Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1899-02-10

crease IN 4l4ea population Of Emmons
go county TheA haye been during the past
few months a considerable number of
4 land tlings bYpeople who. after fling,
vent home, abA will return in The spring
TO establish . permanent residence. We
understand thtts the 500, company is
msking eftortiathis winter, in the older
settled states. 30 interest people ii the
country, tributlry to their. new line of
rpad, ard that Vie results Of their labors
viii be seen next spring in . large i'm
migration. Then, In the southern psrt Of
the county, there 10 heavy immigration
due. The facth that in no other part of
She state islhsse 20 large body of good
farming and grskins land as there is on
the Missouri slope. i,
The Railway Are says that the coming
year will be an Active one in the matter
Of railway building, Rumors are again
rife that several Of. the big companies
whose noribwsSsefn terminals are now
at jumptnR.6n places hundred, miles or
go southeast Of here will, push TO The coal.
fields up nor,ha daring the coming year.
Il i said that The soo has doue more
business % far do its.exlension than 9its
qfiicials expectsA and that the gentlemen
who NO q ;ths Mad of other companies
are not by any means satisfied to relin.
quish this. .deld without i struggle. Money
10 cheap II the Sanansial c.pters, and all
the compelsnt financial asthotilies pre-
dict prosperous yesr. The, nearness Of
the railroad willSpro baby cause large
increase 10 grail essage, ii this county,
lln.l she1s siillll z ! dk6ak
output. One OF mofs telephone lines
viii likely " built 10 the county the com.
ing year; and al together, there is pros.
pect ahead for good times. The sales of
Etbs stats school lands will grad nally de.
Ecfesaa the Burden &c local taxation for
The support II schools, while the immi
grams that come IN WIN soon add 10 the
totsi a. assessable wealth., thus lowering
stsxsso OF reducing the county debt.
There Is q vast difference iu conditions
in this county to-isy. and those Of few
years ago, when Tie farmers were devot.
Ing their attention principally to the!rais-
ing Of wheat. whicl, they were compelled
to haul long distance to market, rs
well as to sell It at q low price. At las,
there has sprung up something lite 40
interest in acre property, and very few
people arc now disposiuR Of quarter sec.
tions for . hundred dollars or so. And
Why should theyi There are certain I'd.
vantages possessed by this section Of
country that end does not f,nd for grca,
distance either east or west II you 20
$50 miles east you pass into country
where the grass does not cure on the
iprairie, and stock mnst be fed from the
tir,e the green grass goes until It tcpmes
again. At'asliks distance west you enter
4region where nothing A1aut q grass crop
can be raised without irrigation, and the
slasSsis no better u h u good ~ al II i,
here. While this country chief interest
will undoubtedly slis Ii live stock. yet
there will always 6e considerable grain
| raised here. True, the average Yield for
series Of years Is not high; but neither
| isthere the amount iof labor expended In
raising II that there fs 40 most farming
sections, and the cattle, sheep ana i1ors,ets r,,t
Keep Cd growing dust Me same while the
farnef. .sad Mis- boys care raising the grain
crop. After awhile, of coutss, there will
not be asmuch .free hays and pasture IIaud
u there Il ntwesbut That will not ruin
the farmers. The proatsSwill be III ahtly