Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1879-11-11
DON,r WAIT.

Letters received daily from widely sop.
arated localities, bring the news of,ndivid-
ual' and parties who are preparing to
c"mc to northern Dakota during Sept,m-
brr and October. II all signs do not Iail,
we shall witness the largest immigration
to these parts this fall, that we have ever
had during the same season Of the year.
The letters referred I" are nearly all from
class Of men evidently superior to those
that were formerly supposed to settle up
the frontiers Of the Northwest, men Of
intelligence, men of ability, men of some
means, forehanded class If American
farmers and mechanics, men who are tired
Of working like slaves t" secure bare
living from the stones, the stumps and the
sand about which aud in which one half
Of their lives nave been spent, men who
are selling their little farms of 80 or 100
acres Of unpr"juctive land and with the
money are coming here and buy ing 3 Dor
$40 acrcs Of much better lara. Ambitious
mechanics Who are deserting the work :
bench in the over crrwded cities and With
few hundred d",|ars accumulated b.
YEARS of toll can buy here quarter "r .
halt section "f land on which +, make
the u homes while at the same time earn
ing "a living At their trades.
Then there are Representatives ut almost
every basir ess and pr ,tes>i"n, ~io are
coming "r al, 'ut % 'me t" this region.
Lawyers VII" I,av. worn themselves "ut
physically. and vino now propose t" rr-
up'ra'e their lost vitality by II few ears
Of invis 'rati"g labor On our. health aud
wealth pr "llc'ny p'a'r,rs We are n
peaceabIe aud av, abiding people, who
furnish little protr s>irnal work for law, ers
:" t''. and vrr> few lawyers have the
the ,cnrrit, 10 Practice here. and vet no
nttrr region can ">i"" up so many
la>-crs II is "pnlnti'n,. all honest z an
g":s, .,tfc =. u II ;htir tread nv the So at
ne thcir hrpws ("r 'h:' hrows Of their hired
mrhJ
Merchants 'r-.l 1T he yard stick and
scales, vii" prefer he sure advance nf our
w:rt"yn IL. d. Ia III" Uncertain advance If
calico and sugar. - BE- prefer tn trust ~ the
pr, mi>rs m,'i.' b> nature rather filai, tn
those lore (i:lu>iv. ones made and gpner-
xiiv broken hy the debtor whom they lave
carried these ulahy years on their store
books
Clerks wiz, have laid by few hundred
dollars iron, their salaries, aud are now
glad t" &c: la. k I" that equally honorable
aud much N 'rc independent calling IN
which their earlier years were passed.
tanning. In fact every business, profession
and trade is rep, esrnted in the hosts vho
are coming to Northern Dakota to
occupy our superior farm lands. Reader,
consider! There mus, b. something gen.
uinr in the representation that will bring
and keep such men here that will induce
them to urge. M they always :. their
friends t0 follow them May: not be
sonnet hing here that you ought investi
gate-that would pay y.u to know.
Might not change better your circum
stances! If yes, let Us remind you that
every m"nth YOU ~ait YOU are losing
money. To-day government land can be
had five miles ,lon Jamestown. One
year later you cannot ct it inside Of
twelve mles. Five years later the land
i've miles from town will sell for $500
per acre more than the land twelve miles
out. This S 90 per acre, ut least, you
lose BY waiting. There are other losses
sou will suffer bv delay. Think. Of this.
jamestown Land Journal