The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-16
Minneapolis and st. Paul. But they
wish to accomplish this without provok-
ing an open rupture with the Northern
Pacific folks.
Dakota Wheat Lands.

ing an open rupture with the Northern
Pacific folks.
Dakota Wheat Lands.
Washington Republican,: 1t il q noticeable
fact that about six in every ten Of the entries
OF public lands this year have been made in tho
Territory Of Dakota Reports from that part
Of the country indicate that within auothef
year very nearly all Of the agricultural lands
east OF the Missouri river will have been
taken up by actual ssttlerA The reasons
for this general tendency toward tho Dakots
country are not generally understood In
spite Of climatic disadvantages which make
some parts OF the Territory disagreeable as
places OF residence, the Territory is ire:
aud most reliable fields for grain growing.
Tho soil is rich loan many feet In depth,
lying upon o bed Of hard clay. which is
almost waterproof. During the winter tho
weather Is q constant variation from frost TO
thaw, 80 that by spring the soil is filed with
moisture so abundant that wheat will grow
and flourish upon II Independents Of rainfall
Such a thing as wheat failure has never been
known in that part Of the country, though
frequently since settlement began tho sum-
mers have been excessively hot aud dry. The
yield moreover IL always large, aud most OF
tho farmers after . few seasons have so far
prospered that they have been able to hold
iheir grain for high market These things
have served to draw the bulk OF immigration
that way IN ratio that Is increasing 20 fast
that within very few months only the low
grounds and barren spots, which are few, will
remain unsettled. Then will come tho cutting
up Of those vast farms which q few years
ago astonishod the world by their OK
tent and their extraordinary productiveness
These farms served their purpose In adver-
tisng the Territory while yet it was young
Their owners will scarce be able to resist the
opportunities that must shortly be offered
them 10 sell at prices which will yield them
fabulous profits. The next report OF the gen.
eral land office will show that more than two
thirds OF all the sales to actual settlers on the
public domain this spring and summer have
been in tho wheat lands Of Dakota
Dakota Territorial News.
James Baynes, government stats IT,
clan in Dakota, writes s. w. Tallmadge,
of Milwaukee, concerning the crops as
follows: "All small grain is making
looking very good. There is healthy
color and it is vigorous and making good
stools. The reports, embracing forty
nine counties, OH the present condition
p-e all above the average. except one,
which places it at 95 per cent. on account
Of lateness. The acreage is largely in
creased over last year; also In the ex-
elusive region. The acreage for the Ter
ritory is 1,006, 600, an increase over last
wear of 40 per cent. and the condition. as
compared with last year, is ll5 per cent.
Last years average for the Territory was
seventeen bushels" According to the
above decidedly fiattering official state
ment, Dakota will this season produce
a wheat crop aggregating 70, ,OOO, 600 bush
els.
The Bismark Tribune, speaking of its
early struggles says: The Tribune, which
now publishes morning and evening
edition with full associated press reports
less than ten years ago was printed on a
quarter medium Gordon jobber, and
frequently on brown paper. At one
time 20 keep from distress it borrowed
$3.50 from Jack Champlin, who did not
keep the most chaste kind Of an estab-
lishment, giving a mortgage on property
worth fifteen hundred dollars, paying
lOper cent. per month interest. 1t
borrowed for months at five per cent.
per month, and for years at two and
three per cent, per month, and its pub
fishers sacrificed one piece of real estate
after another that to-day would bring
one hundred thousand dollars, for the
sake of keeping the Tribune alive.
Chamberlain is to have a system OF
water works and the people there figure
that the improvement will increase the
value of property many times its cost.
It is claimed that in the Mitchell land
district alone 10000 acres have been oh
tained by fraud.
Hand county proposes to raise 100000
bushels of wheat this year.
The virgin sod is being turned over at
the rate of 600 acres per day in Hanson
county.
Bismarck, had another boom last week
occasioned by visit from the big Mil
waukee railroad officials.
The chief engineer Of the Winona Il
st. Peter road says the buildings of the
new division terminusat Tracy are being
vigorously prosecuted. The round house
will have stalls for thirty engines. and
the machine shop and blacksmith build
ing are to be..2OO feet long and 80 wide.
Two coal storage houses, each 26Ox26,
with a capacity of $500 tons, are also to
be constructed.
A call has been issued for cOnstitu-
ional convention for South Dakota, on
the 10th Of this month, at Huron. The
measure, as rule, is favorably COM
mented upon by the papers, though at
first it was regarded with not a little
suspicion.
Bismarck's capitol park is to be mod
eled after that around the capitol at
Washington.
Architects can bid on the Dakota capi-
tol building up to noon July b.
Near Parker ii. Vanepps, went down
we'll to finish digging and tainted. His
father.in-law, Henry Shenkle, started
down to help him. When nearly at the
bottom he too, tainted, and fell from the
bucket, striking his head on pick axe.
Before farther help came he was dead.
Vanepps was taken from the we'll in an
insensible condition, but is considered
out of danger.
Gov. Ordway has applied for an ex-
ension of time on the lease of the house
he occupies in Yankton, the extension
to run through the indefinite per iod
"several months" j. +. Sargent, of the
Herald, has recently purchased the res
idence occupied by the governor and
wants to move into.it but 1t appears
that his excellency is not yet ready to
depart.
LincOln>s Little Coon Story.
president Lincoln was very much
,,..,od - oo;d ona of his noraonal friends