New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-19

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from Fort Garry. Some were white, but the
greater part were half-breeds. IN the service OF
the Hudson's Bay Company. They we're then re-
ceivinE their provisions from the East by way Of
! the Bay, and they were able TO communicate with
their points OF supply Just once year. They sent
their orders in the spring and received Their goods
in the fall. The going and the coming Of their
dog trains were the two annual events for which
they lived.
| The first settler at Grand Forks lost no time
getting his steamboat on the water. While he was
building, village sprung up around him and a
| poStofice was established, Its first official head
was woman. The mail always came in, brought
by dog-cart, on Monday, which was washdmy.
| IL was brought in a cIynr-box, and IL wus a sight
] 10 see the old lady wps the snds from her arms
and hands, hunt around for her spcctacles and
| then open her cignr-box and soemnly read the
addresses aloud 70 the assembled settlement. TIE
Indian title TO the Red River Valley WINS not OK
tiugushed at this time, and the ground was still
red with the blood OF braves, who were consider
ately paving the way for the peaceful use Of the
land By putting each other out of existence. The
| Red River Valley was the perennial battlefield
between the Sioux OF Dakota, and the Chippewss
| OF Minnesota Once, when tho Sioux were tho
J Daootahs and the Chiprewas were the Ojibways.
/ misuude rstanding arose between gidcy young
| married woman OF the Ojibway tribe and her hus-
| band concerning the too ardent attentions paid
her by fascinating young Dacotah chieftain.
! II WIS the familiar story. Some said II was her
fault and some sHld IL Was his but il cnused
Crrnt deal OF dsagrcenble feeling. ond at last the
indignant husband took his tomahawlS and lifted
the Dacotah dudes hair That brought on q war,
which, after progressing finely for about 200
years, was ended only when the United States
shut both sides within their respective rcservn-
lions and converted noble warriors into gluttons
| and thie yes.
| On the spot where this early settlement was
| made stnnds what is now the second city Of North
! Dakota n busy, wen lthy town. 1hr census, II IL
hurries will give Grand Forks nt lrnst 1000 IN
habitants, but more than sixty new houses are now
being erected, anil the accreton is as St ady as
! time Enterprise has never worked more n idly,
| nor with more care and wisdom, than here There
IL substantial reason for the growth Of the town
or course H. has all since the railroads came
So long aS peoplc had 20 depend on river trenSpor-
! tAtion though they multiplied sufficiently to In
! crease shipments from 40 tons In 1871 . 5000
! in 1873, there were not so mnny inducements FOR
settlement in the country around Grand Forks
as were offered elsewhere. The character Of these
| Western towns depends wholly on the character
Of the country districts tributary 90 them. Peo-
J is possible for q population of 1000 70 do the
business which Grand Forks, for instance Is d ing
| year by year. They wonder how 50 many rail-
roads cnn probably run through such small com.
! munitrs They wonder how such population
can support three or four national banks, snfShow
the banks can possibly write eight or ten millions
| OF exchange They wonder how wholesale houses
can exist, and where retail merchants Gnd the
trade that renders IT profitable 70 carry lines Of
! stock varying in value from 81 900 20 s2O0c
| OOo They will find answer 70 oil these ques-
tons in the simple statement that Grand Forks
drnws az least $4,000 day from the country
region around a. II Is tho distributing point Tor
a territory embracing more than a hundred smaIlr
towns It's business Is contributed by m nrmy
Of industrious farmers who spend rs thry mike,
and whose growing prosperity necessarily bu Ids
up Grand Forks.
Not eli the land In the Grand Forks district Is
taken, hut IL Is rapidly going and within two
years moro free homes In the Rcd River Valley will
NJ out N reach During the year sss entries
we're made 20 the number OF .052. upon 81 $1,000
acrcs The Grand Forks district occupies ~"
northeast corner Of the Territory. md is about
100 miles S1uare As many as twcOty townships
"A township Is q block OF land containing thirty
six SECTIONS, or square nIiIes-arc sin unsur-
vcyed There are also about 800 O0) acres OF wa
surveyed lands open 50 settlement, making In al
about GO 600 acres now available In this dist1ct.
Some OF H. OF course, is fn'cror-that IS, inferior
70 the wonderful soil bordering directly on rho
river but II q Vermont farmer were 20 wake up
some fine morning md find his farm transformed
iato the mcancst Quhrtcr-srCtion % b" found n
This whole region. I fancy he woun think himself
uncommonly well oil. Thee nre valley lards still
idle and unclaimed, and II actual results are 90
Al nat aNtgf m
the fnc~ ~ III" earth than is 10 be had right
here for the asking The Oklahoma craze seems
all the more ridiculous when rho fact is taken into
consideration that twenty millions Of acres are ~
this moment subject 20 entry In q State which pro-
duccs oue-thirteth Of the worlds wheat crop.
Dnkota's growth Of wheat IN / SS7 was 62.i0o,o0h
bushels, Of which North Dakota supplied 30
600 OOO with only onc-nlncternth OF her SOIL al
work This North Dakota wheat, every grain Of
H. is Tho famous No | hard II brings the
highest price paid for wheat md is here grown M
a smaller expense than anywhere else The hnd
yet open is Ms fcrtr ne land could lie II IS near
the railroads. and affords the settler every posi-
bic advantag " Tint cnn be obtained n n new conn
try and yet there are those crazy people down In
Oklahoma ready 10 cut ench others throats over
land which, however good, can bc no better thnn
the best.
Much Of the overflow from Oklahoma has al
ready come here. hundreds Of entries were made
last wcel, IN the land Offices u North Dakota, Rpd
Az have now reached the territory where public
lands are NJ the service Of new settlers, may as
well Toxic this opportunity 81 describing IN" pro-
cesscs nv which they arr obtained. ANY eihl"
81 the United States, person who has declared
his intention Of becoming citizen, may enter upon
any unoccupied or unrcscrvcd qnnrtcr-seclon
Il so acres OF the public domain md within thirty
lays after settlement he must file his de"hratory
statement with the nearest Government I'nd
office In this statement he simply declares his
intention 70 cultivate and live upon the land he
hns tnkrn Within n year he must prove by wit