Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-12-14

ally abandoned by the company. The
Il United States government made reparatiOn
to the company for its losses, which en-
abled it to make the first and only dividend
on its capital stock.
CHAs. E. FLANDRAU.
COMPLIMENTS FOR DADOrA.
There seems to be strife among the
great newspapers of the east to outdo
each other in their compliments to Da-
kota. The New York Herald recently
contained the following editorial:
I To young men seeking their fortunes, to
farmers gazing westward, to manufactur-
ers anxiously watching the growth of
markets for their commodities, the letter
from our special correspondent in Dakota
will have a peculiar interest.
i It is difficult to realize that the territory
which only few years ago was the hunt
ing ground Of the red man is now dotted
that it's area. greater than the states Of
New York, Pennsylvania, New, JERSEY.
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia rolled
into one. is divided into townships parcel
led off into farms.
Dakota territory stands knocking at the
into the sisterhood OF states. She has 6lO
rivers aud streams, 800 lakes and ponds in
her las, 100 square miles. She points to her
farms and proudly calls attention to her
crops; she giances at the wheat of the
world and complacently smiles upon her
toward the cattle and hogs of the states and
seems to say, "LO0k at u.s."
1t is great. glorious country, full of un-
dug, untitled, undeveloped wealth, and its
climate is so full IF electricity that the
American eagle will soar and soar, and
screen. ana screect', until the gates Of the
union are thrown wide open.
Of all the debutantes who have stood on
the threshold of statehood there is not one
who has been so royalty rich. Come,
Uncle Sam, make her your bride and cleave
unto her until death do you part.
The New York Press is no less enthus-
iastic. 1t comes out in the following
double-leaded editorial:
Every republican and every fair minded
democrat should read the annual report
Just made public by Governor Church of
Dakota. 1t reads more like a fairy story
than plain. unvarnished official report Of
facts and figures. To begin with, the
governor shows that this vast territory,
for admission as a state of the union, ex-
ceeds in area twenty important European
countries. Dakota in square miles exceeds
Norway; it exceeds Great Britain and Ire
land together; it exceeds Italy and Turkey
in Europe, and England and Wales COM
6lned, and Rq1mania and Portugal, the
Netherlands, Belgium, Bulgaria. Servia
and many other countries which have
figured prominently in history.
Among our own states and territories
Dakota, with it 81, ,596, ,480 acres outranks all
other states and territories in area except
California, which has 99,827,2OO acres, and
Texas, which can boast of 167 1866 900 acres,
The total valuation of this territory is esti-
mated at $500 000,0 900, the assessed valuation
OF the land alone in 1883 aggregating $751;
42O,974. The population of OAK ota is to-day
greater than the population of any of the
following states in 1880: Nebraska, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island,
Florida, Colorado. Oregon and Delaware.
Only twelve states out of the thirty-eight
can boast of more miles Of railroad than
Dakota, and the other twenty-six have to
| take back seats when the railroad mileage
OF Dakota is called. ltsstands eleventh in
regard to national banks and Outranks half
our states in many other important re-
spects.
In agriculture Dakota fairly takes the
| lead. In 1887 the wheat crop was 62, ,55S. 400
bushels, exceeding by nearly 2OOOO,OOO
| bushels the crop OF Minnesota, and stand
| ing first as wheat produce state. Only
1.AAAOeo ~uu AOWn dlC dlcdu VI DdkOGa Ill
| the production of oats, while it ranks high
in the production of corn and other farm
produce. The agricultural develOpmenyOf
Dakota has certainly been marvellous.
There mas been nothing like it even in the
history OF the western states. The decade
tGa,! nst closing will see sparsely populated
mighty state. From $4,000 in 1880 the
population has now reached 800 600. From
wheat crop of less than 100000 bushels
IN IN l88O the annual product has now reached
62OO0,00o bushels. The oat crop has in
ere creased in less than ten years from 2,OOO,-
corn crop from 100000 in 1880 to 25,O 900, 900
last year. 1t is almost impossible to COM
prehend these figures, and if they were not
official and not yOuched for by the governor
Of the territory it would be difficult to be-
lieve In their accuracy.
Almost first in point Of area, the greatest
wheat producing area of the world, with
more miles of railroad than thirty -four Of
our states and territories can boast of. third
In the production of oats, exceeding eight
states In population and thirty-six states
and territories in the number of its banks,
with wealth aggregating $S2O,OOOO 900, with
splendid schools amply endowed bv bubble
lands, with abundant water supply, an ex-
cellent climate, an energetic, enterprising
populatl0n, Dakota stands hat in hand ask
ing for admission as state of the union, q
splendid and growing monument to the
narrow partisanshfp,. little statesmanship
and contemplate unfairness of the DEM
ocratic party. 1t will remain for the re-
publican party to open the door and well
come this young and magnificent western
state, with its unexampled vigor and aston
| tshing progress.
Let Dakota come in.
The writer of the above article seems
to have been ignorant only of the one
prevailing sentiment not only in Dakota
but in the republican party throughout
the nation that Dakota shall come in
as two states instead of one.
THE FARMERS. ALLIANCE.
The annual session Of the Farmers
Alliance is now being held at JAMESTOWN.
The Alert Of Tuesday evening contains
the following:
1 The chief public interest in the ANIMAL