Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-06-06
Oyer 5000 Settlers Brought Into Nc
Intosh, Logan and Emmons Coun-
ties by the Milwaukee Road,
What the Extensions of the Milwau-
kee, the 500 and the Rock Is
land to Bismarck Means.
The Beaver Greek Valley One of the
Most Productive and Picturesque
in the Northwest.
Railroad Operations.

Ellendale Commercial. 29th: The Chi
caeo, Milwaukee e. st. Paul railroad has
already brought 5000 settlers into the Bea-
yer Creek valley, in Mcintosh, Logan and
EmmOns counties. Most of this settle.
ment has been made within two years.
Mcpherson county, south of Mcintosh, has
also shared in the benefits of this immi-
grafton. These four counties are as large
as some of the New England states. Five
years ago the forces of civilization were
just beginning to make themselves felt in
that portion of the frontier. To-day there
is population of 10000 The only indus
trial pursuit is that Of agriculture. The
Importance of this development is the
stimulus given the various Dakota rail-
roads to build to the state capital. An i'm
mense local business already exists to sup
port such roads as build through the Co.
teaus between Aberdeen and Glendale
from Bismarck. It is apparent that the
Milwaukee, the Great Northern, the 500
and the Rock Islaud are headed for the
capital of North Dakota. The 500 is
already graded all the way from
Aberdeen to Bismarck. The Milwaukee
lines are as far north as Edgeley. in La
Moure county, and Eureka, in Mcpherson
county, If the present crop prospects ma
teralize these roads will undoubtedly build
FAR enough into the COteaus to haul out the
crop of 1890. No matter what their circum-
stances may be they can be depended
mite throughout the east Missouri country
in 1891. Immigration has been kept up
wonderfully we'll in this locality despite
the cry of drouth. 1t will be greatly stim-
ulated by making the native coal more ac-
cessible. The magnificent Beaver Creek
valley is region about one hundred miles
IN length ana eight to ten miles wide.
The Beaver creek which is so often men,
toned in connection with these railroad
extensions, rises near the center Of Logan
county and flows in a SOuthwestcrly di-
rection into the Missouri. 1t has branches
running through the best portions of Nc
IntOsh, Emmons and Logan counties.
esque and beautiful. The Milwaukee &
st. Paul company was the first to discover
the attractions of the Beaver Creek coun-
try. and its efforts to populate it has been
phenOmenally successful. Five hundred
Russian families have been located there
this spring. Six or eight townships of gov
ernment land have been wholly taken up
within the last sixty days. 1t is not only
a land teeming with richness, but it is on
the direct route of any railroad extending
from Aberdeen to Bismarck.
The full significance OF the railroad en-
terprlSes which are now under headWay
in North Dakota is MT apparent at first
glance, especially to persons unfamiliar
with the field. The Northern Pacific was
for many years the sole occupant of the
greater part of North Dakota. 1t is only
within four or five years that the Milwau-
kee, the Northwestern and the 500 lines
have obtained foothold north of the for
the Great Northern are making tremen-
dous struggle for the ever increasing busi
ness of the new state. The old agreement
under which the Northern Pacific and the
Chicago roads were to keep out of one an
others territory is ended. As result La
Moure, Dickey, Sargent, Mcintosh and
Logan counties receive the benefits of rail-
road competition and are rapidly building
up In population and industry.
The Vanderbilts, who are heavy stock
holders in the Northwestern, have always
shown great interest in schemes for plac-
ing this road ahead of the Milwaukee.
The theory existed in the days of William
troll of both the Northwestern and the Mil.
Waukee roads, which would have given
him railroad system extending from
ocean to ocean. The Milwaukee party
never were caught asleep. however. Theirs
was the first road to penetrate the
sion to Fargo being made by way Of
Ortonville in 1884. At that time the
Northwestern was still below the Forty
sixth parallel, or nearly one hundred miles
behind its enterprising rival. Next came
an alliance between the Northwestern and
the Northern Pacific, they proposing to
hold the field together against the Milwau.
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