Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-06-13
The above are offered for sale On long
time and easy cash payments.
FRANK LovEITT. 20l Third st, W.
HE EXTREME NORTH.

AN Abundance of Rain and Great Crop
Prospecss-some OF the Peculiar Peo-
Of Ii Border
Grafton, Dakota, June 7th.-Corres-
pondense Press end Dakotaian: ] saw
in an issue of your paper that certain
good citizens of Yankton have rectr.jiy
peid a visit to Aberdeen, and that rain
was badly needed in that section OF Da-
kots. The rain has oone and northern
Dakota is assured of q fine crop, unless
some unforeseen accident should befall it.
and vegetation which has been two or
three weeks later thar usual is now max
ing Q vigorous growth.
Last season the Red river country.
and in fact Gil of north Dakota north of
the N. p. r. r.. had a good wheat crop.
Is was nothing unusual for q yield from
80 to 40 bushels to the acre and it is a
matter OF record that farms on the Penn
bina river which have been in cultiva-
tion from 80 to go years gave sueh q fine
yield. Perhaps some will inquire how
is 1t that there are farms of that age
there Easily answered. Pembina river
is or has been heavily timbered and in
many places the average width OF the
bottom is 6 or Z mileD and it was settled
by the half breeds (French and Indian)
as far back as 1900 and to day there ls q
remnant of i've or six hundred left who
occupy their old homes and are good
citizens of Dakota.
In Manitoba west OF Rcd river and
extending for 25 miles along the north
EN- border of Dakota is q Mennonite set
Element, or reservation, which is settled
exclusively by that class Of pesple. They
do not live on their farms but in VII
lagos aud from the centers they make
their farms. The 2nd day of July is
celebrated ss Dominion day in Manitoba
and in Pembina large posters are
display ed stating the attractions shat
can be seen at Emerson e miles north
of Pembins) on that day. "Speeches,"
"horse trot," ''amount Of prizes' and
lastly "Rrand display of fire works"
Two days later Pemb;na will have e
Attn os July celebration with similar at
fractions. The northern tiers OF coun-
ties in Dakota are being rapidly settled
by Canadians, and I am oredibly inform.
ed that fully 80. 900 have moved across
the border and are o good class OK citi-
zens.
A colony of Ioelanders have located
near Pembina. They are we'll educated,
but have no push or energy, know moth
ing about farming, except garden patches
and a little oats. However they raise
good stock and in securing o farm al
ways look out for plenty of grass or hay
land.
The soil of the Red river valley is from
two to four feet in depth, free from
atone, but When it rains, the mud-words
cannot express, how s~tioky-but never
theless 1t is productive. AS IN illustrs-
ton Of the amount of wheat sold by
farmers of this section of the crop oil
1887, / will give the amount bought al
different towns:
Grafton over one and one.fourth mil
lion bushels.
st.. Thomas one million bushels.
Mimic Eye hundred million bnshels.
Dayton four hundred thousandbushels,
The average price was 60 cents per
bushel.
The largest elevator In north Dakota
not owned by o corporation on syndicate
ls probably at Armenia, Cass county,
which has q capacity of 100000 bushels.
Good first class farm houses and barns
dot the prairie Of northeast Dakota,
with a larger acreage under cultivation
than any other portion. JIM. K.
Taken Upon my premises, Sun
day, June 10, 1888, n mare colt. The
owner is requested to call, prove prop
| arty. nav charges and take the animal