Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-07-18
UP IN ECKLUND.
Personal Mention of a Few Farmers
the Crops Looking Well.

VI AN
Personal Mention of a Few Farmers
the Crops Looking Well.
SLAUGHTER, N. D., July 15.-[Special. +
Erick Backman settled on section 4-142-9
in 1886. 1t is a rich piece of land:* slopes
gradually to the southeast. He has in
eighty acres of wheat, twenty of oats,
thirteen of millet, three of corn and one of
potatoes and different kinds of vegetables.
All his crops look as we'll as nature can
make them. The wheat is just heading
out. Mr.. Backman was born in Sweden
in 1S41, emigrated to the United States in
1869 and settled down in Pepin county,
Wisconsin, where he lived till 1889. He
got tired of living in Wisconsin,, on &C.
count of the chinch bugs destroying the
crops every year. With very hard labor
he succeeded in keeping himself, wife and
seven children, but that was all he could
do. and when he saw that he couldn't get
ahead in Wisconsin he CAM to Bismarck.
Here he got information about the lands
and the country and was directed TO Mr..
Andrew Olsen. He took the claim lie now
has and went back to Wisconsin, after his
family. He says he he's never regretted
that he came or. west. He only wishes
that ne had come out when settlement first
began around Bismarck. He has no debts;
has six horses and two colts, seven head
of cattle, four hogs and a number of fowls.
He is we'll pleased with this country and
he says he will stick to it if all the rest OF
the people leave it. He is now building a
new house of lumber-One room 18x26, one
Skis and one 14x18. He is also putting up
a new granary 1882.
AMUND THOR
is the name of a bachelor who has a home
stead in section 34.I4S 70. He has been
working for others for many years. but
now he has given that up and settled down
on his claim. He has in twenty-five acres
of wheat an d ten OF oats, all looking fine.
He says he will never go out and work Tor
his living again. 1t is better to live on a
claim and be his W boss, and those that
do SC will make more money than to work
for others.
JOHN ENGSTROM
settled on section "a 1879. Has a fine
homestead. Has in crop twenty-five acres
of wheat, looking very fine; four acres of
corn, one acre of potatoes, five acres Of
millet and all kinds of vegetables. His
residence is of lumber and his barn of sod.
He has II good team of horses; one yoke
of oxen, three head of cattle and three
hogs ana a number OF fowls. His family
consists of himself, wife and two children.
He came to Burleigh county in 1856. Be.
fore that he lived in Wisconsin. He didn't
like it there so he moved. He is we'll
pleased with this country.
GUST AsKLUND
is the name of the first settler in Ecklund.
He settled on section 6-142-79; has a home
stead and and tree claim; has in crop for
ty-five acres of wheat, fifteen OF oats, six of
corn, five OF millet and an acre of potatoes.
He has three working horses, n colt, ten
head of cattle and a number of fowls. His
residence is of cottonwood logs and his
barn is built of sod. His family consists
of himself, wife and four children. Mr..
Asklund has the finest tree claim in the
country. 1t is worth a drive from most
any place to see. The trees are cotton
wood, averaging twelve to fifteen feet in
height, all standing in straight rows six or
eight feet apart, all green and clean.
OSCAR W ECKLUND
is the name Of a young man who bravely
contested the claim Of T. Marble-l6O
acres. section 8-142-79. Marble and Hor-
gan discovered gold here, S 0 rumors said,
and spectators and prospectors from all
parts of the United States rushed in and
claims were staked out all over sections
four and eight, but 1t lasted only a short
treated, Marble and Horgan skipped and
now INT a young farmer to raise gold
on top of the earth instead of digging
for it.
NEWS ITEMS.
Mr.. Gust Larson, overseer of road dis
trtct No. 2, was at Mr.. Backman's yester.
day.
Charley Davidson of Painted Woods was
at Slaughter Sunday.
Miss Caroline Swanson of Bismarck is
visiting her old time friends at Slaughter.
Rev. M. Spangberg had a meeting in his
new home last Sunday.
Amund Thor went to Bismarck Satur-
day.
Mr.. Andrew Thor is our new mail carrier.
We are glad to have q mail carrier we can
depend on. The mai goes twice a week
between Bismarck and Slaughter-every
Monday and Friday.
August Peterson intends to lave a grand
ball in his new house next Saturday night.
Charles E. Peterson is going to be the
musician. A good time is assured to all
who attend.
Messrs. Fred Scholdion, Martin Wind
muller and John Anstrom went down on
a flying trip to Bismarck Saturday morn
ing.
abundance of June berries this year at
Grass Lake almost every body has been
there picking some.
Haying is going on now at Slaughter
and grain is heading out very nicely. The
farmers are happy over the prospects.
The assessment Of real and personal
property in this township is about $4,000.
The grading of highway No.2 is going
on at full speed. X. Y. ZEFFs.
Graduates from the Public School.
BISMARCK, July 12.-[Special. Last
Friday your special stopped at the school
in Excelsior, or better known as Lincoln
district No. g.. Mrs. e. G. Steinbrenner
from Cleveland, O., is the teacher. She
came from the beautiful city on Lake