The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-06-02

Miss Kate Burr returned last evening from
Valley City, where she has been attending
the Normal School.
John A. Scott leaves on Monday next for
Grand Forks, to attend the meeting OF the
Grand Lodl I. o. o. F. of North Dakota,
which meets there the coming week. Brother
Scott will do honor to the lodge he represents
and will doubtless return with some ~interes-
ting experiences.
Mrs. V. b. Noble left yesterday morning
for McGrcgor, Iowa, for a visit with MI.
Mobiles relatives. There is to be soon a
celebration of the fftieth anniversary of
and V. b. will probably be quite ready by
then to help celebrate.
In the Belmont Times published in
Belmont Ont, we find a letter from VIM.
Hare who is at present visiting his daugh-
ter and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Williams. Thinking possibly SOM of
our readers may like to see what another
thinks of us and our country, we repro
luce some extracts from the letter, as
follows:
Bottineau is the County Seat and the
terminus of the Great Northern Railroad,
which is now on the strike. There has
not been any trains run since l came here,
l being the last arrival. l nave not been
around very much yet, but what I have
seen has surprised me very much in two
or three ways. l am a Canadian and al
ways will be, and upon arriving here find
the ways and customs of the people al
most identical to my own. and upon closer
acquaintance and on making inquiry l
find that the leading business men, and
farmers, as we'll as the principal county
officers are Canadians. the majority of
which dreaded Manitoba and crossed
over the border to better their condition,
and to all appearances have done so, for
they seem contented, prosperous and
happy with comfortable surroundings.
Settlement, to my eye, seems very thin,
but all the land is taken Within ten or
twelve miles of town, and nearly all hold
from $40 to $40 acres, each. The soil
is a deep black loan. very rich. stretch
ing away out from the foot hills of the
Turtle Mountains towards the Moose
River, called the Souris. in Manitoba.
The farmers there have from two to four
hundred acres in crops. They have
advantages over US in a great many ways;
their fields are large and no fences to con-
tend with; their land ranges from five to
seven dollars an acre; their hay grows
natural and, to all appearances, is as
nutritious as our timothy. l have not
seen a single team of horses working on
a farm since coming here, one man al
ways driving four with apparently as,
much ease as two. All the grain is
planted with the drill, a four horse taking
eleven feet; four horses turning twenty
eight inches with the pillow and a harrow
twenty-five feet wide seems a terrible
width. Business here is as dull as it is at
home. AS seeding is in full swing bust
ness has to stand still and look on till the
farmers get through. l find on inquiry
that wages are from eighteen to twenty
dollars per month for eight months.
have often heard that it never rained
in North Dakota, but I wondered if it
ever done anything else, for I was here
nearly a week before l saw the sun. The
farmers are delighted at the prospects, as
the amount of moisture was never greater
than at present, and further, they say they
are going to drive eastern wheat growers
off the market. At some future time you
will hear from me when I get a little more
acquainted. So far l am we'll pleased
with the country. and had I been thirty
years younger l would probably have
made a home here.