Telegram-herald., 1890-09-18

hefss - bU1Sls. aa1 Nafs atis - uasf
sa.aaltee at 2tker uu. 2l.saa.s aaa
faNs bears. Wayts- el1. Ma8ss, aata-
saas. aaerent s3ft ot -sef isastr.
ustef. n44ftea, 0lak, sNsa. f4Ikess.
geese. anrks. pTaf.s easskess. esfl.
rldzSs. gfoQSe ana eFeTe K@r.ffT 81
aros s & .<4Sss. Is aaiA s. teu Nt's Is
Szo Nhea Is loak pssn ttree laAs
aaog aorss tsc1 81 lae rste ~ el aiiits
s aag. - psss teFougA = sQslQ mass ot
he1ana oAHAlo. to1as THESE tl4as Afc
covered y IS gnEsf iae3cfla4 .saaes Az
Minoi. as halareas q SONS l.sea 0p
along eaca s.1e 81 sax rsi.r.e.a tl4tS
rsaay loT shipment Ia lAe hast, ana 81
~ Used a. igFliiiEo fof sugar feEn.ur
Aow tne Government and n44uastfs oi
LeoloCsczl gardens oier siu13 4 cad
fof ihe Salalassi calf Qr COW. and i1oal
that : up. A few Years ago
Between ls72-se, no less khan a.o4s
600 bana.oes were slaughtered "a saa-
kota and adjoining territories, SIMPLY
IoT thelf SKINS "a 81 ans g each, thar
wholesome and delicious meal he ng
leit on the pratres for te&si ana towls.
aad - decay and talnt tie ar.
Antelope were slaughtered With as
much ease ar oomesile animals. aud
tneif fesa woa.e satisfy the most d. n-
I ~ palste. The only reminder ot tae
I noble buffalo. IS the occasional rai'sng
! stone, and tae thousands ~ old beaten
trails. Ine Moase River AaileF Was
one OF their great grazing grounds. lhe
Z river Itself IS one ~ the cfooko1est PA
I the o0unirv. 0al nearly dry now. II
seems as though great su Was c3Ai'
m.t,ed when these aal nais were 80 Nn-
mereifuilY slaughtered. The country
I through here ls very dry, everything
burned 70 q crlsp. not q spear Ot green
grass Tor miles. oacU lu many miles
may be seen 3 Little bunch Oi green.
I called the bunch grass on which tDe
/ stock lives. Hundreds OF head oi cat.
1 tie, horses and sheep afe being driven
/ down INTO the Eastern part OF Dakota,
along the Red River Valley 10 Dc wiz
tered.
The wheat crop through here has
/ been p failure the past two seasons.
/ some farms VIII not return the seed
! sown. Many farmers do not gather al
! all where they have s.reNn. Some
may gather from one ana oDe-naIt O.
/ i've bushels 90 the acre. They sTer,
/ Just beginning 70 harvest on our return
TRIP.
We met with many surpr ses as q
/ rivers aud lakes. Here b beautiful
lake" we would remark 90 one OF oui
northwestern fellow passengers. Naen
/ the answer would come, Yes slr, i
vas once lake. bat mas had no water
| ln is basin for tne past two ycars.
| "WhaL" We exclaimed, mo water.
Look at the white sand beach, the foam
| OF the water, the white-caps the motion
OF the water itself." We listen T.
an explanation OF the lakes aud u.
/ present condition and find ali we saw d
I deception. All WAS alkal, not drOl
Of water, yet every natural appearance
/ OF water and waters motion. NlillstOl
is the fret point where We strike 10,
/ great Missouri river. gong west. Il
may properly be called the Blg Muddy
/ from here down, but not up. IL stll
! retains some of ITS swift ana .apld cur
| rent from the Northwest, ln fuil ylen
! Of sculpturcd masses Ct stone, thOugl
more of clay, worn by wind, ram anC
frost IN fantastically shaped terraces D
rocky domes and mlnarets.
Nc are drawing near the rich pro.
/ duct.ve Valley of the Red, the harvest
sun pours floods OF light upon wavinl
field and noddmg flower. - pcrioc
is the clearing Ot the air that the mH.
I utest detail Of objects can he dlsccrne,
mics away. oar way turns eastman,
into the rich and fertile valley anl
beautiful country. Here hes the com
inC city of the \. j.. Grand Forks, q.
the west SIDE OF the stream. 4 day o
more can bc most pruItably and inter
cstingly spent, where, under tl.e 4etl
parallel. Is Young city rapidly GROW
ing in population. influence and wealth
Tne Deignbcring ocean wheathe.Js eI
croach upon toe very town. - the en
vrOns OF the city is the university o
Dakota. A well built and eXceilcnt'
/ managed institution. Having come ul
from Fargo along the west SIDE rive
bank We cross the river here into " 10
| ncs0ta by way OF another road. r.
turning 20 II. Paul we pass through
highly developed and prosperous sec
ton oil Minnesota.
one hundred miles before reachin
MINNEAPOLIS we pass through the extoH
sive forest termed the big Woods" @
| Minnesota, tie most c0npac; body o
hardwood trees In the United States.
Oliver Dairymplc years ago demon
] -
the Red river valley was not al unpro
| ductve waste, bat as rich as the yaiic
OF the Mic. The trip 70 America
grain ocean is not among the least q
thc many attractions offered and iy d
enjoyed. We refer agalu wlth pieasug
20 Mr. and Mrs. Dalrympie's trealmen
.n adding 10 such pleasures. Here j.
level pian. reaching unbTOken - On
eli 8
the ocean IN calm. with SOIL pecuas
70 itself, black as ink and sticky asg.g'
and where ln season helds oi Wavn
wheat extend 20 toe limit of the vsioi
Farming operations are mOw earned .
IN a busIness-lke way by hundreds ,
men and teams, reaping and threshlr
the rpened wheat on prncCly grtn .
tates. Here can bc seen from iiyc {
twenty-five reapers following one afts
the other upon fields So large that bt
one round trip can bc made from earl
morn 70 noon. Here can be- viewed 81
, gram elevators clustering around II
railway sidlDgs OF such capacity i.
storage even 90 the smallest hamls
that they vo1id do credit tD p grc'
city further east. D1e j. scarcely cr'
out Of sght CT thcse gigantic graf
houses, which are landmarks 30 tvei
direction.
Strange az il may seem 70 a cursor
/ Observer caprCe 81 natuIe-ta d.
while the MIssissnpi riscs north, AZ
. within about twenty mules ri tbe H0ar'
( Of the Red river of ihe North. tae a.
. rIyers are found passing each otae
/. the former f0Hug sauta and fn5 II
ifs uav O. fhc Mex can euf, fhe lalt'
. flowing north, fndBg lis say fuai
into the Arctic Ocean. Ne pass o. eas
{ ward - Eur-us Falls. where tic -