Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-16
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NORTH DAKOTA FEELS 1T.
The Creamery Industry Is Working an
Important Change in Farm Enter.

Important Change in Farm Enter.
prises.
The Jamestown creamery is assured
by the organization of company Of
Iowa and Jamestown men to build and
operate modern plant. Hubbard &
Hopkins of Holstein. Iowa. and George
Brown and F. NJ. Lambert of James.
town, are the iScorporators. The ma
chinery is ordered and the building
will be ready by May if present
plans are realized.
There have been eleven new cream
cries 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 5000
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 Melina by William Dryer and
others, there will be three butter-mak-
ing plants in operation in that county,
all new enterprises.
At Kuhn, in La Mourc county, a
creamery is now making about seven.
ty-five tubs of excellent butter a week.
The creamery started at Oakes 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 business 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
thriving basis.
Tho towns of Hunter. Hope, Davel-
port, Wolcott, Erie, La Moure. Bel
mont and Hensel all put in creameries
last year, and Numerous other towns
are making start. 1t is predicted the
creamery business will make a great
change in the farm work of each COM
munity, especially in the central and
western parts of the state. and grad
ually increase the price of land. as i:
has helped to do in Iowa and other
states.
A rural mail delivery route is being
petitioned for leading from jamestown
to Ypsilanti and return by another
route. supplying about 100 FAMILIES.
Free delivery routes are being or
> gained in Barnes county also and
several farmers telephone lines have
beer placed in operation in Eddy
county.
New Cattle Ranch.
The Swartz Bros. of Harmon. ILL.,.
are arranging to start a large cattle
: ranch III the northwestern part OF
Stutsman county and put in from SOC
to 600 head of stock this spring. They
will buy or lease Il large amount oi
rar &c.
An Iowa syndicate has all the rail
! road land bought in enc township and
is buying up all the homesteaders
claims as fast as it can get title. 1t is
from the above syndicate That lease
Of pasture is expected.
The Northern Pacific lost by fire
about 1000 ties stored at Mckenzie
for use in completing the branch south
of that point. Water cars were sent
from Mandan and Bismarck and saved
a large amount of property stored
there. A. complete supply Of ties
rails, nails and other material was
stored at the place and all would have
been burned or damaged had not The
prompt means Of eXtinguishing the lire
been taken.
| jamestown packers have been pay
ing 51a cents a pound for North DaSo
ia raised hogs fed on barley spclti
and wheat, a..d Az CENTS for granted
steers. A large amount Of tho home
, grown meat is being packed for tbs
summer trade.
Manager Palmer of the Darlington
& Casey farms near Melville has re
turned from Florida. having had 6
narrow escape from fatal sickness
The farms will begin seeding with
forty-five men. and of the number
twenty-one are recent arrivals from
Sweden, who will work under the di
rection Of a Swedish foreman.
jamestown will have an election tc
vote on the question of dropping the
present school system and working
under the general law of the state
which provides that each city ward
shall have a representative on the
board. AS it is, four of the five mem
bers of the present board are from
one ward, an none at large, as under
the proposed change.
w. A. Bartholomew ee Pingree, aged
eighty-two, was buried at Pi::gree near
his farm. He was one of the Oldest
residents of the country and planted
and grew to maturity what is regard
ed as one of the finest groves of trees
in the state. He was an uncle of the
late Judge Bartholomew of Bismarck.
A farmers elevator company has
been started at Spiritwood. Stutsman
county, for the purpose of buying and
handling grain on commission. The
capital stock is $4,000 and the direc-
tors are William Thorn and Michael
Peterson OF Spiritwood and John
Knauf of Jamestown. The shares are