Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-04-14
What the New N Northern Pacific Publica-
ton has to Say of jamestown ana
Stutsman County.
How tho Proprietor Of the Coat OF Many
Colors Got a Big Corner on
No. Hard.
Fruit Culture to be an Important Feature
in the Land That Flows With
Milk and Honey.
Annual Report Of the Treasurer OF School
district No. LA Term OF Court to be
Held this Month.
Stutsman County.

The Northern Pacific railroad has Jnst
issued a publication descriptive OF the
country through which it passes. 1t says
of Stutsnan county:
Stutsman county bounds Foster county
on the south, and Barnes county on the
west. It is traverscd through the south
srn part of its middle range of townships
by the main line of the Northern Pacific.
The southwestern townships are broken by
the low cham of the Coteaus. The mid
die portions of the county are traversed by
the winding James river from north to
south. The Pipestone rises in the north
west part, and, crossing seven townships,
meets the James river near the crossing OF
the Northern Pacific. Beaver creek and
other smaller feeders of the James are III
the southern and southeastern townships.
The valley of the James river varies from
three-quarters to two and half miles in
width. The varieties Of the timber on the
wooded belt of the James, are the elm,
box elder, oak and blackberry. Here, as
in Barnes county, are fine natural mead
Ows, from which are cut one and half
to two tons of wild hay, Strawberries,
raspberries and gooseberrics grow wild
on the prairie. There appears to be no
small fruits. The feasibility of the or
chard fruits in the county is now under
going trial. Excellent well water, supe-
rior to that OF the Sheyennc and
the Red river countries, is found at an
average depth, in both uplands and val
laws, of 30 feet. In both localities the
wells vary in depth from II to 80 feet.
The depth of surface soil over the county
is, on uplands, from l5 to ~ inches, in
the James River valley, from II to 40
inches. The subsoll, varying in depth
from 10 to 20 feet, where it rests on blue
CLAY, is variously composed, conglomo
rate united in body OF yellow clay.
Both soil and subsoll carry large adj
mixture of the mineral salts, lime III vari-
Gus forms, and slick, which distinguish
the. the lands Of the great s northern x wheat
The yield of wheat in stutsman county
in the year 1880, was Z5 bushels to the
acre; OF oats, 50 bushels to the acre, and
of barley, AZ bushels to the acre. And
generally the average production was
Considerably higher III the upland eoun-
ties than in the ked River valley. The
causes of the decline i'll the production OF
of 1881 were, as stated at the outset OF
these exhibits Of Dakota counties, an un-
commonly wet seeding season, and chiefly,
the prevalence, when tbs gram was rlpen
ing, of injurious hot winds, Il caprice OF
climate not before known IN the northern
climate The fair statement of the COM
mon average production in the belt of
Dakota counties along the Northern Pa
cific, would be from 20 to ~ bushels of
wheat to the acre, and Is bushels Of oats
to the acre.
jamestown, handsomely situated on the
James river, is the county seat, and one
of the most promising towns in North
Dakota. The branch of the Northern
Pacific to the Mouse river country, now
being built, meets the main line at James
town.