The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-11
News of the State.
GREAT CROP PROSPECTS.
Reports From the Western Part OF
the State Are Immenxe.

Reports From the Western Part OF
the State Are Immenxe.
According to the opinion of scores Of
people who have been travelling over
, the northern and western portions Of
the state, the present crop outlook
could not we'll be better than it is at
present, with the exception of the VAL
ley counties in some places, where the
excessive rains delayed seeding opera
tions, and, consequently, the crops in
those sections are somewhat backward
and the acreage reduced, as regards
wheat, at least. Many of the elevator
men have completed a tour of the
northern and western portions Of the
state, and the conditions which they
represent obtain are of a most salts
factory character, says the Grand
Forks Herald.
NJ. r. Brown, who has been a resi-
dent Of the Red River valley for the
past thirty years, and who is now in
charge Of the Great Northern stock
yards at Minot and Larimore, passed
through Grand Forks en- route to
Crookston. Asked as to the crops, he
said: From Larimore west to Minot.
the crops never looked as well as they
do now. can safely say that the out
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since I came to this country Barring
accidents between now and harvest
time, that section of North Dakota will
raise the biggest and most valuable
crop in her history
Robert T. Baxter Of Grand Forks,
who recently returned from tour of
the western part of Manitoba and the
Mouse River country, said" The pros
poets are great. Barley is heading out,
and all the fax Is practically as we'll
along. some Of it being eight inches in
height. The wheat in the Mouse river
and Bottineau country is hip-high in
many places and as thick as 1T can
stand. The same conditions prevail In
Manitoba, for at least the section of it
that went through. The farmers and
business men feel greatly elated, and
as that section Of the country is trib-
utary to Grand Forks, we all have to
feel jubiant.''
]. B. Stewart, one Of the old residents
of Grand Forks county. who. later, was
in the grain business at Towner, and
who now has line of elevators in the
western part Of the state, passed
through Grand Forks en- route there
after ten-days' trip out west. He in
spected the conditions thoroughly dur
ing that time, and had this to say OF
what he saw: II was certainly sur
prised at the visions which greeted me
during my trip. In the fifteen years
that have been in the state. most of
which has been spent out west, never
saw the prospects as good as they are
to-day for a bountiful crop. not only
in spots, but all over the western and
northern portions of the state. 1t is
wonderful how the little towns in that
direction have sprung from a cluster OF
two or three buildings in the past year,
to thriving villages. Take the little
town of Granville. for instance. Some
idea of the development in that vicin-
ity can be realized from the amount OF
lumber that has been shipped there
during the last six months-thirty-nine
cars. This is phenomenal, and reflects
the prosperity that is being enjoyed
there. With the grand flax crops Of the
past two years. and the present pros
poets for the best one they ever raised,
it is no wonder that a BOOM such as
was never before witnessed in the State
of North Dakota, is in progress; and
there is a bottom to it which will not
fall out, even if total crop failures
should follow for several years to come
after this
One of the elevator superintendent
said, after trip over the entire north
ern portion of the state: Barring ac-
cidents between this time and harvest,
the grea +est crop ever raised in the
state will be threshed this season. and
by far the most valuable. providing
there is not great slump in the price
of flax. which is not regarded as at all
probable by experts. In the country
in and about Kenmare nearly every
quarter-section has from twenty-five,
to fifty and 100 acres Of the finest flax
that ever grew. A vast amount of this
is located as far as fifty miles from a
railroad, and. consequently, will not be
marketed until in the winter, when all
the farm work has been completed.
This fact has this advantage-it will
prevent the entire flax crop being put
upon the market at once, which might
cause a slump in prices. such as has
been witnessed from the same cause in
wheat during the big crop years in the
past While flax is the leading crop in
the entire western country, the wheat.
oat and barley crops are looking first
class The wheat has stooled in great
shape, and completely covers the
ground. With some warm weather
now, all manner of crops will do SPLEEN
oidly. banner year will be a realiz-
alton, barring accidents"
AS indicating the feeling out west.
the following special telegram to the
Grand Forks Herald from Minot ex-
presses the general feeling perfectly:
'This part of the state has had q
heavy rain, which began Thursday
night and continued considerable yes
terday and up until 10 o'clock to-day.
A heavy rain also fell along the 500 and
north Crops could not be better Ev-
eryone is happy over the western part
Of the state" -
Lack of Clothing in Uganda.
A lack OF clothing was-and probably
still is-the most salient characteristic
of the Wa-Kavirondo. 'I am afraid
you will find them very naked" said q
missionary to me, on the borders OF