Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1883-03-02
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
OF Griggs County Ahead of Her
Commercial Industries, but the
Capitol in Close Pursuit..
The Building Record of Cooperstown for
Two Brief Winter Months Aggregates
$28,325.00.--- why it will be Ev-
en- Grow Greater Henceforth.

1t is the general supposition of the |.
average eastern reader that Dakota towns
and business enterprises are far ahead OF
the requirements of the country. While
this may be the instance in some cases
where an ephemeral boom has been Gre
ated for speculative purposes, it is not
the rule. In the case OF Griggs county
it is the direct opposite, the development
OF the farming lands being far ahead of
any town within the county borders.
With thousanS of fertile acres on every
side OF it, atine percentage of which lands
are ready for crop, to say nothing of the
tens ofthOusands more that will be turned
over this year, does it seem strange that
brstling city must soon thrive where
COOperstoWn now blooms?
The thoughtful observer acquainted
with the topography of this region at
once realizes tile enviahle location of
Cooperstown. Thenearest trading points
OF amy consequence are Valley City and
Sanboul, SO to 10 miles on the south
To the north, the east and the west, the
trading territory tributary to this point
is mdetillable, as it extends for miles
and miles around. For IL radius OF tit-
teen to twenty miles the country is
thickly settled with happy and prosper
Gus tillers of virgin soil. The unsurvey-
ed land for twenty to twenty-five miles
north and northwest of here will all he
squatted on this summer. n gentleman
coming down from that rich region the
other day said that slanties We're already
arising from the snow crested pra!rleS
like magic, and all these settlers must
come to Cooperstown for supplies. An
other great advantage, commercially
speaking, this town enjoys, is being on
the edge OF the indemnity, OF railroad
land grant limit. North OF CoopcrstOWn
10 big farms can spring up, as every
quarter section must he settled upon and
improved Letolp it passes from Unc.e
Sans possession. This fact ensures Il
thicllly populated rural district contiy-
uolls to the ''Ilub.'' and is Il favorable
point that but few towns i'm north Dakota
possess. When the great start Grigys
county already has attained toward Il
place in the front ranks of civil organiZa
tions is considered; when we contemplate
the great impetus the grand army OF flu
t,lre citizens, preparing in all parts OF
the east to come hither, will give to an
already vigorous land: when we reflect
on the several hundred thousand bushels
of golden cereal that must he marketed
at this point the coming season; when
we mediate OH the superior location of
our busy young city, her prospective
early railroad facilities and tie character
OF her business men; and hastily, but very
Importantly, when we reflect on the fact
that the prime factors in upbullding the
place are men who engage i'm the grand
work in dead earnest, and whose pleth
orc purses are constantly and freely son
tap ii all cases where good may result.
and who are to be permanently interes-
ted with us, can anything but Il llourisl-
ing town of almost incredulous and mar
velots growth be anticipated? y conn
mercial traffic of important proportions
must spring up here within the next six
months. Tie people are here, and more
coming. that demand merchandise, hum
Der. flour beef and all kinds OF farming
implements in plentiful quantities, and
they shall have them without being com
PEELED to freight their wares from % to
50 miles by team. Goods are coming to
the metropolis OF l;liggs by the carload,
| yea, by the train load, and the heart
of the yeolnan lejoiceth.
There are many opportunities here for
tile merchant. the mechanic, the pro
fessiolal man and the farmer. With a
fair degree OF diligence they must sue
ceed. Failure is an unknown word here.
Persons at Il distance may think, read,
wonder and inqIile: but thoughts and
Vaccinations Will fail to even approach
the reality OF things in this land OF life.
The rapid growth OF Coopcrstown since
Jan. ] is nothing compared with the pro-
gress that will he made during the COM
ing two months. Think OF it, during the
past So days, which has included the
most severe and continuous cold weather
known to Dakota, there have been COM
pleted counting the hotel, which yet
lacks the plasterjng) some l9 buildings,
representing total cost of over So, ,32500
In two OF three instances buildings III
Guided in the approximate were COM
nenced previous to Jan. l, but all have
been completed, and nearly all projected