Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-02-01

DAKOTA, FEBRUARY :
be replenished or lost as the wheat
crop was big or little and the price
, high or low. With gradual change
in the methods Of farming anG
with this sure dependence on other
} products for a livelihood than
grain alone, is coming the sub.
stantial prosperity of the farmers
and the thriving growth of the
towns that supply the farm houses
with the staple articles Of mer.
chandise and furnish the social
and educational advantages which
every North Dakota farmer seeks
for his family and children.
Outsides of a narrow strip OF
high priced wheat land in the
oldest settled part of the state,
along the Red River. the state is a
purely farm region where smaller
farms and prosperous communities
attest the success of mixed farm
ing accompanied by the raising of
stock.
NO MORE BOOMS WANTED.
The people of North Dakota will
frankly tell the eastern settler that
we have had one boom and that is
enough. We want no more land
speculative periods or townsite
crazes. The state has been in
jured in many ways by these arti-
fetal and temporary sources Of
settlement. Progress is slower
and surer now. Every county
east of the Missouri river is set
Ting up with permanent class of
residents. Assessors in each county
report that from 5000 to $4,000
acres Of raw land are being broken
up each year by both old and new
settlers. More land is being put
under cultivation and outside of
the six Red river counties-the
oldest settled part Of the state and
the distinctive wheat portion-the
farmers are raising diversified
crops and stock. The settlement
of North Dakota is one of the
marvels OF the age. Here is all
the equipment Of the best civiliza-
ton waiting for the new conner.
The way has been paved by others,
the towns have been started, rail-
roads built, churches erected,
school established; society is
organized and progressive. In most
of the James River valley coun-
ties this has been done since 1882.
The eastern states with a history
of 100 years or more do not pre-
sent the scenes Of bustling life, of
business enterprise and keen social
enjoyment seen in the new towns
of North Dakota. The farms are
worked on in a different plan.
There is much time in winter for
reading, for home life and for
social recreation. The work in
summer is divided. After seeding
there is a period between haying
and harvest, and with the last of
August comes the rush Of fall
work-of harvesting, threshing,
shipping, and the plowing back.
There is leisure time for the North
Dakota farmer, and in any town,
on any bright, winters day. can
be seen scores of teams, many that
have come Is or 20 miles bringing
the farmers families for trading,
business or recreation.
The new settler rides into North
Dakota, not in a slow-going COW
cred wagon as immigrants have
gone to the far west for many
years, but on the finest passenger
trains in the country carrying
first and second class sleepers,
diners and coaches of the best con-
struction. They are through trains,
making the trip rapidly, cheaply
and safely.
The eastern farmer gets his blood
moving more quickly i'll North
Dakota. There is something to
look forward to-some prospect of
getting independent. How many
farmers boys in the east have done
this year as we'll as a young Nor
wegian lad in Pierce county. who
raised 1884 bushels of wheat on
100 acres of land or an average Of
nearly 50 bushels to the acre? and
the boy came to this state like
thousands of others with no work.
ing capital other than willing
hands, good health and determi-
nation to get ahead,
How many counties in the east
like the young county of Towner
have raised this year 100000
bushels Of wheat. equal to over
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