Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-08-22
G. II. LOCKE.

|. II SGOIy VI VI. IL. AOoh0 Wou1A
hardly be given credence down east.
He bought $40 acres Of land 6 years
ago which cost him $4,400. Since
then he has made from the land in six
years enough to pay for it, enough to
build a 81, 900 residence and a 50, 900
barn; enough to equip it with horses,
cattle and modern farm machinery,
a good living and is today worth
four times as much as he gave for it.
His residence, which is about COM
pleted is modern throughout. It will
have furnace heat and refrigerator
walls. The size is 26x3s two full
stories with a wing 14x20. His new
barn is 4Ox60 with a basement the full
size. For two years past he has been
growing fax that has averaged 20
bushels per acre which Melted him
i 40 per bushel. Land that will
produce for it's owner $3.50 per acre net
in two years is good property to own,
and for this reason G.. H. Locke is
satisfied to remain right where he is.
He is originally from New York state,
but came to Ramesy county from Col
/ orado in '92.
T. P. THOMPSON
Owns 42O acres of the best land in
the county. This year he will har-
vest 200 acres Of flax, 40 of barley,
and 20 of oats. He filed on one
quarter of this land 30 years ago the
3rd of July last. He is just complet-
ing an elegant new residence 3Ox30,
two stories, and a barn 4Ox60 with
basement, the cost of which will ap-
proximate 81, 600. He came here from
Minnesota, and has a family Of 7
children-six boys and one %girl--the
eldest. of which is 20 years, the young
est 8.
OLE WOLD
Came to Ramsey county in 81 from
Norway. He fled on the land he now
lives on consisting of 240 acres.
He recently completed a new house 16,
%, and has other improvements tx
correspond. He has 100 acres Of fa1
and 26 acres Of BARELY, that promises
well. Strange as it may seem Ole is
still single, but the chances are that
some fair damsel will land him before
the roses come again.
H. GUNDERSON
Came to North Dakota from Kansas
the best part of Kansas, too-an6
be says North Dakota is much the bet
ter of the two states. He has beer
here six years and owns APO acres O.
choice land. He has in 40 acres OF
flax, 80 Of barley and 60 of wheat
His farm is we'll improved and home
like. His wife and four children con
stitute his family.
,, JOSEPH KNEISEL
!, Is one of the pioneer German farm
, ers of the county, having settled il
i Minnewaukan in '84. He owns a wei
, Improved farm of 800 acres, and thi
, year will harvest 200 acres of fax, g.
Of wheat, so of oats and 70 of barley
He has a wife and seven boys.
ii, OLE J. AMUNDsEN
Owns 480 acres of we'll improved
Ramsey county land. He has been il
the county nine years, coming her
from Norway. He has $50 acres in
} crop this year. His family consist
of his wife and z children-three boy
and four girls. At present Mr.
Amundsen is in the Alberta, Canada
country, where he has large interests
including a townsite.
} JOHN F. SPORTSMAN
Owns 100 acres in Minnewaukan
and rents several hundred acres il
other parts Of the county. He hat
about 400 acres in crop, the principa
: part of which is in fax. This, fal
he will build a new barn 2Sx60 feet
= with a lean-to 14x60. He has been il
the country nineteen years, coming
y here from New York, and he likes
, very much. His wife, two girls AM
two boys, constitute his family.
al R. A. MILLER
+ Owns $40 acres and also rents Is
n !acres. He has in 120 acres of fax, d
acres of barley, which he is now har
vesting. He came here II years ag,
from Kansas. has a wife, two childre:
va boy and a girl-and is maxim
d money.
j. F. RAY
Came here in the spring of '96 fror
n Mercer county, Ohio, and now own
$40 acres of land that is worth $25 a
Is acre. He has 100 acres Of as fine look
h in fax as one would wish to see, asid
q from barley, oats and other cereals
;. He is building a new residence 18x24
story and a half, and contemplate
putting up a new barn 40x60. Hi
II family wife and three daughters
,s VIM. SIVERSON
h Owns 1850 acres and rents 100 more
t. He has in crop in his own place :
% acroc in Hov OK of cote ord 1OO of no,