Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-10-05
THE NEW NoRrn-wEsT.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
BISMARCK, d. r., Sept Is, 1883.
| have just met u disgusted Englishmnn,
all the way from "Lunnon" originally, but
more recently from Fargo, whose popula.
lion he pronources "ihc bloodiest lot OF
blswstcd thieves outside the penilentiary."
Aud we'll might our English friend pro-
claim his disgns: at Fargo and all Fargo
ans, Tor he lad put up at the wrong hotel |
and been robbed so thoroughly that he
hndu't apparel enough left to wad II gun. |
But Fargo is one of the smartest towns OF |
all these communities OF smart people, and |
rhe proposes to prosper In spite OF the hit |
ter opposition that she constantly encoun.
ters, not only from her sister Moorhead |
over the way, but from the outlying towns
for miles and miles away, which ARE green
with envy over the successful career of this
dominant city Of the Red River Valley.
Containing now population OF more than
10000, Fargo is simply in its swaddling
clothes, so far as the trade OF tine region is
concerned, for il is surely destined to be
one Of the largest and most important
commercial points in the whole northwest
ern country. Here is the absolute basin
of this vast and fertile valley OF the Red
River, whose products are 10 contribute
no small share of the worlds stock Of pro-
vender. Nor is the wonderful fertility OF
this valley any new discovery, since the
Hudson Bay company, in conjunction with
the English and Canadian fur companies,
planted their colonies aud reapcd their rich
harvests from this very soil almost II cen
tury ago. The rise, progress, aud down
i,,l A , ,,l, un
ter of the cupidily that plunged these
companies into a war with each other, and
the annals of the Western border are black
with the savdgery that WAS invoked upon
all sles 10 made the warfare more San
Culinary and the victory moie bloody.
Here extending from south 10 north ior
$50 miles and from west to east from 40
to 80 miles, is one vast field for the pro-
dnction OF wheat, oats, barley, hmckwhent,
rye, potatoes and garden vegetables, en-
tlrely unexcelled by any equal area OF
country in all this wide world. Aud these
broad acres are all to be utilized at once
and they ARE to pay handsomely for their
cultivation, for there are five aud fifty
millions OF our own mouths To feed, to say
nothing of the moie,y that must go TO the
closely. peorled countries OF the old world.
Moorhead, to which reference has been
| made, is OH the Minnesota side OF the Red
River, and population in point OF num-
bers to suit the convenience OF its most
reputable liars. Commercially it is not
wanting in any of the attributes OF smart
ness that characterizes its sister city of
| Fargo, and as distributing point has ex-
actly The same facilities. The town has
God-forsaken look i,s streets being solely
devoted to the maturing OF Il sea OF back
| IN nj ia tnn icly Enr 4.
poses and too thin for pedestrian or vehic'
ular purposes. Ihe foot prints OF the
inevitable Yankee, however, are seen on
every hand, for the school house, and the
church and the newspaper stand out IN
conspicuous prominence in connection with
the mania for real estate speculation. Like
Fargo it is no place for drones, and the
man who expects to 81. down with his
hands in his own pockets instead of other
peoples will be very likely 10 be sat down
upon and sent home.
| In my travels thus far through Dakota,
have been able to gather up some i'm
pressions OF the country and it's people that
would seem to demand brief comment.
And first, the laboring man, Ms such IS a
decided discount everywhere. His living
is high, while his wages are low. This
comes of the terrible influx of laborers at a
time when there was great demand for II
single class, such as carpenters, bricklnyers
etc. Hundreds at he East left profitable
employment behind them TO come here
and yearn to get back again, without being
able 10 pay their way. The laborer oil
skilled artisan who cannot here command
double the wages that lie did at the East
mnst absolutely deprive himself of this
comforts and the necessities of life, foi
| ,ft hoe Il Ii, 4
. for ordinary board and sustains his extra
ordinary weekly expenses outside OF that
lie discovers the impossibility of making
both ends meet. or clerks and book keep
ers there is and always has been snrfei'
? No more are wanted, as they are alrend,
here in sufficient numbers tn grow apao
with the country and its business.
There is, however, n great, and i nigh
4 say n prayerful demand for Il class of f.
0 male help that seems TO fight shy of al
u newl settled communities. The girl o
woman who is capable Of doing honseworl
/, in large or small families can comman,
y her own price. The Norwegian emgran,
k W tn 10 conception ot the English Ian
e guage and no pt,bilty to America
e customs or cookery, is the good housewife
e exas.o .osration but she is the only aYailabl
material for the performance OF househol
s duties here, and she il paid higher rat
e OF wages per week than the man who bore
1t mountains and spans the valleys for til
advent of the raiload. Good, worthy. re
II liable girls who can command the vernao
IL ular, can also command fa bulous wages.
= In my last letter briefly alluded to tn
d healthfulness of this portion Of the countr
e and its advantages TO those who are suffer
u ing from pulmonary complaints. Will
tl, 81. l.. ; 4 n
s. find nowhere else in this country, the al
e has an invigoratng quality that aifort
!. remarkable aid in the recuperalion
II broken down constitutions. This chara,
G teristie of the climate, despite the sever
/, winters, has induced The settlement in -
u parts of the Territory of hundreds m
o probably thousands who are getting me-
n lease OF life in the compulsory process {
l. ronghing il in IL new country, and pariic
pating in The general excitement Of boom
e ing new towns, IA subject which prnpo'
IL to treat in my next. Dom PEDRO.
Y BISMARCK, d. T., Sept, 25, 1888.
d town without either hiSory or i'restg
q yesterday becomes n metropolis to-day h
y means of the boz IN. OF course there is val
e amount II prodipous lying III this booming bu
C nees, but what other mission has the real esta
= specnla,or? AS one travels westward he ei
g counters m"rs and more nf these intcligeu
,r able bodied Liars, whose labnis in behalf
this. that and the ohcr rising tnwn iudnce I
speedy settlement and at once secure its pro-
perity. II matters little as TO the parlicnl,
advantages place may possess, either in III
matter of location or quality of soil, or mi
facilities. or anything else, so long ns It has
good bonmer--a man with n harm and q capac
" ~ for blowing it. He is the first stage of II
=; growth 0f the town, aud tile second and las
10 He lies elegantly about the attractions of Il
Al place which after all consists chiefly in Il
\. Inducements held cut far speculation.