The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-04
NORTH DAKOTA
N. DAKOTA FEELS IT
The Creamery Industry Is Working
an Important Change in Farm 81
+ Enterprises.
All Lands Will Soon Be Higher, Too
How the Business Is
.. Developing.
Special to The Journal.

special TO An0 JOuIHdls q
Jamestown, N. D., April 4.-The James
town creamery is assured by the organiz-
alton of u company Of Iowa and James,
town men to build and operate a modern
plant. Hubbard & Hopkins of Holstein,
| Iowa, and George Brown and F. M. Lam
bert Of Jamestown, are the 1ncorporators.
The machinery Is ordered and the puild-
ing will be ready by May 1, If present
plans are realized. ..s,. .: ,u-~ /
There have been eleven new creameries
started east of the James river this year
| in central North Dakota and several are
being organized for the Red river valley
proper, The creameries Of two towns in
| one Of the counties In the western part of
| the state paid the farmers over $4,000
last year. A new creamery has been
guaranteed the people in the vicinity Of
| Cleveland in Stutsman county also, and
with the creamery started last year at
Medina, by William Dwyer and others,
there will be three butter making plants
in operation in this county, all new enter
prises.
At Kuhn in La Mour>aeounty a creamery
is now making about seventy five tubs of
. excellent, butter a week. The creamery
started at Cakes has doubled its capacity
and last year paid out to the farmers from
that one plant over $4,000. Four years
| ago it was running along with little busi-
ness as cheese factory, but the farmers
have begun to realize the advantages of
the sale Of butter fat and have added
more COWS until the concern is on a thriv-
ing basis.
The towns Of Hunter, Hope, Davenport
Wolcott, Erie, La Moure, Belmont and
! Hensel all put in creameries last year and
? numerous other towns are making a start
/ It is predicted the creamery business will
make a great change in the farm work OF
each community, especially in the centra
e and western parts of the state, and grad
e ually increase the price of land, as 1t has
e helped to do in Iowa and other states.
rural mail delivery route is being
petitioned for leading from Jamestown tt
n Ypsilanti and return by another route
: supplying about 100 families. Free deliv
,. cry routes are being organized in Barnes
n county also and several farmers telephon,
lines have been placed in operation IL
I. Eddy county.
u New Cattle Ranch.
= The Swartz Bros, Of Harmon, ILL.,, ar
, arranging to start large cattle ranch il
= the northwestern part of Stutsman count
- and put in from 500 to 600 head of stoc
= this spring. They will buy or lease
large amount of range. s.>
An Iowa syndicate has all the railroa
~ land bought in one township and is buy
~ ing up .all the homesteaders' claims a
'. fast as 1t can get title. It is from tn
above syndicate that lease of pasture
expected. ,2+&
~ me NOrlneTn Pdcl1C lOSC Oy zhre aDOu
III 1000 ties stored at Mckenzie for use i
r completing the branch south Of that poin
L.. Water cars were sent from Mandan an
Bismarck and saved a large amount (
property stored there. A complete suppl
;e Of rails, ties, nails and other materi,
+ was stored at the place and . all woul
IN have been burned or damaged had not til
at prompt means Of extinguishing the fiji
IS been tax en-. E 4,
jamestown packers have been pawn
511 cents a pound for North Dakota raise
Id hogs, fed on barley, speltz and wheat an
I'd AZ cents for grain fed steers. A lare
ce amount Of the home grown meat is bein
packed for the summer trade.
"A Manager Palmer Of the Darlington
Casey farms, near Melville, has returne
from Florida, having had a narrow oscar
from a fatal sickness. The farms wi
0t begin seeding with forty-f1ve men, an
of the number twenty-one are recent al
rivals from Sweden who will work undt
!. the direction of a Swedish foreman
Jamestown will have an election on tt
- 9Th to vote on the question of droppin
the present school system and workir
is under the general law Of the state, whic
q provides that each city ward shall have
ss representative on the board. AS 1t is. TO,
= Of the five members Of the present boar
81 are from one ward, and none at large,
rs under the proposed change.
W. A. Bartholomew of Pingree, aged 8
"a is was buried IueSQay at Plngree, near n
on farm He was one of the Oldest residen
es of the country and planted and grew j
on maturity what is regarded as one OF IL
finest groves of trees in the state. He W:
Is an uncle of the late Judge Bartholome
s. of Bismarck.
Farmers Building Elevators.
.Is A farmers elevator company has be,
in started at SpiritWood, Stutsman count
ed for the purpose of buying and handlil
ce grain on commission. The capital sto
@ Is $4,000 and the directors are Villa