Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-04-19
bury county farm and already has moved

upon the land. He has purchased the
lumber and other material necessary for
the construction OF a good house and
barn on the land. The Smith families
from near Sibley Iowa, who a few weeks
ago purchased the David Rose farm and
adjacent land TO the amount Of 800 acres,
nenr DeSmet Kingsbury county, have
moved upon the land. These people are
experienced farmers and stockmen and
have come prepared TO engage in farm
ing and stock raising on a large scale.
They brought with them nine carloads OF
immigrant effects. Five families, con-
sisting of eighteen people, have arrived
at Iroquois from Iowa and settled on
farms in that vic nifty.
Brookings, known as the banner
county" reports that it is getting its
share of new s~ettlrr-. In one week
thirty seven carloads of immigrant goods
were uuloaded at one station { r distri-
button over that particular portion OF the
/ county. 1t is ertimated that thus far this
spring fully seventy five carloads of i'm
migrant effects hive arrived 81 points in
Brookings county. In n consignment
which arriv,d at Elkton there were
twenty carloads belonging t, twenty
families, the members of which are set
thing upon farms inthe vicinity Of Eikton.
+ Az Itnahr1.ll l., tho auan pnInf in one
week ten carloads of inmigran effects
were unloaded. The newcomers are
mostly from caste n Iowa AID from the
vicinity Of Luverne, MINI.
1t Is estimated that over ii t. new
families have settled on farms IN McCook
county during the pas six months The
other day a special train of i" IN graft
arrived at Salem The newcomers will
settle on farms in that vicinit This IS
only the advance gard Of oute three
or four % her special t,ains nov being
made up In Iowa destined for the same
place. Almost every ia, prairie
%schooners'' load. d with household goods
and arming implements, and ollowed
bs herds Of cattle and horse pas,
through towns N McCook county bound
for the interior of the coupty whpre the
travellers locate and settle upO farms.
Mons and liver rorgel~on have sole
their rarm uf 100 acres situa "a abou
nine miles north Of Tx Poi E, Unior
COUNT, To Peter Cuaam, the g nsidera-
ton bein. $4,000. Ole Hanson and
family have arrived in the same county
from their form.r h. me in Iowa, anC
will engage in farming la Beresford
LAND GOING UP IN PRICE
A realestRte firm at Big Sto.", Gran
County has -old a quarter se"tion of lane
to Charles Kock for s~6,40O-the highes'
price at which farm land has be n sold
in that locality for some time. Kocf
bought a track of land near Hallock,
MINI. a year ago, and rrcentlv sold 1t a
an advance of $500 over the purchase
price. He expects TO do wen bette
: with the South Dakota land just pur
|, chased by him. Farms in the neighbor
hood of Milbank are selling for fror
!, $4,000 to $1,000.
! Chas. I'll. Withee has arrived at Fault
.. ton, Faulk county, from Evansville, Wis
with a carload of immigrant goods. III
has purchased a farm northwest 0
J Faulkton aud will move upon 1t at once
Several families from Worthington
: M nn., have purchased farms in Hanson
) county and are moving upon them. The
are all wrll-to-do and brought up wit
them herds of cattle aud horses, house
hold goods and good supplies of farming
implements.
Chas. E. whitney, late of Savanna
ILL.,, has purchased a farm heal Webste
Day county, and has IN oved on to it. III
! investigated the possibilities OF tina
!, region last season and wa- so we
pleased that lie has decided to In tn
future cast his fortunes with Sout
Dakota,
Claus Meyer OF 4lvord. Ia, has arrive
with his famiy at Fiandr au, Mood
+ county and Nill settle upon a farm nra
that pace With b" purchased a fe'
weeks ago. In on da, recently iot
n carloads Of immigrant goods were sid
tracked a. aari, Moody County, an
nloated. ia" properly bel Jnged
tire families who arrived from tn
east TO engage in agricultural pursuit
$ in that locality hicago Record.