Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-05-30

who lives at NeOga, He, having lost bis
farm by the foreclosure OF z mortgage,
set his wits to work to earn sufficient
money to get it back again, and the re-
suit of his study and experiments was
get up a gate, which he patented Jaly
81, 1888, which is made without q NOR
tise, rope, tenon, spring, wire or hinge,
which can be opened by one hand from
wagons, buggies and loads Of hay, and
when closed makes its own lock or fas-
tening, q part Of the gate being the lock,
Sufficient to say Mr.. White owns his old
farm again and has about $50, 900 cash
in bank and is daily selling from $500
to $1,000 wsrth of farm and county
rights.
Among the different exhibits from
those sections of the West and North
which seem to be making the greatest
effort to secure emigration that OF Da-
kota Ter. attracts Widespread interest
and attention. That one Of the terrific
ries should make an exhibit second to no
| state in the Union is & fact of itself cal
culated to excite surprise and command
admiration. The sight of Dakota's
proud pyramid of cereals, embracing
/ all the products Of that climate, natural
! " leads to an investigation of her re-
! sources and opportunities. 1t is found
that Dakota took the first premium on
wheat, and that she raised 3O,OOO,O 900
bushels Oft in 1884. Can they raise corn
in DakotaP The figures prove the corn
used in the exhibit to be genuine Dako-
! IA ears, the crop Of last year being TO-
OOO,0 (hfteen miIIion) bushels. And
the ''free homes" of Dakota, where are
they? In the territory there yet remains !
many millions Of acres of vacant land
that may be entered as Government !
lands or brought from private individu-
ais or the railroads at astOnishingly low /
prices. Think of land IN Dakota costing /
only E few dollars an acre that can pro
duoe as great returns as land in Illinois |
worth 500 an acre, and you will com /
prehend in a moment why it is thai Da- |
kota is so eagerly sought after by men
of small capital. The best way to pur- /
sue this investigation far is to write to /
Hon. Lauren Dunlap, Commissioner Of
Emigration, at Huron, Da., who is the
officer appointed by the territory for the
purpose OF afOrding reliable information
about Dakota. The character, extent
and taste displayed in the decoration Of
the exhibit viii certainly do much to
commend Dakota to seekers after new
homes among the people who have Wis
tied New Orleans during the past six
months.
Railroad companies as we'll as States
compete with each other for the honor
of showing up to the best advantage the
resources of the country through which
they pass, and are also great teachers
from whom the public learn useful les
sons. The Louisville and Nashville,
Queen and Crescent Chicago, bIilwau-
kee and St. Paul and several other roads
make exhibits which have cost them
thousands of dollars to place here and
maintain. The last-named company,
who operate five thousand miles of road
through Wisconsin,, Minnesota, Iowa,
Dakota and Illinois, have added largely
to the value Of the Exposition through
their beautiful display, which was con
structed under the supervision Of Mr.
w. E. Powell, General Emigration
Agent of the road, aud which is now in
charge of Mr.. David ii. Noses AS
brief description of the exhibit might in
terest some of your readers L viii at
tempt it: The space occupied is 2, 800
square feet. and in the center stands an
artistic pavilion built in form of q cross
completely decorated and covered with
heads Of wheat, oats, barley, fax and
grasses grown in the states traversed by
the road and on the broad platforms
inside are placed specimens of the vege-
tables, corn and fruit. Thousands of
small sacks of No. L hard wheat have
been given away. As the principal OBJ
iect Of each Western state or railway
exhibit has been to attract emigration,
from the comments your correspondent
has overheard that road can feel that
their display has not been made in vain.
They have not forgotten to show up
Wisconsin and Minnesota as summer
resorts, aud the southern travelling pas
senger agent OF the road (Bir. Clif P.
Kennedy, Of Louisville, KY told your
that the summer tourists
from the South who would 90 to the re-
sorts on their road this summer would
double discount all past seasons The
Dakota girl made entirely from grains
and grasses by Mrs. j. NJ. Palmer of