The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-07-10

which does not exist III the State,
and for wheat raising cannot be sur
passed and hardly equallcd. The
road runs through some of the finest
claims in the country, all averaging
from a million to a million and q
halffcet, divided pretty equally be-
tween Norway and White Pine, some
being all Norway, and some pretty
mHch all white. The farther north,
the more white pine you get. T. B.
Walker, one of the greatest pine land
gentlemen in the State, whose head
quarters are at Minneapolis, is log
ging in towns 146 and 147, and is
working southwark. He owns about
two thirds of the pine not taken by
settlers in this country, and boasts, !
understand, that he will own the BAL
ance, which he. can easily do by pay
ing the settler his price for the same.
Settlers can or will hold their timber;
at from one dollar rsandsa half 70 two
dollars per thousand feet stumpage,s
and must be purchased very soon.
to get it even at that, for when this
country is once entered by railroads
it will command much better price.
The N. P. Railroad Co. owns consid-
cradle pine in this section Of the
country, ahd they hold theirs at So
per thousand feet stumpage, and a
good deal of it is not rs good as the
settlers, while considerable is much
better, but not superior in quality
There is one element in this .countryxI
which does not give satisfaction, and
that is the mosquito! Billions upon
billions, they can be found ready for
"hot meals at all hours" of the day
and night, and no one can get any
rest or satisfaction any time, and
there are also to be found most spe-
cies OF insects that inhabit the earth,
and all seem TO be quite active in
plying their avocation. All these
pests taken together make it hot tor
the poor settler, for this seems to be
their territory, and the Scriptures say
''Verily, the way of the transgressor
is hard''. Peter Turnbull of Lake
Isasca, has the first and only white
child born in Beltrami Co., it being
at the present time about four weeks
of age. So 1T can be plainly shown
that population is on the increase in
our county. There are few strag.
CLING Chippewas to be seen occasion.
lilly, vending their way up and down
our lakes, hunting and fishing. But
on the Reservation they are thrifty I
people, farming and growing their
crops the same as the Pale Faces
The White Earth Reservation joins
our County on the west; Red Lake on
The north; and Leech Lake ON the
east. The probability is that the
time is not far distant when this coun-
try will be settled up by thrifty
people, a people who have the ener-
gy and perseverance to make coun-
try not surpassed by any in the State.
Post Offices are being talked
Of, and one is already established at
ltasca, and the time is eagerly looked
forward to when the shrill whistle of
The locomotive will be echoed through
our vast forests. There is no settler
but can imagine his claim transformed
into a we'll cleared farm, well stocked
with all modern improvements. Our
lake shores will then be studded with
cottages, hotels and boat houses. Let
us hope and trust that many OF these
apparently fanciful illusions may be-
come real. Yours Truly,
T. H. Ollie.