The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-24

and Illinois. Here crops are raised wear
after year that are worth moro than
the land on which they are grown.
RMS is indeed the mecca for the farm
er OF small means Cor large means for
that part) who desires suitable place
70 bulld "a home and make his fortune.
thousands of acres of land, recently
belonging to the government, are now
covered with small comfortable homes.
and rich, large yields of the best wheat,
oats. Hax, potatoes, cabbage and other
vegetables
These are regions of cheap lands. the
last to be had in North Dakota. Home
seekers from the Middle West and
some from localities farther east, are
pouring IN, and either buying tracts
outright or making settlement under
the terms of the homestead law.
And this land is adapted to farming
IN most OF its phases and is well wa
tered and can ,be made profitable in a
years cultivation. Railway lines are
belng extended and new towns started.
From the first the settlers will have
good markets and the facilities and ad-
yantages which they left behind in the
East. The opportunities for all classes
and pursuits were never surpassed.
Competencies can easily be made in
these favored localities.
up an army of native North Dakotans,
race by themselves, almost, sturdy
and vigorous. intellectual, the peers of
any people anywhere. To these people,
as they grow to maturity, is being in
trusted to larger degree the destiny
of North Dakota, for this is a young
peoples state. The young men are
largely in control in business, in the
professional ranks, in educational mat
-tQrc and in TOlitioo1 lifo
MohaIl
Mohall, the chief town in Northeast
ern Ward county, is the terminus Of
the Granville & Mohall branch of the
Great Northern railroad, thirty-one
miles from Minot, the county seat, and
$50 miles from ST. Paul Mohall is
about one year old and Is a town of
about 700 people and growing very fast.
1t is one of the best shipping points in
the West and has six large elevators,
with combined capacity of 250,00O
bushels of grain.
The town is building a $4,000 school
house. which will be a credit to the
county, and you can see new buildings
going up all over town. The town oon-
tains 3 banks, general stores, hard
ware stores, 2 drug stores, lumber
dealers, implement dealers, hotels.
the Sherwood being the ffrst-class ho-
tel; 8 confectioneries, 2 very nice res
taurants, livery and sale stables, 2
meat markets, 8 blacksmith shops and
2 barber shops; opera house, seating
capacity 500 people; weekly news
papers, credit to the town as we'll as
the county; 1 harness shop, attor-
neys, 3 real estate firms and physi-
clans and surgeons. The business men
of the town pull together and in doing
this are building up the best town in
the county. Mohall is a good market
town, and farmers come for twenty
miles in each direction and always get
st. Paul and Minneapolis market
prices.
The town has ample fire protection
and nice clean streets, and good roads
in all directions.
Following are a few of the leading
firms doing business at Mohall:
The MohaI State bank is one of the
leading banks of the town and was estab-
lished III 1903 with a capital of $4,000,
and does general banking. insurance,
first mortgage loan and real estate bust
ness. They have 10000 acres of farm land
running from SIS to $25 per acre, and
any further information wanted of this
county please write S. H. Sleeper, Mohall.
N. D.
George R. Whitford & Co. are among
the leading dealers in general merchandise
of the town and have been in business one
year. They own the opera house of tho
town.
H. G. Bartz is proprietor of 'tThe Sher-
wodo," the leading hotel in this section
of the state west of Grand Forks. This is
a thirty-room house and everything in
frst-class shape, and the meals cannot be
eaAaled in the state.
]. E. Cramond & Co is one Of the lead
ing drug firms, and DR.. j. E. Cramond is
a graduate of the Hamline Medical uni
versity, of Hamline,. Mimi and one of the
leading physicians in Ward county.
Seth & Roberts are the leading hardware
dealers and have been in business for two
years, and have a very large trade.
The Imperial Lumber company is the
leading lumber company of the town. j.
7. Clifford is manager for the company
and came from Minnesota.
Mohall Security bank is oneoo Of the
leading banks; established in 1902, and
does a general banking, insurance and real
estate business; have about 1000 acres of
farm land and will answer all information
of the county. G. L. Newhouse, president;
N. Iverson, cashier, and A. N. Newhouse,
assistant.
P. Connole is the leading farm imple-
ment and grain dealer of the town and
has been in business five years, and came
from Morris, MINI.