The Dickinson press., 1885-01-10

have left quantities of potatoes and
turnips in the field, after gathering
all they could stow away. On one
farm four bushels of potatoes yielded
21O bushels, without cultivation.
Mr.. Cryne is building q stone house
on his claim. He finished the first
story in the fall and put on tempo.
rary roof, and will build the second
story next year. He says tho house
will cost him no more than frame.
one of the same size, and will he vast.
ly moro durable and comfortable.
The stone he picked up mile from
his homestead.
Robert Lee, from Northport. Michi.
gan.-Had 100 acres in wheat. Part
of the ground was backset and part
only gone over with disk harrow.
The portion backset did not yield 40
we'll as the rest. Some parts of the
field yielded IS bushels to the acre,
and the average was about 20. Fin
ished sowing the twentieth of May,
and began harvesting the middle Of
August. Planted some of the i'm
proved squaw corn called Rec and it
did we'll. Think this will prove to be
a fruit country. Wild raspberries
and quantities of wild plums grow on
the river banks. Along the bottoms
wild hops flourish. They are as good
for brewers use as the cultivated
hops.
Mr.. Lee, who is one of the substan.
/ tial men of tho Gladstone settlement,
is building Touring mill, which will
be great benefit to the surrounding
country.
j. F. Perry, from Minneapolis,
Minn.-Was one of the original men,
hers of the colony and arrived here
n in April, 1883. Took a presumption
E and a tree claim, and bought 100
/. acres of the railroad company.
q Raised sod crops the first season.
This year raised 800 bushels of hard
. wheat on 80 acres. One field yielded
q bushels to the acre. Raised over
e 800 bushels Of ears of corn, mostly
the Rec. Planted four other varie-
ties, the King Philip, the Yankee
flint, the dent and the squaw corn.
: All did well and ripened before the
0 frost. Made Is gallons of syrup from
amber cane. Am keeping % head of
!. cattle. Expect to range them most
I of the winter. Have put up 100 tons
g of hay and straw for emergencies.
8 The climate is healthy and invigor.
ating. like it better than the clim-
, ate of Minnesota. The working sea-
! son is longer and the winters less
1 severe.
e Mr.. Perry has made substantial i'm.
t provements on his place. He has q
$ fine house, granary and extensive
: barns, and has just completed warm
u bank stable, rooted with straw, for
}, his young cattle. He regards the re-
}, gion AS excellent for general farming,
: combined with raising cattle, hogs
\ and sheep.
n J. S. Let's, from Ripon. Wis
q Have been engaged in the work of
y colonizing in Dakota since the spring
- OF 1881. Helped organize and plant
!. ed six colonies, two each in the set
# Elements of Gladstone, Glenullin and
e Victoria. Experience has convinced
+ me that Western Dakota offers more
:, advantages to the settler with small
q means than any other section in the
t. entire West. Good land is cheap and
/. abundant, pure spring water abounds,
+. coal Is endless in quantity and acces.
sible to every farmer, and the winters
J. are no more severe than in northern
n Illinois, Iowa or southern Wisconsin.
a This is emphatically country for
;r small farmers and stock-raisers. My
own farming has not been on an ex-
u tensive scale. l had l6 acres IN
IS wheat last season, and threshed on
t the whole field l8 bushels to tho acre,
but there was much waste getting a
new machine started. Some parts of
IL the field yielded IS bushels to the
n acre. The growth of vegetables in
II this section was the largest ever
NJ saw in any country. Ny turnips
- were inches in diameter. Raised
g fine tomatoes, which some people
thought would not grow here. Have
If farmed in Wisconsin, Illinois ami
y. California. This region is ahead Of
California, which l used to think the
~ best farming country in the United
n States.
g. Gladstone has the prettiest town
% site of any place on the Northern Pa
e cific line between tho Missouri and
i. the Yellowstone. The bench on
t. which it stands is fifty feet above the
d Heart river and is sheltered from the
le north winds by range of near hills.
If On the south the country sweeps
il away in miles of fertile slopes and
8. low hills to blue range of bnttes on
IN the horizon.
H. The village is fortunate in both its
h. name and location. With proper en-
IN terprise on the part of its people, it
le may become large town. Some
ne where in this fertile belt of country
east of the Bad Lands, must spring
in up considerable trade center.
es Whether it shall be at Dickinson
ic Gladstone, Taylor or Richardton. will
r. depend on tho efforts put forth by
is those places to attract settlers during
at the next two years.-E. V. Smalley
n, in the Northwest.
I'd
- Oats for Sale.
- have for sale large quantity o.
r. frst.class oats in lots to suit pnr
~ chasers at lowest markrt prices.
ny II. L. DICKINSON,
in Dickinson, d. T