The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-02
r STUISMAN COUNTY A LEADER
SOME GOOD GOVERNMENT SUBJECT TO ENTRY-FINE
RANCHING AND GENERAL FARMING TRACTS AT BED
ROCK FIGUREs-A FIRM OF TYPICAL HUsTLERs

Lamberton Bros. of Jamestown, N. D.,
are rapidly forging to the front as prac-
tlcal farmers and real estate dealers of
the famous James River Valley in North
Dakota. They are western born and reared
and have a reputation for square dealing
wherever they are known. All their in
terests are in the west and they have an
Intimate knowledge of conditions prevail
ing in North Dakota and the prospects be-
fore the young state and the hardy, enter
prising pioneer who enters it to make
home. Statements made by them are
based on facts and can be relied upon by
persons who contemplate locating in
North Dakota. They are the publishers
of the Stutsman County Advocate, and
the following article on the "Opportuni-
ties of Stutsman County" is taken from it.
. Poor at Start; Wealthy To-day.
We have many examples of poor men
who came to this county with little or no
money but with plenty of the other in
gradients which enter into the makeup
of a successful farmer or business man.
and who are to-day recognized throughout
our county as it's most successful and en-
terprising men. Let us look for "a few
moments at Stutsman county as we find it
at the present day; not a county of pow,
erty stricken farmers, drouths and bliz-
zards as no doubt many eastern people
still believe from reading newspaper ac-
counts of special cases Of hardships and
calamftfes; but a land Of vast, fertile prai-
rie and rich productive farms. reveling in
fine crops of wheat, oats, flax and herds
OF horses, cattle and sheep which the world
has use for, and which command a ready
market wherever offered for sale. In ad-
dition to this, there are many other agri-
cultural staples which have yielded very
profitable returns for the farmers labor
The dairy industry is rapidly growing in
favor among the heretofore exclusive grain
farmers, and the time is not far distant
when dairying will be recognized as one of
the leading industries. Enough has al
ready been said and written, and sta
tistics given, to convince the intelligent
reader that this is not a land of sage brush
and sand. where nothing exists but
drouths and blizzards Therefore let him
readjust his preconceived views, drive
away that deluded idea, and look at this
growing and progressive county as it
actually is o-day. It is very true that we
j have gone through some hardships and
experienced some years Of scanty rainfall
and shortage of crops, but this is not Pc
: culiar alone to this locality. Has it not
also been the experience Of Minnesota
5 Iowa and Nebraska, and in fact every
state in the northwest?
Not a Boom This Time. 49,
Then at one time we had what was
called boom times when the railroads
were pushed rapidly across the prairies
and thousands Of people rushed in with
no object other than speculation, believ-
ing that they could soon get rich by lay
ing out cities and buying and selling town
i lots. Speculation went wild, and unim-
proved farm land was valued as high as
from $40 to $50 per acre, when land in
Minnesota and Iowa went begging for
buyers at from IS to $40 per acre. There
was also among these settlers many ear
nest and worthy people who had no knowl-
edge or experience in farming, and who
imagined that 1t was only necessary to
get possession of a large tract of our rich
soil. scratch it with q plow, seed to wheat