The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-24
The Outlook in Dakota.

a ten days trip through NOrtn la
kota, considerably on wheels, enabled
US to look upon and estimate the
prospects OF the drouth afflicted poFr
ton to some extent. We entered the
state at Grand Forks, where courte-
GUS treatment and good fare was &C
corded our party at the Windsor
House. Grand Forks il q thriving
city OF several thousand population
in the midst Of the great wheat belt
OF the northwest, 1t has many fine
business blocks and mofs are build-
ing. The daily Herald Is putting PIP
= large two story building which It
viii occupy soon. W. enjoyed few
moments with the editor, Geo. ,.
Winship. also with the Office force Of
the Northwest News. The wheat
crop in the valley Of the Red River
west from Crank Forks promises well
aud has had IN abundance of moist
qre. Leaving the valley we found
the crops suffering froY lapk Of rain,
all through Nelson, Ramsey apQ Ben
son counties. and not more than one
fourth Of the land heretofore sovn il
in cultivation. Quite an extensive
acreage Of fax was sown and it,
present appearance denotes fair
crop. Oats and barley too are prom
Using well, but wheat in very many
fields is suffering badly for want Of
rain. From Nelson County we drove
across the country into Antelope val.
icy, crossing the Sioux reservation to
Port Totten, where We visited the
school buildings Of the Sisters Of
Charity. the school having closed for
the summer vacation the day pFeyi-
GUS. Many Of the Indian children
were there yet. The Sister Superior
kindly showed our party through the
buildings, which were clean and or.
DERBY, the large sleeping apartments
with their oasaA aeds for the children,
and the thorough ventilation, syinl.
ing the care with which these wards
OF the nation are treated. The large
government buildings, some forty in
number, substantially built Of brick
for the soldiers and officers quarters
will be evacuated by the soldiers in a
few days when they will be occupied
by an industrial school for the in
struction OF the Indians, while the
government will continue the Sisters
School for the.r ..asptel and religious
instruction. Judging from wnat NC
saw Of that people on the reservation
and about the Fort, inpresses US with
the belief that the United States has
advanced the race little or none be-
yond where Hod left it at its creation.
From Fort Totten our course was
west across the reservation to Ober-
on, on the Northern Pacific road, and
on the eastern border Of the Antelope
Valley. The crops In this valley We're
better than in the region between it
and the valley Of the Red River, EVIL
IDENTIFY having had 2 greater raiH tall.
Through the James river valley the
crops looked more fresh and Of larger
growth than in the region between
toward Fargo. The Red River valley
proper begins west Of Casselton, and
the crops as we come there show an
immense growth and no unoccupied
lands.
taMest9wn. Valley City and Fargo
are lively and important towns, sur,
rounded BY good farms and apparent.
~ prosperous people. Our party on
this trip overland consisted Of the
Editor, Ira q. Mead. Of Busti, N. Y,
w. A. Dissmore, Of Crosier, n. D..
and Mr.. Miller, the government boss
farmer ou lhs reservation.