St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-25
Dakota D8rLETS.
News Notes OF All Sorts from the
Land of No. Hard.

There are scattered over Dakota, especially
In the large farm and wheat regions, a great
many amateurs. or collapsed people from
Eastern cites. and occasionally one from over
the water, who have been wealthy. but lost
everything, and come 10 Dakota with the no
ton that any one can grow wheat. One of
these was recently visited In the Red river
valley. The large farm belonged TO aweathy
capitalist, and he had placed upon it a family
OF relatives from New York city. cultured
and refined. having moved in the highest So
cial circles. but had lost everything in specu-
lation. No member of il had ever done any
manual work or had any practical knowledge
OF farming or culinary matters. The large
house was filed with the relics of fashion and
wealth. and the ladies had iewelry and dia-
mOnds and family relies valued az thousands of
dOilsrs, but the house was cherries and with
out the comforts often found IN a claiIn
shack. There was no attempt 10 learn the
new life, but all we're dependent as infants on
tickle Scandinavian employees. Everything
about the place was shiftless and haphaZard.
supplies were bought in quantities at 81.
Paul aud often damaged or ruined by weather
or lack of ordinary care. The losses and
wastefulness would support several families
trained 10 rural life. The farm comprises
many hundred acres OF choice land. but the
capitalist finds II big elephant on his hands
under such management. The moral might
be educed that even in prolific Dakota some
knowledge OF practical methods Is needful 10
success But there are hundreds. perhaps
! thousands IN the territory who knew moth
/ ing of farming or house management, who
| have picked up information and adapted
| themselves to the new circumstances SO as 10
| live in comfort and acquire property. Prob
i ably q majority OF those who have come to
| Dakota came with little or nothing. whose
/ chief equipment was willing hands. clear
\ heads ana unsullied records. Such have al
| most invariably done well and are on the up
| grade in life.
This screed by the Mandan Pioneer could
/ easily be classed among the probable in sub
stance: The son of prominent divine went
! out 20 Dakota with the intention of going into
| business but returned in very low circum-
| stances financially. having walked about half
the distance. why am surprised my son, "
said his father. ~ thought there were great
| opportunities for making money in the terri
| tories. Didn't you strike chanceI' 'Well,
yes. in a measure. but the fact is. father
/ didn't hold the right kind of a hand. II was
! good enough. so bet all l had on IL. but the
other fellows was better and he raked in the
pot"
A woman who is holding a homestead in one
| of the new sections writes TO friends In the
| East that she has no neighbors from the fact
that all the land within five MILESTONE 400
! homesteads of l60 acres-is held by non-resf
! dents. spectators who procured II In ways
not warranted bv law. After allowing for
| some exaggeration. this affords n striking
illustration of the need OF some change in the
| enforcement of the land laws. Ii is u great
! injury TO the country TO have the land held
in this way.
The recent statement of Pnlsbury to the
assessing officer at Grand Forks in depre-
eating the taxing of the grain in elevators
that there was very little profit in the eieva
! tors, ELECTS the statement from C. l.. williams
| that when @. 5. Hubert went into the Pills
bury elevator firm he was not worth $4,000
| but be withdrew last spring, and was paid as
his share of the profits Sl.J0O. 600. IL is the
| current impression Of wheat-growers that
their grain has brought fairness TO many
| pockets on its journey TO market.
The Black Hills papers state that the sup
position that tnat region can be made 10 90
/ Democratic in politics Is not warranted BY
| any known figures. At the last election
| fully two-thirds of the votes were Republican.
The Colonial and United States Mortgage
| company. which loans money very largely In
! the North, has adopted a new form OF mort
| gage, which requires both interest and prin-
cipal TO be paid in gold. Other loan compa-
MES are said to be adopting the same rule.
The first considerable freight train over the
new branch road TO Hankton comprised
twenty-thrce cars OF cattle for Chicago The
| stock shipments from that section are be-
coming quite large.
Hard coal has sold in walworth county "a
/ high IS SIS a ton. but the local paper saws
the county paws 50 n ton more than individ-
uals. They hope for a railroad the coming
season.
The Presbyterian college which has been
| located at jamestown has progressed far
enough TO call for bids for the preliminary
work. A $4,000 building IS TO be erected
A buffalo bull that has been domesticated
/ in Barnes county. for two or three years has
| lately been shipped east TO some geological
! garden as wild native OF the plains