The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-03-14
EDITOR, Bottineau Pioneer.

I have noted the article is regard to tn.
resources of Bottinesu and the Turf.
Mountain region and consider it to hay,
excellent merit in every respect. am YER
hopeful there will be a good Immigration ,
North Dakota the present year, and am
sure OF what ever there is that Bottin ea,,
will get . good share Of il.
l have received your telegram giving
INSTANCES Of the way %farne,s have
~,rospered about Bottineau. Many thank
for the same. Will bs glad to Incorporate,
it in our new hook on Dakota. And an.
certain ii will be Of great advantage to you,
section.
l AIN in receipt Of table Of vacan, land il.
Bottinean county. Many thanks for thp
same. 1t has useful and definite inforna.
tion, and has been Incorporated liz Oar "a
ko:a publication, Of which l will send you
copy at the wy earliest moment il IL o.
the press. Will be very glad indeed to &c.
any pa ticulnr descriptive matter wh.c!,
you can kindly send us, aud can alwa,
make good use Of same. an nue., inter
ested in the Turtle mountain region and
will make every effort possible tn cncourags
It's settlement. Yours very truly,
Feb: 1889 r. l. WAIrxEy.
DUNCAN xcKE!LAR
Came from Manitoba in the sum.
mer Of 1886. Single man. has a team
Of horses, COW aud calf aud 20 acres
under cultivation Oh h prescription.
JOHN D1xvoooir.
Came from Scotland where hi
occupation was that Of a shepherd
:" Manitoba and after one years resi-.
dence there, came to Bottiueau
county, in the snring Of 1888.
Single man. Brought all old yoke
Of oxen, a grip and a good deal Of
grit. Owns 800 acres, rs Of which
are under cultivation--fve acres
planted to trees. He took TWO prizes
at Jamestown, Dakota. in the spring
OF 1886, one for best sample Of Scotch
Fife wheat and one for the largest and
Plumpest grain. Has now 10 head of
cattle, five horses, one an imported
Clyde stallion, sheep, hogs and all the
farm implements necessary to run the
farm, besides = wife.
The fertile soil and tho many ADVANTAGES
Of bottinsau have been ~ sxhaus,ivelv
described hat ! can only corborsts them.
l farmed in Upper Canada; (now Oniario.\
spent over 7 years in Australia, Is years
stock farming in Cowishan, Vanoouyers
Island. British Collumbl, = years in Miami
tubs,t the past two years in E~ottipeau. For
Il ruoinu nplrnnAAS RnttsnA.s ~ 1880 &c.
al. Australia is subject to droughts, is
now suffering from one. Sheep aud cattle
dying by the thousand. Vancouver is = sen
Of mountains, its agricultural land being in
small patches along streams u heavily
timbered They have to feed their stock
four months Of the year. Give me the dry
cold Of our winters, before the rain and
sloppy snow Of Vancouver on the main land
Of British Columbia. The belt Of the lower
i'rassr is subjected to foods in the spring,
ten to twenty feet Of water on the land.
East Of the Cascade ranges, there 10 70
little rain in the summer, that irrigation il
required, water being brought H. ditches
for miles at . cost OF thousands Of dollars.
Manitoba is cMrsed with railway monopoly.
Every. alternate section is o~'ned By the
c.P. r., whose land is exempt from taxa
ton; as it il held for high prices compar-
ativsly little railroad land has been sold.
10 get government land in Manitoba you
will now nave % 60 miles from 9 railroad.
In Bottiaeau county there il no land held by
railroad companies, and plenty Of good land
within . few miles Of . railroad station.
An energetic class Of settlers with schools
and churches. The land that ii now ops1,
for settlement without money and without
price. will soon be occupied. Now il the
time TO seize the golden opportunity, and
secure homes whore you will not be shut
out from yonr ~neighbors by large tracts OF
railroad land, which pays no taxes. Here
you will not be toiliny 10 add value to land
owned by a corporation who have driven
thousands from Manitoba to Dakota.
JAx8< FLEMixo,
President. Bottinsau County Formers
Alliance.
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