Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1900-04-05
OVER 500 SETTLERS
New Settlers in Great Num-
berS Arrive in the James
River Valley.
A Number Will Locate in the
Northern Portion of Stuts-
man County.
Nearly All Are Americans and
Will No Doubt Prosper
Here.

The crowd of i'm migrants at the depot
Thursday reminded old timers of the
early eighties here. Wednesday was ore
of the excursion days Oh the Northern
Pacific, 500 and Great Northern roads,
and many took advantage Of the cheap
fare to North Dakota points. 1t is said
that over 5000 people passed through
st. Paul yesterday enroute to their new
homes in North Dakota.
T1e westbound train Thursday COR
sisted OF three sections Nine pssse nger
coaches and baggage car made up the
first section. On this section we're about
500 men, women and children WHO had
decided to make North Dakota their
future home. They we're formerly resi-
OF Illinois, Michigan and Ohio, but had
made up their minds that the old states
we're no place for farmer who did not
own his land and had to pay heavy rent
and taxes.
The newcomers will locate in the
northern portion of Stutsman county,
and in Welle, Foster, Eddy and Benson
counties. A number have already pur-
chased lands and will at once locate on
the same. There was large number of
healthy looking young people in the
party. All seemed to understand Eng
lish and were evidently Americans. A
few Dunksrds were among tie numbe
The settlers shipped some time since
their horses, cattle, ETC., OF which they
possessed about so cars. Mr.. Shaw of
the Northern Pacific was in charge of
tho first section OF today's train. He
stated that many more settlers will ar
rive in the state within q short time.
On the last section OF the train there
was also great crowd OF new settlers
who hailed from different states. A
number are young fellows who will file
on land, and hope to improve the same
and also earn some money working out.
A train OF fifteen cars and coach was
sent up the Northern Thursday. The
coach was occupied by settlers and their
families and their personal properly
filed the fifteen cars The settlers were
from Iowa and came over the Milwaukee
road as far ss Edgeley where the care
were transferred to the Valley branch.
Twelve cars were forwarded to McHenry,
one to Melville and two TO Carrln9ton.
A special train arrived over the James
Valley branch Friday morning. The train
consisted of nineteen box cars and two
Coaches, the latter being occupied by
Russians from Trip, Richardson coun-
ty, South Daketa. They will locate at
New Salem, Morton county. lhe set
tiers brought their families with them.
They will engage in stock raising and
farming. Besides machinery, household
goods and horses, they had number OF
carloads OF fine cattle.
Thursday night something like l,0OO
Dunksrd settlers passed through Fargo
on three special trains over the Great
Northern. The Dunkards and their
families will locate on railroad land in
the vicinity Of Devils Lake. In the
first tram there were 81 cars.
A coach load OF emigrants and fif-
teen cars of emigrant moveables went |
up the branch Thursday morning des.
tined for McHenry. There WAS also
carload of checked baggage besides that
70 the regular baggage Car.
A train OF seventeen box oars contain
ng horses, mules, machiney, property
and all kinds of farming and household |
stfe ;ts arrived from the south at D. NJ.
,odsy. There were about 100 persons in
he tourist sleepers attached to the train.
The colony was from Missouri, about the
central part, where land is worth from
80 to $50 an acre. Many OF the new ar.
ivsls were yet wit lout land and expect
o locate after reaching their destination,
which was Chrrington. They will scatter
through the counties OF Foster. Wells
nd Stutsman. The train stopped only
or few moments and proceeded on it's
'sy north.
Quite number OF settlers are Drop
ing quietly into the city and scattering
round at the different hotels. In
hort time they have gone INTO the
ountry to begin work. 1t is said that
YER hundred persons have been added
, the countys population sipce Dec. l
nd the greater number for this season
re- yet to come. There is so much land
, b. taken that those who have bought !
ppesr ss nothing.
The baggage cars on No. today were
AIDED With settlers trunks and boxes, 4