Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1900-03-16

/ DAKOTA, FRIDAY
the entire volume of sales and entries
to date, assome wil1>have been made
between date of issuance .of map and
the present time; but it will give you
q good general idea of unsold and un-
entered land. ",
AS to size of williamsport. This
though large (4S by SO miles,
and with nearly 1000 population, has
but recently had raflfoad within it's
borders. For this redson there have
been no towns or large villages within
the county. BraddoQ on the 500
railway, eight miles northeast of Will
Transport, being our only railroad town,
is largest. Not only is there good land
a few miles from Williamsport and
Braddock that is subject to entry, but
in almost every naghborhood Of the
north half of thei3 i3ounty such land is
more or less plentiful. The larger
number of the aettlers of Emmons
county came in from the south and
settled on the first good land they
reached. In addition to this, the old |
pre-emptien law repealed few years !
ago. put a price Of s400 on quarter
section within the forty-m limit of |
the Northern Picifc railway, while |
5000 was the price outside of it. AS
the northern half of the county is all
in the "railioaa Alimit," settlers pre-
ferred during the existence of the pre-
emption law to settle outside the
land-grant and thereby save 5000.
Thus it happens that, while the south
ern part of the county is pretty we'll
settled, the northern part has q large
area of vacant government land Of
good quality.
The thermometer has marked rs low
as Is to 80 degrees during the past
winter, but only for few hours.
However, in the dry atmosphere of
this region people pay but little atten-
tion to the suggestions Of the ther-
mometer. Teaming Is carried on here
during the very coolest days of winter.
Besides, a South Dakotan would find
very little change in depth of degrees
after he came TO North Dakota. The
climate here is all right. If it wasn't,
thousands Of bright, enterprising peo-
pie who could make living anywhere
wouldn't stay here lifetime and ask
eastern friends and relatives to come
out and join them.
| There is seldom rs heavy snowfall
here as there is farther southeast.
Some winters cattle and sheep get
nearly all their living from the cured
grass ON the prairie. The past winter
has been one of that kind, and spring
is coming on with thousands of tons of
hay left oyer in stack and all animals
I'm good condition. Stock horses get
their living every winter from the
cured grass on the ranges, never eating
a mouthful of hay OF enteringsa a stable
or shed. or course, il you live very far
south in our sister state you won't be-
lieve this assertion as to the horses;
but, when you get here, you will find
that the statement is literally true.
Do we raise corn here? Yes; aud
plenty of 1t. There is no surer crop
in this county than corn. A great
many, who farm systematically, alter
nate their fields between corn and the
small grains, thus having to plow but
once every two years. There isno bet
ter seed-bed for wheat than corn
field well cultivated the year before.
Is the water good? The water
throughout the county is good. In
some places ooe has to 90 to consid-
cradle depth for water; in others, only
a few feet. The writer would consider
forty feet about the average Of the
wells of the county. There are a few
neighborhoods where the services Of
the well-drill man have had to be
called; but even such wells are not as
expensive as formerly, as improved
machinery allows of many feet being
drilled in day. No county in North
Dakota has better. water than
EmmOns.
NOt only Is t0ere government land
for entry and railroad land for sale in
the northern half, but there is land In
private hands that can be bought for
half what it will bring in a few years.
In fact, in the thickly settled south
ern half Of the county land has more
than doubled in price in the last two
years; yet the value is not set at over
$500 to $500 a quarter-section in the
neighborhoods where practically all
the land has been entered.
There are three banks in the county
that make a. business of, dealing In
lands. For further Information address
Bank Of Linton, at Linton, or Bank Of
Bfaddock or Emmons County State
Bank, at Braddock.
4 Linton sSbbasA.Scho ooS.
There was good attendance at Lin
l ton school-house last Sunday for the
purpose Of organizing Sabbath.
school. The school was organized and