Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-02-10

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II A PENNSYLVANIA THINKS.
Devils. Lake. N. D.. Oct. @, 1851 came from
Valley Mill. Pennsylvania, landing at Devils
Lake July IL, and worked in town until thresh-
ing commenced. Since then I have been thresh.
a and a pStt fitae5 aWs; e spS at p ses ao ann plowTIpPs s
latter, with all kinds Of garden truck, are super.
ior to the best 1 have ever seen. I saw twelve
Size and auality. NJ Nv ' 'ne GI1tS .A NJ. Gsns 1e.
has 1,90 heads Of the largest cabbage l ever
saw. The climate here can't be beat. Ever
constant headache, but have not had the head
ache once since I have been here. As for fruit
there has not been one day that the market was
oranges. bought splendid wild plums, at SO
cents per bushel. so you see We can buy fruit
cheap enough here. There is more wheat, oats,
PENNSYLVANIA save. The people have too much
here. and will not take the time to save it. The
soil is SPLENDID and easy to farm. l plowed two
horse IL years old and the other 10. while the
pillow, ! guess, was about 70. I have been pick
ing potatoes today and it is almost too warm to
up a claim, but am going out in a few days to
get one; l intend to go back to my old home
this fall and prepare things to move here next
The man ] am Working for has timber land land
along the lake, and he tells me that he has sold
more than $s,0n3 worth of wood, and lie has but
a small place clear. JOHN p. GoCnSouR.
ARE LAp II CANE.
D,r;l~ r ,l,o ~ n n-A ~ ,cOo l-,-
wish t" tell Of my first six months experience
here, W., left Lingo, Mo-, and landed here
March 24th last, with my bro.her-in-!aw, s.. ].
OF Devils Lake. brought with me ) horses, z
wagons and household goods. We put out II
acres OF flag that Welded 12h bu., price Is cents
2,5O0, bu:, and sold at from l6 to 70 cents; 1900
heads of cabbage, good sale at from az to s
cents per head; had S acres of garden which
for the produce. 1 have my claimlocated and am
highly pleased with it, with 5 acres broken.
Have put up a sod house, l2x24, cost SIS, and
extra good living l have bought one good team,
a $40 COW, 2 pigs and, have means to make a
good start on our claim in the spring. Yours
truly, EZRA MINHICH.
my husband has written, wish to mention our
extra fine summer it was by far the most plea
SAINT l ever enjoyed. cool nights and q healthy
best Of health. I put UP all the fruit / cared
for my own use, and people came to the timber
and got wild fruit, wagon loads, while bushels
G xsns to waste We are glad we came when We
FROM THE WIFE OF ELDFR
Perth n. D., Oct, q, ls9s,-We came from
La Laurel, LOVE, and located our homestead Of
fectly satisfied with the country, and know
people can make a living hero. with their minds
made up to succeed. We have found the coun.
Perth in June. 1897, there was only two houses.
Now there are four stores, ono bank, two
blacksmith shops. one hotel, one printing Of
~ wv ELSIE BEATTY.
(Wifc of Rev. j. l.. Beaty.)
HAD AN %UED YIELD.
Devils Lake. n. d., Oct. ~, 1S98.-We left our
home, mother and sisters. at Green Ridge, Mo,
last March, loaded a couple of wagon loads 81
goods in Mr.. Minnictis car at Lingo, for Devils
Lake and borrowed part of the money, to come
in pocket. Mr.. Minnich and l rented a farm
four miles south of Devils Lake. We put out
~ ~ aG ZEE Of OF fax y on aI poo Or, Teedy ground md !, ]
acres Of potatoes, 2,5O bu., that We sold at
from Ice to ac per bu., extra fine: they stand
first g on the market in Devils Lake. Put out
number of heads of cabbage ready for sale at
from ~ to &c per head: have on hand Is or 30
bu. OF onions, and have sold more than that
at q per bu. I also made garden all summer
which did fine, good sale and price, and. vege-
table,, in such abundance that We could hardly
sleep from tending them. We have had the
| have my, claim IS miles from Cando. 1t is
the best of land and pasture, and one Of the I'm
est homesteads in the country, ESQ my neighbors
say. ! built the basement for a house, made
the sides of plank with two thickness Of tar
paper and ground overhead cost, $3.50. l have
a team and harness, and money. to put mo on
ing, if the Lord continues to bless us. This is
man ns ' to get dn a st "et'' '''"G s'J. tkiU ssSH 5
LOTS OF WILD FRUIT.
Mrs. Augustus writes-'I can say amen to the
above from my husband, and mast add thnt we live in
the timber this year, and 1 put up 200 quarts of wild
fruit, gooseberries. june berries, wild cherries,
plums, etc. while wagon loads Of fruit went to waste.
when we went to our claim we drank from many
wells, and every one the best of water. Perhaps We
just %happeied to stop at the good wells. Our chick
ems had to be accilinated, hence did not do quite so
we'll ,'but the other day l called on the wife Of a
former FREUD and she had the finest lot Of young
chickens ! ev. r saw, and had been selling them ut 81
adozen. we are q nxious 10 go to our claim in the
spring; 1t is such a beautiful place out there. Last
spring there was not a house in sight, and now We
can count about thirty from our house. To my
friends in the South, conld ! see you in person, l feel
J conld convince you that this is he place Cor poor
person to get . START
NEVER REGRETTED Ills REMOVAL, AND THE
DAUGHTERS Z PLEASED.
Devils Lake, Nd, Oct, 90, 1s3s.-when we came
from n. Manchester, Ind. in the spring Of 1896 We
had $50, our household goods, a little farm machinery
and some stock. ] now own 100 acres and control
$50. Have 80 acres IN pasture and the rest Of my
quarter in cultivation; have a house, barn and two
granaries. ! have a complete outfit Of farm machin-
cry and q horses, 4 cows. q hogs. 2 yearlings and 2
spring calves. My crop this year was loo acres Of
wheat, 1919 bu.: 30 acres OF oats. $50 hn. II acres OF
barley, $40 bu S-4 acres of potatoes, 200 bn. IIaye
had good success in stock raising aud butter making,
and NJ a general thing, AS fast as you can arrange
each and everything on vonr farm, it looks to success
Have good water most all over NV neighborhood: we
dig from II 10 10 feet deep. We find the climate
more healthful than in the East, and have seen two
winters here; the winter Of '9G and 81 was very dig,
agreeable, while on the other hand the winter Of 'g7.
'9S was the most pleasant weather ! ever lived. Gu,
fuel is mostly four-foot wood, ard costs from Il. SO to
s5 per cord; coal from 81 to $40 per ton. Schools in
our ncighborhood are all well provided for. NV
%neighbors all come here with little means, and most
L Il LaIna IL sa4I % leu. Ir- aI.;.- LIZ ~; l.