Morris tribune., 1882-06-01
H @ NJ E S
FOR THE
HOME LESS!
BONANZAS FOR THE
CAPITALIST!
A GOLDEN TIDE
FOR EVERYBODY.
BARNES
THE
BANNER WHEAT COUNTY
BANNER WHEAT COUNTY

Parties in search of a home, farm, a
business location, or u grand place TO in
vest their ducats, should go to Valley City,
the booming metropolis of the Sheyenne
valley, the Garden city of Nortl ern Dako
tn. This thriving, rushing, bustling town
lies in the beautiful valley of the Sheyenne
River, 58 miles west of Fargo, on the line
Of the Northern Pacific railroad. The city
is protected from the cold blasts OF winter
by timbered bluffs, from the top of which
the finest prairie the sun ever shone on
stretches away for many miles in all direc-
tons.
Valley City is the county seat of Barnes
county, which contains over a million
acres of the best farm land in the world.
The county has just completed magnih
cent brick court house at u cost of $35, 900,
" hich is the finest building of the kind in
the Territory. Valley City contains the
finest brick and stone buildings in Dakota,
among which are the First National Bank,
Zone of the solid banking institutions of the
country, Getchell's Opera House, Dakota
House, High Schools and Common
Schools, Episcopal Church, Quilt of native
stone at cost of $6,0O0-the handsomest
church in the northwesl), Methodist, Con
gregational, Lutheran and Catholic church
es, four Livery stables and stores of every
description. A $25, 900 brick hotel, in
course of construction, will be finished
early in June. The Valley City Il Turtle
Mountain Railroad is being graded from
the south line of the county to Valley City,
thence northwest, through magnificent
country, past the far-famed DEVILS Lake
Region to the immense coal beds of the
Souris River Valley and Turtle Mountain.
When the road is completed, Valley City
and the surrounding county will be sup.
piled with fuel at $3.50 per ton, fact
which will Immediately secure the estab-
lishment of numerous mills and factories
in this favored city. The Grand Forks,
Valley City & Black Hills Railroad Com
pany are building railroad from Grand
Forks southwest to Valley City, from
thence to the Black Hills, on which cars
will be running at the emu of the present
year. The Valley City Brick and Tile
company manufacture the finest brick in
the Northwest, large numbers of which are
shipped to other points in Dakota. The
company already have contracts for sever.
al millions of brick TO he used in new
buildings in Valley City the coming sea
son, besides orders from abroad.
Although the town is already supplied
with 900 bushel elevator, new one
of 100, 600 bushels capacity will be bull,
before the harvest of 1882. The last i'm
provement will be necessary to accommo
date this vast quantity of wheat that will
be marketed here next fail.
In July, 1879, Valley City had three
stores and population of 70, since which
| time stores have sprung up like magic and
| the population has increased to / 800
Hundreds of settlers, with their household
| effects, arrive daily, and the rush for lane
| is unprecedented in the history of the town
So great is the demand for houses that 6
company has been formed for the purpose
| of building number of cottages to accom-
modate the incoming tide of emigration.
The land in the vicinity of Valley City il
the finest farm land in the world, and il
many instances has yielded fabulous crop.
of wheat, oats, barley, corn and vegeta
bles. The land is gently rolling, while
here and there the surface is broken by
| beautiful lakes, in some of which bass
pickerel, pike, and other game fish are tt
be found in large quantities.
The Valley of the Cheyenne is covered
with a heavy growth of timber, principal
ly of oak, elm and Box Alder, intersperset
with some of the richest Valley Farm Lane
in the far famed Golden Northwest.
|
,onal Bank of Valley City has large tract
of the choicest timber and prairie land il
Northern Dakota. These tracts lie il
Barnes, Stutsman, Ransom, LIE Moure ant
Griggs counties, and ale the first selections
having been selected Immediately afte
they were surveyed two and three year
ago. Among other choice tracts this de
partment has one of 1900 acres in on
| hody all Of which ia rated as numb her ont
and one and a quarter.
This magnificent property is located OIL
the line of the Valley City q Turtle Noun
tain railroad, and is one of the bonanza
of the Great Red River Valley.
i Thousands of acres Of No. l land TO
sale along the line of the St. P. NJ. & Nj
Railroad, Mp. Railroad, V. G. & T. NJ
road, which will be sold in tracts to suit
time given if desired.
Valley City town property at low price
and easy terms. Lots given away to PAL
chance in lifetime to invest in the gold
capitalists will not be slow to "catch on
to before the rise in property which is sur
| to follow the rush Of emigration to thi
Garden Spot of Dakota.
, Hundreds of acres of magnificent Gov
eminent Land close to railroads to be ha
in this neighborhood.
the
LAND DEPARTMENT
OF THE