Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-03-24
NEVER REGRETTED HIS REMOVAL, AND TIE
ARE LEASE


DAUGHTERS z PLEASED.
Devils Lake, Nd, Oct. %, lsys.--wlen we CAME
from n. Manchester, Ind. in the spring Of 1896 We
had S55, our household z, ods, a little farm machinery
an sum" stock, now own 1Go acres and control
aao. have 80 acres N rastur" and The rest OF nv
iNhaFies ] have q complete outfit # farm marhin-
cry aud q ho'seS. 4 c VS. . hogs. 2 vearlings and .
spI'hS c"lws MY crop this year was 100 acres ct
j" heat. 1.Gl9 bn.: 80 acres Of oats. $50 hn. II acres Of
harley. $40 hu.; S-4 acres of potatoes, 2r bu. Have
"ad good success in stock raising and butter making,
ana as q general thing as fast rs y"n ran arrange
lave good water mnst %a,,over nv neishhorhood: we
"'S from y 10 10 feet deep. We find the climate
more healthf"l than in the Fast, and have seen two
winters here; the winter .f go and ,97 was very dis.
agreeable, Will" on the other hand the winter If 81
W was tn" most pleasant weather I ever lived. Our
'n-l is m's'iy four foot wood. n"d coats from 81 SO to
rs per cord; coal from ~ to s1o per ton. Schools in
our nciehhorhood are al we'll provided for My
n%"ishbnrs all come her" with 'ittl" means. aud most
all have ll sntv to show far their 'ains. This
country is all right for a man Of small means to get a
who will ALWAYS make it Men with money can
handle It TO much better advant'ce han in the east
N mrnv wavs that are nrov"n lean advise my
tered NV condition. If,nnd the country better than
vas told nv gents. I have never regretted my
move and my advice to all is: Get not to much in dobt.
LEVI SMITH
The smith daughters, Cora and Flora, write a fol-
t'"s' I'VE came win IAtner ana nOSheT 70 thIs
beautiful prairie country in the spring Of 1896, and
s' ! as though we were cornnetent to give a fair opin-
ion nv this fine. We can truthfmllv say vi have
never regretted that we ram", nor are we willing to
70 back to live in I"dinna. We have never been
hack on a visit. and are still alive to tell it. w" en-.
joy the pleasant summers, and as to the winters the
f'"st one Was as bad as we ever experienced, while
last winter was the most delightful We ever saw.
S"me of the people back east ask: INV don't you
dread the winters?' Why, we never think Of dread
ing them. We suppose they think we must because
tha1y .l> IT. o1s~H..<n - rH,1 IL er1 n a vo -
""ver sick enough I" call in a octor: We have just
as good society, and Just as respectable and educated
here IA in the east We are mt entirelv out Of the
world. Girls wages run frnm 81. so to So 90 per
week in private families. Amy poor man with any
%r"'iti"n abont him can secure a good home in u
short time.
SHORT AND TO THE POINT.
few lines to let vo" know how We are doing. came
here last snring from Silver Lake, Ind, and have
aiken a claim. I have some land plowed On it and
will tmild a house and harm on it next spring. As
for getting along, a man can make a living here cas-
i"r than anywhere I know, hut it is no place for 9
lazy man. Work has heen plenty, wages good and
crops ~ right. I and nv family have done we'll; We
earned s427, 40 at work this summer. ! have q house
md lot in Caudo.