Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-12

ing your foot in the ground and pull
you have the flowing well.
Farmers appear to be doing we'll
Nearly all of them have fine houses
and large red barns which makes the
country look fine.
saw one field that was dry enough
to work land there were IL 4-horse
teams at work on leland. We passed
one farm that plowed on six miles land;
the teams made one round in the fore
noon and one in the afternoon. | al
so saw twelve binders setting in one
barn yard.
Mr.. Houstin, inventor of the Kadak,
lives one-half mile from the nice town
of Hunter, North Dakota. He has fine
buildings; also large fax gin on farm
and owns nearly the whole town and
six or seven sections of as fine land as
you ever saw.
Land is selling at S1o to $40 per acre
according to location and improve
ments. There are more people leaving
here for the west and Canada than are
leaving Grant county for the west.
Those people are most of them selling
to eastern buyers. Canada has the
preference on account of the land be-
ing cheaper. Most of them say they
are going for cheaper lands but think
they are going for their health as you
know North Dakota is a prohibition
state and nearly everybody is sick, at
least they carry bottle.
I am surprised at seeing so many
fine rigs and horses. You can see
more fine turnouts in town the size
of Fennimore and Lancaster than is
owned in all Grant county. saw one
livery in New Rockford, Co. seat of
Eddy Co.. thatsused nothing but rub
Der tired rigs. All the towns have fine
stores and lots of fine dwellings but
the hotels are nothing to brag about
I would like to have some patrons OF
the Lancaster hotels that kick about
their fare come and try these. Our
landlord went out to ring the dinner
bell the other day and big dog sat up
great howl. The landlord sat the
bell down and gave him kick in the
ribs, saying, "You son of b-h, you
don't have to eat it"
My wife has often told me that she
has an aunt in Canada. I was up there
the other day looking but don't think
I found the right one.
think this is the best soil | ever
saw-a heavy black muck all along the
Red river valley. was talking with a
preacher the other day about the soil
(by the way, he was a distant relative
of Rev. BROWN, and he said it was i'm
possible to raise pumpkins here as the
vines run so fast it wore the pumpkins
out dragging them around. Last Sun
day he went out to preach and thought
he would wrap his vine around a tree
to save the pumpkins while he was gone
but it run around the tree so fast that
it wore the bark all off and killed the
tree.
1t seems odd to see no corn fields
here but the seasons are too short fol
| it to mature Another thing seems
queer to see so few sparrows here
| Ola S0UUl0rS COlI NE GudG Gu0 SSdSOuS
are too cold for them to hatch, but
| what few are here have gotten smart
and are building their nests in COWS
ears and there will not be many spar
rows until there are more creamerles
built so they can raise more COWS, tC
| have more ears, to make more nests, tic
hatch more sparrows.
This is the incest country to ride the
railroad you ever saw; no grades, cuts
curves or woods to hide the view; it al
ways reminds me of my friend, Dr..
Bailey of Fennimore when he lived III
Dakota. doc. is rather piously IN.
clined naturally, and it so happened
that he wanted to make trip on the
railroad and the minister told him to
put on a white neck-tie and he would
look like preacher: then he would let
him have his pass and he could ride
free. Doc is kinder savin so he &C
! copied the offer and the pass worked