Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-05-02
Another Lady Speaks.
BATAVIA. April 20, rs;


BATAVIA; April 20, 1854.
To the Editor of the Coop,rstnw Courier:
DEAR SlR:-I have just read a copy
of your paper loaned me by a friend, and ,
should like to subscribe for it six
months. enclose 81. l should also
like to ask you a few questions if you
could answer them in your paper.
Can a woman take up government
claims, and are there any good ones to
be had near Cooperstown. and are there
schools and churches near? Would a
thousand dollars be enough to open up
a farm with. and does wheat farming
pay? have a small farm here. hut l
suppose Dakota farming is different !
from eastern farming. have two sons !
old enough to work OH a farm, and they !
do most of the work on our farm of
sixty acres. except additional help in
harvest time. If you will answer these
questions YOU will greatly oblige, as
think ought to have larger farm, and
think very favorably of Dakota.
Yours very resrectfn'ly.
Mrs. Il. II. II.
In reply to the above characteristic
letter THE COURIER would state that
the pre-emption, homestead and timber
culture laws are available to women who
are the heads of families. and single
women. That government land, as fine
as any in the world. can be had within
reasonable distance of Cooperstown by
complying with the law-lesidence and
cultivation. That while we are not very
flush as to church buildings. regular re-
ligious services are held in this town and
often in the country. We have numer-
ous school districts, good school houses,
competent teachers, and shall no doubt
have more of them. \ thousand dollars
is more than the settler generally has
to commence business ON: and. knowing
what farming is. we haye no doubt that
you will find change to Dakota soil
greatly to your advantage. AS tn the
nearlesS and availability Of land Won
would do we'll to write to the reliable
land agents End attorneys whose adver-
tisements appear in THE COURIER.
$ Zeal Estate Transfers.
8 Cooper Bros. to James u. Wood. lots
a 22S 2SS and "a. block G2. Cooperstown.
: n. p. r. II. Go. to Peter f. Nelson
northwest of northwest of section %
: township 146 H., range go w.
q Hiram Schoonmaker to Ii. C. Barring
4 ton, east !! of section 33. township l+5 II.
q range 60 W. Consideration, $500.
L. l.. Rinde to Dubois Newell, north
e east of northwest /, north of north
i east /. and the southeast of northeast
e of section II, township 145 H., range
5Sw.
- Lewis T. Soland to Odegard & Thomp-
= son, southeast of section u, township
:, 147 H.. range 60 w.
;, Albert K. Shue to Robt. Adler. halt
!. interest in west J of southeast !. and
:. east of southwest of section -. town
:, Ship l47 H., range SO W. Consideration
9 $3.50.
knut Stee to Thomas Knudson, south
east I, section 70, township 144 H., range
u SOW.
:, Norwegian independence Day.
o Delegates from nine different Scan
a dinavian societies met Sunday in Chicago
g to perfect arrangements for the purpose
4 of celebrating the Norwegian indepen
IS dence day, MAY II. 1t was decided. at
s ter much discussion, that Kristofer Jan
|: sen, the Unitarian preacher, poet ant
novelist. should be the orator of the day
- a committee was appointed to confe
q with the various manufacturers ant
= shopkeepers employing large Plumbers O
:, Scandinavian workmen, concerning ;
= request to give such employees the latte
= half of the day. in order that they ma.
g properly celebrate the occasion.
IS Come all ye weary toilcrs
= In the work shops of the East
We send you honest greetings.
- From the greatest to the least.
. If you pine for larger liberty.
3. Or to make your children blest,
:. Come then and make your home with us,
In this bountiful Northwest!
70 We've cattle on u thousand hills,
. Our ranches dot the plain;
- BY our crystal lakes and rivers,
e Help us reap the golden grain
- Northweet
y Dakota has 800 miles of railroad.
y :, The Dakota wheat crop of 1883 wa
g worth $lO,O00,O00.
Breckenridge, Minn., was destroyed
y by fire Wednesday night.
~ linn Kaana the nraat stock gambler