The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-08-25
A VISIT TO THE NORTHWEST

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The United States is SO big and var
led in its scenery and resources that
one is not able to judge of is vast
ness by simply visiting one state or
even several states. The only way to
gain a comprehensive view of the coun-
try IL to visit the various sections of
the country: Denison people have not
been slow to profit by this suggestion
because every day we hear of someone
from Denison taking. a trip to some
remote portion, OF the United States,
where conditions are studied and com
parison made with our own section Of
country. The Editor of the Review but
recently took an automobile trip which
carried him through northwestern
Iowa. western Minnesota and eastern
North and South Dakota !, Which fur;
nished a real entertainment and from
the standpoint Of knowledge acq uired
Of the sections visited proved exceed
|ingly profitable When we left Deni-
son over ten days ago. it was raining
and prospects were for undesirable
roads, but within two or three hours,
we found the rain had, stopped, the
sun had asserted itsel fand the roads
were growing better, and by the time
we arrived at Sioux City, we found
roads were in good condition for travel.
After leaving Sioux City, we found the
roads in very good shape from there
to Hawarden, where we stayed the first
night. The next day we passed through
Sioux Falls and Br0okings, and as far
as Ortonyille lin western Minnesota.
where we stayed the second night From
Ortonville. we went north along the
lline of Minnesota and North Dakota
| as far as Fargo and west from Fargo
| to Jamestown, where we stayed the
/ third night. The next day was spent
| In the vicinity of Medina and fCleve-
land, N. OAK, and in the afternoon,
we drove to Bismark where we stayed
all night the fourth night. On Monday
morning we crossed the Missouri river
| on a ferry and made our headquarters
| for two days at Mandan, going into the
country west of Mandan some sixty
or seventy miles and visiting several
/ sections Of that portion of the state.
| On "Wednesday morning we recrossed
| the Missouri river to Bismark, and
| journeyed north some rs miles to VIII
ton, junction and from there east to
Regain some fifteen miles east Of VIII
| ton, where considerable portion OF
time was spent visiting farms in that
neighborhood. After this we Travelled
as far east as Tuttle on the Pingree
branch of the Northern Pacific rail
| road, and from there south across the
country to Steele. on the main line OF
the railroad From there we proceed
ed as far east as jamestown and south
from jamestown into South Dakota,
through Glendale to Aberdeen and
from there to Sioux City via rRedfield,
Huron, Mitchell and Yankton. Upon
arriving in Denison, we found that we
had covered two thousand miles in a
trip lasting not over eleven days. We
have visited this territory on several
occasions before and were struck with
the marked improvement in both the
cities and country since our first ac-
uuairtance !. in that locality. On our
first visit to Sioux Falls, in 1873, we
found village Of three hundred people
where is now a busy commercial cen;
ter or not less than fifteen or twenty
thousand people. The city OF Fargo,
in North Dakota, jamestown and Bis
mark are all progressive cities with
from six to fifteen thousand people,
while but a few years ago their popula-
ton was but a small fraction of what
they can boast Of today. The country,
but few years ago, was a vast pralr-
ie with here and there a farrp opened
up while today the country is under a
high state of Improvement with splen.
did farms, with improvements quite
Eequaling the quality of what can be
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eastern states. Great large barns are
in evidence on every hand and fields
with splendid crops of both small grain
and corn. It was exceptional to find
a good field of corn in North Dakota
a few years ago, while now there Is
little difference in the prospect of the
crop. between that country and this.
We do not recall that at any time we
have been more impressed with the APP
pearance of country than with what
we saw in the trip north from Sioux
City to Fargo and west from Fargo to
the Missouri river. We cannot better
describe the appearance of the country
than to say it is one vast field of
grain, extending the whole distance.
Most of the grain has been harvested
and was in the shock except where
threshing machines were in operation
The yield of wheat is all that could be
expected except in cases where the
rust. has caused some damage. There
are certain kinds of wheat subject TO
rust more than others. They have a