Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-04-07
LANDS IN CENTRAL NORTH DA.
KOTA,

LANDS IN CENTRAL NORTH DA-
KOTA.
The Northern Pacific is doing good
work this year for the settlement of
central North Dakota and the bringing
in of immigrants, who are tired of
renting lands in the east and desire to
own their own lands. The eastern
land agent of the Northern Pacific rail
road replies to inquiries about central
North Dakota:
have been so delugcd with inquiries
about Mclean, Kidder and Burlcigh
counties in Central North Dakota that
Il number that have written may not
have IL reply to their letters yet and
hope that such will feel that we will
give them Il reply as soon as possible.
| desire to give s,lcl, inquirers some
facts about those counties through
your publication. The tide of land
seekers has set in with full force al
ready this spring. On March 7th we
had 700 ~landscekerS for the northwest.
including Minnesota with North Da-
kOta, and yesterday we had to run
four special trains to take care of the
1000 landseekers and today CMarch
ODD we have as many more pass
through st. Paul to their new homes.
This means that farmers are fully alive
to the great advantage of North Da-
kola in the way OF low priced lands
of which there are but few left to
choose from in the United States. The
largest bulk of these lands east OF the
Missouri river that we have for sale
,,.n II, i1,n fh ,.nn InJlltinS named Th6Sn
lands are fertile, thousands OF acres OF
them are smooth. they have Il clay
suhsoil mostly and we have them for
sale at the very low price of 50 TO 81
per acre, small payment down and the
balance on long time to settlers. II
price is made in order that the cOnll-
try may settle UP quickly. In order
that your readers may know nov well
suited for both grain and stock raising
and to show what is actually being
done | will give herewith the ship
mcntS from Steele. Kiddcr county. in
1897, and it should I've borne in mind
that this county has not over 200 Vot-
crs: it is new:
Wheat, so cars; flax, IS cars; rye. l
car; potatoes. . cars; wool. Z cars. Snip
mcnts in 1898 were still larger. except
wheat, which was - cars but of flax
there were 30 cars and also III cars
of wool. This shows that the cou
Try is a producer of both grain ana
stock and such countries get along the
best and fastest. These shipments
were from but one station. An equal
or. larger amount was shipped from
other stations in the country. The
was shipped in 1898 from Dickinson,
Stark county. 1.245 cars of cattle,
horses and sheep and 100000 pounds
of wool besides. and large mounts or
the same were shipped from Bismarck.
Mandan. Sterling. Dawson II other
stations. The wheat from the crop
of 1898 received and shipped from BIS
mnrck from the counties OF Rnrlelgh.
Mclean and Mercer. aggregated oVer
100000 bushels. all raised in that year,
which was one of the poorest known
for wears. AS to the weather during
tho mast winter in these unit VIII
saw stock grazed out all winter i'll 1871
and also the present winter. me
director of the United States weather
bureau at Bismarck writes me under
date of February 24th as follows: l
am of the opinion that no damage to
the stock industry has been done by
the weather during the present winter.
Durin" the unusually cold period OF
the latter part of January and extend
ing to the 10Th of this month. all stock
were, from the fact that they were III
splendid condition at the beginning OF
file cold period. brought through with
no loss ut all-that is. not more than
the average loss ut any time OF the
wear. AS the winter precipitation in
this climate. rs shown by Il records
is almost invariably light, there are no
climatic conditions to prevent it from
being one of the finest stock raising
countries within the limits of the
United States. Now. when homeseek-
ers arrive at Bismarck. Steele. Dawson,
Sterling or other points in these coun-
ties they should go at once into the
country and sec for themselves the
thrift of the stock and the crop raising
advantages. They will find some
farmers that rely altogether on grain
raising and who have made a success
of that kind Of farming. They will
find the majority engaged in both grain
and stock raising and such have made
the greatest success. for the grass is
free and it is good the year around
here for grazing and stock losses are
practically nothing. winter or summer.
AS Il rule no better class of settlers
can he found anywhere than are found
located in these counties and certainly
none that are more generally prosper
uos. Half rate excursions run to these
counties on April 4th and 18th. Our
lands are cheap in price. The cOnn-
try is full of promise to the farmer
that will place his main dependence on
stock raising and combine grain rails
ing with it. 1t will pay those who are
tired of renting and want land Of their
own or who want to sell their high
priced land in the east and get these
lands and thus secure good farms for
all their children. which will rapidly
rise in value, to see them and purchase
before they are sold rs they promise to
he this year.