New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-02

his investment despite all the natural ills pos
siblc TO the climate. More than this-the country
for 400 miles north Of our border
is all right, IL is the same country as our own
Dakota. 1t has the same soil, the snmc healthy
cold, the same natural plants. II IL is higher
In latitude, it Is lower in altitude, and the day
Is coming when North Dakota and the Canadian
Northwest will grow the wheat crop Of the world.
The artesian water system is as powerful ut
jamestown as elsewhere along the valley OF the
Jim River, 1t Is peculiar fact that only along
the strip Of country, about 90 miles wide,
through which the jim crawls sleepily can this
remarkable subterrancaD supply be obtained. and
here at NIL points it is untaiBngly found. Touch
it, and IL comes tearing forth in u stream that
shoots fercely into the air. with o power TINT
needs only 10 he directed TO serve an intelligent
nnd profitable purpose Tho pressure OF the wells
at jamestown averages about 90 pounds TO the
square inch, developing enough power TO run a
rolcrmil. The water is reached Mt depth OF
abont 1000 feet At Huron the pressure is
lighter and the depth less. The depth and
pressure grow less, in harmonious ratio. as you
20 south. until At iankton the water is found
az from 500 70 900 feet and the pressure is about
fifty pounds. Jamcstown's elevation above the
sea-level Is said 10 he 1900 feet lanktons Is
said 20 be 700 feet The current Of underground
water, then, surprising IL TO be flowing stream,
as many scientific people aver, is only about so
or 200 feet below sea-level. Nearly hundred
shafts have been sunk from jamestown to Yank-
ton, and the experiences obtained seem TO support
the theory Of q subterranean river, which in the
neghborhood of YanRton OPENS and broadeus into
a great lake The water is supposed TO be con.
tributed from the snowy SUBMITS Of the Rockies,
and this is n theory which, II not entirely salts
factory. at least succeeds in doing more explain
ing with fewer bitches than any other But,
wherever the water comes from. II Is great
boon TO these Jim Valley towns II supplies their
city reservoirs feeds their fire hose, runs their
machinery, and performs every function OF natural
gas. except those connected with lighting and
heating And it does all these things for prac-
tically nothing.
jamestown sits astride OF the railroad, and
the railroad In some senses sits aStTde OF James
town. IL spends its money In jamestown Literally
and does al il can 20 forward the towns H.
tereStS On the other hand, IL exacts more or
less from jamestown and aims a. know who runs
the city's affairs Ito Dakotan headquarters aic
here. and it spends SIS, 900 month with the
local merchants. 1t receives about $3.50. 900
year In freghts, q circumstance suggestive OF the
volune Of business done by the people. The
county contains about 900, 600 acres, and per-
hairs as many ms 1915, 900 ere under cultivation
From these u million bushels OF wheat are raised
and zoe, 900 bushels Of Other grains Financially,
the county is we'll of. The way these people run
their public affniTs, so fr as their credit Ii con-
cerned, NAV we'll be initiated in the East. On
property ValuH ton OF 90, 72S,523, scarcely third
Of the real valuation. their tax rate l. mills.
and they owe but s63, 800, representing bridges
and public buildings. They have an insane asv.
nm here a State institution, which is composed
Of four large ward buildings, wherein 800
patients can be accommodated; an Office building.
boiler house, where steam for boating and cleo
tricity for lighting generated; an office build
ing and an amusement hall, and the whole out
lit built In the most substantial manner and
equipped with every appliance necessary for
frst-clnss hospital cost only about t25o,Ooo II
is filed with patients, who appear 70 have every
thing done for them that medical skill can devise
and who are under little that resembles re-.
strnint as is consonant with their safety. At
taehed 10 the hospital is farm, upon which all
who can work are furnished with employment
The whole place is model Of cleanliness. and the
fresh air runs through IL with n cummendable
regard for health.
Nothing speakSsmore eloquently for the char.
acter OF these Western people than their public
institutions They have s2,0Oo,O 900 invested In
educational and charitable establishments. These
include an agricultural college, two universities,
two normal schools, two penitentiares, two IN
sane hospitalsa school for deaf muiea reform prls
on, modelled after our own reformatory at Elmira
and q school of mines at Rapid City. in the Black
Hills, which has been Of the largest assistance IN
developing the resources OF tiIar remarkable re-
gon. Eighty per cent OF the children In Dakota
OF school age are In actual attendance in the public
schools, and the value Of the public
school property reaches quite 100000, This is
astonishing when one considers over what 8n i'm
mcnse area these people spread and how rapidly
they have made their homes and bnilt up their
educational system. In addition 20 the facilities
for mental training that have sprung from public
generosity no less than twelve demon ionAl
colleges are In active operation. One Of them,
controlled by PresbyterianS, is placed in this city
II is doing an excellent work, and IL owes q part
Of It's usefulness 10 the bencilcence OF Colonel
Elliott T. Shepard These Dakotans IN founding
State. began at the beginning and gave their
CHI hren schools even before they had built them.
selves homes They have reached an honorable
present, and they may well be trusted 10 work
out q splendid future LEO.