The Dickinson press., 1888-04-28
Coming Northwcstward.
Special to ST. Paul Globe.

Special to ST. Paul Globe.
Bo>ToN. MASS. April u.s. The pros
poets for Il large emigration from
New England. to the Northwest this
year are excellent. Already there has
been Il large movement. Constant in
quiries are made ut the local ticket
offices for rates and other information
and as Il consequence there is Il great
competition for the business moving
and to he moved. Dakota is not for
gotten and large numbers intend To-
eating in that territory. | know of
two colonization societies which have
purchased lands just south of Dickin-
son and intend to build up large manu-
featuring interests there. The New
England colony, with Thomas w.
Bicknell at it's head, has located Il
town twenty or thirty miles south of
Dickinson. Midway between this To-
cation. and consequently that much
nearer the railroad. will locate the
Marlboro party. This organization
promises to he one of the most sue
cessful of it's kind yet organized in
this section of the country. 1t has ut
its head three men who know their
business and do it accordingly. Talk
ing about Western enterprise, that
displayed by the Pratt Brothers i'm
connection with this movement takes
the bakery" The new town. which
the syndicate will soon incorporate.
will he known us l.umhomn. 1t is
named after Col. G. Il. l.amhorn. land
commissioner of the Northern Pacific.
OF course II of the first things
thought of after This colony WAS put
upon Il sound basis WAS Il newspaper.
notwithstanding not Il sod has yet
been turned in the new town. the mi
tial number of the Iallnhorn Mirror
made it's appearance Monday last.
Tuesday. the day following, the first
contingent left Marlboro fnr the site
of the fntGre great city of Dakota.
Those vino remain iellilul have AZ
ranged for several parties to leave the
East at stated intervals during the
spring and summer. IL is not saying
TOO much to add that inside of two
months the new town will number at
least sixty souls. OF course if the
powers that he cared to take pallpcrs
along with them they could cart them
ont bv the carload. THE one thing
which ilS,lrtS the success of the new
colony is the fact that No man i, per-
mitted to join it who has not money
sufficient to pay his way out there and
build himself II shack to live in.
In soliciting passenger business
among the ''down- Eastrrs." one fire.
quently runs across amusing incidents.
The other day | was summoned To II
small town in New Hampshire. To-
Gated four or five miles from Il rail
man and his wife and six children. all
we'll grown. The entire family WIS
anxious to go West "anl grow up
with the country. They were not
particular as to what section of the
Northwest they went. Al! they want
ed was to get there for as little money
as possible. | grew tired telling the
difference between first and second
class and enigrant rates, arl Thought
! would fairly go crazy when the "pa-
tcrfamiliaS' switched to freight rates,
|, however. finally got him to under,
stand what constituted IL car load OF
cmigrant muvables. | then thought
my task WAS finished. when the old
man staggered me with the query,
"What can mother and mt and the
boys go as freight f"r!' could not
make him understand that the rate,
quoted him did not owe human
freight. lie could get along well
enough in Il freight ran. lie would
put in a bed and Il cook stove. and
then knock Il hole through the rooi o1
tn" can for the stove pipe. The time!
Oh that did not make amy difference
{ He would willingly spend another
week ON the road if he could save /;
dollar OF two in the rates. M.J.R