Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1884-10-10
EUGENE FIELD, in the Chicago News
gets off the following: ,...:

gets off the following:
The wisdom of the appointment of Col. Gill
bert A. Pierce to the governorshlp of Dakota is
last being demonstrated. From all parts of
that peaceful and prospe roue territory come
reports of such d nature "a to leave no doubt
that Pierce is today the most benignant potent
ate on the surface of the earth. The crops Of
Dakota have never been what they are this
year; corn stands elsven f-et high, wheat shows
an acreage Of sixty-fve bushels, tomatoes have
grown to the size of pumpkins. apples are so
large that they have to bespit in two before one
man can carry them from the orchards, pears
have attained to such size that they have to be
lowered from the trees by derricks, and the
ordinary small fruits have thrived so luxuri-
antly that huckleberry or blackberry or q
raspberry affords q good square meal to the
heartiest man. From the mining districts
comes advice of an encouraging nature.
Claims which were worthless last spring are now
of vast value; mines which we're supposed to have
been exhausted have revived ana arr yielding
fabulous wealth; gold is now found in localities
which were abandoned years ago, and silver
literally protrudes from tne earth in those local
tiles which the prospector deserted last winter
that game ab0unds in unusual quantities in
Dakota this fall; buffalo range over the fowery
prairies in vast droves, and, by q remarkable
coinci> ence, each buffalo COW appears to have
given birth to twin calves this season. Deer,
antelope, bear, ducks, geese, grouse, partridges,
and all kinds of feathered game are go plentiful
that it is believed the game laws of the territory
will have to be temporarily suspended in order
to rid the prairies of the superabundanoe Of
game. Tne rivers, lakes, and creeks are literally
alive with fish; nothing like it was ever heard
of before. A brook trout, four feet long and
weighing thirty pounds, was caught recently in
one Of the small streams near Bismarck.
Another indication Of the great success
OF Gov. Plerce's administration is to be
found in the fact that during the
three months Of its existence 90 far, immigra-
ton has increased 80 per cent. per week. The
Influx Of females is particularly noticeable.
Her etofore there has been scarcity of women
in the territory, but ~ soon So Governor Pierce
was inauRurated it seemed a. If every unmar-
ried woman on the continent made break for
Dakota. The result is that the farmer, the
miner, the cowboy, the mechanic and the male
citizen of Dakota generally has no difficulty
now in finding . wife among the large caravans
of beautiful ladies that arrive daily at the
prominent distributing points in search of
homes, husbands and happiness. Sc, in every
phase and in every condition Of Dakota life we
find at present degree IF prosperity and prom
ise uneQualleo in the annals of time. We con-
gratulate Governor Pierce upon the great end
glorious work he is accomplishing, and we con-
gratulate Dakota upon having called to the
guidance Of her destiny man 80 competent 20
tho task Of converting her vast praines INTO
blooming Eden, and her history into one grand
and beautiful poem.