Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1904-05-05
NUMBER 81
ATTACHMENT SUITS
AGAINST BEAVER
RANCH-CASES POST
PONED.

A number of suits lin attachment
were brought before Justice Pearson
Wednes day. cases being claims Of
merchants of this city and laborers
against the Beaver ranch near
Montpelier. The owner of the pro-
perty, Richard Curran resides in
Chicago. He is q contractor and
builder and came into possession of
the property in a trade for large
apartment house, it is stated. Mr..
Curran is not familiar with farm
matters and has expected the proper.
ty to take care OF itself and pay an
income besides. The ranch is we'll
stocked with everything to do farm
work with, and there is a large
amount of valuable personal property
unencumbered. The claims for
which attachments were issued are
for groceries -four, labor of farm help
and other debts contracted at various
times in the necessary running of the
farm. There are 18O head of cattle,
many Of them registered stock, 500 /.
head of.thoroughbred sheep, and 25
head Of horses, besides farm ma
chinery and lot of other farm prop.
erty. There are $500 acres of land in
the ranch, a large amount of it ready
for crop. There was no hay on the
place this spring for the stock and
Manager Dawson has been obliged to-
haul straw and get along the best
way he could till the weather allow
ed stock to Craze on the prairie. A
letter received from Mr.. Curran stat
ed that he would be out in short
time and the cases we're postponed
until June for hearing by which
time 1t is expected tnat all claims
will be cared for. The aggregate of
the claims is only about $1,000, a
trifliug sum compared with the value
OF the property.
1t is said tha5 number of offers
for the ranch have been made and
that the Lunds Land agency is among
the pro .pective purchasers. There
are $500 acres of land and the build
ings are new and in good condition.
The property is valued at some
s75: 900 and probably cost more than
that sum for many of the stock are
thoroughbred animals that cost large
sums
But like q good many other FARMS
the Bca YER ranch has not paid the.
owners, owing to the necessity of en-
poying high priced labor. and to the
fact that farm conditions in this
state are not favorable to the Operat-
ing OF large tracts Of land as a busi-
ness enterpl Use, wliie the small
farG1rr can always reduce his expenses
and make money. 1t IS p!ODaole tha5
Tie ranch Viii follow lie example of
many other large farm properties of
the state change hands soon and be
cut up into small, profitable fatmS.
IN the claims shat wee filed and
on which proceedings were EclG today,
O.. j. seller Represented tlic parties
bringing the suits. It is ptoba Die
thai so ne Of The litigation may
reach The listr,c- court.
NORTH DAKOTA FA NORED.
st. Paul Globe: The transcontinen-
tai lines Saturday withdraw their
cheap settlers rates, except t. points
in North Dakota. The cheap rates
have been in effect since March lst,
and although the movement Of home
seekers to the far West has been large,
the traffic had not been as heavy as
was anticipated by the passenger de
partmentS OF the three Northern
lines.
The extreme cold winter and late
spring. coupled with the floods in the
Eastern states. did much to retard
the movement. Passenger officials
say that the movement in the fall
will he large on account of the light
spring immigration.
JU DGES AS DEFENDANTS.