The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-29

II rapidly. There are, within its
limits, forty-five congressional
townships, giving ample room for set
Element and diversity of products.
There lies. within its boundaries, por-
ton of the famous Turtle mountains,
these in the northwestern portion,
while across its center, north and
south, courses the no less famous val
ley of the Souris, or Mouse river.
There are many other pretty streams
tributary to the Mouse, among them
Willow creek, Oak, Boundary and Cut
Bank creeks. 1t will thus be seen that
ample irrigation is provided for all of
the land in the county. The land of
BOttineau county is quite as fertile as
that of the Red river valley, if, in
deed, it be not more So 1t is certainly
more fertile in certain mineral ele-
ments, lime and gypsum being most
noticeable. 1t is a part of that great
eXpanSe of the state commonly known
as the upland, and it is generally of a
gentle, undulating surface. This, ac
COrding to scientists, is the very best
character of surface for diversified
E2rming and is claimed by many Iowa
settlers who are to be found in all
parts of the county, that Bottineau
county lands are superior in fertility
and prOductiveness to the highest
classed lands of Iowa, despite the fact
that the lands of Bottineau cost but a
fraction of the money necessary for a
similar purchase in Iowa. Save that in
some portions of the country the land
along the streams is broken to a slight
degree. BOttineau county is situated
about the center of the north tier of
counties, in the state of North Dakota,
and in the famous Turtle mountain
district. This county from east to
west extends sixty miles, and from
north to south almost thirty five
miles. Bottineau county has about
$4,000 people and about L046,000 acres
of land, about one fifth is under Guilt.
walton, and from this amount was
raised in 1901: 2,222,000 bushels of
wheat, worth $1,220,O00; 5000 bushels
of flax, worth 100000 $1,000 bushels
of oats, worth $240,0 900; 1860 bushels
of barley, worth $4,000, and $4,000
bushels of potatoes, worth $4,000,
making a total of 81, 920, 900, or an aver
age of $3.50 per acre. To this must be
added the value of the hay, cattle and
vegetables. Even now the farmers are
busy drawing in last years crop of the
famous hard wheat which is recog-
niZed as the finest milling wheat in the
world. A barrel of flour from this
wheat makes twenty-five loaves more
bread than any other flour known. The
wheat from this county won first
prize at the New Orleans exposition
and again at the worlds fair at Chi
cago this county carried off the hon.
Ors.
twenty-five years ago Bottineau
county did not exist. Where now
there are busy villages and splendid
farms, the buffalo held almost undis-
puted sway. But the white man came,
and civilizing influences began to be-
In 1882 the first settlement was made
in Bottineau count. During the next
four years the settlement grew rapid
ly. In the fall of 1887. the produce of
the county was such that the St. Paul.
Minneapolis & Manitoba railway,
now the Great Northern, built the
Bottineau branch. Since that event
growth and settlement have been phe-
nomenal In the year 1896 all of the
country west of the Mouse river was
unsettled, and believed by many to be
good for nothing but cattle ranges.
In the summer and spring of 1898 set
tiers began to move into what is now
known as the Deep river country. To-
day. there is no land in all Bottineau
tiers came from New England, the
Middle states and the South, and are
prospecting amazingly. No county in
the state-and perhaps no section of
the Union-has been settled SO rapidly
and by such splendid specimens of
American manhood as the north and
western portions of Bottineau county.
Twenty years ago there were no rail-
roads, no schools, no churches to be
found anywhere in the county. Today
We have daily trains, passenger and
freight, splendid schools in all the
towns, and in the rural districts, and
churches of all denominations. Tele-
phone facilities connect all of the towns
in the county and state, and all the
modern conveniences are to be found
in our places of business and homes.
The soil is drift formation, con-
tanning both vegetable and mineral
matter, while the subsoiI is a wonder
fully rich clay, containing silica, lime,
potash, soda, phosphoric acid, nitrogen
and vegetble humus. 1t holds moisture
remarkably we'll, giving it out as it is
needed by the crops. The ground
freezes to the depth of several feet,
so that the accumulated moisture is
held back until late in the spring.
when it is given up with the natural
fertilizers at a time most essential to
the sprouting grain.
There is no better soil on earth for