The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-08-27
COOPER TOWNyM. D.
SomethisgC oacef hing rigls
Go. It's People inprove-
ments Crops and
Prospects.

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In accordance with the previous an
nouncement In the Record It Is the
purpose Of the editor Of this paper to
publish q short article concerning his
recent trip to North Dakota, the soil
and its crops the people and towns,
the farmers and their farms, and some
thing Of the Van Buren, county people
who are now living in the vicinity Of
GOoperstown, North Dakota.
This town is easiest reached BY &c.
ing to St. Paul over the G. R. I. 3 p.
and over the main line Of the Northern
Pacific through Fargo to Sanborn
wlaeae you change to the Cooperstown
branch and 60 north So miles to Coop
erstOWR.
Coopexstown was started about y!
years acc BY r. G. Cooper who was. q.
pioneer IN that county and settled
there because he thought 1t to be one.
of the garden spots Of the United
States. The town grew rapidly and
is now the county seat Of Griggs Co.
and has population Of more than 1000
There is fine brick court house but
there has been very little necessity for
Court. The Recorder seems to be one
OF the busiest Of the county officials for
the large farms and ranches are rapidly
being sold, divided and improved until
the country reminds one Of Northern
Iowa.
Cooperstown has five large elevators
and q Touring mill. There Is q fax mill
where paper is manufactured from fax
straw, thus dlsposing of the straw
which formerly in that country has
been burned as soon as the threshing
machine finished It's work.
Coopestown has fine store roomsand
large and well displayed stocks Of goods.
There are two newspapers, either Of
which Is as we'll equipped as any print
shop in Van Buren, county. Beautiful
residences are rapidly being built and
trees have grown until the town Isl
losing the rather cherries appearance
ESQ many new western towns.
There are four churches which seem
to have good congregations and well
paid pastors. The Griggs county fair
Is an annual event Of Importance and |
this year the show Of fine stock was es-
pecially good. The race track is the
fastest In the state.
When the coal crop fails, the farmers
in Michigan, Minnesota and Iowa suf-
fer; when the corn crop Of Iowa and
Illinois fails the stock feeders all over
the country feel the loss; when q Massa-
chusetts manufacturing industry fails
every one knows about it; and when
the wheat crop Of North Dakota IS a
failure every household in the entire
country knows about the advance in
the price Of the star of life.
Drouth is the only thing North Da-
kota fears and farmers in the region
Of Cooperstown say that they know Of
only one entire failure. Crops there
vary as they do here, sometimes good,
sometimes only half q crop, but when
the North Dakota farmer does get q
banner crop Of hard wheat or flax he is
30 far ahead that he can easily sustain
the loss occasioned by a dry year.
The crop this year is only a medium
one and varies greatly in different To-
calities, the region surrounding Coop
erstown being better than many other
parts Of the state.
North Dakota isnot only far removed
from arid but is q certainly moist
region: Its soils are rich with the in-
gradients that produce richest cereals
and as farming and grazing country
it is certain to be q success.
North Dakota is now said to have as |
many trees and we'll developed groves
as Kansas and that tree culture is 4
changing the character Of the country |
and greatly affecting the climatic con-
ditions.
4AO OAON0U4Vu 0O NOVY6ISOOWu ~
about 1000 feet and it has a clearnessI
of atmosphere and healthfulness
scarcely surpassed anywhere.
The Sheyenne river, q branch Of the |
Red river, flows through Griggs county
about six miles east Of Cooperstownt
and is a pretty stream with banks lined
with trees and with the high hills on
either side so that the location. Of the
river is not known until one is almost
into the narrow valley.
There is plenty Of water at . depth
of about 80 feetand most farmers pump
1t BY wind power which is generally
sufficient. There Is one house in Coop
erstown that sells wind mills only.
Ito be continued. .
End Of Bitter Fight.
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born fight with an abcess on my right
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