Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-08-28
GREAT CROP IN SIGHT.
The Harvest IL Now in Full Blast In
the Northern Part of the State.

The Harvest IL Now in Full Blast In
the Northern Part of the state.
There has been a very radical change
taking place in the minds of those who
spend their time travelling about the
state in connection with the crop situ-
alton in :he northern part Of the state
and especially In connection with that
part of the acreage that was hit the
hardest by the July storms, says the
Grand Forks Herald. In conversation
with one Of the we'll known travelling
men who make that city, recently, IL
was learned that, on account of the re-
ports of storms and the damage done.
he had been instructed by his house TO
cover the territory carefully, and, II
the conditions were as bad as reported.
to make no further effort during the
balance of the year to secure business
In those sections. He has just complet-
ed the tour, and he states that not q
single account of his firm would be
closed anywhere, and the merchants
could have all the goods they desired
and on the same terms. He Sald thae
the damage by rain. wind and hail COW
cred so small portion of the acreage
| that not single town, with the eXcep-
! ton of one or two, would feel the re-
| built at all. Small patches, here ana
| there, were wiped out, but, with the
Gountiful crops surrounding the halleo-
but districts, business would not be az
fected to any appreciable degree.
| Supt. Z. w. Kneeland came in from a
trip north. He drove from ST. Thomas
to Hoople and the crops through which
he pass ed were as fine as he ever la:a
! eyes on in the state. Harvest is in fulA
blast, and thousands of acres OF as hne
wheat as ever grew is being cut every
day. Nearly all the grain in that Sec
ton is ready for the SICKLE or will be in
a few days, and the danger from frost
! Is practically over. He says there are
a few green fields, but they are very
| few.
w. S. Casselman, with ]. II. Bell &
Co., also came in from the north. He
| drove from st. Thomas to Drayton, anu
| his report If the conditions there were
of the most glowing kind imaginable
He is one of the old-timers Of the state,
and has spent tho past week in the
ne rthern AMI western portions. He re-
ports that the damage by hail. While It
is hard on the farmers who We're hit,
amounts to nothing when the entire
crop of the state is considered. He
says he never saw such crops as he has
seen up north; that the flax in the en-
tire northern part of the state. with
very few exceptions, is immense. He
has been all over the state, and esti-
mates the wheat crop Of the state at
10000, 900 bushels, and the flax crop at
5.O0G, COO bushels, placing the former at
II, 10000 bushels and the latter at H.
900 bushels over last year.
County Commissioner Hans Ander-
son also returned from trip out west.
He has spent several days looking over
Ward and Bottineau counties, and says
he is greatly pleased with the result OF
his trip. The crops out there are tar
better than he expected to see them,
this being the case particularly in Bot
tineau county, where he says all the
crops are looking fine, and he believes
that part of the state has a great fu-
ture. He regards the general outlook
as much better than he anticipated be-
fore making the trip.
The same stories We're repeated by
everyone questioned. 1t is the same Old
story, apparently-after a bad storm
the reports received are greatly exaS-
gerated The same storm will be re-
ported by half dozen people, and no
two reports will be similar. This is the
result, one travelling man stated of peo-
pie getting scared, and more than half
of the damage was in their own mag
nations One party stated that by the
time the present crop was threshed the
fact that thare had be=n a severe
storm or two would have heer forgot
tn. ~, 80
The general feeling among business
men, as we'll as travelling men, is ex-
ce!lent.
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