Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-09-02
THE NoRTHERNPAcIFlc
Some Facts and Figures About the
Great West.
the RAPID GROWTH or THE COUNTRY.
Public Lands That Have Been Taken-New
Capitals Growing Up-Iay Cookies
Props-Y-The Railroad
Companies Lands.

Northern Pacific railroad VIII nave
Joined rails from the eastward to the
westward about the time the readers OF
the REGISTER can see these lines, and
80 | thought you would like a resume OF
the work of that wonderful corporation,
as well As of the movements Of the i'm
migrants and emigrants-fOr in these
Western States some are coming and
some are going; and TO get your readers
an authoritative picture, | asked Colonel
Charles I.ambOru, land commissioner
of the Northern Pacific road, to give
your readers an idea of where the IN
easy american is moving to, for he is
on the march, and also to give such
facts and figures about the great Westas
those on the hillsidcs Of the old Bay
State would be interested in. The gen.
tlemSn kindly consented, and let meSay
that lie is we'll fortified by observation
along tre line, for he is in st. Paul to-
day, aud in Portland, Oregon, to-mOr-
row.
Max ny allowance then for the nat
NTal warmth that an honest man would
teCl III presenting his own property or
that Of the corporation Of which he is q
faithful servant, you have from his in
telligrnt point Of view one Of the most
faiJh1!' records Of the moving Of human
ity - uUr day. / may remark upon a
SINGULAR feature Ot this
wes,mard March
Of PIE American. Colonel L4mblru
SAL ;'.rt in the main the people who
ar, moving Row moved once befOrr,
that Is l. LAY, they mOveda quarter or a
thtId yEu century ago from New Eng
land or York State or Pennsylvania
iu;o Iudisna or Michigan. There they
got cheap lands; that land has en-
hulrg% m value in their hands, and
nov they sell out and with money in
their wallets they move again for cheap
larts. lie a Y he can tell by the in
uuiry Varle man is from; il he asks
tcr y good til Of timber land he is from
N:.aICu',, and il h. asks for u few hun-
Gr.' .v.v- ~ clean prairie the chances
an a. c uSn j. FROM Indiana. Bat /
viii NOT dryainvOu longer from Colonel
Ian isr,'S story:
zone vi the remarkable features o
the immigration Of the years lNS2 and
~ ra- been the rapid growth OF that
lur. pr 80 the country west Hui north of
-. P.,fI ruWprI> NJ the State Of Mime
~uts ~E. thelerritories Of Dakota, Mon
rau~, atd Washington Territory on :he
Pact. coast, through which the North
I'm Pacific runs. and which i 20 furnish
the business Of that great trans. cOnti-
mental iue. The road has but
thirty Miles Of Rail
10 r,Up'v.e tGs3 gap between the East
gui w.. and the last rail will bc laid
lLr first week iu September. The rnor-
L-
,~,l..s-.,Li." months ending June b,
IL. ~. ..,.vn ay tie report az Ihcrom-
..i-,.rt...f q e g.r.Ial iand ur'irn at
N.s-,a" .r.u. wl.'4 SHOWS that !~.Oo),-
..u .rI.~ "t I2'.'y aun~ have been
taken up's iug TIE i0~i year, which was
IHGl.y !.~ C'rt. more than has ever
l,ru :.I . Tr "a amy previous year in
rrE.~.r-v %; the ,;ovtrumcut: aud lis
very g..n .r5,vIe Indicates the riudlty
vii vIu.1. th- puu.ic domain i being
..-a,.u. %ragly oEr-ha.i Of these
lul~ were taken M i'm tee single Terri
trrc ,fl.tkDIa. In Montana 4DT,"ob
;It- w,.e taken up last year, aS
"-aii~ - t''H1n acres IN the previous
f,ar- ar,i in Washington Territory,
&c.,. a..C'- were tahruHP uhI'ngjN az
p &C.,. Yer, against +"a,"'" In the year
49,. tn Dakota, h13Hl'" acres were
.a',..'l 49, "@"rSt +~,".N,"'C acre, IN
49, lh',' h'NLt~ Hl'o" where
g. Immigrants
|.U' ,'"~t year. Il Is e~,tiraatci max
Isk.'l Increased IT. popuIaiinu ItI,yll
..u that nut les>thau 2DitlO people set
ted 20 " I=u!ugtOu Territory. When
q. H. 4. mcuuatryd that the settlers who
have -nae To Washington Territory
have uau 20 20 by way al san Fran
vi,ru. ;uG there take steamer 10 f"rt-
Iaii' W. ana Ineh n3rN l" tue 'ustt'ot
i'N"'ry "y Iati, II VIII Oe aPPAIgHI tha'
lie r\F'L-e "l moving d iath'ty Ii"Lu
tie Mississippi Valley 10 washington
Territory = a. great as the entire cO'toi
= Dakota t,rm. THIS movement OF SET
teI~Iutu Washington territory mas oeeu
zen "ESah!".
"I," -.rnusJs given to settlement IN
ruJit rr Dakota, Montana II " tSn-
i.gl"t lrTrltory Is directly
t"j"r N1rlurrn IacIhc road, the unt
M"Ic" $500 years ago on Tue I1lu'e -,
Jay ''""v' the Widest visionary ult
Hos eN!ttt 10 see couPIele" ""H'u "'l'
'u'NEI. 81 ever.
70 Ire i5"1c aud Whlth nave oeeu
taken Up during The last I@'ai year.
49, entries, representing +5t,Np acres,
were ,In, % Up ia Minnesota within the
limits ut tur Northern Pacific Railroad
rant, ttat i, within forty miles OF each
,l'e uf The road. In Dakota, within
Ihc gval road limits, ISL entries were
made, REPRESENTING 10000 acres, and IN
NasaIugi"u Territory, hi-p entries,
rtYycsULlIE 9Io,huD acres. ihe~e -
- separate entries Of Government
lands represent nOt less thar ltoo
separate
Heads OF Families
= layct.kar - a ODD acres of land
THE even numbered scctiOusO Of public
lands lying and adjacent To the North
trn Pacific Railroad, within the last
twelve months. This represents an i'm
mediately producing population, which