Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-04-21

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Country
The entire region of country
around Devils Lake is one of the
garden spots of the world, and the
fame of "The Devils Lake
Country has spread far and near.
Its fertility is remarkable, and it's
soil yields enormous crops of
cereals, vegetables and other pro-
ducts. The soil is composed of
glacial drift forming a rich, black
vegetable loan, mixed with lime,
gypsum and other fertilizing
materials, and with a heavy rich
clay subsoil, which supplies an
abundance of rich, nutritious SUBJ
stances to growing vegetables.
The native grasses are rich and
the delight Of the stock raisers.
Surrounding Devils Lake arenum-
erous large tracts of timber, form
ing beautiful groves and greatly
enhancing the value ofland in this
vicinity, producing an abundance
of fuel.
Son the south shore of the lake
are a number of miniature noun
tains and ranges of high hills,
known as Sully's. Hill, DEVILS
Heart, Blue Hills, etc. Numerous
smaller hodies of water are found
both north and south of Devils
Lake, ranging from a few hun
dred yards in area, the largest
being a chain of lakes some twenty
miles north of Devils Lake known
as Sweet Water Lakes, so called
from the exceeding purity and
sweetness of the water.
DEVILS LAKE LAND DISTRICT.
The Devils Lake land district
extends from the Canadian bound
ary line, on the north, to the 18th
standard parallel, running through
the town of New Rockford on the
jamestown & Northern railroad,
on the south; from the township
line running two miles east of the
City of Devils Lake, on the east,
to the 18th guide meridian, run
ming twelve miles east of Minot, on
the west. It includes all of
Towner, Rolette, Pierce and Nc
Henry counties, nearly all of Ben
son county, the western half OF
Ramsey and Cavalier counties, the
northern part of Eddy, Wells and
Mclean counties and the greater
part of Bottineau county. Includ-
ing the Devils Lake and Turtle
Mountain Indian reservations, ii
contains nearly 10000 square
miles, or over six million acres OF
land. Its area is about the same
as the combined area of the States
of Connecticut, Delaware and
Rhode Island.
The vacant land in Ramsey
county lying in the Grand Forks
land district is 1887 acres, max.
ing a total of 173,72O acres Of
vacant land in Ramsey county
All the land in this district is agri.
cultural>in character and capable
of producing in a favorable sea.
son from Is to 40 bushels of No.
hard wheat to the acre. The
Mouse river country, situated il
the western part of the district, il
especially adapted to stock raising
owing to the fertility and extern
of its meadow lands and the sheltel
the timber along the river affords
and a great many thrifty stockme1
are located on the banks of thil
river. The Turtle Mountain
country is the principal timbe
region of this district. The noun
tains cover over 100000 acres o
land, part of which is heavily tim
bered. Nearly all of the mountain
country is now withdraw from
entry and settlement, pending al
investigation by the secretary 0
the interior, with a view of Great
ing it a national park. The lane
district is traversed from east t.
west by the main line of the Grea
Northern railroad, with its 81
J. John and Bottineau branches, run