Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-06-02
NORTH \ DAKOTA GETS MOST
State Of North Dakota Gets the Greater
Part Of the immigration to the
Northwest.
Free Homesteads in Addition to Pur-
chased Lands is the Feature with
the Homeseekers.
Seven Thousand Cars Of Household
Effect Brought to the North
west This Spring.

west This Spring.
Sixty thousand people have been
added to the population of the central
northwest since the first Of the year,
says the Minneapolis Journal. This
is equal to the immigration into Min
nesota, the Dakotas, and northern Wis
consin for the entire twelve months of
1901. For the first year since immi-
grafton to the northwest took such a
positive turn, there will be a steady
moderate movement throughout the
summer with increased travel in the
fall months. Industrial agents in
close touch with the situation place the
total immigration for the central
northwest in 1902 at 100000. Most of
the new corners have passed through
the Minneapolis gateway. The larger
percentage of the immigration into
South Dakota has gone by routes south
and southeast of the twin cities, prin-
cipally over the Milwaukee and North
western roads. Some of the immigra-
tion into Wisconsin has taken routes
east Of Minneapolis The northern
coast lines have contributed the big
percentage Of the immigration to the
north coast, and that has gone through
this gateway. There has been a big
movement to Canadian points through
the twin cities. 1t is believed that the
estimate on immigration into the
greater northwest will reach the fig
ure predicted the first of the year,
100000.
In the central northwest, North Da-
kota has taken the big piece of the per-
simmon. Since January /, 10000 have
been added to it's population. North
Dakota was credited by the census Of
1900 with 100000 inhabitants. The
immigration of last year, together with
that of the past four months will bring
the fickertail states total population
to $50, 900 which demonstrates the won
derful possibilities in North Dakota
between now and the taking Of the
next census. Minnesota's gain through
this years migration is about Is 900;
South Dakota's. 10000, and northern
Wisconsin 1000. South Dakota can
now lay claim to population of 1885,
600 an increase of 25,0OO people in two
years. Immigration has furnished
Minnesota with a net gain of 10000
people in the past two years.
Returns from the hundreds Of rail-
way stations on the various lines show
that 1000 full carloads of homeseek-
ers' household and farming effects have
gone into the central northwest since
January L. This number includes only
full carloads and does not take into
consideration the several thousand
less than car lot shipments. North
Dakota and Minnesota received 5000
of these, by far the greater portion of
which went to North Dakota. South
Dakota took between 1900 and 1900
and northern Wisconsin about 600.
While railroad statistics on immigra-
tion are entirely lacking in complete
ness enough is known to show that at
the railway stations in the northwest
more carloads of homeseekers' effects
have been received since January 1
than during all OF 1901, which was
considered remarkable for its immigra-
tion record.
Homeseeker travel has been steady
since the first Of the year. The mod
crate winter weather Of January and
February gave it an early start March
and April as usual were the big
months. May is making reasonably
good and rather surprising record. The
fall months up to November / are ex-
pected to furnish magnificent close.
Homestead land in North Dakota
has been the attraction which has
given the state the major portion of
the homeseeker movement this year.
This assisted by the excellent crop
record of 1901 and the advertising done
by the land companies and railroads
has sent thousands Of people of small
means looking for a farm to the flick
ertail state. Other sections OF the
northwest have homesteads to offer
but the free farms in North Dakota
have been more adyantageously situ-
ated and in country adapted to the
small farmer as well as to stock rails
ing. At the beginning Of the year.
there was more oppo1tunity Of this
kind for the renter Of Iowa in western
North Dakota than in any other ses-