Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-02-13


t is constant succession of water,
woods and prairie, charmingly COM
mingled.
Not very long ago Henry Ward
Beecher made q trip through the
West and South. In u subsequent
lecture entitled the "Circuit of the
Continent" he embodies the results
of his observation. His words are
we'll worth reading. Following are q
few brief extracts:
1t has been supposed, even up to
very recent period, that the portion OF
our continent must be given up to
winter and to desolation. All that
saw, all that learned, filled me with
surprise as well as qualification. One
of the revelations made to me was the
fact that instead of the Northwestern
territory being bowling wilderness
and desolation, it is the very para
disc of wheat on this globe, and now
here else in our own land and no
where else abroad is there any such
wheat field as that which includes
the territory on the north and on the
south of the great Northern Pacific
railroad. 1t is destined to be occupied
by probably 100000 of people be-
fore the end of this century. The sum-
mer is from four to five months in
duration. The winter there is winter.
1t is q wholesome and refreshing
time when the thermometer goes
down from 40 to 60 degrees below zero.
That would seem to stand in the way
of population, but [ am informed by
those living there who have come
from New York that they do not suf-
fer in their winters half as much as
thew used to in New York city. That
was also the testimony of Minnesota,
Dakota and Montana. On account OF
the great dryness of the atmosphere
at 40 degrees below zero they do not
feel so cold as they used to in New
York city when the mercury was a
little below freezing point. The pop
ulation of this British possession is
mainly Scotch and English, with a
scattering of Scandinavian people,
! and is destined to carry English civil
ization with it on our great Northern
border. Shut up, as they are, fol
nearly eight months by winter, what
must result? More or less social re-
taxation and home life; entertain
ments and amusements that do moi
turn on mere roaming and passions
The best civilization on the globe are
these in which the populations are
shut up for considerable period o.
the year and are obliged to find theil
} enioyments in domestic relations ano
domestic life. I have been aecus'
toned to say, thinking of California
that no people would, through perloc
) of several generations, fail to run ou1
, more or less in climate where they
had no cellars to dig and no barns tt
build; that is to say, where nature Il
so provident that man is not obliged
to look forward and make provisions
for the future. The British possess
ions are, in the near future, going t.
= develop very noble type of civiliza
: ton after the method of our ideas, TO
: the government of the dominion il
} substantially Republican. Nominally
= it is a colony of Great Britain, but il
1 the management of it's own affairs
= is almost absolute. =
/, \
e A thousand acres of wheat are $o1
1 sidered there very fair farm, fh
:. vast wheat farms of 4n 1906 G98T acres o
e more are not successful. They rails
e theSyne-2Ibut they break the owners
1.-THE general tendency is to break u
large possessions into smaller farms
;, 1t is very wholesome tendency. l
l had my choice of whether l shoul
own the Union Pacific or the south
d west roads or combinations, whateye
y may be their relative value, or tn
Norther Pacific, commend me t
+ the Northern Pacific. It is destined t
: be grander piece of property OF TIL
h kind, I believe, than has ever been al
y tempted before on this continent.
went through wilderness, but cal
10 ried population after it. Here W
e found cluster of tents; the town wa
o lust born. A little further Oh tent
n and shanties; the settlement was 81
Ii months old. Here was pretty goo
:, town or city year old. It was SUI
l. prising to see what could be done
l. so short time. The road carrie
r largely Germans and Scandinavian
e The climate invites the natives of th
e northern nations of Europe. In Nor
t, tana, Dakota and the adjacent BIRTHS
is possessions malarial diseases are a
el most unknown. 1t is Wonderfl
IS country.
ii In regard to California, let NJ
Ii say that mining is going out an
:, farming is coming in, and there is
e fair chance for it's development, fl
e mining is developed and the wealth
h carried otto other parts of the countr.
n Fruit farms and vineyards, alread
d immense, are extending. I'll
l. farms have all the products of ii
temperate tropical zones, and are il
creasing in number as well as tt
!. wheat fields and will increase sti
- further in wealth as soon as our a.
c surd legislation on the subject
d Chinese help shall be retracted an
Ii abolished.
o I went to Atlanta, to Macon,
n Augusta, to Savannah and to Charlie
:. ton. Let me say of Macon and Agus
d that they are the two most beautifi