The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-30

the extreme Southern states, slowly it
has worked it's way north, through Mis-
souri,, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and now
we lind Southern North Dakota raising
corn with great profit AS has been
said, each year corn is being raised
with increasing success in North Da-
kota and each year discloses a corn belt
marked by more northern limit. This
state will soon be as noted for corn
as for No. / hard wheat.
Other possibilities of the county are
shown by heavily loaded branches of
crab-apples, mammoth sugar beets, as
we'll as great fat hogs now to be seen
on almost every farm. This state has
never felt touch of hog cholera All
vegetables grow to a high degree of
perfection as well as to a great size.
jamestown celery is an especial favor
lite with high class caterers, and NAM
moth potatoes, always dry and mealy,
with never black or soggy center, are
the rule.
An actual visit is necessary to APP
prec1ate the greatness of the cattle and
sheep range which covers the western
half of the county. This country is Just
hilly enough to afford shelter to the
cattle, which, Notwithstanding the sto-
ries of North Dakota billiards., run at
large without serious inconvenience al
most every day of the winter This Is
peculiarly possible because the North
Dakota grasses cure into hay on the
ground and are as nutritious at the end
of winter as at the beginning. The hay
is to be had almost for the asking; cat
tie will be herded and fed for the sum-
mer season for dollar a head and
come out fat enough to earn for their
owners SIS or $40 per animal. There
is no natural money Garner to compare
with North Dakota steer
The center of this splendid county is
Jamestown, a city of 1000 inhabitants,
where building is going on so rapidly
that Workmen cannot be found to do
the work. A visit to jamestown, beau
tifully located among the trees in the
James river valley, furnishes an indis-
putable index to the wealth and pro-
ductiveneSS of the region from which
1t draws its trade. Fine substantial
buildings have been erected for the
conduct of the commercial trade, the
stores are among the largest and best
in the state and would be creditabIe to
any city Of far greater size. The most
conspicuous building to meet ones eyes
as he steps from the train, is the three
story white stone business block owned
by the James River National bank and
occupied in the rear by the Wells and
Dickey company. The Gladstone hotel
IS another structure of imposing ap-
pearance and an hosiery splendidly
conducted; other good hotels distin-
guish the town. The Jamestown opera
house is the finest auditorium between
st. Paul and the Pacific coast on the
Northern Pacific line. There are two
mills to care for the great quantities
of wheat raised in the country tribu-
tary to the city, one of them with a
capacity Of 500 barrels of flour daily
Two daily papers are published in the
city. The state hospital for the in
sane is located here and attracts at
tention from the entire country as a
model institution in structure and man.
agement. The division headquarters of
the Northern Pacific are located here
and creamery splendidly equipped is
in operation as an outlet for the cattle
industry of farmers too busy to conduct
a dairy.