The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-01-31
WEALTH IN ITS BOSOM.
The Turtle Mountain Region Of Dakota, One Of the Most Fertile In America,
-ald Bohnil County Ono Of tho Host Prosperous and
Hoalhful In that ReiOl.
Increase in 1s Population and tho Record Sure to Be
Broken.-Immigrants Pouring in from Canada and the States
=Stock-raising and Maintaining.

Remarkable Increase in Ito Pop,
observation-disclosures Pouriul
-Stock-raising &
X considerable has been written regarding
tho TuarLE MOUNTAINS Of Dakota,
but there still exists more or less
doubt aud uncertainty Is to its extent and
character and also that Of the country sur
rounding IL and il is the purpose OF this
article TO furnish such information. deived
from personal observation Is we'll rs from the
figures Of the census Of 1885,. the assessors re
turns Of 1883 and the U. =. land Office, as
will dispel all doubt heretofore entertained
on the subject Of this the most picturesque
region Of Dskota, for while the Turtle
Mountain region 10 one Of the best known,
IL 10 at the same time the least known; the
latter because Of the fact that the u
that Are in ito coal beds, clay pits, stone
quarries, mineral springs and possible iron
mines are 90 yet undeveloped.
In respect 10 that in which il is best
known, il lays claim to superiority because
u the producsiveness Of its soil and the
steady. sturdy character Of its inhabitants.
The best quality Of wheat 10 raised in Bot
tineau county and for which it took the first
premium over ill samples Of spring wheat
on exhibition at the New Orleans exposition
OF 1885. II 10 also to be noticed that a
sample Of the Number one hard for which
only Dakota is celebrated, which was raised
by John and David Diawoodis At the foot OF
these mountains last year, will be sent to
the exposition to be held this year At Paris,
France.
These mountains cover an area Of about
1900 square miles-sbout thirty by fifty
miles-by far the larger portion Of which
being within the limits Of Dakots and wholly
within tho counties Of Rolette and Bo.tineau,
in tho extreme northwestern corner of the
settled portion II the territory in the Devils
Lake land district. Several Of these
mountain townships have been surveyed
within the past two years by U s. Surveyor
H. c. Greene, who in his report recently
made to the land department at Washington
concerning township 1913, range Is, which
hs oharacterizss - the banner township, but
which may DO regarded as q type Of the
whole, gives tho following description Of it:
The soil in this township is Of q very good
nearly all classed hrst-rate and capa-
Bile o{ producing magnificent crops. The
o oab.aes n .St t Of the %e'' r p1ts 4 M our al n';'y the he
part, which has . general slope
ssT Fs:S a e; s:f Sseik T Esss S q oae Creek sns x" TSss
been covered With 6ne timber-poplaE, oak,
? 'I'aa n, Sx s s4st 1 9ssash a. .t, II o wh,eh us nas Pe ion
adapted to stock raising a. there are large
12ssss.: .S SST ss : VIZ aaor r'Ga ana aaoa d1 sheiseq !:
md there Is no scarcity OF water as there are
streams, ponds 2 lakes III The b
axes contain clear, fresh water, a. well e.
Iargest, extends from. near the south side Of
section 10, northward into the British posses-
sions; It varies in width from q lev chains TO
1eep and sbounds with dine pickerel and
Good water 10 also f0una IN wells
? EithSnt digging very dee sRR ~ Tns Sownsoas
Ut people, some Of whom have already
auite extensive improvements-at present
there are about afty settlers IN This toWnsnip
Various kinds Of small fruit also grows
here in luxurisnt abundance.
Bor7INgAu COUNTY,
which takes in the westerly half Of these
mountains has an area Of l,l80 square miles
Or over 10000 acres, Of which nineteen
townships or 4s7,7 eO acres have been sur
veyed and 2so.400 acres have come into
market and Of which nearly $4,000 acres
have been appropriated by settlers unde
the land laws, ss appears by the records of
the land Office at Devils Lake. The remain,
ing townships surveyed, but not in the
market are rapidly hlIing up with q hardy,
industrious class Of settlers chiefly from
Canada. There remain thirteen townships
or over 100000 acres which lie mostly to
the west md northwest, . distance oftwen'
,y or thirty miles, said to be acres OF the
highest fertility, which will no doubt BE-
surveyed the coming sssson-splendid
opportupi.lss for young men and women
and all Mo desire to make for themselves
homes u this healthy and happiness pro-
ducins region.
THE Ian LAWS
Of tho uaitsd State. arc very: liberal, Of
which > synopsis il here below given for
the bsaSlt Of ths intending setsiss:
u~pdsvth@s. hx,, every native botn male
citizen Of tho Uaitsd States who 10 tkss.head
of : ianuy; every maie eitissa over tTenty-
oas ysoes Of age, sssry foisiga borS male
who haS declared hts intention % become q
eitissa. and tsksa the oath Of allegiance
every woman vho. 10 the head OF . family;
.nd every unn&tsied woman ~twenty-one
years Of ago, hAS Hire "land rights" thro'
each Of which ~ Or she can scquire lou
acres Of eovsrnmsss land. making 4so sores
in oil - follows: =.
lst-rHE fanlExfr1ox.
~ making bona-nde settlement upon . quar-
Tar section Cd1 scres1,. within pinetY aays
iOcai land ofic1, paying an entry fee q Stand
III Hndf Tor ak montiss tfereafter, the claim
q acquires the right, ~ the emo q tne sl4
.so.a., ~ 70 II. aR,0 Sssm ap" e x ea.ss p psa acre. SSs4'4 IL :
ssssss spt ses % q deisyins plovipg Up g ?
period thirty months alter entry. II ne ct.
II MON unsurveyed lands, or lands Lnat
ben been surveyed md are sn .Gt i ysl N ar md az
~ NV se ox q e1 q 10 .c1es 81 isnd IN any
aen1s GtT1fritosy can not make Apse-smp.
ION entry; ssather can apre-emptor make =