Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-03-25

ELEVEN REASONS
" ny the Home-Seeker Should Come to
the Missouri Slope.
If experience in and acquaintance
with a section of the country and it's peo-
pie are worth anything in forming an
opinion in regard to a country, then you
a certainly rely on what those who
have farmed and engaged in stock rails
ing in the counties of Burleigh, Emmons,
Kidder, Mclean, Morton, Mercer, Oliver
and Stark counties for the past fifteen
years can testify to, and they will tell
you:
First. These several counties possess
many advantages that will not be found
| elsewhere in this state or further east.
Second. The prices of good agrlcul-
tural land are lower than in the east; you
will find a more extensive field to select
from aud you q either buy partially inn
proved land at very low prices or can
locate on government land and secure
title in a few years by making it your
home, or you can do both.
Third. If you wish t follow general
farming you will be able to raise wheat,
oats, barley, rye, corn (hardy varleties)
the very best Of vegetables of all kinds,
and You will find the best of natural
grass for hay, and your stock can be
allowed to range on the unoccupied
lands that will surround you during
eight months of the year; you can also
lease at very low figures the school or
railroad lands, and secure the grass
stumpage for a trife.
Fourth. You will be able to find and
locate government land near streams
and lakes of pure water, land that is
especially adapted to stock raising. 1t
will te rolling, thus affording shelter to
your stock, and its drainage being ex-
c~ellent, the stock will not be subject to
the diseases that a low or fiat country
is.
Fifth. Our seasons are earlier here
than farther east; seeding begins two
weeks earlier, and grass starts three
weeks earlier.
Sixth. Our winters are dry and cold,
very little sleet, and nov hardly ever
melts and crusts. We are not in what is
known as the heavy snow belt, our eli
mate is healthy, and n soon becomes
acclimated. We have good roads the
year around, good mail and postal facili-
ties, frst-class schools in every neighbor.
hood, also churches and good social
people of many different n~ationalities.
Seventh. You will find wood and coal
here in great abundance at low prices,
and if you will take time to investigate
before locating you will be able to Sc
cure land good for agricultural pur-
poses with veins Of coal underlying it.
Eighth. You will be able to buy farm
machinery and tools, lumber and house.
hold goods, dry goods and groceries at
low figures. We have many good busl-
ness houses, aud the competition is
sharp. Money a be loaned or bor-
rowed at reasonable rates Of interest
with good security. Farm products
command good prices here and this is
becoming an important stock market.
Ninth. Those who in the early day
went into general farming or stock rails.
ing and attended strictly to their bust
ness, who we're industrious, prudent, and
had staying qualities-have done we'll.
In some instances families came here
with but little, who now have good
homes surrounded by improved lands
and many head of stock. Our people,
very generally, are in good spirits, aud
are confident that this part of North Da-
kota will steadily fill up with q good
class of people.
Tenth. The Missouri river is a large
navigable stream for a Thousand miles
above Bismarck. It is skirted with a
growth of cottonwood, ash, willow, and
boxelder timber. In the coolies and
valleys wild fruits are found, and our
farmers raise c%urrants, gooseberries,
strawberries, pie plant, and many OF
them have quite a variety of hardy
flowers. The natural wealth of this Sec
ton Is in the grasses; for miles and miles
you can travel through vast sections of
native grass that will cut from one to
two tons per acre, and those who follow
the business OF haying ecu it at from
Is cents to 81 per ton in the stack on
the bottoms-so if you have horses
cattle or sheep, bring them with you.
Eleventh. If you should come out
here with a view to Investigating before
locating, you will find a reliable class OF
farmers and citizens who will cheerfully
and patiently show you the different
parts Of the country. One thing you
must take into c ,nsideration, that is
you can now select from a broad field
and cannot fail to find suitable land in
excellent location near railroad stations
and surrounded by generous, plain and
industrious people, for less money than
will ever again be offered.