Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-01-28
BIG SALES Of land MADE|
A. D. Clarke of Algona, Iowa, Spends
the Day in the City, and Goes
West Today.
Big Sales of Land That Have Been
Made by this and Other Companies
the Past Summer.

A. D. Clarke and D. G.. Filkins, the
former from Algona, and the latter
from Eagle Grove, Iowa, were guests
in the city last night and this morning.
They went west on the noon train to-
day to look after the land interests Of
Mr.. Clarke and the A. D. Clarke Land
company, west of the Missouri river.
Some months ago the company pur-
chased 100000 acres of Northern Pa
cific land in Morton county and the
adjoining counties and put it on the
market for sale in small tracts to set
tiers from Iowa and other states. The
company has worked systematically
in putting it's lands on the maket.
Parties of land seekers have been
brought out from Iowa and many of
them have made purchases. Much of
the land is good farming land, and the
sales in the past season have amounted
to about 100000 acres. Lands have
been sold in tracts of from a quarter
of a section to a section, and the COM
pany has done one of the most profit
able businesses of any of the compan-
les that have been operating In the
state. MI. Clarke is an old time real
estate dealer in Iowa, having been
there when the country was new and
was considered in much the same
light as was North Dakota a year or
so ago. Then he made considerable
purchases for himself and for other
persons, all of which resulted profit
ably. His experience there led him
to see the coming value of North Da-
kota lands and he was foresighted
enough to get in on the ground floor
and buy UP a large tract of land at low
prices, which promises in the end a
remarkably large profit.
Several fortunes have been made in
the sale of western North Dakota land
in the past few years. The Hunter
Windle Land company has cleared a
neat sum in its operations east of the
Missouri river, and now H. A. Hunter,
the president of the company is inter-
ested 1.-the recent purchase of 125, 900
acres OF land neal Sentinel Butte in
the extreme western portion Of the
state. The Hackney-Boynton people
have sold thousands of acres of their
land at a large advance, and are among
the busiest land companies in the field.
They are nov the largest holders of
lands east Of the river and their opera
lions for the coming season promise to
involve some of the largest transac-
lions in the state. The w. D. Wash
burn Land company has also been
among the large sellers of farming
lands and already settlers are begin
ming to come in from Iowa and Mime
sofa to be ready to locate on lands they
have purchased as soon as spring
opens.
The available government domain is
being largely reduced monthly. At
the Bismarck land Office alone home
stead entries are being received at the
rate of $50 to 200 entries a month. re-
moving 10000 to $4,000 acres of land
a month from entry. The same story
is told in other land districts. With
a company now negotiating for the re-
naming vacant acres of the Northern
Pacific in Stark and Hettinger coun-
ties, the last of the cheap lands will
soon be removed from semi-public to
private holding and the price will be
correspondingly advanced.