Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-24
DETROIT AND VICINITY.
Especial Correspondence Of the Globe

Special Correspondence OF the Globe.I
DETROIT, MINI, April 21.-Seeding in
this vicinity has for some time been pro-
crossing finely, and many Of the smaller
farmers have completed spring work.
There is large increase of acreage in all
cereals over that of last year, but at pres
ent we can not make any accurate esti-
mate of that increase. AS we were max
ing a roundabout trip through the country
surrounding Detroit the other day, we
could not avoid observing the positive
proof laid before US of the fact that the
farmers in the Northwest are by far the
most independent and successful class of
men we have. We may note one of the
proofs. Five years ago a Norwegian ar
rived at this place with family of six
children, and wife, few household goods,
| and no money. He took homestead and
| presumption claim four miles southwest of
Detroit. To-day he has nearly 200 acres in
crop, has about 300 acres of land, several
teams of horses and Jokes of oxen, num-
bers of COWS, young cattle, sheep and hogs
and good dwelling house, barns, gran
aries, etc. His farm, chattels and all, is
worth fully $4,000 cash. Now, where is
| the business man who will start without
one cent of capital, support his family and
in five years accumulate $15,O009 Is this
not the farmers paradise? This is but
| one of the many instances of like success
which we could cite This part of the
country is just having its boom. For the
past several years the tide of emigration
has flowed on past as into Dakota, but now
as the Dakota fever is subsiding, emigrants
use more judgment in choosing their To-
calities and rightly are preferring the
country that offers them the best of prairie
where A No. hard wheat is raised,
an abundance of timber, and the best of
water is to be had, and also where they are
hundreds of miles nearer the wheat mar
| ket.
The country all about Detroit is develop
ing rapidly. Fine farm houses are being
built and large fields are being opened up.
which next year will bear the owner one
hundred fold. On every hand we see but
continual and rapid improvement, and
cannot doubt, that in from five to ten
years this section of country will be the
richest and the most prosperous part of
the Northwest. Detroit is also participant
ing in the banner county boom, or the ban
ner county is participating in De-
troit, her county seats boom, we
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booming. 1t has received its
impetus from some solid source, for it is
rapidly, healthily and steadily going ahead.
Many buildings are now under way of con
struction, and others will be built this
summer that will fully double the size OF
5 the town, which has now population Of
1900 Inhabitants. There are now good
prospects of the building this summer OF
railroad from this place to Red Lake
; Falls, which if it materializes will open uI
a large tract of the most fertile prairie anG
large forests of timber lying north of here
, the product of which will be tributary to
Detroit During last winter Messrs. Turn
: bull & Mcdonald built and now have in
operation the Detroit roller mills, doing
principally custom work, and during III
same period Col. Geo. II. Johnston hai
) enlarged and added the latest roller ma
: chinery to the Detroit Lake roller mills
: and now does an exclusive merchant bust
r ness. Prices of lots in Detroit now rang,
a from 5000 to $4,000. N. QUAD.