The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1886-03-05

ply on every side that the tide Of immigration
to Dakota will assume as great proportions as
at any period in the past history Of the terri
tory. Many reasons combine TO produce this
result. The hard times Of the past two or
three years has condemned to enforced idle
ness hundreds of thousands Of artisans in
every department Of industry, the small trad
ers have slowly but surely seen the profits
Of their business diminish day by day, the
young professional men have spent years
in hard study to acquire callings only to find
that there is no room for them in the over
crowded cities and towns of the East-all these
will help to swell the hosts who will turn their
steps toward the golden Northwest and build
for themselves homes on the free and bound
less prairies of Dakota. Another important
factor that will tend to add largely to those
emigrating from the older States is the desire
of the young men who have grown up on the
old homesteads, and who seq plainly that the
public domain is rapidly being absorbed, and
that il they would secure farms for themselves
they must act quickly, or otherwise content
themselves with being hewers Of wood and
drawers of water during the remainder Of
their natural lives, the small patrimony when
divided among large family being altogether
inadequate to place them on an equal footing
with their more fortunate neighbors in the
race of life.
That the bulk Of this immigration will seek
the northwestern and central portions of Da-
kota, where there yet remain considerable
tracts Of land subject to entry under the land
laws, is not to be wondered at. But in tina i'm
mense multitude there will be certain per-
centage Of men Of means who will come to
look the country over and who will prefer pur-
chasing improved farms or purchasing new
lands, even at comparatively high price, in
sections Of the country already settled, rather
than subject themselves or their families to
the hardships or privations always inseperable
to commencing life in new country. It is
this class that we particularly invite to come
and visit US, and see il we cannot offer them
inducements for locating in Steele county su-
perior to any they can find elsewhere. Here
they will find soil as fertile rs any in Dakota,
gentle undulating prairie, water that cannot
be surpassed for sweetness, GOODNESS and purity
anywhere, country already well settled and
dotted in every direction with comfortable
farm buildings, school-houses in full operation
at Which the children Of the new conner can
at once attend, thus obviating loss Of time,
mail routes established and diverging in every
direction, thrifty, educated, well-to do popu-
lation, many Of them from the best New Eng
land stock. These are some Of the advantages
that we can offer to those who have some
means and are seeking desirable locality In
which to cast their lot. Add to this that the
country is easy Of access by rail, that the new
conner can enter one Of the palace cars on
the st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba railroad
at St. Paul or Minneapolis, enjoy sound sleep,
awake in the morning just as the train enters
Dakota, reach Hope by noon and dine at a
hotel superior in every respect to hotels found
in towns of eight or ten thousand In the East,
and it will be readily seen that these are
advantages which few other towns can effer.
At Hope our traveller can procure all the COM
forts, conveniencs, and luxuries OF life. He
will here find lands improved or unimproved
at prices varying from $6 to SIS per acre. He
may even fAd some restless spirit who will
relinquish bis claim for a consideration and
move further west If you are coming to Da-
kota by all means ceme to Hope, and II we
cannot satisfy you you will he hard to please
indeed