Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-04-07
Proceedings Of the County Commissioner,
---Capital Hill Addition-.-More
Side Track
Soil Sales this Week in Stutsman County
Loom Up to the Satisfaction of all
Concerned.
Tax Payer Wants the Proceedings of the
Village Trustees---Mr. Atkinson
Explains.
The Village Election Passes off Quietly and
the Old Dads are Retained---Im-
portant Items.
North Dakota's Golden Grain

Eastern Correspondence.
What means this rush of immigration
to North Dakota-this incoming of we'll
informed, well-to-do people. mainly from
the Northwestern States, but also from
all parts of the Union, from Canada and
from Great Britain? Why do we find
| doctors and lawyers, scientists and theo-
loglans; in short, professional and busi
ness men as well as farmers, enlistinc in
the ranks of North Dakota agricultural
| lists!
The cause is no secret to those who visit
this great wheat producing district and
see the results of it's extensive farming
operations. AS men rushed to California
for gold so do these seek the wealth pro-
| ducing golden grain-the bright, amber
berrled hard wheat which has made North
Dakota famous and has brought it into
promlnence-the natural outcome of sue
cessful work.
Here grain raising is no more like what
1t was in the East than the electric light
is like the old fashioned tallow candle
On bonanza farm the proprietor is gen
eral, and his forces, divided into compa
nles, under command, operate almost with
the precision OF military discipline Even
on small farms of five hundred to a thou
| SAND acres the same spirit of order und
system prevails.
Large farmers have so multiplied dur
ing the past two years that l shall only
refer to the most important developments
| OF this season on the Northern Pacific.
where, at jamestown, Richard Sykes, OF
Stockport, England, bought recently
| 900 acres, and bis partner, an English
man named Walter j. Hughes, is on the
ground preparing for work. Mr.. Sykes
| also has heavy wheat farming interests in
Northwestern Iowa.
Thus the virgin soil of North Dakota is
coming under the care of large operators,
while thousands of half sections are being
taken by new settlers on government land
| along the line.
Gas good as gold," "as good as
wheat,' are phrases synonymous, and
! wheat, always saleablc, commands the at
tention here, although other crops have
proved to be quite as profitable, and the
raising of sheep and stock have shown
splendid results.
know from experience that wheat in
the northern belt eXcels in quality
| that raised in Dakota south of the forty
fifth parallel, and my travels through the
Northwest confirm the opinion that North
Dakota, east Of the Missouri river will
soon be well settled and will make sur
prislngly rapid progress in the near fu-
| ture
| Towards this end it has great advan-
| tage in that tae railroads have preceded
the agricultural development, and now
with the wheat rage, people will con inut
to rush in.
1t may seem peculiar that people are SC
anxious to raise 'hard wheat" but any
eastern grain merchant will admit tina
the ''hard'' variety brings ten per cent
more than other wheats, for the particu
lar and important reason that it makes tn
highest grade OF patent flour.
| In politics North Dakota is decided,
Republican. Separation from the south
ern portion of the Territory is earnestl
dcsiled, and, in that event, active, ener
getic business men of Fargo, Jamestown
Bismarck, and other growing places il
the Territory will develop into earnes
politicians, and five years hence we shall
find some of them transformed int
tatesmen and seeking State govern
sment.
| uc iltCtCStluS NUcSllOu W IIlc W llctt
growers is: "Where will the capital be
applicant, wants it, but Fargo's location
IS like that of Yankton-not central
Bismark wants it, but is too far west o
the center of population. jamestown
which has grown amazingly during tn
past year, takes the matter quietly, feel
ing confident that its location, in tn
center of the agricultural district, vii
bring it the coveted prize. Jamestowl
has good reasons for feeling confident
With much needed land Office at James
town, the splendid valley of the Jane
river will soon be filled with settlers
Even now the land within radius of fit
teen miles of jamestown is well settled
1t IS the Quitting point for the Devil
Lake and Mouse River districts, and doe
large business with Fort Totten. 1t
situated midway between Fargo and Bis
marck.
The location of the capital depends a
first upon where the governor takes hi
residence. 1t can afterwards be changed
by vote Of the people. Should he v,si
jamestown before locating he will no
take long to decide favorably upon its eli
gibllitv.
The Northern Pacific railroad and til
wheat growers have done wonders for tn
land of golden grain during the last fe,
years, but during the next few years a
previous efforts will be eclipsed and Mort
Dakota, influential and wealthy, will see
her place in the sisterhood of States an
will secure it, no matter what may the
be the political preference of the majori
ty. WM H. DUNE.
The Annual School Meeting.