Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-02-21
Here and There From tho Moolsy
II West.
Amor, n. Q, Feb. 5, 1912

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Amor, n. D, Feb. s, 1912.
Between Mclaughlin on the Res
ervation near Mahto in the Indian
Agency burying ground, is the grave
Of Sitting Bull, the old Sioux war
1rior and Medicine chief-of the Res
ervation. A branch line from this
point extends in q nerthwesterly d-
rection through Morton and Hettin-
ger counties to New England, North
Dakota, it's terminal point. It will
be extended in the near future. The
main line of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& Puget Sound railway starts at the
town Of Mobridge on the Missouri
River, near the boundary line be-
tween North and South Dakota, and
runs west near the boundary until it
enters Montana. The country on
both sides of this line was about four
years ago almost exclusively a ranch
and stock country, the nearest rail-
road about rs miles to the north -;
Dickinson on the N. P. r. R. Here
on this wild range cattle men accum-
ulated big fortunes, but they now
have to give way for homestead set
tiers and the country on both sides
/ Is now dotted with settlers shacks
as far as the eye can see.
Shall mention just few of the
many stations on the road westward.
Mcintosh, county seat Of Carson
County, and the first division point
of the G. M. and P. S. R. R., looks
healthy and progressing. Its popula-
ton is about 600. Lemon, a station
founded in 1908, boasts q population
now of about 400, and is situated
right on the state boundary liz.
Hettinger, beautifully situated town
of about 1900 population, is the coun-
ty seat of Adams county. Scranton,
population about 500, is one Of the
towns on the line. Worth mention
ing is the we'll known Scranton coal
mine. This entire region is undellaid
with a body of the finest Ignite coal,
is easy of access and Of good quail
ity. Bowman, the county seat of
Bowman county, has a population of
1000, and is a healthy and thriving
place. Then we reach Rhame, our
destination point and home market
place. It's population is about 500.
We have two elevators, three general
merchandise stores, two banks, two
hardware stores and machine estab-
Gshments, two lumber yards, two
blacksmith shops, one meat market,
equipped with line Of groceries, one
barber shop, two hotels, two restau-
rants, one drug store, one soft drink
stand, and, I am ashamed to say, but
rumor has it that remnants of a blind
pig can be found by those who look
hard for it. A few miles north can
be found some Kandiyohians, but
south of town about ten miles is
found the genuine Kandiyohi colony,
somewhat thinned out at present on
account of some leaving for the east
last fall, but reports are favorable
for a reunion. I was located by P.
P. Lien on Sec 25-130-104, on the ar
rival here in Oct., 1909. I GOULD Sc
the finest crops have ever seen any,
where in all my life, up to the top
notch in both quantity and quality,
and also fine garden trucks. I took
home with me one rutabaga from P.
P. Liens that wei hed 13 pounds, two
ears Of corn from G. E. Bergquist's
measuring Is inches, one carrot from
John Quam's measuring % inches
and a potato weighing 91a pounds.
One man threshed out 70 bushels Of
oats out Of one load Of bundles, and
all the grain in proportion, w.
There are immigrants coming in
from all directions and where they
all come from or where they all went
to was conundrum to me,-a puz-
zle l could not guess, I had to say
like the lady in the old country, who,
after an exploration of three miles
along the sea coast g miles being
equal to 81 English) said, "This must
be a great world we are living in. /
walked fully three miles on the sea
shore and still could see smoke arts
ing further on" Great were the i'm
aginations and unfaltering the hopes
Of all these robust and sturdy new
settlers on these wild prairies, dream
ing Of golden fields, we'll filled gran
aries, with everything in abundance,
and wealth in short time; But
like the ancient Jonah weeping over
his gourd," which sprung up in one
night and died in one night, they fold
their arms and with sigh walk along
their we'll pulverized and seeded fields
to meet with unfavorable surprise
and disappointment and total crop
failure, owing to drought. No bind
ers in motion, no threshing machines
to be seen or heard. All agree that
this country was no paradise in 1910
and 1911, and. the reason for this
failure was laid to the passing Hal
ley comet, but as to the confirmation
of this theory must leave that to
some one knowing more about it than
do. It is we'll known fact, how