The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-23
\ UGBY is a town of 1900 inhab-
I tants, situated on the north CEN
ter of Pieree county, on the main

I'd UGBY is town of $500 inhab- |
tants, situated on the north cen
~ ter of Pierce county, on the main
line of the Great Northern railroad, |
and is the starting point of the branch
road known as the Bottineau- Souris |
branch. 1t has the best of train serv- !
ice The daily trains going and COM
ing east and west and one train going
and coming to and from Souris Rugby
is one of the best towns along the
Great Northern railroad between
Grand Forks and Minot, n. D., and is
the county seat of Pierce county. Rug
by has the same passenger and freight
rates as given other towns in the state
and there is a tendency on the part of
the Great Northern railway to grant
the best of accommodations to the
business interests of the town The
road has eight miles of track in the
yards at Rugby, giving them the best
switching service along the line. The
town boasts of its high school as we'll
as graded schools. The public school
is well graded and has six of the best
teachers that money can procure. The
school has done much to promote the
growth and welfare of the town, and
Eastern people will find good schools
for their children. The town contains
six large elevators and a flour mill of
200-barrel capacity, boiler works, court
house. opera house, five churches of
the leading denominations, seven gem
eral stores that would be credit to a
much larger town, three hardware
stores and three drug stores, two
banks, a credit to the town and county,
one exclusive clothing store, four inn
plement houses, three fine lumber
yards, two we'll edited newspapers, the
Optimist and Pierce County Tribune,
and a volunteer fire department of
thirty members. A local telephone sys-
tenn and electrical light plant are
among the towns accommodations.
The city is beautifully located and
the streets are we'll arranged, and the
business houses are a monument to
any community. Rugby has some of
the largest mercantile industries that
you viii find in the state. The bust
ness men take pride in showing stran-
gers through the town and give you a
hearty welcome, one that you will al
ways remember and tell your friends
about when you return East. Let this
be your guide: Keep your eye on Rug
by
Pierce County
This is one of the leading counties of
the state in point of agricultural prod
. uets raised, and no other county offers
better inducements to the Eastern or
Southern farmer than does Pierce
county. The climate is bracing and
healthful for your family. The average
temperature as shown by the records
is about 40 above zero. The county is
we'll supplied with the best water in
the world; wells of pure cold water can
be secured at depth of from twenty to
forty feet. Best of facilities for mar
keting your grain, for the Great North
ern railroad runs through the county
both east and west. Schools in all
parts of the county, with the best of 4
teachers for your children, good cream
cries for your milk and cream, good
markets at Rugby as you will find in
the cities. There is 1850 square miles
in the county, with thirty full town
ships Take it in 1901, there were over
10000 acres Of corn in North Dakota,
and the acreage is rapidly increas-
ing every year. North Dakota was
awarded second prize, a silver medal,
for her corn exhibit at the Pan Ameri-
lean exposition at Buffalo in 1901. The
famous Moose river and Turtle noun
~ tain district lands in North Dakota are
great lands for raising crops of flax A
single crop of flax often more than
pays for your land Investment in
this land is better than United States
bonds.
Pierce county's greatest and natural
advantage is her fertile soil. 1t con-
sists of rich loan, one to three feet
deep, with a clay subsoil of such a
nature that it absorbs a wonderful
amount of moisture and gives it up as
needed by the growing plants, thus
standing either wet or dry seasons
with remarkable results. 1t requires
no drainage, irrigating or fertilizing.
The annual rainfall as shown by gov
eminent records shows that Pierce
county has been favored at such times
during the spring and summer when
most needed by the growing plants.
Plenty Of good water is found on prac-
tiCally every farm at from twelve to
forty feet deep. There is no more
healthful climate in the world.
The soil is easy to cultivate, and
never bakes even when worked i'm
mediately after a rain. There are but
few stones, and these are on the sur
face and are taken out when the land
is broken and retained for building
purposes. There are no stumps or
roots to grub out, and fencing is I'M
necessary except for pasture. Work is
done with large machinery, thus en-
aiding one man to do the work of two
Oats, barley, rye, speltz and other
grains are extensively raised and in
recent years corn is occupying con-
siderable attention and producing good
results. Potatoes and vegetables of all
kinds are raised in abundance and of
the finest quality. Abundance of rich
natural grasses, good water and wild
hay make Pierce county an ideal place
for raising cattle, sheep and horses,
combined with good grain farming.
Mixed farming pays
1t is good policy to sell your Iowa,
Wisconsin or Michigan land, now held
to be worth S75 to 800 nor acre he
cause you can buy better land in a
better climate and land that will pro-
duce more dollars per acre for SIS to
$50 per acre in Pierce county, North
Dakota. The cheap land and free land
is gone; but judging from its products.
all land in Pierce county in the Rugby
region is still low-priced and leads