Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-05-13
AT LAST 1T Is COMING.

When General Manager Underwood,
General Superintendent Pennington and
Chief Engineer Mysenburg were in Will
Transport three weeks ago they manifested
no hesitation in saying that the $500"
railroad would come into Emmons county
this yesr--unless the war should prove to
be a big thing, and cause large rise in
uuskilled labor. That contingency has
not arisen. The war is not proving a big
thing. For years the Record has had
little to say about the building of the
$780," as there was nothing reliable.
But we are now more than happy to be
able to say that, like everything else but
eternity, our wait for the railroad has an
end. From absolutely positive informa-
tion received by the editor--the source
of which we are not at liberty to make
public at present-we now state definitely
that the Minneapolis, Saint Paul 4 sault
Sainte Marie Railway Company known
familiarly IS the "Soo") will build line
into Emmons county this summer. Re.
member, there is no s'if nor and" about
it. It is absolutely certain this time.
The entire material for building into this
county has been purchased and will at
once be shipped to the end of the road.
1t is proposed to rush the work to an
early completion in order to haul the
coming crop of this county. 1t is pro-
posed to establish in the county ample
station, elevator and stock.Yard facilities.
We hone that our farmers will put in all
the acreage possible; and, if it is con.
sidered to be too late for wheat, then SOW
fax and oats. 1t would seem that the
demand for oats will be considerable,
as the crop of the country for several
years has not been large. prices at the
same time being low The high price of
wheat has stimulated people in other
parts of the country to SOW wheat and
abandon oats, and the prospects are that
oats will be proportionately as high as
wheat. Flax is also likely to bring a
good price, and large area of it can be
sown with safety. The Record will state
that its suggestion to the farmers to put
in big crops is made at the request of the
same authority that has given us definite
information as to the immediate CON-
mencement of work on the road.
Remember that this information is
absolutely reliable, and that every bushel
Of grain raised in this county this season,
except perhaps in the extreme north
ern and the extreme southern parts, can
be shipped out by railroad that is noted
for Its fair and liberal dealing with its
shippers.
For year. at least, it is likely that a
town that will spring up in Emmone
county will in certain degree be pushed
forward by the same conditions that have
made Eureka prosPsrnus--thut is, being
the shipping point for large area.
1t has been long wait for our settlers
but the beginning of the end of the wal.
approaches. And the Record--knowinQ
positively the truth of every word it has
stated in this article--congratulates our
people that the days Of long hauls to
market are at once to come to an end.
Again we say that every farmer who
should now decide to increase his acreage
over what it would have been had III
thought that he would have no near mar
ket can trust implicitly in the statement.
we have made.
The $500" w;N build into Emmons
county at once.