Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-11-23
BOUND FOR GODS COUNTRY.
There Arc signs that the wave Of Imns.
grafton 10 Rolling Toward the
State Of Washineton.

There are signs that the wave Of inn
migration which is rolling towards the
state of Washington is to assume gi-
gantic proportions. They are going,
not only from the Atlantic coast states,
but from the middle west as we'll. A
dispatch from st. Paul was published
recently IN which it was stated that
twenty-five wealthy farmers from the
middle states had left on the Great
Northern to buy homes in the vicinity
OF Seattle and Tacoma, and party
numbering 100 from South Dakota will
go to these points during the week to
see where they can locate. They are
well-to-do and can pay cash for land.
The land immigration of the Great
Northern to Washington has hardly
had a beginning as yet, and promises
to reach immense proportions. The
general inquiry is,for land in Washing
ton. The dispatch went on to say that
another party of fifty from Iowa will
go to Spokane some time next month.
This only bears out the prediction
which has been made for some time
past. People seeking new homes are
looking to the Pacific coast. It is more
talked about than any other section of
the country. The developments in the
Orient have brought people to sense
of realizing that hereis the great gate
way to the new lands with which we
are to trade and build up business. 1t
is seen that the coast is to be rich, pop
ulous and progressive. and that of all
the sections of the country inviting
settlers no other is more favored than
that which faces the Pacific.
The direction which this immigra-
ton wave will take is towards the
Northwest. The immense increase in
population during the next ten years
will be in Washington and Oregon, and
more especially in Washington. There
are great opportunities for the well-to-
do farmers in this state, and they are
pretty certain to find the sur, oundings
congenial from the first. The lands
are fertile, the climate unsurpassed.
In eastern Washington they can raise
wheat, oats, potatoes, peaches, plums,
Strawberries and other small fruits,
and they can give their attention to
hogs. poultry and dairying at the same
time, and make money by 1t. They
can raise all these products on Puget
Sound, and also make money with
prunes or hops. If they locate in any
of the numerous beautiful and fertile
valleys along the Great Northern they
will find themselves in what is being
made veritable fruit garden, where
the peaches, apricots, plums, apples
and watermelons are of the best, and
the crop invariably large. Many other
fine sections of country are as yet prac-
tically unknown.
There is everything in this state to
attract the immigrant. There is vir-
gin soil, and it is rich. The list of pro-
auctions embraces everything not i'm
digenous to a tropical or semi-tropical
latitude. Crop failures are unknown,
and there is no battling with drouths,
cloudbursts, cyclones or grasshoppers.
The climate is equable, with no ex-
tremes such as wilt people in summer
and CONCEAL them in winter. It is a
favored spot, and the newcomers will
appreciate this fact when they are set
tied. There are many splendid COM
monwealths in the east and middle
west, but in none of them are to be
found the resources, possibilities and
opportunities that exist in the Pacific
Northwest.