the continent from the Arctic ice
hills almost to the gulf of Mexico. The
paupered peasant of Europe and the ener-
getic Yankee is here, ambitious towns,
with churches and school houses, dot this
wide expanse and the traveller is almost
never out of sight of the squatter's hut.
Nor are these noble founders of the new
empire lonely, for as they rise in the morn
ing they can, with signal, if not with voice,
salute neighbors on every side. Already
one must retire from two to ten miles from
the railroad to secure land of Uncle Sam
The rush IS marvellous. As I passed
through Huron, new town, supporting
two daily papers and six churches, crowd
thronged the depot and filed the cars. A
new land Office had been opened that Mon
day morning. As early as the previous
Friday night parties had planted them.
selves by the door of the little 1Ox12 build
ing and remained there sixty-fve hours
Some twelve persons watched out Sunday
night, cut by the piercing north winds, land
as many as $50 land-seekers crowded
around the little shed, when its door was
opened, and applied for 100000 acres
Last spring white-headed, long, grey.
bearded clergyman from one of Wiscon.
sins city pulpits found his way to Redfeld
where several Rock county cititizens have
found homes, purchased claim, put up 9
shanty and sent up some of his family to
occupy it while he continued his city work
Now 81 900 would not purchase his land
A clergyman from Michigan rested from
his labors for year and came up here to
secure home for his old age. Two cler-
gymen from Ohio were there to secure
land. One professor in an Eastern sem
mary has 600 acres near De Smet, and DIR
G. M. Steele secured "foot of land" and
ladies were on the train returning for the
winter, expecting to permanently occupy
| their new possessions in the spring. Al
Huron I met Mr.. Hammond, formerly
station freight agent of the old La Crosse
depot, Milwaukee. Two years ago M
went up to Redfeid, poor in health and
with sickly wife. He is vigorous, ani
his wife has not seen sick day in the ter
ritory. Last year he raised 1,200 bushels
OF wheat, 1900 of oats, besides large crop.
of corn and potatoes. Enterprising girl
could easily make claims, get good wages
at homework near by, and in six months
"prove up" and get $500 for their land
This road is no further north than Osh
kosh, Wis, and the soil is strong, raising
every thing that Wisconsin will produce
The population is almost exclusively Amer
lean and the society excellent. Rev. 1. S
Leavitt, of Edgerton, visited brother a
Redield last Sunday, and preached to fv'
graduates of Indiana Asbury university
]. A. Owen, Esq, an alumnius of Lawrence
university, and for some years an attorne,
in Chicago, is now doing a thriving bust
ness at De Smet. Scores of settlers hav
located there through his influence. Da
kota has grand future, and were it no
for partisan strife and the Eastern jealous,
of the growing power of the West, tn
southern part of the territory would b
created into state before three month
expires. HENRY CoLMAN.
,,Euchupaiba.''
Quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidney
Bladder--and Urinary Diseases. 81. Druggists
| Mrs. Hamilton Fish, while out riding tn
other day in Poughkee psie was throw
violently to the ground by the breaking o
| the kinoboIt of the carriage Two rib