The Dickinson press., 1890-07-19
Destined to Become One OF the Prosper
II and Wealthy States of the Union.
ST. PAUL, MINI, July

Ous and Wealthy States Of the Union.
ST. PAUL, MIMI, July Is, 1890.
EDITOR PREss:-I beg to enclose to
you a copy of a new edition of the
sectional land map folder of North ,
Dakota. This publication has been
newly rewritten and contains much
general information concerning the
new state of North Dakota. Such
statistics as was possible to obtain
were incorporated in it's pages and
efforts have been made to present the
advantages generally which the new
state offers for settlement. The Sec
tional land map, showing the govern
ment lands open for entry and the
railroad lands that are for sale, also
showing the government lands which
have been taken up and the railroad
lands that have been sold, has been
corrected up to February LIST, 1890.
This publication will be furnished to
all applicants and if any of the citi-
zens of the state desire to have it
mailed to friends in any part of the
United States or Europe, if they will
send me the names and addresses of
their friends, we will mail to each u
copy of this map folder. 1t is printed
in the English, German, Swedish and
Norwegian languages.
The promise of excellent crops
throughout the state is SO encourage
ing that it has stimulated inquiry
from many portions of the country in
regard to the lands that are open for
settlement in North Dakota and
there is a considerable movement
this season in the purchase of lands
in various portions of the state. The
Northern Pacific railroad company
has already sold more lands in North
Dakota this spring than they have in
all of the preceding Is months.
AS all indications point to an album
dant yield this year and the condi-
tions seem favorable to anticipate a
succession of good crop years, such
as North Dakota has heretofore en-
| %perienced, it is probable that there
will be Il large accession to the popu-
lation of the state in this and the fol-
lowing year,, and if the anticipations
should be fully realized in harvesting
a good crop this year and especially
if this season is followed by sue
c%ession of good crop years Il large
portion of the agricultural lands of
the state will soon be settled.
Upon a recent trip through various
parts of the state it was noticeable
that the ample rainfall of this season
was filling the streams, lakes, ponds
and sloughs with water and invcsti-
cations showed that the ground was
moistened to such a depth that it is
reasonable to expect that we are ell
tering upon the return of a period Of
good crop years, such as North Oak
ota has been favored with in the past.
The live stock industry of the state
is growing rapidly. The experience
Of the farmers in the successful and
profitable raising of live stock has
been so satisfactory for the past few
years that there is Il large increase
in the cattle, horse and sheep indus
tries. Many farmers are buying sheep
and sheep dealers are putting out
large numbers Of sheep with farmers
to raise on shares So largely profit
able is sheep raising in North Dakota
that it not only pays the sheep dealer
large interest on his investment,
but the farmer derives a good annual
income from the wool and has also
a flock of his own at the expiration
of the contract. Farmers who have
combined stock raising with diyersi-
fed farming operations in North Oak
ota have been uniformly successful.
The Northern Pacific has in North
Dakota nearly 100000 acres of low
price agricultural and grazing lands
for sale, and there are upwards OF
is, 10000 acres of government lands
in the state open for free entry and
adapted to wheat growing, diversified
farming and stock raising. North
Dakota possesses such sterling advan'
tages in it's highly productive soil and
favorable climatic conditions for sue
cessful agriculture and stock raising
pursuits that it is destined to become
one of the most prosperous and veal
thy states of the Union.
Yours Truly,
Il. p. r.. GROAT.