The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-27

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Srtckerel, weighing tel
Fish lake near the wes,
1166& 64aheInoGnfains is about three and
1As1fsKiles ! length.
Plenty Of game il also to be found there
from the gorgeous elk to the innocent jack.
rabbit. Various kinds of small fruit grow
in luxuriant abundance. Vegetation il
earlier here and the frost is later than OF
the prairie.
For cattle and sheep raising and the cul.
~tivation Of fruits and vegetables in marketa.
Bile quantities, these mountains cannot be
surpassed. "
THE BANNER TOWNSHIP.
We are indebted to u. 8 Surveyor H. C,
Greene for a copy Of the description fur
nishsd by him to the land department, Of
township 1853, range Is, which Of all the
towns surveyed by him in the past two
years, he characterizes rs the best for gen.
eral agricultural purposes--ita chiaf salue
however, consisting in its adaptability for
the raising Of stock. In this report he says:
The soil in this township isof q very good
quality, nearly all classed first-rate and
capable Of producing magnificent crops.
The surface for the most part il not so hilly
as other parts Of the Turtle Mountains; the
highest and toughest part being in the north
eastern part, which has . general slope
toward the center, which contains the val
ley Of Fish Lake, Duck Lake aud Oak Creek
The township is all the mountains and has
been covered with fine timber poplar, oak,
birch aud elm, nearly all of which has been
killed " IRE, though still quite useful for
building and fuel.
This township, is well adapted to stock
raising rs there are large meadows covered
| with rich and nutritious grasses; the timber
affording good shelter and there is no
scarcity of water as there are numerous
streams, ponds and lakes. The lakes con-
tain clear, fresh water, as veil as many OF
the larger ponds. Fish Lake, the largest,
extends from near the south side o! section
10, northward into the British possessions {;
1t varies in width from . few chains to
about II miles and is from 10 feet to 10 feet
deep and abounds with fine pickerel aud
suckers. Good water IS also found in wells
without digging very deep. The township
is being rapidly settled by IN industrious
class of people, some Of whom have already
quite extensive improvements-at present
there are about fifty settlers in this town.
ship whose homes are located in groves of
timber. t. .-7: - ~
THE SOIL ~
3 Of an exceedingly rich, black, sandy loan.
average two feet, with = sabsoil of clay,
averaging fifteen feet in depth. 1t is in this
country where in 1884, was raised the
wheat which took the first premium at the
Worlds Exposition at New Orleans in 1885,
and the very farm on which it was grown is
nowthe terminus Of the principal feeder in
North Dakota of the st. Paul, Minneapolis
3 Manitoba railway. The Northwest Land
Company have plated q town at that point
which cannot fail to become the most impor-
tant Of any on the line Of that road west Of
the Red RiverVallsy, and to those seeking
permanent business locations, the advantages
here presented should be secured while yet
the opportunities are afforded. Some idea
of the settlement Of Bottineau county may
be had from the following :
The county was organised in July, 1884.
In November following, the vote cast at the
general election was only 81. In June.
1886, when the census was taken there were
818 inhabitants. The vote Of the county,
in November last, 74O-which il an in
crease in four years Of OVER seven hundred
and eighty per csnt.--the population being.
according % the ratio prevalent in the ter
ritory, over $500.
THE CLIMATE
Of Dakota is to many ! great bug hear, but
81 health ID The true criterion and the pos
SCISSOR Of il has the greatest wealth, the fol-
lowing comparative statistics on that sub
jet As shown BY the censas Of the y. s. In
1880, and that Of Dakota il 1885, serve to
dispsl any illusion Or misconceptions and
~rroneousn notions prevalent in the public
mind, aud residents Of the states who con-
template immigration will do we'll to make
nots Of these incontestable facts.
YHERE HEALTH rs 70 BE FORM
BY the United States census Of 1850 the
rate 81 mortality in
New Hampshirs was le.l to the thousand.
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