The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-12-30
NORTH DAKOTA.
1ts Climate and Healthfu1ness the
Best In the World.

In no part Of the union can a man
with moderate capital, OF with only hi:
energy and strong arms for beginning
50 soon secure competency as in the
northwest: Of course, there are Incl
dents and variations OF fortune here, =:
elsewhere: But the basis Of genera
prosperity is the natural character of I
country, it's productions, its climate and
.ts soil: There are drawbacks in North
Dakota, as elsewhere, but in the grea'
actors which make human existenc
POSSIBLE and favor a dense population
those of ability 10 produce human food
both animal and vegetable, and climatic
influence on longevity, or length of lie
the Red River valley and North Dakots
POSSESS TO greater extent than any par'
Of the continent: At the bottom Of the
social economy, the world over, is to be
'ound the farmer. Producing those
things which directly sustain Lille, he, il
any, is the aristrocrat.
The climate of North Dakota, in win
er bright dry and cold, is exceedingly
pleasant, and its only effect is to stimu
ate activity in business and the ordinary
vocations of life. Though it is cold, the
bsence of humi iity, as indicated by the
-ignal service records, causes it to be un
noticed and unfelt to the degree noted
n the humid south and east.
The characteristics OF the climate Of 6
country have the most important influ
fnce on its productions, and the cold, dry
solid winters of North Dakota give il
most important advantages over Other
sections. Heat, while the source of al
ife, If In excess of the natural demand.
the man or plant, is an active cause o
deterioration and decay. Man and ou'
domestic animals thrive best in cold eli
mates, as is proved by the death rate
Of different count'ies. Cold weather
even if uncomfortable, invigorates and
builds up, as shown by the fact that ir
every city in the United States the deatt
rate is invariably least in the coldes
month, and as :sur+ly the greatest in th'
warmest month. In st. Louis, No., fo
INSTANCE, auring the month of July, th'
death rate increases at certain ratio. fo
every degrees increase in the Temperature
shove 75P. The infant mortality in thu
hot months is terrible--it ,is indeed i
slaughter of the innocents". Dak.,t'
and Minnesota north of latitude 45, ar'
the only regions east OF the Rocky noun
tains where there is no appreciable in
crease Of deaths in the summer. Colo
weather favors healthy and natural sc
cretions in all the bodily organs. Warn
weather has the opposite effect. This il
exemplifed, for instance, by the deatl
rate in torrid Texas, one in forty-sx ne
annum; IN cool Minnesota, one in IL
per annum. The showing is still NOR
favorable for Dakota. People will neve
suffer as much from cold in Dakota as ii
sny one OF the central or eastern states
it is too dry in Dakot. for rapid radia
ton of hest from the body: The heat
summer in North Dakota, averaging Ct :
bears closer relation to that of the mes
.rosperous and densely populated sec
ions Of the whole world--Great Britain
northern France, Belgium and nortl
Germany--than any other part of tn
United States. In England the summe
temperature will average 81 degrees; j
cotland 81 degrees; in Belgium 62 4e
grees and in north Germany 6S degrees
these European countries is twher
he best horses, c.ttle and sheep, whea
oats, b,rley and roots are grown. 1t
90 cold for indian corn. In souther
Europe the average summer tempera'ur
rises to GO. and above, and the corn be
egins, but no one thinks Of going ther
% buy the Norman, Percheron or til
Clydsdale horse. No one thinks Of bu,
ing the Short Horn, Hereford, Devon
'Doddle' in sunny Italy: It's too warn
they don't grow there; yet Italy is COO
er in simmer than our ':corn belt ~
Red River Valley, with its black soil, fu
of "phosphstes" and ''alkalis," " ~ou'l NJ
p produce the famous No. ! hard whea
,sts, fax. rye, barley and other srna
s:rains of such fine quality and in sue
quantities il it's summer averaged 67 d.
irees instead Of 81: degrees. The sou
mer isotherm Of 81 degrees ineyits.b
limits the growth Of ,that famous grad
No. hard: Fife, to the country north
attitude 45.6 st. Paul Globe.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ~.