St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-30
DAkO T A
BETTER LANDS IN DAKOTA
Than in Oklahoma, and Some of Them
Are in Fertile Richland.
THE POLITICAL FIELD is
Opening, and the Hunt for Good Men
Is Quite Success
full.
THE POLITICAL FIELD l.
cSneciaI Letter to the Globe.

Special Letter to the Globe.
CoLFAX, n. D., April 29.-The. undue
anxiety of so many thousands to secure
lands in the Oklahoma land district is
another evidence of the peculiar char
acteristics of the American people to run
to extremes, even where life and limb
appear to be in danger, so that United
States troops and an army of govern
ment marshals are necessary to pre-
serve the public peace; and then, in
some instan ces, fail. The land fever
that has taken hold of an army of land
hunters in the Oklahoma country is un-
precedented. There are millions of
acres belonging to the government in
states and territories, and just as good
soil, that have been in the market for
years and is still subject to homestead
entry, where there is no danger of the
loss of life. In the
TERRITORY OF DAKOTA
there are grand opportunities to take
government lands by those who desire
rich soil and all natural advantages that
could be reasonably expected. Even in
Richland county, there are good lands
to be obtained where there are railroad
facilities and advantages of civilization.
Educational and church privileges are
multiplying, and the climate unsur-
passed for health. The Northern Pa
cific, the st. Paul & Manitoba, the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul, and the
Minneapolis & Pacific have already
reached their iron arms across this
county, giving most excellent oppOr-
tunity for shipment of grains and
all kinds of merchandise. The
county is we'll watered, and the many
arteSian wells that afford the best of
water in abundance are of the great est
value and their numbers increasing.
In tn is town there are six flowing wells
and the one that furnishes water for the
Manitoba railway company has flow,
when unrestricted, of five barrels a
minute and the pressure is so great that
tha water climbs twenty feet high
without windmill attachment, although
the we'll is only 40 feet deep.
This county is large, being about
thirty miles wide and forty-eight miles
long, and is benefited by the waters of
the Red, Sheyenne and Wild Rice
rivers, which makes it very valuable
for stock raising as we'll as the prOduc-
ton of all cereals. Some of the best
bonanza farms in Dakota can be found
in Richland county. The New York
farm, the Hon. John Miller of Dwight,
superintendent, had last year 5000
acres of wheat. The Hellendale stock
farm on the Sheyenne. Gen. j. b.
Powers, proprietor; the Cleveland
b farm; also the Adams farm and others
are making good records.
Howev er, the farmers in the county,
as a general thing, own farms con-
tanning from 100 acres up to $50, and
the system of farming is being improved
every year and the wealth of the county
increasing rapidly.
The slice from our county loaf to
make up the tenth voting district for
Sargent county was taken from the
west side instead of the south tier of
of towns. j. B. Powers, who has been
mentioned as
A POSSIBLE DELEGATE
to the constitutional convention, goes
into that district, which is much re-
GREETED by his friends, who were in
hopes that he might be one
of the elect from this county.
However, this gives Mr.. Hankinson
chance in his own county, which he
and his friends will not object TO. In
some towns Hon. Mr.. McCumrber is the
choice of the Farmers alliance as their
lawyer candidate. Hon. John Miller,
who so ably represented his constitu-
ents in the territorial council last
winter, will not allow his name to go
before the convention, his duties on the
New York farm are so pressing. Mr..
Miller is man of great business quail
fication and experience, and would
make a most valuable member if
elected. 1t looks now as though