The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-06-21
From Dakota.

EpIToR OF PLAIN DEALER:
| arrived in Dakota, May 10Th in
the morning. Left Cresco afternoon
Of 10th, with IN emigrant outfit;
went through all right. l think
vegetation two weeks later than in
Iowa. The wheat plant, though
small yet, looks healthy, and il the
season continues cool to harvest, ii
will yield bountifully. Farmers are
done planting corn; considerable
hes been planted on breaking. There
has been Il few good corn days late
ly,mcrcury running as high as 50 de-
grees in the shade. The land in
Day county il nearly all taken. A
few claims may be found near Bris-
tol, eleven miles west of Webster;
also some in the northern portion OF
the county. Webster is the boss
town between Milbank and AbcI-
deem. It never had any aspirations
to become tho Territorial Capitol
1t is the county seat Of Day county
and is an entcrprising go-ahead
town. There Gre two papers pub
lished in Webster. The Reporter
and Farmer, and The Day County
Banner. The printing Of the Ban
ner is done at present, at Milbank.
One Of the editors informs nc that it
will soon be printed in Webster.
There are now in Webster two dry
goods stores, two hardware stores,
enc drug store, two furniture stores,
enc grocery and provision store, one
feed store, two blacksmith shops,
one harness shop, two lumber yards.
one meat market, and two good
hotels, where q hungry person can
get enough to eat. There is also
saloons, where some 60 when they
are dry, and lunch rooms where any
one can get Il quick, cheap meal.
Day county is destined III the hear
future to become agreat agricultural
county. Its citizens are intelligent
and happy; many were pioneers in
Iowa and Minnesota: know what it
was in the days of their pioneer lie,
to haul grain 80 10 100 miles, and
camp out i'm order that they might
have something left TO improve their
homes. Years after, railroads Were
built and those pioneers prospered.
Then it was they thought they had
not quite land enough; SO they
bought another 40 or another So of
land, and mortgagcd all the laid
they had TO secure payment. Those
men expected to pay their honest
debts. Government now intcrfercs
to make the debtor a slave, by max
ing laws wholly in the interest OF the
sharks. The first move was to make
money SO scarce that the debtor, let
hi4n be ever SO honest, could not get
money to pay his debts. This was
done by the party i'm power, first by
taking Il great amount OF the Green
backs out OF circulation; also O;hsr
notes that circulated as money, re-
ducing the per capita Of money from
81 dollars down to IL dollars, cnnse-
quntly property deprecated in value
more than half. The cereals not
paying the 60 / OF production.
N'heu, sold ot - cents per bgshel
cats and corn as low IA ) and 10 cts.
per hushel. The pioneers of Iowa
and Minnesota, and also Of other
states went 10 the wall. or in other
words, lost their homes. One man,
that has written several puffs for
Howard county, says their places
vii, be filled by better men. l must
disagree with him, and will say it is
doubtful whether their places will
he filed with as good men.
Many have sought to redeem their
fortune by coming to Dakota, and
with mach success. TO the young
Who want II fagIo, and to the home
less, young or old, come to Dakota.
She is destined in the near future TO
he a cgea. state.
Respectfully,