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Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1893-10-06
PRICE $50 PER YEAR.

speed engines, new track, and every
thing good, sound and safe. II has
the longest tangents, the best bal
lasted track and the easiest grades o1
any road in the West. E,nroute tn,
traveller sees the three great rivers OF
America the Mississippi, the Missou-
ri and the Columbia: sees and crosses
the two great mountain ranges OF
America the Rockies and Cascades
sees huge timber belts, spacious tracts
of agricultural land, far-reaching
stock ranges. splendid mines of pre-
cions metals and coal, large quarries
of granite and building stone; in all
covering Il distance of l.SDo miles.
through the five great states of Min
nesota, North Dakota. Idaho, Mon
tana and Washington.
POSTMASTER
Perhaps the most thanklrss posi-
ton to occupy, and that in which it
is the hardest To please everybody. is
that OF postmaster. We know this
from experience and not from hear
say. The posi- imaStrr here. however,
comes as rear filing the bill AS any
one we know. regardless of politics.
The genial Nasty we refer TO is
JASON b. ROOF.
who has been a resident of the Dako
tas for twelve years and has resided
in Oakes seven wears, or ever since
the town was started His son. j D..
Is assistant postmaster and keeps a
fine line Of choice groccrie, and sta
tlonery in the poStoti,'r building.
Mi Root is an Old soldier. having
fought through the Rebellion. in the
Union army. Of course. and was &.
member of Go. /, ith Wisconsin, Vol
unteerS. II" was in many of he not
able engagements of that long 10 be-
remembered period and made ncle
Sala good and faitl:u! soldier and
it is no more than right t!,at his ser
vices should be recognized it. giving
this official position. He has held
the office for FIVE years and has made
ve'y careful and accommodating
official. He has a fine residence in
the city and is also an extensive lard
owner in South Dakota. having about
400 acres of fine land in that state
He is one Of the most honored and
respected citizens: and has held many
Offices OF public trust, among which
he was president OF the school board
for rorr' 'vnarc
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TIE PUBLlc ScHooL.

mirablr system, my mind reverts to
tie good old days of yore" when as
Il promising but incorrigible scion
was consigned to the tender mercies
OF the "Old Irish schoolmaster" with
the inevitable birch close within his
reach to enable him to cxpeditiously
correct all such triiling irregularities
as whiting benches aud desks, throw
ing paper balls, passing boys love
letters on Il string behind big oak
blackboard, to my best girl, who sat
on the other side. and any and all
such boyish propensities. But time,
have changed and we cannot pine for
the return OF the good old days"
CHCRCHES.
Next in order come the various re-
ligious organizations which we find
established here for the spiritual good
OF this happy family. | use the word
family. as applied to town. advised
ly, as the members of household
are banded together by similar ties of
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the asricultural iatcrests surround
| ing town, upon the enterprise and
reliability Of its real estate agents,
and in this particular makeup of a
town. we are satisfied that the right
men are at the helm. When a party
writes for information about the
lands and conditions of the country,
with view of buying or learning
something Of its merits, reliable
answer is expected, and if otherwise,
great detriment has uuintentionally
been done the country. In this
respect Oakes can well congratulate
herself. for in all our travels through
the great and productive state of
North Dakota we have not had the
pleasure of meeting more honora-
BILE real estate man than Major E. G..
Baldwin. who came here in the fall
Of 1885 and began the real estate
business. He has large list of wild
land and unimproved land ranging
in price from IS to SIS per acre.
He has some very fine hay lands for
sale on the Jim River bottoms for
from SIS to $50 per acre on long
time and easy payments, and at the
price that hay is now bringing all
over the country, the purchaser could
get nearly enough off these lands to
pay the purchase price. Major
Baldwiu's list Of property for sale
embraces some Of the finest farming
lands near this city, and in different
portions Of this land district, besides
Il large amount Of the most desirable
property in the city of Oakes, and re-
membering the thriving condition of
the city and her future prospects we
do not hesitate to say that much of
the property is an excellent invest
ment. Much depends upon the
choice of eligibly situated and strict
ly first class property and there is no
safeguard better than securing the
benefit of the sound Judgment and
practical experience of a reliable real
estate agent, and parties desiring to
invest in the same should certainly
call on Major Baldwin, for his long
residence here and thorough knowl-
edge of the county gives him great
prestige over other real estate agents
He also does an extensive real estate
,loap business and attends to the bus
mess OF Of non residents and writes
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A JAMES RIVER VALLEY FARM,

mutual interest and sympathy. A:
one member of the human family cal
not be affected without the rest suf
fering, so 4 member Of Il family o.
town cannot be affected without !. re
fleX action on all others. All interests
center in one grand local point. the
general welfare
Oakes appears inspired with the
same ambition in spiritual as in edu.
cational matters.
We find here the Methodist Epis.
copal, Baptist, Presbyterian, Luther
all and Catholic societies represented
CIVIC SOCIETIES,
This feature of any town will al
ways be found safe and reliable
standard by which to judge the men
who constitute the business element
of the town and surrounding country
Banded together with solemn and ir-
revocable ties, for the abstract pur-
pose of friendship, morality, brotherly
love, sympathy, counsel and support
wherever they are found strong in
number will be found harmonious
community in which is contention as
to who can best work for the public
We find here the A. O. L. W.. With
the following officers: w. j. Wilson
NJ. W.; f. Crandall, Foreman; j. C
Golfer, Overseer; E. w. Weston, Re
cortler; H. e. Goodrich, Treasurer; j
Romstad, Recund. The A. F. and A
NJ. have the following officers: John
Scott. w. NJ: j. NJ. Green. S. w.
Vim. Quinncll, j. W.: H.C. Blenkner
See. and Treas. The !. O. o. F. also
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tiles. She has three of the best
equipped roads in the United States
and the wholesale houses of this great
Northwest cannot help but see the
advantages held out by Oakes and
surrounding country and it will only
he Il short time until there will bc
several large wholesale houses cstab-
lished here.
THE G. d y. w. R'Y
is the pioneer road of the city. being
built when the town was first started
This road is the second longest road
i'll the world and one of the best
equipped and managed railroads in
the United States, and has done a
great deal towards making Oakes the
city it now is. All the roads center
ing in Oakes take great pride in tie
upbuilding OF the city and have erect
ed large and substantial buildings
lor the transaction Of their business,
Their affairs are carefully and abb
looked after by competent officials.
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sons the moisture is drawn upwards
by capillary attraction, thus prevent
ing the soil from drying out to any
great depth. The expensive under
drain land of other sections is no bet
ter, if it is as good, as the entire re-
gion which surrounds Oakcs. Truly.
Dlckey county is one of the richest
and most fertile in the state, being
well watered by The Jim river, which
renders the entire country well and
abundantly watered.
Having travelled in almost every
state in the Union, through Canada
to the Gulf of Mexico and from the
Atlantic ocean to the magnificent Pa
cific by railroad, coach, buggy and on
foot, the writer has made the soil and
its producing qualities an honest,
careful and patient study. He has
noticed the climatic changes of vast
proportions within distances of only
a few miles at some places. He has
found regions of arid, sumo dried
plains and low marshy swamps where
the air reeked with poisonous odors,
almost side by side; he has found
snow-capped mountains and beauti-
full grassy plains within few hun
dred feet of each other. He has seen
the topical fruits growing, the Sunny
South and all her glory, as we'll as
felt the winters chilling breezcs. But
of the various places he has visited
under the different circumstances l,is
deductions always show that where
proud North Dakota's rolling prairies
and healthful, productive climate are
placed beside amy other state or ter
ritory be it far famed California or
the scenic Catskills she still stands
majestic and alone: the garden spot
of the world; without cyclones or ex-
tremes in weather.
PEOPLE AND WEALTH COMING
THIS WAY.
Confidence is becoming more firm
ly established and capital is more ca
ger for investment than ever before.
From every quarter come tidirgs of
hopeful assurance. Home seekers
are coming; the mails are burdcneC
with inquiries for land: and every
county in the state is alive with !.
bustling activity that betokens fu-
ture LOW at the doors Of this new
state grandcr and more enduring than
was ever depicted by the most san
guinc boomer of the earlier years.
THE CLIMATE.
n more glorious climate than that
enjoyed by the people of North Da-
kota is not to be found in the coun-
try. The crisp iuvigorating air i'm
parts an ecstatlc vigor,
After the new cCmcr has worn off
the sense of loneliness and homesicli-
ness, this cxhilaratiny air guarantees
him happiness. 1t is hard to ina zine
anyone signing for the "frccze, thaw
and sneeze" of the eastern winters af-
ter season spent in Dakota's glori-
GUS atmosphere, where even at 30 be-
low zero a man is far more comforta-
bic in his shack than he would be in
Il stone mansion on Commonwealth
avenue. Storms come, it Is true, and
lively ones. When the wind blows
from the northwest, bringing with it
fine PARTICLES of snow, the Dakotan
experiences what the easterner desig-
mates a "Alizzard," but really these
are as rare as cyclones in the east and
just as short lived, while the succeed
ing days are always brighter and
filled with more sunshine than ever
before, as if dame Nature was trying
to make amends for temporary dis
play of temper.
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rare bargains in land at very low
prices. All kinds of long or short
time personal or chattel loans made,
and always found doing Il conserva
tive business, extending every courte-
sy consistant with safe banking prin-
ciples, aud which justifies the depos-
itors while aiding the patron.
Mr.. Marshall has been worthy
citizen of our city ever since the foun-
dation. and has seen it grow from a
shanty town to the brisk city we now
find He was mayor of the city for
four wears, and it can truly be
SAID that the hand, word and pocket
book of genial Mr.. Marshall have all
contributed librrallv towards the up
building of every laudable enterprise
sf our city and country tributary.
Hs is the owner of about 1000 acres
OF fine land in this section which is
evidence that he has confidence in
the country Mr. Mccartney. the
ge@tlemamly cashier of the bank, has
been connected with the institution
for four or five Years. and he says he
has great hopes for he future of
Oakes a!e vicinity, and tina. he is will
ing to stake his reputation as busl-
ness man. and his money too, right
here i'll Oakes and country tributary.
The bank issues both domestic and
foreign exchange. and has for its cor
respondents such we'll hnown monied
institutions as the North Western
National Bank of Minneapolis and
the Chase National Bank of New
York. II occupies fine room on the
corner. and the equipments within
are not :saudy but substantial. and
We noticed a large brick vault. within
which Was an all steal Mossler safe
h"I'' shut by & tljppla screw door.
and tin!a lock. thus rendering mon
eys and valuable7 placed in their
hands absolutely safe from the en-
croachmau. Of lire or thieves. Truly
the bank no. only forms u leading
feature in the monetary interests of
Nak"s and vicinity but of the entire
portion of the southern part OF the
state. In fact it is IA solid. reliable
institution, fully entitled to an un-
limited public confidence and
hearty patronage, both of which we
are pleased TO note it enjoys to the
fullest extent.
THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS.
Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1893-10-06

Before starting out on this extern
siyc review of your city and country
tributary, VIC desire to state that it is
not our aim nor is it expected, that
we are to go into all the details OF
the early settlement as that should
be left to the historian. This article
is only intended as plain uncolored
pen picture Of the city, her most
progressive people, touching briefly
upon her religious and educational
facilities, and more especially OF the
advantages offered the agriculturist
who may emigrate to our county,
and OF the thousands of acres of fine
lands that are yet obtainable at rea-
sonable prices i'll this vicinity, upon
which such beautiful homes can be
made.
THE HOME.
Most aptly it has been said; "The
home is the bulwark of our civiliza-
ton" 1t is the nucleus around
which cluster in rich profusion the
sublimest memories, the most beauti-
full sentiments and tho truest and
nQblest aspirations of the human race.
Poverty and pain--penury and want,
may be oft unbidden guests, and the
hubbub and turmoil of life's fierce
conflict may rage with fury unre-
strained
The home remains-a refuge sub
lime.
Mid storm and tempest-sunshine
and shadow-and through all the
quick changing scenes of life's great
drsma-Still stands the Home.
Al oasis in the desert-the solitary
star in all the armament whose faith
full rays guides unerring the feet OF
upward humanity into higher, nobler
and better paths.
Home, therefore is the text. and
how and whero to obtain them is the
chief topic of which the succeeding
pages treat.
NORTH DAKOTA.
The Sioux STATE.
North Dakota came to the United
States as = part Of the French Prov
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sition and this spring he was succeed
ed by our present mayor, The present
city officers are as follows: Mayor
III. p. Boardman; auditor, Chas. S
Brown: treasurer, Nj. n. Chamberlin
chief of police, +. Nj. Crandall; street
commissioner, l. \. Clubine; physici
an. I. III. Mathews; aldermen lst twarC
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and the best of accommodations are
extended to the grain and stock men
and to manufacturing industries that
will locate in the city. 1t is always
the first to offer excursion rates TO
home seekers and has done it's quota
i'll bril- ging actual settlers to this
county.
THE 500 LINE.
This line of railroad also forms AN
important factor in the business in
terests of the city. 1t is one of the
main lines Of road of the state. and
furnishes through transportation to
Minneapolis, New York and Boston
and all points in the east 1t has the
very best of equipments and furnish
es excellent accommodations to the
grain and stock buyers. Its officers
are f. D. Underwood, General Man
ager and c. B. Hibbard, General Pas
senger Agent, Minneapolis. They
are offering special Inducements 10
home seekers to come to Dickey coun-
ty and there is not a day passes but
what this road brings some new set
tier to this county. For circulars and
time card the reader of this article
should address the General Passen-
ger agent.
The NORTHERN PACIFIC
is also doing its share towards max
ing prominent trading point here
1t has direct connections with the
Great Northern. which road has a
new equipment OF palace dining and
sleeping ears and coaches. new high
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BANKin DYINTEREsTS

80 iA> i-'' -.
There is c..s2ainly no feature tina,
more fully indicate; the commercial
+: ,os,' ,sA :, Gness importance of "a town
].~,,, than its banking institutions.
The bank to vast extent is the
great artery or channel that sup
plies the life current to all busi-
ness enterprises, and is as lndispensa-
bic to business life and its CONNER
cial activity as the blood channels are
to animal vitality and existance.
Oakes, estimated by such standa rd
makes an unusually strong showing
for there are few towns if any in the
great bread basket" district Of
America that make Il better show
ing in this respect than does this very
city, and as an institution that
stands at the front ranks Of the bank
ing interests of this section of North
Dakota, we are pleased to refer to
the
BANK OF OAKES
A very worthy institution that was
established at the very birth of the
town back in 1886, and which has
grown in confidence and esteem ev-
er since. Truly, the people Of Oalses
can feel proud of this institution.
and will congratulate themselves up
on its solicity, for during all these
hard times which have swept over
board SO many of the banks. this
bank has stood as firm as the rocks
OF ages, and its Office and safe doors
have ever been wide open. receiving
deposits and paying out every de-
mand. The present owners and Off
GERS are, 7 F. Marshall, President,
end H. c. Mccartney, Cashier. 1t is
organized under the State laws. as
State bank with an individual respon-
sibility of $4,000 or $4,000. and its
capital stock has ever been sufficient
ly large to supply its demands how
ever large. No word from our pen
can better portray the confidence and
esteem in which this bank rs held
than the amount Of business it does.
In addition to doing a general bank
ing business. such as making all
forms Of collections. negotiating for
all bankable paper and bonds, pay
ing taxes for nonresident land own
ers. it does quite r'll estate bust
ness having seve !. rrry choice and
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mayor, IL. l.. boARDMAS,
G.. G Howard, Chris Gorler: second
ward, Henry Nmkle, p. S. Peabody:
third ward, E. O. illness. f. Boehmlcr;
city justice, A. G. Hemenway; police
justice. E. w. Weston.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL,
the fountain head, the main spring of
national greatness, find here in all
glory, The building is large two
story frame house costing $1,000, with
three departments. Prof. }. G. Hood
has charge of the schools and he is
ably assisted by Misses Minnie Young
and Cora NJ. Porter. The school Oil :
GERS for the ensuing year are j. b.
Root. president. +. w. Weston. secre-
tary, NJ. y. Chambrrlin, treasurer.
AS | look over :hi, we'll arranged
institution and casually note its ad
Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1893-10-06
n Brief Review of Our Town, Country and
Most Enterprising Citizens, by
An Old IIawkeye Editor.

ince of Louisiana, bought from Ma
poleon in 1903. 1t belonged to tho
District of Louisiana in 1904, to the
territory Of Louisiana i'll 1905; and
to the territory of Missouri in in 1912
In 1884 the section of North Dakota
east of the Missouri and White Earth
Rivers became part of Michigan
Territory, and the rest lay in the In
dian Country. Two years later the
Michigan district of North Dakota
became part of Wisconsin Territory
and after another two years it was
handed over to Iowa territory. In
ls49 it was joined to Minnesota ter.
ritory. At the erection of Minnesota,
into state, the region west of it, tc
the Missouri and White Earth Rivers
became the territory of Minnesota
In 1861 this last political division be-
came obsolete and the Territory OF
DdhOta WAS formed.
For many years much of this re.
| gion was known as the Mandan coun-
try, from the tribe of Indians dwell
ing near the site of Bismarck. The
first recorded settlement in North
Dakota was made by a French trad
er i'll 1870 at Pembina. The name
Dakota means allied, or joined to.
gether in friendly compact, and was
land is) applied to themselves by the
Indian Nation popularity known as
the Sioux. North Dakota is known
as the Sioux State, or the Land OF
the Dakotas. North Dakota was ad.
mitted to the United States Novem-
Der Sd, 1889. The ten chief towns
are, Fargo, Grand Forks, Bismorck,
James town, Wahpeton, Grafton, Lis,
bon, Mandan DEVILS Lake and
Oakes. The State contains 7O,795
square miles.
The transformation, growth and
development OF Dakota was the pro-
duct of the Omnipotent, through in
visible forces. But yesterday an un-
bounded wilderness vast unknown
expanse--the abode of savsgery-the
playground of the bison the happy
hunting land of the Nomads of the
plains, who reigned in peace serene
TRANSFORMATION.
The world is familiar with the phe.
nomenally rapid growth of the west
In one brief generation we have looked
with amazement at the flight of vast
herds of buffalo and herds of painted
men before the advancing caravans ot
the emigrant; seen the locomotive
climb chalnois-like over the cliffs and
the very crest of the Rocky Noun
tains; seen a web of steel spread ovel
the wilderness by the great spider Of
commerce; the tepees of the Indian.
swept away to make room for the fac
tory, church and school house anG
trail of the "49ers" marked by the de
taying bones of both man and beast
Amid the roar of mill wheels, the dil
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DICKEY COUNTY

and the adjacent region is the porous
sub-soil, underlaid by ''honey comb, "
which is filed with water, this making
the wells prolific and abundant, and
also enables the rain to soak into the
earth almost as soon as it falls, and
which gives up it's moisture to the
earth when it is needed. A few hours
after the heaviest rain the mud will
be dried up and roads are firm and
solid. The soil never gets hard OF
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VOL. X. NO. IL

Located in the Great Jim River Valley
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oAKEs D1CKEY COUNTY. NORTH DAKOTA OCTOBER g. 1898

OF factory whistles and the clattcr of
the wheels of trade the people of the
east have swept with their telescopes
the far west for the glitter of gold
and the broad domain of the western
states for the fruits of agriculture
alone. One city at least -Oakcs in
this state of golden groups of grain
and great herds of cattle has caught
the eye of the east, and the query
comes, what new wonders has natures
Stnra bDrcn 4 ,,:l
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-10-21
Tuhlng fhe cllannel.

Sir Edward Reeds plan for construct
ing railroad across the British Chan
mel Is 10 lay two mammoth tubes Of
steel plate and concrete twenty feet in
diameter The tubes would be made ia
lengths, and when two lenghths were
completed they would be Joined to-
gether IN parallel fifty feet apart and
hoated ont into the channel TO be at
tached 10 the completed length All
the work is TO be done above water.
Thus the end of the completed tube is
TO be kept afioat until fresh length is
Joined on. Then that will be allowed
10 sink, and the last attached part will
form the end Of the completed part.
This plan has already been practiced
with success in America in carrying the
pipe. forty inches in diameter, for a
water works a long distance across a
body of salt water. In that case the
engineer in charge invented joint
which remained tight as the completed
tube first hung in curve, and after
ward adjusted itself TO the bottom on
which il came 70 lie. London Times.