Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-01-05
BUILDING in 1898.
Partial Record of the Years
Results in stutsman
County.
More New Houses, Barns and
Farm Buildings Erected
Than in 1897.

Last year showed the beginning
of a decided movement in building
| and improvements in Stutsman
county, and long list of houses,
barns, granaries and general i'm
provements by farmers was given
in The Alert up to the first of jan
uary, 1898. The need for these
improvements was very great. for
many farmers had long put up with
inadequate barn room and poor
houses until the good prices Of
grain for one year, coupled with a
| fair crop, gave them the chance
they had looked for. They at
once venturrd in to Improvements
of a permanent and necessary
character.
The good fortune of 1897 has
been continued through 1898, at
least as far as products raised is
concerned, and the large crop Of
all kinds of grain, fax and stock
have given Stutsman county farm
ers chance to make further i'm
provements and build new build
ings. Inquiry from jamestown
dealers in lumber and material
shows that a larger list Of farm
Improvements have been made
in 1898 than in 1897. A
partial list of such is
given below. It shows that the
advantage Of good cheap land, and
the ease of it's cultivation-two
advantages that alone are to be
found in North Dakota are be-
ginning to be seen in practical
way. With such advantages, if
the James River Valley farmer
who works with foresight and
economy all the land he is able to,
does not get ahead, there is no
reason for the man on high priced
land to expect to.
It is situation not to be found
elsewhere in the United States,
and will not continue many years
at the rate the James River Valley
lands are being taken.
The list of improvements is not
complete. Any which may be
overlooked is because the ihform-
alton was not obtainable from
sources where it might be ex-
pected.
NEW BUILDINGS AND IMPROVE
MENTs IN 1898. 2
n. Mckenzie, Buchanan, house.
II. Deree, Montpelier, house.
E. j. Eastman, Pingree, house.
P. Gaffney, Pingree, barn.
NJ. G. Gilligan, Eckelson, barn.
G. Houts, Pingree, house.
j. Harrington, repairs to house.
August johnson, Montpelier,
house.
j. w. Grese. Pingree, granary.
Mrs. Gardiner, barn.
81. fairfield, granary.
S. E. johnson, Montpelier, barn.
Gottlieb Klundt, Montpelier,
barn.
Geo. Case, barn.
Gilbert Ringuette, barn.
John Cysewski, machinery barn,
barn and granary.
John Correll, barn and granary.
Geo. Porter, Shar]ow, barn.
j. A. Whipple, Spiritwood, barn.
N. E. Whipple, Spiritwood,
house and barn.
w. L. Constant, large granary.
Richard Gainsforth, Spiritwood,
granacy.
H. Boughton, Spiritwood, gran
ary.
A. Crawford, Kensal, house.
Thos. Crawford, Kensal, house.
j. tanham, Spiritwood Lake,
house.
Herman Case. house.
The Kellum brothers nave built
new house and barn on the farm
near Edmunds. Bud Kellum runs
the place: Frank and Ad. are
engineers on the Northern Pacific.
John Mccarthy, Pingree, COM
pleted dwelling; a good house.
A. Gordon, Spiritwood, new
house, two story: nice dwelling.
Elmer Rives, addition to farm
house.
Albert Thorn, Eldridge, new
barn, windmill. house and new
mill for grinding feed.
G. A. Williams. Plano, extensive
addition to house.
A. D. Williams, Plano, addition
to house and barn.
Judson Wright, new barn.