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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-12
RANSOM COUNTY LAND PAYS

his one-fourth Of the crop amounted to
more than SIS an acre, and he Immediate
ly went and purchased the farm, as he
said he could not afford to pay SIS per
acre rent, when he could buy rst-class
terest, which would amount to only
$3.50 an acre. He is now living on
the farm he purchased, and altho he has
not yet threshed, he said his crop would
pay him fully as we'll as that of last
year. .:' 4.
Visiting another portion Of the coun-
who had purchased a half section from
Walter l.. Williamson in 1902, too late
to put in a crop that year. He moved
on to the land in 1903, and has raised
two crops. The 1908 crop Of about 100
acres, and the 1904 crop Of about $50
acres. Wv T. p as>
The gentleman told me that both Of
these crops had produced as much
the land, and in addition to this, he
saw the land fright adjoining him SELL
ing for so per cent more than he paid
fof his land in 1902.
Ransom county was good enough for
many years and in South Dakota for
five years as a renter. He has been
able to make all the payments on the
land he purchased of Mr.. Williamson,
besides paying for practically 9. new set
OF farm machinery, anticipating pay.
out Of this years crop and having
enough grain left to carry him over
until next years crop; that he was in
better condition than ever before to
1 raise a crop.
I have only selected these two or
three particular instances from quite
good many that I have had related
| to me-.
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LUlVD THE LAND MAN TALKS
. or SIU1I,SllAN COUNTY
King of the Northeast in the Farm Lands
of That Regiow-St,0mg lnteyyiea With Wez-KNoan
Nesv Yorker quoted Atbroytgly

J. g.. Lund, whose name synony-
nous with land in all the prairie coun-
try of Minnesota and the Dakotas, is a
great believer in Stutsman county,
North Dakota, as location for the
homeseeker wanting frst-class farm
land at reasonable prices.
Lund's Land Agency handles more
farm land than any other concern in
p Der and 4 Familiar l hua acuuaintanee
with the prairie country makes him a
qualified expert. Besides, he has
proved his faith lin the valley Of the
Jim river by investing consider
ably in the farm lands of Stutsman
county. Consequently. when Mr.. Lund
talks about Stutsman county he may
be assumed to know whereof he speaks.
He believes there is no more fertile
soil and no more ideal farming loca-
ton in the world than lies in the Jim
river valley about Jamestown. f.
Mr.. Lund read with interest an in
terview published in a local paper a
few days ago, with Peter Van Camp, a
prominent New Yorker, who told what
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he had heard about Stutsman county
in a very entertaining way. Mr.. van
Camp got his information from an en-
thusiastic resident Jof Jamestown, and
Mr.. Lund agrees with the opinion. of
the Jamestown man, in every particu-
lar. SAYS Mr.. Lund:, ! -.
Brings Fine Returns.
1T have just received a number Of
checks and statements of crops and
rents, and am more than pleased with
the enormous returns from Investments
in that section. ~, .%&&5j X i.
"For instance, check for about
$500, being the one-fourth share Of the
crop Of 100 acres of flax, is particu
1.-THE outlook for business thruout
North Dakota never was better. 1t is
weston and the homeseeker is turned to-
ward North Dakota, and justly so, fox
a great many reasons. They are par
ticularly attracted by it's salubrious
climate, its. ,nearness to market, its
abundant yields, and it's happy, con-
strated that good homes can be made
in Stutsman county. N. D.. and I am
gratifed at the ideal opinion given by
the notable New Yorker. Keep your
eye on Stutsman county, for like the
republican party, something will be
DOING H..
MI. Van Camps interview, to which
Mr.. Lund refers, appeared in the Mime
apolis Tribune, Oct. 9. Mr.. Van Camp
got his knowledge Of Stutsman county
from fellow passenger on1a Northern
Pacific train, which was taking him to
the coast. His informant was ga nerv-
Gus, why looking fellow, with intelli-
gence and sharpness written all over
| him, - and bubbling over with informa-
ton about the Jim river valley, which
he gave Mr.. Van Camp as they sat in
the dining car, looking out on the land
scape.@ The conversation was started by
two ladies sitting opposite, who re-
marked on the monotonous landscape.
The "wiry little man. who, turned
out to be resident Of Jamestown, at
once took up the defense Of the scenery,
and declared it was the, finest in the
world to him. The elder lady had lived
out there a number Of years ago, and
she asked about " Jimtown.' Mr.. Van
Camp reports the ensuing conversation
as follows: g.
"Well.O our friend rejoined, eve
don It call it Jimtown any more. But
the census four years ago showed 5000
people, and we built about fifty
houses a year since,and they re all full
o. people, and more going up, so 1 sup
pose we are up somewhere near 1000
now. But you mustn't put Jamestown
in the class with any town of that size
back east. AS told YOU, have lived
all over this country, from New Jersey
to California, and I don It know Of a
town Of twice the size that does any
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WONDERFUL RECORD

It seems that in the fall Of 1908, D. II.
Callaghan of Davis City, Neb., whose
present address is Sheldon, N. D.,
bought the northwest quarter, l3-137-54,
=Cass county, of Mr.. Wheelock IS firm for
$23 an acre. Mr.. Callaghan moved
onto the land this spring, and cropped it
to wheat. He seeded his land early,
and was favored with splendid crop,
in fact was offered $l8 per acre for it in
the elevator. Bear in mind this was
on land that cost Callaghan but $23 an
acre, and further, Callaghan never put
in more than $500 in cash into the pur-
chase Of the farm. It struck The
Journal representative as being about
as good record as he had heard of in
North Dakota.
Mr.. Wheelock stated that he would
gladly furnish the names Of over seven
tyfve farmers in Cass county alone who
have made all the way from $1,000 to
$4,000 each out Of the land bought of
his firm in the last seven or eight years.
These are facts that can be verified,
and therefore cannot be disputed.
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Special Correspondence.

Sopeoaal Sorresponoenoes
Lisbon, N. D., Oct. z, 1eo4.-For sew.
farmers in the vicinity of Lisbon, Ran
som county, n. D., regarding the value
iOf crops produced on their lands this
year, in grains Alone leaving out of &C.
count stock and cream. I met a gentle
man Yesterday who stated that he came
400 acres of land near Lisbon from the
Adams & Frees company. On this quar-
ter section there was 100 acres under
cultivation. He rented, in addition,
some 25o acres of land giving one
fourth Of the crop as rental. He pur-
chased in the spring four horses, eleven
binder and some other smaller ma.
ichinery, his total purchases amounting
to some $1,000. '-'
From the crop produced on the 100
acres, on his own farm, and the three
fourths of the crop produced on the $50
acres of rented land, he Informed me that
purchases, the interest on his land, the
cost Of living, and his thresh bill, be.
sides having 1000 bushels of feed grain
still on hand. His account interested
me-, and this gentleman and myself
made a close calculation as to just
what his profits had been in the season,
and we found them to be little more
than $4,000 net, after making all of the
above payments. He said he had
farmed in Illinois for six or eight years,
and that his profits here this year would
amount to more than all he had made
in the time he had been farming in
Illinois.
/ met another gentleman who came
from Iowa in the spring of 1908, rented
LOO acres Of land, paying one-fourth Of
the crop for rent. He said that as soon
as he thrashed in the fall he found that
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no capital to commence with, except the
spirit that brings success even after
continued ragements-have in
large numbers been able to retire from
active life and give the farms up to
their sons, and take life easy With the
Transportation.
Look at the. map of the valley
and you will find a network Of rail
roads reaching every portion, made a
necessity by the wealth Of products
waiting to be marketed. These six
counties have marketed during the
last quarter. of century no less than
600,000,000 bushels of wheat alone, to
wheat to load $4,000 freight trains.
Look at the map again and you will
notice a network Of small streams, a
hundred or more in number, on their
way to the Red river of the North, and
forming perfect drainage system for
dition almost perfection as an agricul-
tural district.
A few additional artificial drains
have been constructed to augment the
work of these streams, but the area
needing such drains is comparatively
small.
The map is dotted with hundreds of
villages and towns, providing local mar
kets for this splendid agricultural dis
trict. When the valley was first set
| tied it's wealth was small, and the
splendid farm buildings, here and there
one heated by steam or hot water, the
excellent roads, the neat schoolhouses,
the pretty churches, the splendid school
buildings and other improvements in
the villages, and indeed pretty much
everything that makes the Red River
valley what it is today have been ex-
tracted from it's bountiful soil by the
process Of agriculture.
Gold Mines Not In It.
the United States will not equal the
products Of North Dakota s farms, anc
as a paying proposition the North Da
kota farm will leave the gold mine
in the rear ninety nine times out of 6
] hundred. North Dakota ships oye]
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said fwe have been paying so andes
cents pound for fancy butter in Wash
ington, but never saw any of it that
could touch the butter Of that James
town creamery ~
I found the manner of this patriotic
Dakotan very pleasing. He was evil
IDENTIFY thoroly sincere in everything he
said. He had written all over him
pure love for the country that was in
spring, and his manner, as much as
the fresh, crisp ideas which teemed in
his conversation, aroused my interest
sible. -. .''.,.,.~s'. r. t.
Something About the Valley.
f. "What about this James River val
ley9',I inquired. ~ have heard Of
the famous Red River valley ever since
I can remember as a great wheat coun-
try, but I can It remember ever hear
ing Of the James River valley before. -
"Well," he said, "I'll give you just
one pointer about the James river that
will make you remember it, and that
is that it IS the longest unnavigable river
in the world That is pointer No. 1.
You can prove that by studying your
biographies; but now I will give you
pointer No. 2, and if you will stop off
in Jamestown a week [ will prove that
to you, and that is, when you consider
all points of a. vantage, the James riv
flows thru just about the finest country
in the world.''
Our two women took issue very Wig
orously at once. ~ ..
."Well,'' said our man, 4"I can It
prove that to you from car window,
| but if you will all stop in jamestown
a week will show you about as inter
esting. time; as if. you went to the
! Yellowstone park. It all depends
wherever you go, in knowing where to
| look for the interesting things, and to
! me it is more interesting to study how
four or five hundred farmers started
in with practically nothing ten OF
twenty years ago, and are now so in
dependent and prosperous that they
own fine, big farms and can afford to
90 to California or New York, or back
to the old world, or wherever they came
from every year or two-to me, I say
that sort of thing is more interesting
than dead mountain or uselss pile
o. rocks. -
"But is that trueq' I demanded.
| eyes" he insisted, lit certainly is
You take stutsman county alone, and
by the way he interpolated, eve
are just crossing the line, that road is
the county line, and [ can count you
off on my fingers ten or twelve farm
ers who, am sure, didn It have a thou
sand dollars apiece when they came
to this country, who are now worth
cool and clear, over $50, 900, and bic
hundred more are worth over $4,000
and when it comes to the $4,000 boys
I can drive you around any direction
and show you one every two or three
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thing like the business; has anything
like as good stores; as good hotels, and
as good people. You see,' he went
on, "a town of this size naturally cuts a
lot more figure than a bigger town back
east. Jamestown is the biggest, town
west of the Red river valley and the un-
disputed metropolis Of the James river
valley. We have the state insane asy-
Catholic convent and school, which now
occupies two large buildings and is Just
about to build a third. We have the
division headquarters Of the Northern
Pacific railroad, with large shops and
several hundred men paid off there
every month; a splendid flour mill that
sells it's -four all the way from San Fran
cisco to Edinburgh, Scotland, and the
finest operahouse between Minneapolis
and the coast; and then, let me tell you
something about our creamery. A
Washington city nabob came out here
last fall on hunting trip and went to
the hotel for breakfast, and immediate
ly after breakfast began to. inquire
around where the butter came from. lie
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North Dakota is not having the rush
of immigration that it had in the early
days of it's settlement, but there is a
steady movement all the time, and in
some parts, notably in the Mouse river
section and in regions beyond the Mis-
souri, and Immediately to the east, the
new settlement and development are
marked.
The changes wrought in the country
north and northwest of Minot are
nothing short of marvellous. A king
dom has been developed here, and still
immigration flows in and more acres are
put under the pillow and more homes
started. The new settlers are all Of a
superior class and generally have the
means for a good start on the virgin
prairie. Land seekers are numerous
In all the newer sections and the close
crease in the population Of the state.
This increase in settlement is felt
in the middle eastern part and especial
ly in the James river country. Land
values are everywhere we'll maintainel
and there will be no going backward.
make no mistake. The Increase in the
valuation of his holdings will make him
well-to-do if not rich in a few years.
The history Of Illinois, Iowa and other
states will be repeated in all sections
Of North Dakota.
The Red River Valley.
The Red river valley is in a class by
itself. AS the "bread basket of the
world' it has made the fame Of North
Dakota world wide. The six counties
comprising the Red river valley in
North Dakota have about one-eighth OF
the total area Of the state, about one
third of the land under cultivation
raise one-half of the wheat crop, one
third Of the oat crop, and one-fourtf
!of the flax crop; have one-third Of the
assessed valuation and two-ffths of the
population of the state.
] One would have to go long ways t.
find more thriving or prosperous agri
cultural section than within the boun
diaries of the Red River valley. The pic
neers of 10, and indeed many who hav'
located here since that date-a larg
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Special Correspondents.

Special Correspondence.
Leal, N. D., Oct. 1O.-Your special
correspondent had the pleasure, while
travelling over the county of Barnes, to
visit the stock and grain farm of Fol
som and Green, located three miles
south Of this station. This is without
doubt one of the finest combination
farms in the state. It Comprises q. $40
acres. Of which more than 5000 acres
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are under cultivation. The buildings
are ample, complete and in perfect or
state Of cultivation, and the pastures
are filed with high gradesof stock as
will be seen by the accompanying pho
tograph: Upon inquiry ] learned that
the estimated value Of the crops of
1904 is $4,000, not mentioning the
stock.
j. B. Folsom Of Fargo, has this
farm for sale, including all the neces-
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sary seed, feed, stock and machinery,
and he will be pleased to give detailed
information as to the price and terms
upon this magnificent piece Of prop
erty, which can be purchased at a bar
gain, as well as many other farms
which he has under his charge. Mr..
Folsom has ha5 over twenty two years
experience in farming in North Dakota
AID is well posted as to values Of the
soil in the different portions of the
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Made in Cass County,
North Dakota.
Callaghan Makes a Cleanup
in One Year on an Invest
ment of $4,000.
c. A. Wheelock Talks to a
Journal Man.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Fargo, N. D., Oct. ia representa-
tive of The Journal in conversation
with Mr.: G. A. Wheelock Ct the firm
Of Wheelock & Wheelock, Fargo,
learned the following which seems
almost too good to be true, and yet it
can be verified by writing to Mr.. Gala
CHAN.
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NO DECREASE IN NORTH
DAKOZA'S IMMIGRATION
:Erosberity of the Famous Red Riyer


100000 carloads of it's products to mar
ket annually and literally feeds the
world.
It's products already 90 across the
Atlantic to every nation, with scarcely
an exception, in Europe, and within a.
very few years the state will be ship
ping it's products to the orient by way
of the Pacific ocean. 49,. .''~
In the early years this state was al
most one-crop section, wheat being
raised almost to the exclusion of other
products, but it is different now. It is
raising more fax than any other state
in the union, raising large quantities of
oats and barley, considerable quantities
OF rye, corn, potatoes and other root
crops, hay, produce, wool, etc., as well
as livestock. Still greater progress will
be made during the years to come.
Thousands of New Settlers.
Only one-ffth of the area of the state
Is under cultivation thus far, but the
amount is being largely increased every
year. Thousands of new settlers are
coming into the state and breaking up
and putting into cultivation more land ;
diversified farming is coming into more
general practice and better farming is
being done than in the past. Farms
| are being made more productive by
adopting a system Of rotation of crops.
| This plan obviates the disastrous re-
suits which come from depending on
single source of revenue. 49,.
The worlds largest farm is located
| in North Dakota. The Elk Valley
farm, near Larimore, in Grand Forks
county, consists Of nearly fifteen thou
sand acres. 1t has been in operation
since 1881, is owned by a stock com
pany and is under the management of
! N. G.. Larimore, with his three sons as
superintendent. There are about eleven
thousand acres under cultivation, a
large proportion Of which is in wheat,
but including oats, fax, barley, rye
| and corn. Farming is here reduced to
a nicely and the most careful economy
is used in every operation and every
| detail.
One Years Farm Output.
The estimated value of farm prod
ucts in North Dakota for the year
1903 was $135,0OO,OOO, or more than
one-half as much as the entire value
Of farms, buildings, machinery and i've
stock, as returned by the census OF
1900. =
The value of agricultural products OF
North Dakota per capita is higher thar
in any other state in the union. Ac
cording to the United States census il
was 1914 per capita, or an average OF
that amount for each man, woman an6
4 child in the state.
No other agricultural district in the
world can show better record thar
North Dakota in the development Of
facilities for the agricultural popula
ton, such as schools, churches, road.
and other conveniences, and no othe]
| agricultural district is better situated
as to market facilities.
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NOTICE.

Land interests wishing repre-
sentation on Journals weekly
page devoted to North Dakota,
write Ward D. Williams, man
ager Northwest advertising.
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On go acres with buildings less similar above
cut, Wells 90 Dcy Company, Of Janestoorn w. d. and Mime
bo un loanng from 5000 $1,000 These loans they
selling investors price netting the investor
he former for Red River Valley oan We have
doing satisfactory clients
We refer all banks in North Dakota Minneapolis, and ask
you if interested Minneapolis office for further par
cu Our long references and
capital and of nearly 100000 of fair
treatment WELLS & DICKEY CO.,
Bond Department. Minneapolis MINI.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-17
LIsliI.

Sheriff Jesse n Harmon Of Provo was
a Lehl visitor Wednesday.
Mrs. s. l.. Wens went to Salt Lake
city Wednesday for a short stay With
her parents, Mr.. and MIS-, William
Thorne.
Mr.. William Wing win leave In the
near future for English mission field,
The Y. NJ. NJ. l. A. Of the Alpine stake
will hold their yearly debate and in
connection herewith a concert az
American Fork in the near future. The
winner Of the debate obtains a silver
cup which Is held by him as long as he
can win yearly debates
Mr. Othneal Lund was a Provo yisi-
tor sunday
Mr.. j. W. Holden and wife left for
their old home at Manning, West Vlr-
ginia, the first Of the week, where Mr..
Holden is heavily interested In oil
properties.
Mr., Peabes OF Draper Is the new
agent at the San Pedro, Los Angeles &
Salt Lake depot.
Mr., James II Gardner left for Sugar
City Ida, Wednesday morning 10 in
spect the sugar mill there.
Mr.. Charles Crabb was a Sprlngyllle
visitor Monday on business
Mr. Joseph II. Ashton and Mrs Alice
Jackson viii be married IN the near fu-
ture and VIII make their home here.
Hon. Moslah Evans OF Garland was
shaking hands with old friends here
Tuesday
Hon. George Austin was a visitor to
the capital Monday
Mr. Elan Fouts has returned from
the east, where he disposed Of two car
loads OF horses
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BRIGHAM CITY.

Mrs, Maud Rich returned home from
been taking course in domestic sell
ence.
Prof, B. s, Huxley Of the Latter-day
Saints university Of Salt Lake was a
visitor TO Brigham last Sunday.
Mr., and Mrs David stohl have moved
back to Brigham from fremont
J. f. Bowrlng was visitor to Salt
Lake City Sunday last.
Elder ]. p. Olson has returned home
after a 29-mOnths absence In Sweden.
Mrs, Olsen met her husband at 81.
Louis and accompanied him home,
Messrs. Adoph and P. r. Madsen
went to Logan Tuesday to visit rela-
tiyes,
The Home Dramatic company went
over TO Bear River City Wednesday
and presented "a Vagabond Honor" 10
large audience In the evening.
Mrs. d. i, Eddy Of Victor. colo, who
has been visiting her sons and daughter
IN this city the past two weeks, re-
turned TO her home Monday.
Mrs, d. n. Hughey and children Of
Salt Lake City were visiting relatives
In Brigham last week.
Fred hotter returned home from A
30 months mission 10 Germany last
Monday.