St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-13
DAKOTA NEWsLETs.
News Notes of All Sorts from the
Land of No. 1 Hard.


News Notes of All Sorts from the |
Land of No. 1 Hard.
If all the railroads projected in Dakota |
should be built, its map would resemble that |
of Illinois or other older states. A great por- |
ton of them are merely speculative enter |
prises, gotten up to sell out 10 some corpora |
ton or give local magnates standing as rail- |
road officials. There are several, however, |
that are reasonably certain to be built this |
year. The Dakota g. Great Southern has |
contracts let for portions of il, and iron is /
said TO be on its way TO Bristol TO commence J
track laying. Among perhaps the other |
most hopeful schemes are the extension OF |
the Fargo Southern from Ortonville to Flan- !
dreau; Hills road from Duluth west TO the |
Red and across to Montana; the Duluth, |
Huron g. Black Hills: the extension of the |
branch west from Minor; the Rock Island |
from Watertown to Columbia and perhaps to
Bismarck; the Jim River Valley south from
La Moure: the Dakota Midland, etc.
The school sections are generally among
the most desirable lands and without state
organization there seems no effective method
of keeping them out of the greedy clutches of
spectators and capitalists. One of the larg-
est real estate operators In the Red river val
ley recently sent to members of congress
strong presentation of the subject. He
stated that great numbers of these sections
were being cropped by the bonanza farmers
and alleged that by their method of Guilt
lands would depreciate in value fully so per
cent. There is no question that they are
robbed Of all the trespassers can get from
them. One OF these school sections adjoins
one of the most hourishng cities and the
local paper says nearly all of it could be sold
for $500 an acre. Under the loose systems
that have been in vogue, the sharks generally
contrive some scheme to beat the government
and school fund out Of such desirable lands.
A few days ago as party of four persons
frun md fx-O urnFn prn Rfffr
alo Gap, the new railroad town south of the
Black Hills, the sheriff of Custer county met
them and producing a warrant arrested them
on charge of two murders. The statement as
made is that last summer they kept saloon
in tent at Sand Ridge, point on the rail-
road being built. Two carpenters at work on
the bridge there suddenly disappeared and
no trace of them could be found. Soon the
four parties left the saloon and went TO the
tin mines. The people tore down the tent
and noted that under the bar the soil was loose.
Examination was made and the body of one
of the carpenters was found buried there,
and the other WAS found buried in a thicket
near by. Other evidence has been gathered
and the arrest made in consequence.
Some of the leading Democrats in the
house who are interested in Dakotas meas
ures have solicited from representative men,
who had no axes to grind to take them to
Washington, their opinions as to the
real sentiment and needs on the state
/ nOOu QuCSllOu VI buB p6Oplt "a DdhOLd- IL Is
learned that in most instances tho are told
that the great mass of the people will cheer
fully acquiesce in almost any measure con-
gress may deem best, but nearly all prefer
admission as a state. They say that the peo-
pie will vote in favor of any of the PROPOSE
tons named leading TO statehood, but that
admission as whole will be the easiest and
most satisfactory solution, as division can be
affected afterwards if there is any general de-
| sire for it.
The contest in the Pembins district for po-
litical leadership and the legislature between
Hon. Jud La Moure with his trained bears
| and Jerry Tuohy, the young Democrat APP
pointed by Judge Mcconnell clerk OF the
! court, is attracting wide attention, and the
! press of the North is almost unanimously
taking sides with young Tuohy. Although a
Democrat, La Moure is no friend to the press
and there is reciprocity of feeling. On his
recent tour to Bismarck he took occasion TO
express himself in his rude but emphatic
way over the effort to down him." as be
called il, and asserted that he would "get
thar" in spite of Tuohy and all the powers of
sheQl.
Delegate Clifford writes to his friends that
the Dawes bill will pass the house by the LIST
of March. Many have the mistaken opin-
ion that the reservation VIII in that case at
once be open to settlers. But ratification
by the Indians, with the assent OF three
fourths, must first be had. DIR. McGilhcuddy,
the old Indian agent among the Sioux, who
| Is perhaps the nigneSt authority on the 6u b
ject is positive that great difficulty and de-
lay will be had in securing the needed ap-
proval by he Indians. They DO not take
kindly to the severalty system, and are not
civilized enough to wish to surrender hunt
ing ranges.
In speaking of the rare qualities of the
Dakota climate the White Lake Dispatch
! mentions that DR.. Rogers, a leading citizen
who had been married nine years without
children. came to Dakota last year and las
week was made one OF the happiest men or
earth. aud has already purchased a farm FOL
the young man with the evident intention
that he shall never become a physician
Mother and son doing well.
The Mitchell Republi thinks that In tn,
; long run II will pay a state or territory no
to insure its public buildings. This is no
the view taken at Mad ison since the loss O
its normal school.
Rev. 1. N. Pardee, the noted pulpit orator
went to the Black Hills and dedicated
handsome NJ. Z. church at Rapid City las
Sunday. That city is coming to the front il
a railroad way.
At Leola, the county seat of Mcpherson
lots are offered free to any person who vii
build upon them. 1t is a fine county am
Leola viii be a good point when IL gets raj
road.
Col c. A Lounsberry. with Col. Burke o
the jamestown apital. are reported arrane
. ing to start a weekly paper at Minneapolis il
. the interest of the Millers association.
Among the many new structures beini
f; commenced at Rapid City is a four-sto r
5 hotel, l00x140 feet, which is TO be the larges
and finest in Dakota.