The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1885-05-08
DAKOTA.
A Graphic Description or the Wealth
Wonders and Importance Of the
Territory.

Wonders and Importance Of the
Territory.
Reader, do you ever stop to contemplate tho
latent wealth Of this magnificent territory in
which you live? Do you ever think of what a
rich, powerful and popuous state it is a. sure
to become in the future as that future IL sure
to beP II not, then you are indeed poor in
terpreter of the signs OF the times; u very
poor observer and discoverer Of tho latent
forces Of nature, and your ability for making
an intelligent comparison between tho state
from whence you came and this sturdy young
infant, is far from the average.
Compare 1t with the states of Minnesota and
Iowa, tho banner states of the Northwest, and
in what single feature does it fall below them
in excellenee2 With it's 100000 miles Of tilla-
ble land it is capable Of sustaining and sup
porting, by its products alone, the entire pop
ulation Of the United States.
The rich lands Of Minnesota aud Iowa are
greatly offset by large tracts of inferor and
waste land. This is true of nearly all the
states and territories. Not so with Dakota.
Nearly tho entire area embraced within hor
boundaries can be proftably utilized by the
husbandman. For the depth and richness Of
their soil, for beauty of contour and the econ
ony Of their Typography, the vast prairies Of
Dakota challenge the world. This added to
and supported by the pleasantest healthisst
and most exhliarating climate under the sun,
and time alone stands between Dakota and
Dakota splendor and greatness.
Rut fhio ia mt all Mnnofroy,u Cnal hoda liz
beneath her alluvial covering. ready to pour
their bitunInous wealth upon her people, and
fill their homes with warmth and cheer. Her
mineral wealth, already immense, promises
in the course Of development to rank with the
richest mineral regions of the world.
The growth Of the west that is sealing the
doom Of eastern rings and monopolies and toll
ing the knell Of departing life Of the political
organizations Of the east has double signif-
cance for Dakota. Situated as she IL ut the
head Of that mighty water way, the Missouri
river. which courses its way through what is
destined to be, at no very distant day, the heart
and center of this gigantic commonwealth, she
has but to lead the liuitless products of her
soil upon its buoyant waters and float them to
market Not only does this stream furnish us
cheap transrortion for our saleable products,
but the forces idly playing in its swift current
represent the greatest available power in the
civilized world, and will eventually he utilized
in immense manufacturing industries.
The man who sees Dakota as it Is, and has q
faint idea Of what it is bound to he, will lose
no time in securing portion Of her valuable
domain. The guarantee Of 900 per cent. on
the Investment by William H. Vanderbilt could
not enhance its safety.
We can say without boasting that our per-
sonal knowledge Of Dakota is not a superficial
one. Seven years Of our brief career have been
passed on her prairies and in her towns of al
most magic growth; three of these years being
employed on the government survey, and al-
ways keeping to the front, cur opportunities
for observing the speedy transformation of her
beautiful, uninhabited prairies into fields Of
waving grain, and the unparalleled growth OF
her paper townsites into flourishing villages,
her villages into thriving cities, have been ex-
cellent.
Never, under the broad canopy Of heaven,
has the development Of any country boon more
rapid and substantial. And while our growth
in the past has exceeded all expectations, we
have every reason to believe that Of tho future
will be equally phenomenal We have enum.
Grated but a few Of the advantages Of Dakota.
The possibitis of Dakota's future are infinite,
the probabilities are grand and the certaintiet
are unequalled.-OliUet Banner.