Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-09-17
NOTES BY THE WAYSIDE
The Tribunes Special Correspondent Writes
from Brittin, Making Interesting Men
tiOn of the Old Settlers in that Section
of the County.
John Beal.

Brittin, n. d., Sept. l0-Telfer
township is largely rolling and the soil
sandy loan. 1t is section well fitted
for the grazing of cattle. sheep. etc.
Great quantities of hay are cut each
season for use in wintering stock.
Here we find the stock raiser and cat
tleman. and for the most part in good
circumstances.
John Beal is a typical stockman. He
settled here twenty-one years ago,
with no money and no acquaintances
took up a claim and started raising
stock. putting every dollar he could
accumulate into calves Slowly at
first his herd grew, but later as it be
gan to bring in an income for itself
increased more rapidly. Then came
the necessity for more acreage to ac
commodate them. About this time
1867, great many of the young men
who had come in from farming states
with an idea that North Dakota was
country of miracles and all that was
necessary was to throw the grain upon
the top of the ground and leave it
there, TO produce crop Of marvellous
proportions, finding work to be an in
dispensable factor of larm life here,
as in other communities. began to
mortgage their claims and to leave the
country. Mr.. Beal, seeing in the
claims valuable properties, gathered in
several mortgages at small cost. thus
adding to his possessions. until now he
owns 500 acres of good grazing and
farming land. He farms a hundred
acres or so each year. thus getting
plenty Of feed for winter
Jake Lamb.
Jake Lamb has been sick a great
deal of late. Nearly all summer he
found it necessary to remain in Brad
dock and treat himself for rheumatism
and now after believing himself re-
covered, fresh attack of the old enc
my has been the cause Of placing him
in the hospital at Bismarck Lambs
oldest son is running the place in his
absence, and seems to be doing a good
job The neighbors. kind hearted men
all of them, say they will take day
or two and all go over to Lambs and
put up his hay for him, if it becomes
necessary 1t is this feeling of good
leilowship among the ranchers and
farmers of this state that insures sue
cess to those who persevere.
The Welches.
The Welch Bros. G. A. and J. H..
have places adjoining and appear to
be in comfortable circumstances in
spite OF the adverse season Jim was
harvesting a field of milet to be used
To- seed purposes when the CORE
spOndent came along Eve use it for
the milch cows and the calves" he ex-
thar the wild hay No. it is not hard
to raise and can re done by any farm
er in North Dakota who cares to try
Corn is fine this year. | am grading
mine up, mixing yellow dent with the
native rec. Dent you see is | 2-row to
cob variety, while rec has but 8
The dent ears grow higher up on the
stalk. making it easier to harvest Corr
is an almost certain crop in this com
munity and would be raised in greate'
quantities if harvester could be per
fected which would cut low enough
to the ground to save the whole stalk
as we use that for fodder. AS it il
now we have to limit ourselves to ;
crop thct can be harvested by band
fon see | have been trying my bnde
on this field and it goes fairly well
If some one does perfect low cuttins
corn harvester it will have good salt
in these parts" Mr.. Welch snapped
several ears of corn for inspection
showing where the yellow dent hat
started twelve rows at the butt of th'
cob and toward the end dwindle'
down to eight Mr. Welch is scien
tlfic grower and will succeed II ther
is such a thing as success in the farm
ing industry He enjoys experiment
ing and every now and then plant
small fields of various grains to ties
them in this climate
A. J. Stark.
A. j. Stark landed on the shores o
America in 1869, desirous OF findin
the best part to settle down in. II
first went to Minnesota and stage
there for several years. working at tn
carpenter trade, then wishing to bet