Jamestown alert., 1880-07-06
New England Agricultural and Manufacturing Town
Reinforced With True Western Energy
..... and Pluck.


EDITOR OF ALERT l
Sanborn. in Township 40 Range 60, on
the Northern Pacific railroad, in Barnes
County, Dakota Territory, named in hon.
or of G. G. Senborn, Esq =, Gen. Fr't &
Pass. Agt. N. P. r. r. in the near future
will become prominent railroad town.
It's situated on the DIVIDE, midway be.
tween the Sheyenne and James rivers on
high, level, gently undula,,ng plateau,
with remarkably fine outlined high bluffs
four miles south, giving to an eastern man
home feeling, that he is really in ight
Of his own beautiful hills. The quick,
unexcelled, Clark, deep soil, for many
miles north and south Of the railroad, with
its pure, sweet, cold water, absolutely un-
surpassed, has attracted the very best class
Of farmers from the older eastern and
western states and Canada, in advance Of
the townsite: now there is demand for
all kinds OF business in the town, to sup
ply this back country. The proprieton
ofa large steam mill who manufacture.
tanning mills, patent harrows, scrapers,
rollers, milk safes, screen doors and
windows, sash sud blinds, mouldings,
turning. &C., have located branch office
here, and will soon establish factory.
The reads are nearly level, making it
good, easy point to distribute all kinds
Of manufacturers and mercantile supplies,
and easy for farmers to market their prs.
duce. An elevator is in contemplation
A station and telegraph office, an exact
copy of the Tower City station, IL build
ing. A two.story school house 10 be
built this season, also hotel. The bean.
ty OF this townsite is 50 marked th.t Il
excitss the admiration ofall travellers On
the passing trains.
The writer came here to builId an and
develope three sections Of LAM Also At
jamestown and Bismarck will break this
year $50 acres at Sanborn, 16Ossst I.mea.
town and 100 at Bismarck. Iyh.r. Ill,
be broken this year for wheat ana oaGa tn
he marketed here next yea4 6ve - .;x
thousand acres; next yearj mora than
double this Three thousalbd .cres in
wheat and oats this year. Thte vriter haa
been so often urged to buy the beant;f,,
high ground en- section 10 id;o;r;no the
ststion, from Charlemagne rovar Ph;la.
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delphia, and plat it, that Il e has houoht
q half interst from + ]. 81. d.na va11ev
Eity, Towers Agent. and u q. . nl.tte,7 i
ots can now be bought s. t,,oae who
ill build reasonably gdpod ho,ae "
Fore this year, at . very lew3 floura The
ceets will be named altsf s1tls .a;to,a Of
e ,eaa'ng newspaper "no ~ doing so
Eucn 70 osvelope tne uoeqt lAled '.North.
rn Dakota" and the omces erthssN D
r.
There will be beautifuI ,.-l v;th
sge ''e's SET .nis 1sll' V aim Of the
oprietors will be to makelI a..horn as
1lcated IN the heading, 3 cod nh,...,cr ~
that is hest in an intslliA - ,o,o,
tern town, reinforced With 49,. -,.et
enegry and pluck. A sits q 81 church
!, b parsonage is donated 20 theh A-.,,o.n
&ngregational Union. Tho 80. A.
fined the offered nominatioa n,,...
". Of q number Of your Nostbaa n.lo..
'Rpers, but We herewith pl1dee 8|eh,,, q.
1 ys and oil others, and the n1faneI Ie1r.-
Northwest that, if theytvill fsrri.h
with information as to dsvsie ao1e
valuable general unqueslceedla 800
Till see to it that they an plae -
i fs they will do rs oil the mose sssna