Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1891-04-17
DakOta's Returning Prosperity.

All reports concerning the weather
in North and South Dakota during
the past two or three weeks would
seem to indicate that the meteorologi-
cal signs come from theproper quarter
OF the heavens. Jupiter Pluvius has
dealt out moisture with q generous
hand, says the Minneapolis Tribune,
thus making crop prospects all that
could be desired at this particular sea-
son.
All reports now indicate that there
has been an unusual precipitation OF
moisture in the form OF rain and snow
during the past two months, and never
since the settlement of the two states
has there been as general a prospect
for large crops OF cereals as there is to-
day. From the Missouri river to the
Minnesota line the rainfall has been
abundant, the valleys of the James,
the Sioux and the Red rivers having
been especially fortunate in this
respect. Information comes from
North Dakota that the wheat acreage
will be unusually large, and that
many farms which have remain
ed uncultivated for three years
past will be sown this spring.
The trans Missouri country both
north and south is untitled forgeneral
farming purposes; but it's value for
raising OF sheep, cattle and horses is
now generally understood, and OF late
years have witnessed the introduction
OF millions of live stock into the west
ern portion of the Dakctas, from the
British line to the Black Hills.
With the exception OF the mining in
terests in the western portion OF South
Dakota, the interests OF these two new
states are almost exclusively agricult-
ural. Let us hope that the rainbow Of
promise that nowspans their sky from
horizon to horizon will not prove illu-
slve, but hat its excellent prospect
may reach. full frultage. No states OF
the American union are blessed with q
larger proportion OF intelligent people
than they. Enterprise, thrift, knowl-
edge and energy are Jheir characters
tics, and if the forces OF nature can be
controlled by human foresight, those
people will sooner or later conquer u
splendid destiny.
| One assurance OF q substantial pros
perity they have in the near future is
found in the fact that the townsite
boomer has
| "Folded his tent like the Arab
And silently stole away"
| He NAV he fOund domiciled now in
the coast district OF the State OF
Washington or hunting cheap trans.
portation to new fields and pastures
green in the wilds OF Western Texas.
The Dakotas have usefor every strong
arm tnat seeks their borders with the
will and the capacity to labor. Mill
ions of untitled acres await the magic
touch of labor to contribute their
quota toward filling the would's
granaries. In those two promising
commonwealths there are already an
abundance of towns, cities and vii
lagos for the use OF the present genera
ton. The rains OF the present spring
are sent to encourage the prosecution
OF productive agriculture. In this
alone lies all the prosperity worth
having anywhere in the Northwest.
The land speculator's method during
the "boom period" in Dakota were
invariably more Obstructive than
those of the grasshopper, the hot
winds or the drouth. Let us hope be
has gone with these, never to return
to mar the substantial prosperity OF
our sister states.