The Dickinson press., 1884-11-22

June; but it is better to plant in May.
The immense mining and stock bust.
ness, north, west and south of US
furnish good home market, white
we have cheap outlet for any sur.
plus, by way of Duluth.
The stock raising interests of this
country and Montana are becoming
large and the enormous number Of
fat steers shipped from Dickinson
this fall show its importance as =
shipping point. There is probably
no country equal to this for raising
and fattening stock. Texas breeders
that have talked with concede that
our winters are much less rigorous
on stock than those Of Texas, rs our
winters are greatly modified by the
return trade winds which bring the
rainy season to Oregon and after
parting with their moisture west Of
the Cascade mountains, come to us
as dry. warm wind through the low
passes of the Rocky mountains and
are called here Chinook winds which
usually carry off the light winter
snow and cause the ice to leave the
Missouri and other rivers as high up
as Benton month earlier than the
ice breaks up as low down as Omaha,
Nebraska, and we get very fat beef
from the cattle ranges all winter and
also in March and April from cattle
that get their entire living from the
nutritious dry grass, which is now
ripe and ready for the abundant and
rich winter pasture and there is
never snow enough to keep stock
from grazing a good living. If the
reader will turn to the chart in some
physical geography he will see that
the isothermal line, which passes
through Paris, France, also passes
through Harrisburg. Pa, then west.
ward through Ohio and southern
Minnesota and when approaching tho
l08th meridian it takes course near.
ly north into British territory and
then curves west to the Rocky mount
aims, leaving us far south of the iso-
thermal line of Harrisburg. The
mean temperature of winter ut Bis
marck IS 100 warmer (by government
records) than at Fargo and st. Paul
and the temperature moderates as
you go west and northwest from Bis.
marck. We have some cold days, :.,t
and we do not feel the effect Of the
low temperature as we do of the
damp, chilling winds of the states
east and it seems to have no damag.
ing effect on stock.
The N. p. r. R. has pursued far
more liberal and generous course to
the immigrants to this country than
that pursued by the U. p. II. r. 1t
sells its land on long credit for SO to
SIS per acre that is superior in quality
to any south of Dakota and fav0rs
immigrants by low freights and if it
continues in liberal and just course
it will insure for the road and coun-
try Il great and prosperous future.
The inhabitants now here are princi.
pally of the most Industrious and en- :
terprising class from the northern
states with one small German settle
ment near Richardton.
Dickinson has fine location in the
Heart valley; is the county seat, has
the railroad shops and round house.
is the terminus of the Missouri
freight division and center of passen.
ger division, has Il magnificent farm
ing country for 100 IN lies south and
beyond the line of the county OH the
north that will bring a large trade to
it, and it will undoubtedly become q
great railroad center as it already is
one of the. largest stock centers and
shipping points OH the railroad. The
town was commenced in the fall
of 1882. has had a healthy growth,
without the usual booming of rail-
road town. 1t has two churches, .
good school, three good hotels, eight
stores and a live newspaper, and
claims 100 inhabitants. 1t pOlled ut
the late election go votes and is des-
tined to grow rapidly into a large and
tlourishing city. Two years ago the
buffalo We're plentiful near by and
now all are gone, but smaller game
is plentiful lin the broken or bad
lands 80 to 40 miles west) such ;ss
elk, deer, bear and mountain sheep;
and antelope roam the prairie, also
plenty of grouse, ducks, geese, curlew
and other small game, with beaver
and fish in the rivers.
Government land is mostly taken
near the railroad and some settlers
are twelve miles back. Next spring
will undoubtedly bring in large inn
migration to settle in this garden Of
the west.
6 prYroN