The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-29
STEELE G0UN TY

NHlH EST of Trail county, North Da-
{ WW kota, is Steele. titles south of
parts of Grand Forks and Nell
son counties. It is west of the Red
river valley, but its lands are neverthe-
less excellent.
The hills in this county mark the
point where the edge of the great ice
sheet, once covering the whole OF
North Dakota east of the. Missouri,
stood. Meltine, the ice Left y The, ,snaate.
trials: Of .whieh 4fhe hills are formed, and
gave Is tife !, s. and basins,
smeotheds the tab4eland + al az gagesto:
them the ferials WHEN 60 TO make
some of the y erysssbest lands sinse the.
Z. e As5 in ssot her. COUNT les in North sBa
kafa, infsSteefe county there are scores
| Of. INSTANCES & here / farms have been
paid for single crop. This was
especially true OF fax in 1901 when
from Is to- 20 helssper acre was the
rule The yield of fax was less in 1902,
but that Of wheat, cats barley rand
speltz was greater. Thirty ito foay.
bushels Of wheat per acre issnot an IN
common WELD in some Seasons This
was espeeialiy the ease In 1891 and
1885,. 81
= Steele count just x att racteds at
tention s9of many Iowa = people, 3 who
came and saw and admitted that Steele
county. farmers were growing $40 an
acre crops1onf $f0 an acre lands, and
they quickly snapped upAsome of the
bargains offered. s. The price of land
has stiffened up somewhat. during the
past year, and yet therefafe some good
bargains in Steele county b.
Soil .s1s.'s - -a''stss.s
The soil is a rich glacial drift" one
to four feet deep, that 4is2easy to work,
never bakes, requires no fertilizers,
and is most maryeloa1slys productive.
The subsoil is. a rich clayss full of the
elements needed by growing crops. It
absorbs a, large amount of moisture to
be drawn to the surface when needed.
A good soil requires moisture for
growing crops. The United States
government statistics for many Years
show that the annual rainfall in this
region is a little over. twenty inches,
and about fifteen inches of this fall is in
May, June, July, August and Septem-
ber, when it is needed by. growing
crops. This explains why such abun-
-dant crops are raised in Steele county.
: The fact ofsthe matter Is. to make it
short, youg-can raise anything eln this
otl Lie
East, and much Z cheaper You can
build you home cheaper. Being nearer
!. to the NorthernEpine belt and also to
the Pacific coast forests, you can OBJ
tain lumber and building material
cheaper than in iowa. South Dakota
and some other Western states. To
settlers coming. here with their families,
they will find schoolhouses in plenty.
so the children. on the farm can receive
the same advantages as those ina the
towns.
Hope, while not the county seat of
Steele county, is the CHIEF town IN
the county, and is situated on the Hope
branch of the Great Northern railroad,
forty miles north of Casselton. This
is town of 500 people and contains
five elevators, the farmers elevator,
built at cost of $4,000, with capacity
of $4,000 bushels; flour mill, establish
ed in 1895, 200 barrel capacity and ele-
Vator capacity of 10000 bushels; fine
creamery, headquarters for the Union
Telephone company. two fine churches,
one high school building, costing $15,-
900; opera house seating 900 people,
machine and boiler works. the city is
lighted throughout by gasoline lamps,
cement walks all through the business
portion of the town, four general
stores, two of the solid banks of this
county, three hotels, two hardware
stores, three grocery stores, two drug
stores, three implement houses, one
furniture store, one harness store, an
up-to- date newspaper, published by
Pepper & Keene, that is credit to the
town as we'll as the county; -four cloth
ing stores, lawyers, physicians, and, in
fact, Hope has a representation in
every line of trade. SO that Eastern