The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1903-08-14
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RICHBURG.

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Rich burg to Lsnsford' Isl the |
\ theme Of 4 Courant representative who
eats peck Of dirt and says some
things.
"a representative of The Conrant
dropped into Lansford the latter part
Of the week. He drove over from
\ Richburg in company not in custody
of Deputy Sheriff Derby Usually a
drive across country is pleasure at
this time of the year but a more disa-
e greeable trip in summer time | have
never experienced. Old Boreas was
at his best and plugged our eyes and
ears and mouths full Of dust, and think
Of it! we couldn't get thing to wash
our throats with until we got to Rem
vile, were we had to content ourselves
with cold tea at least that is all your
correspondent could get. The deputy
4 may have seized something else, but il
4 told your readers in the recent COM
munication that the crops Were look
ins fine around and to the north of
4 Richburg and an, pleased to say that
j as fan south as Lansford the same condi-
tions exist. Much OF the grain, barley
particularly, was about ready for the
reaper, and oats and wheat and in
few instances, flax, are ripening fast
and give promise of q large yield. We
1 could see Lansford from a few miles
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4 south of Renyille 1t occupies an
elevated position and from distance
has quite an imposing appearance. A
closer acquaintance, of course, dis
closed a hamlet of about fifty buildings
punched together, running westward
along two sides of what may be a
street when the town is laid out.
Lansford townsite occupies the n w
and the w, x Of the N. E. of
section 3. township 10, Range SO. $40
acres in all. The extension of the
Great Northern enters near the north
east corner of the townsite and runs
from there to the northwest corner.
The grading was about finished to the
end of the extension when we arrived
and the grading crew We're to so south
to the boundary OF the county to do
some filing after which the whole crew
will move across to Richbnrg and
assist with the work there.
AT present the country surrounding
Lansford is unimproved but is all
taken mp. This, of course will,
whether the. iron is laid this fall Oh
not, limit the amount OF business tc
be done by merchants at Lansford to d
small area and is inst probable that nc
fortunes will Sbe made for a couple of
years when the face of the country
is changed and the prairie dis
appears The soil seems to be very
good, though. to my mind, not equal
to that to the north This may be
my mistake and I hope it is.
Lansford as have said, now con
sists of about fifty buildings of various
sizes and none of them very large.
AS is the case with all new towns,
they have been thrown together in a
hurry, all frame, and not adapted to
keep out the frost. The most pre-
tentious building in. the place is the
Alma Hotel and Restaurant built
and being conducted by Harry carp,
formally Of Bottineau. It is a large
two-story building, sOx90 I think, and
is finished all but the second fat which
remains to be plastered Here an up
to-date meal is to be had at popular
prices and unnecessary to say, Harry
is doing a good business. OF the mer
camille houses, that of Banks Bros. il
the largest, and the brothers are doing
and will continue to do their share 81
the trade of Lansford. To enumerate
noticed hardware with another il
course Of erection by the Garden Co.
Of Souris a drug store, two banks
several general stores, eating houses
two barber shops, pool room, twt
livery stables, real estate Office, 4
church building and last but not leas
printing Office, that OF the Lansfort
Times, Of which J. w, Schnitzler
well known in Bottineau, is the editor
The Times, formerly the Golden Sheaf
is live paper. neatly printed, vel
patronized and q credit to the place
"a lawyer has not vet appeared to Great
disturbing feeling IN the young com
munity but it is just possible that on,
has reached there by this time in th,
s person Of our old friend Guy Il. Scott
late Of Richburg and formerly Of Bot
tineau AS for the medical profession
DR. Geo. A Sarchet Of Renyille wa
J early on the scene and has been look
ing after the health Of the community
What is needed at once j. school, q
the juvenile proportion Of the inhabi
tants is consid cradle OF course j
takes time to organize q school distric
but that Isl the reason that actio,
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