Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1903-10-01
GROWTH OF
WESTERN STUTSMAN
Steady Increase in Population During the Year 1903
The Town of r1edina Continues to Grow in
Every Respect..-New Firms and Larger VOL
une of Business Than Ever.

dren, exchanging farm products for
merchandise or buying with cash
from the sales of crops and stock.
The elevators are rushed to handle
the crops, the lumber yards are full
of men loading wagons with lumber
for new barns. granaries and houses.
The freight business of the railroad
company has again almost doubled
on all sides are unmistakeable signs
Of activity and prosperity.
This increase in population and
business, and remarkable increase in
tazble property. with the subse-
quent rise in real estate is spreading
eastward, and has been pushed along
by the active men who have gone in
to the towns east of Medina. The
same results are seen further cast
both in the settlement Of the lands
and growth Of the towns. With the
completion OF The new branch line
that runs northwest from Edgeley
the spread of cultivation of the soil,
and the growth Of the towns will
in few years transform the entire
face of this county south OF the
Northern Pacific track to the La
Moure county line, and extend as far
east as the James river, at least.
Those who have been interested in
watching the growth of Medina will
be pleased to know that the town
has allowed no back ward step 10 be
taken in the last year and number
Of new buildings are seen this fall
that we're not there before, while
other residences, and buildings are
in the course of erection.
Everyone comes to the post office
for mail It is general resort for
a brief period to exchange greetings
and hit Of social gossip OF farm
news. The office is one of the most
attractive country Offices one could
see in many days. travel, is located
in a new expressly built building and
Post Mistress D~yer is kept busy
with the increasing mail both for
Medina and the new Offices that are
being established in the vicinity.
Ameog the new post offices are
Spring Valley on the Putnam ranch,
Marston Moor On the NJ arston ranch,
and Paris. All are supplied by mail
carrier from Medina several times a
week. The post Office room has been
rented for drug store by e. F. Lam
ger, brother of the post master of
Sanborn, who is preparing to put in
an p-tO-date drug store with modern
fixtures and complete stock. He
has rented the room for two years.
This is a needed business to supple
ment the practice of Medina's re-
Gently received physician, DR.. Todd
who has an office in the same build
ing and who has growing practice
and is meeting with deserved success
i'm the practice of his profession.
THE CREAMERY.
Among che enterprises that help
the town and the business of the mer-
chants Is the creamery that was
started by Mr.. Dwyer and rscently
sold to stock company. 1t draws
trade that would 60 to other towns
and has a ready market for every
pound of butter it can make. Mana
ger J. L. Culver of the North Dakota
Land & Investment company is
the secretary and treasurer, Chris
tain Gieseler is president and r. II.
Davis is vice president and manager.
Under their direction it is expected
that even more patronage will be
secured for the enterprise and that
it will be a greater help to both
and town people than ever
before. The ice house for the cream
cry will hold 100 tons of ice and the
creamery is equipped with up-to-date
N EN lNLO1DLNCLO a MI . 4ONEAo.
A glance at the new residences
that have been build in Medina dur
ing the year shows number of neat
and substantial cottages already
erected and others being built.
Among the completed houses are
residences for j. L. Culver; E. P.
Olson, and Daniel Pressler of the
firm of Olson, Pressler & Bolinger; for
Fred Koth OF the firm of Koth,
Gackel g. Co; William Franks: G. f.
Snyder; Emanuel Snyder; Peter
Kerner and several others.
The Hackney Boynton Land company
has built new office and head
quarters building on the north side
of the track. the Powers elevator has