The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-09-16

opposite side rolls away ut INT"
the hills, the valley of I e
Knife river. Progress is IT,
settlement of this region has
been more rapid than is gener-
ally known. Ranch house after
r"nch house is to be seen,
@ far of that the farthest
.,.e looks like a mere speck ON
the hill side. Thrifty settlers
have located here, with bands
of cat lie, whose numbers have
:nr .ased until there are now, III
reality, cattle on a thousand
hills, and free grass, pure water
! and fresh air are being cor
verted into bands of sleek i; t
beeves.
On, along the bank OF tue
river, and there is a continual
variety of scenery, shifting and
changing like the aspects OF a
Kaleidoscope. The green firing
ed river, with the hills rising,
hazy and rugged on the oppo-
site side. On the nearer side,
the immense Hancock river
botton-on which Commission
er Solenberger lives, and raises
of the best corn that ever wore
silk. And out from this into
the higher country, where the
Coal Harbor settlement rests
upon the summit and the pure
air blows SO free that 1T APP
prouches faInili a1itv.
John Rnbinson's farm, a mile
and half from Coal Harbor, is
typical. Mr.. Robinson is a
practical farmer, With an ideal
farm. He owns two sections
:nl his fields rise in u gentle
slope from the farm house,
which is down in the valley and
sheltered by a grove of treason
the west. Mr.. Robinson diver
sitter raises cattle, horses and
grain, and is making some ex-
pcrinents with fodder grass
Austrian bronze and millet.
His horses are blooded Percher-
on colts that are beauties. His
cattle are sleek and fat. and
there is an mir of comfort and
prosperity ID ut the whole farm
that tell the tale of careful and
intelligent farming on the
Missouri slope.
. Is "yn through the broad
pair -, past the townsite ct
Nv.lcr, and ON through to
Washbur by the upper road,
the far:' s t Ill the same story.
Dozens settlers who located
q few years ago farned care
tully and economically, and are
en- the road to independence.
The expo rinental farms of w.
-. Washbnrn are to be seen
along the road. Two or three
forties are in flax, sown on
breaking and the yield will be
good--tile sale of the grain will
pay for the breaking of several
tracts of n III. for y to- a hun
rr ii acres and leave a profit.
The seed was clean, the fields
are as clean as the seed-not a
weed, no mustard-just fielus
Of lrown grain, waiting the
rfaner.
In to the northeast of Wash
burn is Sverdrup-cne of the
~ S. farming townships in the
,unty. The land here is near
ly level, with only slight slopes
from summit TO valley of the
repeated series Of hills and
valleys that stretch out to the
north and east. With a rail
road in sight and this farming
country Immediately surroun'
ing it. look out for town lots in
Wasllburn. 1t is h IRE that the
Iowa land seekers wonder why
they have lived in Iowaso long
and the spring will see a great
addition to the settlement to
the region. E. \. Williams has
one of the finest half sections
in the township. level as a floor
and land that will be land ere
many seasons.
Washburn. nesting down in
g. pocket in the hill is an ideal
townsite. The Missouri flows
past a stones throw away, and
gets one of its benders, afford
ing a view each way for ten
miles. Just now, the residents
of the town are painting up,
Messrs. Lucas and Cole are
finding plenty of work. The
Merchants hotel is getting q
winter coat on, and Landlord