River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-09-07

LARIMoRE, D. T., Aug. 18th. 1892.

EDITOR JOCRNAL:-- | have felt in
clined to express in some way the sat
isfaction and pleasure | derive from
the regular weekly visits of the JoURN-
AL, coming as it does fresh and new
direct from your Office, by order as I
suppose of some lind aud thoughtful
friend, yet have hesihted to write as
am not accustomed to writing for
the papers; but SINCE Hro.Mc IS and
Bro. Beta letters from the Land of
the Dakotas'' seem to be interesting,
have thought perhaps word from
Northern Dakota might he of interest
to some of your readers, as there are a
number of delegates from River Falls
and vicinity in this part If the Terri
tory.
I.arimore, which is in plain view,
being three-fourtlls of mile from my
homestead home,is town of less than
years growth, not having been plat
ted at the time of my first visit to
this beautiful Elk Valley In September
last, situated at the present terminus
of the st. p. NJ. g. NJ. Railway, thirty
miles directly west of Grand Forks
and near the center east and west of
Grand Forks county and about mid
way between the Turtle and Goose
rivers, both of which streams are
skirted with timber of the ordinary
varieties found in the west and neither
of them more than from five to seven
miles distant. One branch of the
Turtle runs within one and one-half
miles of town. Nearly one-third of
the business portion of the town was
destroyed by fire about two months
ago but is much more than rebuilt
now. Nearly or quite all branches of
business are well represented, there
being now about seVenty-tive business
houses of all rades besides hotels of
which there are ten and all of them
generally full to overlooking. There
are six lumber yards and four black
smith shops. Of saloons | am sorry to
say there are too many think four
teen in all. There are two large
wheat elevators ready for business,
TO receive the mo. l hard" which
constitutes the basis of hope for all
classes in this regi on. Grain seems to
ripel here in season proportionate to
time of seeding, Aenoe the early sown
wheat is now being threshed from the
shock and yielding, according to the
best information / can obtain, from
twenty-five to thirty bushels per acre,
Though but little has yet been threshed
and that not of the best promise.
There are some fields that good judgers
estimate will yield from thirty to
forty bushels per acre, and have
noticed one piece of oats that must
yield nearly In not quite one hundred
bushels per acre; | measured one
bunch pulled by friend, which was
six feet in length and all stood up
good when harvested. Most of the
grain has been cut hut many pieces
are still too green in consequence OF
which harvest must continue into
September. Harvest help is plenty at
two dollars per day.
There has been Il large amount of
breaking done this year and every ih'
dication now is that the boom for this
part of Dakota will continue. | have
heard of no damage by 'hoppers and
but very little by hail in Northern Da-
kota. The weather during the season
has been generally cool ana dry, al
though good rain came about July
10th, and since the first of August
there has been a number of very hot
days.
The st. p. NJ. & NJ. Railway Com
pany is rapidly accomplishing material
at this place for pushing on their
track and understand that the road.
bed is now ready for the iron as far as
to OF near Stump Lake, about forty
miles west on the way to DEVILS Lake.
An old peighhpf, ". +. Aarshail,
tells me that he took party from
Hammond out to Devils Lake region
a few day ago, land seeking, but finding
none surveyed that was available they
without entering GLAZING.
w. +. and myself are among the hope: |
fuls for the future, not having any |
crops in this year, but getting our
soldiers claim" in shape to raise
"No. hard next year.
0, NJ. Towner, of Elk Valley Farm
ing Company, ig out with an open let
of invitation in our local papers to
parties specially interested in wheat
culture to come and see them thresh
forty bushels per acre on the farm of
said Company. Very few, if any.
good claims are left for entry within
reasonable distance of this place, but
some can he bought OF claimants at
from three to SIX hundred dollars.
An excursion party of Wisconsin
notables visited Larimore on Saturday.
the Goth inst, and on examination of
the Swain HoAae register find the
names of some OF our Pierce and st.
Croix county friends, among them
Hon. F. l.. Gibson. Hon. N. P. Haugen.
w. Vannatta, Hon. james Hill, and /
Hon. John Comstock, and understand
they al united in expressions OF praise
of the Elk Valley as wheat raising
region. Yours truly,
n. Y. FULLER.