The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-11

Wfst. Tbwner, Rolette, Botttineau,
Ward and McHenry counties were in
turn invaded by this sect and made
to blossom like the rose. The rail-
ways began to build little branch lines
to care for the tremendous tonnage
that these people were offering them,
and to-day there is no more prosper
Gus part of the state, considering the
extent of population.
And right here it is in order to say
a few words for the good the Dunk
ards have done to the state of North
Dakota. A people of the most simple
habits, abjuring strife and ostentation
in life, living as closely as it is given
to mankind to do according to their
faith, they have proved most ire
mendOus factor in the states develop
ment.
In the first place, is is an axiom III
the state that a Dunkard is the best
Judge of land that can be found, and
have heard many farmer say,
when some man would be running
down the merits of this or that sec.
ton:
"Well. if it suits the Dunkards. it
will suit me-"
But it is not only that. This same
man knows, and every other Dakotan
knows, that when he moves into a
Dunkard community, he is moving in;
to the best community on earth. Hon.
est, Woodworking, abstemious, peace
full, charitable and God-serving, they
have become a cherished factor in the
life of the state. The law courts are
never bothered by them, and jails are
an unnecessary luxury as far as they
are concerned.
With the extensions Of the branch
lines of railways the great trend of
immigration is now, and must con-
tinue to be for some years toward
the sparsely settled western counties
of the state. This section has been
made accessible, and it's richness has
within the past few years been proved.
It is one of the richest agricultural
districts outside of the Red River val
ley in the country. It will grow crops
of wheat, year after year, without
fertilization, that are without prece-
dent anywhere. For diversified agri-
culture, potatoes and all root crops, its
like does not exist. The land is we'll
watered, and along the water courses
is heavily timbered. And in addition
this entire country west of the Mis-
souri, river is the ideal cattle and hog.
raising section Of the state, while its
fertile fields and pastures have only
to be scraped for few feet to reveal
beds Of Ignite that are inexhaustible.
Wheat and Live Stock.
Wheat growing and cattle and hos
raising are destined to be for a few
years the great industries of this sec.
ton. The grasses are of the most nu-
tritious possible character, but this
is only natural when it is remembered
that this country was formerly the
great grazing ground of the millions
of buffalo that roamed our western
prairies some years ago. Hog raising
is also making rapid strides since it
has been demonstrated that North Da-
kota can grow corn as well as other
states.
Of the thousands of immigrants who
are now crowding every train that en-
tiers the state from the East, the great
err proportion are bound for this west
ern country. It is almost the only sec
ton Of the state where where free
lands exist to any extent, or where the
cheap school lands of the state can
be obtained. But, even where land
has to be bought, prices are cheap,
and with the steadily rising tendency
of land the certainty of profit is in
sight, even eliminating what the land
will produce.-Herbert Vanderhoof. in
Minneapolis journal.