Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-02-20

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! in the year revisited the spot and
saw a town of five hundred people.
It has increased since to two thons-
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Emmons county-Lies west Of Nc
Intosh and Logan and has the envi.
able advantage of a Missouri river
front of nearly one hundred miles.
The population Of Emmons is Still
sparse, not exceeding $500 people.
The absence Of "a railroad is the
primary cause for the present limited
numbers The current talk and signs
! of additional means of transportation
are attracting settlers to Emmons,
/, and the country's we'll known adapt
ability to agriculture, will be an extra
encouragement that will tell. A
favorable cause, that has not existed
heretofore, will prevail this and next
year, viz: The scarcity of public
land south and east Of Emmons and
Mcintosh. There is not single
whole township, I believe, left in the.
land districts south and southeast of
this one. Settlers cannot any longer
find what they want in the districts
of Southern Dakota, and, necessarily,
they push on and into the Bismarck
district, that contains more vacant
agricultural land than any, other dis
triet in the United States. Logically,
the center of the new settlements
moves north and west, and we now
have the right to claim the greatest
activity and development. It is our
turn; that's all! Emmons county
contains about AZ townships, or
$4,000 acres, or 100000 more than
| the state of Rhode Island. It is
1 nearlys all vacant and subject to the
appro priation of the new people, ex-
pected this spring and summer. The
topography of this county is level,
undulating and rolling. The. soil is
lrich black loan, and yields perfect
crops of small grains and vegetables.
There is Nc. waste land. IT is all
4 pillow land, or good grazing. The
climate is SO favorable to stock that
1 horses Craze out all winter, and /
/ knew Of whole herds that have gone
Through this winter without a single
nights shelter, and are in fine condi-
uon. No hay either.
4 Burleigh and kidder Counties
4 TWenty-three townships of these
4 counties lie south Of the NJ p. n. r.,
and average in general characteristics
with the lands have been describing
Half of them only have been tdevel.
loped; the other half belonging to the
IN P. r. r., and purchasers; there
from awaits the stimulus of another
railroad and the occupation Of the
/ government lands beyond.
4 To recapitulate, the area briefly
described is equal to 2,s29,OO0 acres.
or more than two DelaWares, or near
/ " the size of Connect lieut.. 555
Under a system OF intense farming
Il y a T
1 it is capable Of sustaining a popula-
ton Of several hundred Thousand,
1 word in this connection may be
said about Bismarck; first, it is the
capital Of the territory; second, 1t is
! located On the Missouri river, where
the Northern Pacific railway crosses
~. Long in advance of the present
agricultural development, Bismarck
was a trading point; it was the
/ natural center of a large area OF
sparsely settled country, and true to
its incipient lines, viii continue the
center Of that country as it increases
In population and production. We
claim special advantage under the
interstate commerce law, and already
the public is beginning to recognize
our claims Later in the season we
will see more Of that truth.
Very respec tfully,
/ John A. Rea,
4 Register q. s. Land Office.