Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-12-14
THE NEW NORTHW EST.
Few Remarks to the Young Business
Men Of ST. Paul and Minneapolis.

a Few Remarks to tho Young Business
Men Of ST. Paul and Minneapolis.
[sxTH PAPER.
West Of the sHmnit of the main range of the
Rocky mountains, extending from 1l3 to 124
longitude, is the district Of country which takes
within its boundary small portion Of Western
Montana, a large portion of Idaho, half Of
Oregon, and all of Washington Like the Mon
tana district, 1t is country Of large rivers and
lakes, valleys, hills and mountains, with great
plains only equaled by the great levels of
Dakota
The mountain ranges, to-wit: The Rocky,
Bitter Root and Cascade. The great rivers
The Missoula, Clark's Fork of Columbia, Spo-
kane, Salmon: Snake, John Days, Deschutes,
kootenia, with their thousands of miles of trib-
utaries, all going into the greater Colum ba,
and it pouring the vast flood into the Pacific
ocean near the forty-sxth latitude. Tue
Northern Pacific railroad when it strikes the
Mlssoula river bears rapidly northwest, and
makes a northng at Lake Pend d'Oreille al
most to the International boundary line, thence
running southwest gets to Portland at point
almost due west Of ST. Paul. The great Bitter
Root mountain range drives it north almost to
the queens dominions and thence, crossing the
great plains OF the Columb it follows that
river to tide water Of the Pacific. In this DIS
lrict are great forests of the most valuable
timber
Vast areas Of mineral wealth, valley and
hillside or grazing lands, great plains of lava
dust now partially occupied with some OF the
richest wheat fields in the world, the largest
hop fields on the continent, fruits, fisheries,
mountains OF Goa i, whose black formation has
just begun to be broken, and that great source
Of wealth appreciated. From Portland, the
commercial metropolis of the Northern Pacific
country Oh the Pacific coast railroads are
building and built north. south, east and west,
ocean going steamers and ships go and come to
her wharves and she sits there in the Vest.
your direct rival and competitor for the trade
Of this district. Portland is older than St
p&al, has many rich old business houses, but
that it will require time to get out of, aud
adapt themselves to the present style of bust
ness this side the mountains. In the north
west corner Of the United States and of our
New Northwest, is that singular formed body
of water, Pugets sound. Coming far inland
from the Pacific through the Strait of San
Juan de Fuca, due east, Ton turn south into the
deep waters Of the sound, generally very nar-
row, with bold rugged shores-witl bottom
aHording the best anchorage in the world.
here 10 these waters aad Oh the shores can be
made the cheapest transfers of land and sea
Of any in the West.
The completion Of the Northern Pacific rail
road opens up q new era to the people of this
district and 10 all their various interests as it
does to you Old towns jump forward VITA
new life and new towns and cities spring into
existence.
Thus have I written of four distinct dis
tricts of country in this our new Northwest
Between the Al and 40 parallels Of latitude
north and south, and from Central Wisconsin
to the Pacific ocean west-lm perlal Do
years ago Lewis and Clarke went
put to discover the general direction Of the
great rivers, not certain that its western por-
ton all belonged to one goverument; fifty
years ago all Indian Territory; thirty-five
years ago the first political district organic sd
over any part OF it; twenty-one years ago and
the first railroad track Was laid To-day this
imperial domain is oyerrun il every part, on
land and water. on plains, valleys, hills or
mountains, with as sharp, active business men
as God over created; men who are cutting
down the forests, blowing up, the great
rounding up the great herds, and turning the
products thereof into miilfous upon millions OF
dollars Of coined mouey, which goes to make
up our aggregate wealth, and here you stand
i'll the commercial and manufacturing metrop-
oils which you have so far built up from the
business transacted with very email portion
Of this empire, which is now opening to you in
its whole length and breadth Will you prove
equal to the occasion? Do you comprehend the
situation? Do you appreciate the mighty power
with which your rivals, East and West, will
enter this domain and seek to divert the profits
that you should ge:? Look out for your com :
patitors from the East, and from the West
Send out your agents, go yourselves,
and study up the mighty possbi
ties and probabilities that stand before
you in this new empire. To-day you have the
advantage of all concerned. It is not entirely
to the men who own the goods upon the shelf
and the money in the vault that the city is
to owe its future prestige; goods and
money are easily moved away The men who
own the city, the land on which, it is builded
up who own the great blocks and warehouses,
who own the dwellings in which other men,
women and children must live, have much to
do if they will hold here tho great city Of the
Northwest firm to it's present anchorage
Great as has been the developments Of the
past twenty years, SO the next twenty will be
far greater, and following the proportionate
opportunity. Since the railroad constructor
entered this domain, it has taken On new
life, and marched along with giant strides. If
the construction Of the few miles that we now
have, have wrought such wonderful changes,
what shall the near future be, and will it be for
veal or woe to you2 In my next and last
paper We will look upon the railroad questions
as they are being figured out in this imperial
domain. E. E. DELANo.