St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-25
A SAMPLE COUNTY.
But About Four Years Old and Has Over
Seven Thousand Population.
RAILROADS OPENING IT UP.
Great Wheat and Stock Section and
Much Government Land Yet
to be Had.
Special Letter to the Globe.

Special Letter to the Globe
LANGDON, Cavalier Co., OAK, Feb. %.
Cavalier county, as can be observed
by a glance at the map, lies i'll the
northeastern portion OF Dakota, is
bounded on the north by Manitoba, on
the east by Pembina county, on the
south by Walsh and Ramsey counties,
and on the west by TOwner county. 1t
was organized July s. 1884, and by an
act of the last legislature the county
seat was established at LangdOn. There
are fOrty-tWO congressional townships
embodied therein, which means nearly
100000 acres of land, fully One-half of
which is still open to settlement. The
development of the county has been
phenomenal since its first settlement,
Notwithstanding the numerous trials
and adyersities that the settler was sub
jected to, owing to inconvenience of
travel without railroad and market
for produce, until last November, when
the rewards of patience were fully met
by the completion of the st. Paul, Min
neapOlis IL Manitoba extension to this
point. The country is settled with a
Well-tO-dO and prosperous class of peO-
pie, composed partly of those from other
states, but principally from Canada,
and this leads me in justice to the
Canadians to state that wrong impress
sion prevails among some that these
residents of her majeSty'S dominion
never become true citizens to our GOV
eminent. There may be exceptions, but
as class l can. from standpoint of
knowledge, vOuch that they make the
very
BEST OF SUBJECTS,
are thrifty. economical, and prlmed with
energy, the latter quality attributable.
presume, to the stimulating influences
OF our northern ozone. | am told that
great deal of diSaffectiOn exists across
the line among the people, OccasiOned
by the ill-treatment of the government
and as the old saying goes. Its an i'll
wind" ETC., hence we look for a large
emigration from there next spring, and
while it is not my object to sow any
seeds Of dissenSiOn by this allusiOn, still
| say to those people, if you are not
satisfied. come to Dakota and you will
find her people ever ready to welcome
and encourage you in every possible
way. feeling satisfied that the induce
mentS offered here are commensurate
with the benefits to be derived. In this
county we have an advantage over some
of our sister counties of the territory in
view of the fact that none of our domain
Is SODDleu up
By LAND GRANTS.
every quarter section is or has been
open to settlement, at a government
price which is within the range of all,
consequently spectators are barred
from securing possession of large tracts
and then holding the land at fabulous
prices. which, by the way, has demon
Strated itself to be curse to sections
where such state of affairs exist.
Nearly five thousand acres of our virgin
prairie lie waiting for development from
the hand of the new settler, who can,
with very little money, coupled with
determination TO succeed, soon secure
for himself comfortable home and
fair competency, and many man who
is now working from early morn till
late at might, only eking out an exist
ence in some fOssiliZed Over-crOwded
effete East, could, if he would
age to shake off the cobwebbed
shackles of poverty-ridden bondage that
hold him down, by the same labor in
few years obtain what lifetime of an
equal outlay in such places never bring,
and this is no inflated statement, for it
has been verified by the experience of
many. IT'S true that this is not cOun-
try without its drawbacks, but where is
the land where
milk AND HONEY FLOW"
and all is clOudlesS sunshine year in and
year out. Echo justly reverberates the
answer, Nowhere" and those who hold
out inducements different to draw emf
grafton can be properly classified in the
for the preparation of which the tor
lures of the whipping post would be
lukewarm punishment. AT the present
time many of our Eastern and Southern
contemporaries are parading in capital
letters the severe storms to which Da-
kOta has been subjected-the loss
of life, etc.-and are endeavOring
to use this as all argument
to direct the tide of immi-
grafton in other directions. | admit
that this has been severe winter in
Dakota, but, in all fairness, has it not
been the same all over the country
East, West, North and South? Now as
to the mortality caused by cold. Nearly
all of it is traceable to negligence OIL the
part of the people i'll subjecting them
vention is worth pound of cure,' and
if people were more discreet there would
be no necessity for such cataStrOphes.
All will agree that in new and SparSely
populated countries there is but little
protection for the reckless adventurer
who ignores all precaution in riSking
his life in storm; but in time, as set
tiers fill in and the country becomes
more densely populated such accidents
will be of rare occurrence and would be
now if more care was exercised. To
those who are engaged in this
NEFARIOUS AND LIBELOUS
of malevOlent reports. | say
that it is a selfish and deteStable policy
to attempt to build up one portion of
country by tearing down another, all
other things being equal. However,
Truth is mighty and will prevail" and
how much better for all concerned to
give unvarnished facts, and thus avoid
the bitter pangs of disappointment and
the accompanying Injuries incident to
the tactics of deception practiced by
many upon the innocent seeker of a
home, in advertising a locality with a
view to settling it up.
As | stated at the beginning of my
letter, the growth of this county since
its first settlement has been really mar
velouS, and where only short time ago
the handiwOrk of civilization was I'M
known the works of progress and enter
prise are visible all around. Farms
are being opened up in every di-
rection, good, substantial buildings
are constructed generally, and improve
mentS of all kinds are in order. Farm
ers have been blessed with excellent
crops. AS an evidence the elevators re-
port over 100000 bushels of wheat
in 1887, not to speak Of other