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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-10-14
EAST PuTNEY.

The ladies' union aid society will meet
with Mrs. Ransom Blood next Wednesday
afternoon.
Paul Cobb visited his uncle Marshall
Cobb this week.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-10-14

Postmaster L. p. Bailey and his son,
II. L. Bailey, have raised this year 935
bushels of potatoes on three acres of land,
$50 bushels growing on two acres and 3S5
bushels on the other acre. They are of
the Green Mountain variety, the seed
being secured by L. p. Bailey in Houlton,
Maine, last year. For salable potatoes,
free from scab and rot, this is a pretty
good yield.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-10-14
WlLM lNGTON.
$50, 1000 Bond Issue for Water Works
Taken.


Work is progressing as fast as possible
on the water works and it is hoped that
they will be completed so that water will
be turned into the mains in the village,
although the pipe may not all be laid to
the springs on the mountain, the supply
being taken temporarily from the Nc
Harg brook. There seems to be a great
misrepresentation on the part of the mem
bers of the Forest and Stream club in
regard to the taking of the water from
the large spring owned by the club. No
move has been made i'm this direction
whatever. \ number of other springs
have been located and developed. no less
than nine in number, and the water will
be brought to reservoir. centrally To-
Gated and from thence to the distributing
reservoir
These springs are all at a distance from
Crystal spring" and interfere in no way
with it. This being the case and in view
of the urgent necessity of procuring sup
ply of water for village use, it would
seem that no feeling of criticism or an
tagonism ought to exist. There is water
enough for all concerned and it is for our
mutual interests that II be utilized and a
good system installed as soon as possi-
BILE. In case the springs referred to should
fail to give adequate supply, we have a
perfect right as we understand II to eX-
tend the pipes to the pond where an un-
limited supply is assured Col ]. II.
Gouldng, chairman of the committee to
place the bonds. went to Boston on Sat
urday and had conference with several
parties in relation to the matter. He re-
turned on Monday and on Tuesday he
received a despatch that a party stood
ready to take the entire issue, 500. 900 at
par and the offer has been accepted and
the bonds will be forwarded as soon as
they can be printed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-10-14

Pain from indigestion, dyspepsia, and
too hearty eating, is relieved at once by
Immediately after dinner. Don't forget
this.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-10-14
THE PUTNEY COLUMN
Iron Bridge Near Henry crawford's Com
peted.

The final work has been completed on
the new iron bridge near Henry Craw-
ford's. The selectmen figure up the cost
at about $1,000. They have iron stringers
for three bridges, which will be put in
soon, replacing old timbers. One of these
bridges is located on the Houghton road
below the turn which leads to the Gassett
place, another at the foot of the West
Hill road to Ann Holtons and one near
Deacon Prouty's. The iron is now in the
tool house. 1t was bought when the
new Crawford bridge was bought, saving
being effected by buying at the same time
Everything that the present board of
seectmen has done demonstrates the poll
cy of the board of having it's work char
acterized by it's permanency.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-26
A LITTLE ABOUT
THE LAND MOVEMENT

The last few years has witnessed a
great invasion of the fertile Northwest
by the immigrant of the East and
South This has not been in the ma
ture of a rush such as has been wit
messed in other sections Of the country,
but has been steady, sober movement
of homeseekers, who came into the
Northwest to live, gain competence
and build up home and, incidentally,
the country. Section by section the
wild land has been brought Under cul-
tivation, and each year has added to
the value of Northwestern lands, and
the invasion of the landseeker is daily
increasing. Northern Minnesota is one
of the most inviting fields for the pros
pective settler and investor on account
of its diversified advantages. 1t offers
him cheap and fertile lands on which
he can raise more than on the high
priced and worn out lands of the East
and Middle West; it offers great mar
kets at his very door, within $50 miles
of ST. Paul and Minneapolis, and so to
100 miles of Duluth and Superior. the
greatest inland shipping ports of the
world; it offers prairie, meadow, graz
ing, timber lands, where taxes are low,
good water is handy, fuel is at the
settlers door, and the woods and lakes
abound in game and fish of every kind.
The immense land grants of the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific sys-
TENS were bought outright, and are
now being disposed of to settlers and
investors by the Minnesota Farm Land
company, at S0S-312 Endicott building
st. Paul, Mimi. which has an adver-
tisement elsewhere in this paper. and
it is making exceptionally attractive
prices and terms this year in order
to induce desirable class of settlers
and investors to come to this garden
spot of the West. Tracts of any de-
sired size are still to be had in such
productive parts of Northern Mime
sofa and at such reasonable figures and
terms that the available snaps will
soon be taken UP. North Central Min
nesota invites comparison with the
most favored sections of the United
States. and viii not suffer thereby.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-26

great portion Of the area Of the
county is within what is known as the
area Of flowing wells from the Dakota
artesian basin. The expense of putting
up windmills and digging surface wells is
overcome, with its uncertainty of supply
when drier years prevail by sinking and
boring a well from 100 to 200 feet
deep, from which always flows an
abundant supply Of pure water, which is
not subject to contamination, as are the
former named sources Of supply.
While Cass county is the best devel-
oped Of any in the state, yet, speaking
in strict sense, the development has
scarcely commenced. Until within the LAST
year or two the farmers have not realized
what they have heretofore missed in NOT
raising stock and thus diversifying their
farming to a greater extent.
When one considers that every foot of
the county is susceptible to the highest
form Of cultivation, that the area of this
county IS greater than the state of Rhode
Island by 80 per cent and almost equal
TO that OF Delaware, and nearly half as
large as the state Of Connecticut It will
give the reader faint conception of the
future possibilities of this wonderful tract
of country.
But few of the primitive habitations Of
the early settlers are to be seen. The
sod house and lumber shack have passed.
Although the county is yet new, and
large area remains uncultivated, the hus-
Landmarks efforts have been richly re-
paid. Comfortable and commodious farm
houses and warm, roomy outbuiIdings are
the rule.
Good roads extend in every direction.
School houses are numerous, and the tour
list can scarcely get out Of sight of a
church spire.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-26

keen and good enough to anticipate
time and the future needs and growth
of the country.
Cass county is bounded on the east
by the Red River of the North. 1t con-
tains greater proportion of the Red
river valley acres relatively than any
other of the river counties excepting
Trails Immediately adjoining on the
north), which. by the way, has it's
western boundary SOME twelve miles
east of the western boundary of Cass
county, thereby showing a greater por-
ton of the valley, relatively speaking,
in the county of Tral1L On the other
hand, Cass county has more acres of
valley land and an assessed valuation,
both personal and real greater than
Trail county by more than 100 per
cent.
The soil is Of the richest The great
wide valley of the Red. Extending al
most to the wester1i limits of the
county. are maintained by many of the
best authorities to be the richest in
the world. That they surpass anything
on this continent there is no question.
But what matters it to an American
What the claims of a foreigner are if
he cannot demonstrate with results hts
wind assertion" The top soil is rich
alluvial mold, the result OF ages Of
vegetable decomposition. Science in
forms us that at one time this wide
river valley was lake bed. Whatever
1t was at one time does not so much
concern new settlers who seek it's bor-
ders now, for it proves to be the most
surely productive part of all the state.
The average annual rainfall. demon
strated by twenty-one years of record.
is more than twenty-four inches. The
weather bureau signal service station,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-26

after recording the annual rainfall for
more than twenty years, to be exact,
found the annual average to be 2412
inches. The su5soil without excep-
ton in the county is clay, of such a
character as to retain the moisture
and afford relief in those drier periods
which are characteristic of all coun-
tries, whether agricultural or other
wise.
The first settlement Of any conse-
quence was about the year 1876. The
fact that it was a wheat producing
country was particularly noted about
the year 1880, and following that there
was a considerable immigration which
brought to the Northwest spectators
and Adventures, but not farmers. A
new country, with Klondike fame,
attracted an undesirable class for an
agricultural community. At that time
wheat alone was considered the staple
and no attempts were made to raise
anything else. As the country has de-
yeloped and grown, it is now easily
seen that these rich acres are adapted
to the growing of the finest of fax, to-
gether with oats and barley-not sur
passed by any other country-and corn
of certain varieties, with as much GER
tainty as the growing of that cereal in
what is termed the corn belt proper.
The railroad facilities are the best Of
any county in the state, the main lines
of the Great Northern and the Northern
Pacific, with branches Of each. The for
mer, with its branches, extends in par
allel lines from north to south, and the
general tendency of the Northern Pacific
is from east to west, which makes an ex-
cellent network of railroad lines upon the
map. affording easy facilities to the
farmer for marketing grain.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-26

dowed, which, with the Academy of
the Sacred Heart, a Catholic institu-
ton, enjoys large attendance. The
state agricultural. college is also a
Fargo institution, with an attendance
this year of nearly 500 students. This
college, together with the state expert
ment station, is one of the foremost in
the land. There are also two excellent
business colleges. Churches of yari-
Gus denominations, twenty or more,
have houses of worship. The clergy
rank with the best. Benevolent work
besides that carried on by the churches
and different associations finds express
sion through guilds, whose constant
activities reach the remotest cases of
need. Fargo is the see city of both the
Episcopal and Catholic churches of
the state, Bishop Mann presiding over
the Episcopal cathedral and Bishop
Sandley is the Catholic prelate and has
one of the finest church structures ac
Fargo to be found in the Northwest.
The Methodists also possess a fine
building and are fortunate in having
an able pastor in Rev. H. G. Leonard.
While the people of Fargo are active
and practical, there is fraternal spirit
manifested through the presence of all
the leading benevolent orders. The
Masons, perhaps the strongest, have a
temple costing $4,000, the second Iarg-
est in the Union, and a library second
only to that of Iowa, which state has
the largest collection of Masonic books
in the country. Every branch of the
order is represented in the temple. the
shrine alone having nearly 1000 mem
bers. There is also club and read
ing room, open night and day. A visit
to it is delight to every Mason and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-26

The principal crops are wheat and flax.
No section is better adapted to these
grains. Oats, barley, rye. speltz and
other grains are extensively raised and
in recent years corn is occupying consid-
cradle attention and producing good re-
suits. Potatoes and vegetables of all
kinds are raised in abundance, and of the
finest quality
The strongest evidence of the wonder
full agricultural advantages Cass county
possesses is found in the fact that the
wealthiest citizens are farmers-the men
who converted the unbroken prairie of a
few years ago into the well titled, highly
improved and profitable farms Of today
have reaped the benefits of their own la
bors. And while many have profted by
buying Cass county lands as a specula-
tive investment their grains are not to be
compared to those won by tilling the soil.
Latterly more attention has been given
to stock raising, since the wild and ma
tive grasses make excellent feeding and
the returns from this branch of farming
have been highly satisfactory
To the man of small means Cass coun-
ty offers the greatest inducements Lands
are yet attainable within the county at
from SIS to $S5 per acre. Of the richest
and choicest in all Of Gods creation.
Here it is possible for a young man OF
modest means to build himself up and
become rich and prosperous, and a cit
izen Of community which promises to
be one of the greatest, if not the greatest,
in all the United States.
To the man who seeks investment and
~
offered at $25 to s95 an acre. improved
and with buildings are the best PROPOSE
tons certainly within the borders of the
Ntata
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-26

lovers of the beautiful. The civ also
has $4,000 Carnegie library, but. un-
fortunately, like many other similar
libraries throughout the country. is
not patr0nized as it should be. Fargo
has eleven newspapers two of +ban,
being daily and three in foreign Ian
guages.
Fargo is well built city Many Of
the business blocks would do credit to
much larger places, while the residence
portion contains really palatiaI homes
and numerous modest cottages, in
most cases occupied by owners The
government building, used by the
United States COURTS land office and
postoffice, is a $1SO0OO structure, while
the county court house is the best in
the state, but to name all the substan-
tial buildings would require columns
Of space Statistics which show the
handling of millions of pounds Of
freight by the railways; of postofice
receipts, showing a profit to the gov
eminent of nearly $1,000 a week. an
uncommon record in postal affairs; Of
one telegraph company, employing
forty persons; of telephone company,
with phones in use equal to each ten
persons in the city, and so on through
a long list could be given, but a person
only needs to see Fargo to be quickly
convinced that it is one of the great
est towns for its size in the country.
1t may also be an item Of news to say
that there is but a small bonded in
debtedness on the city, and that it is
being gradually extinguished.
Fargo is a pivotal center around
which can be found a wide field of en-
terprise.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-26

Edenic fertility. Wheat IS still the
great crop, the yield this year in Cass
county ranging from fifteen to thirty
bushels, despite adverse conditions due
to excessive rainfall. When it is known
that the county has 259 miles of main
and branch lines of four different rail-
way systems, exclusive of sixty seven
miles of side track, it is needless to say
more than that the county has excel
lent and convenient shipping facilities.
Fargo, however, has back of it more
than Cass countyiiit is the recognized
financial and commercial center of the
state.
In the transition of frontier region
into a live and progressive. common
wealth, Fargo has been shining ex-
ample of the right use of brains and
energy. The production of bread, but
ter and meat, the staple food products
of the world, the most solid and relia-
bic of all sources of wealth, is what
Fargo depends upon for it's prosperity.
The city has not yet(entered upon a
career of manufacturing, but as a dis
tributing point for machinery and
other commodities, it takes leadership
in the Northwest; indeed, it ranks as
the third place in the country in hand
ling of farm implements, nearly every
important concern in the land hav-
ing branch offices and warehouses
here. There are also a number of ex-
clusively wholesale stores with bust
ness this year estimated at more than
100000 for each 1000 inhabitants.
There are six banking institutions with
deposits close to 100000 while the
clearing house will show transactions
this year of $SO.OOO,o00. a record no
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-26

other city of the same population in
the United States can equal. The prin-
clpal mercantile houses would do credit
to the larger cities, most of the con-
Germs having developed from small be-
ginnings. During the years to come
there will be room for similar growth
IN scores Of other cases here, while
throughout the Country tributary to
Fargo there will be call for
new business Establishments to
keep pace with rural growth.
10 the capitalist the whole
region is most attractive. To provide
homes and business places in Fargo
there opens up an inviting field for
investment, Fargo is a viewpoint for
the whole state. There is a govern
ment land Office here, and companies
owning or having for sale lands in all
parts of the state have offices here. All
parts or the state can be reached
quickly by rail, twenty-six passenger
trains coming and going every day.
Municipality, the city is strongly or
ganized and we'll governed. The CITY
has twelve miles of paved streets.
fifty-six miles of sidewalks. sixteen
miles of water mains, owns the water
works and operates them at a profit,
has fourteen miles of sewers and the
streets are lighted by gas and electric
lty 1t is not claimed that Fargo is a
sanity city, but morally it is far ahead
of other Western places of equal size.
The public schools rank in efficiency
of instructors and character Of work
done with any in the land. There are
six ward buildings and a high school,
employing fifty teachers and caring for
over 1000 pupils. The Fargo college
is congregational school, well en-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-26


Fargo Is the county seat Of Cass
county, North Dakota. The city was
named for William c. Fargo, a North
ern Pacific stakeholder and one of the
founders of the Wells Fargo Express
company. The county was organized
in 1874 and named for Gen Lewis
Cass. The county is the largest in
area of any in the Red river valley of
valuation of nearly $15,00O,0 900. The
county has population of 28,625, by
the census of 1900, gain during the
decade of 9,O12. Every county in the
state, however, showed a gain during
the same period, whereas South Dako-
ia had decrease in twelve counties.
Prior to 1871 the site of the present
thrifty city was a grove along the
banks of the Red river, with trees
slightly encroaching upon the limitless
prairie. In anticipation of the coming
of the railway the town of Moorhead
had been established, on the Minnesota
side, and the first structures by white
men in the present metropolis of the
state on the west side Of the river were
built by the construction crews of the
Northern Pacific railway. The growth
in the first years was slow, but in ten
years Fargo had attained to the dignity
of possessing street railway system,
a horse car line running from the Man
itoba depot down Broadway and along
Front street. and out on Ninth. 1t has
been since abandoned. A new trolley
system has been given a franchise, and
the work of construction will soon be
under way.
Tributary to Fargo is a region Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-26

Cass county, the most populous
county in North Dakota, is quite gen
orally agreed to contain a greater area
of highly productive soil than any
other county of North Dakota.
Certain it is that the soil of Cass
county, well titled. win yield as much,
If not more. per acre. than the lands in
the Southern and Eastern states held
at prices double and more what first
class lands in this district Of the Red
river valley are sold at. This consid-
cred, it is not to be wondered at that
hundreds of the farmers from Iowa,
Illinois, Southwestern Wisconsin,
Northern Indiana and other states
where lands range at high prices,
should have disposed of their older
and worked out lands, to come to the
territory where for the investment of
the same amount Of money they could
secure a larger acreage of the newer
land, and where their seasons income
is proportionately so much greater.
AS has been stated, Cass county is
the most populous county in the state.
and yet at the taking Of the govern
ment census in 1900 it contained but
2S,625 souls. In area it covers nearly
1900 square miles; in acres this means
over 100000, of which more than
100000 acres are yet in their virgin
state. When the reader notes the
above figures and takes into consider
alton the fact that this county con-
tains the lagest city in the state, which
helps to swell the population, 1t will
be seen at glance that the future
possibilities and certain great devel-
opment which must take place, will
bring most excellent returns to the
investor and settler whose judgment is
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-26
+Deacit

The financial condition of the several
counties may be further shown in the
following statements, appearing from
the state examiners report: Warrants
IN the following counties are paid in
cash on demand: Barnes. Benson
Billings. Cass, Eddy, Emmons, Grand
Forks, Griggs, Kidder, La Moure. Lo-
gan, Mcintosh, Mclean, Nelson, Penn
bina, Pierce, Ransom, Richland. Sar-
gent, Steele. Stutsman, Towner, Trail
Walsh, Wells, Williams.
Grand Forks has no bonded indebt-
edness. nor has La Moure Pemhina
Steele or Traill Pembina county IS
without liabilities of any description.
As we have already intimated. early
education, based upon misconceptions,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-26
FARGO THE METROPOLIS OF NORTH DAKO
Its Location and Commercial Enterprises
of Dakota Trade.
Make 1t the Gateway

Located on the Red River the natural Gateway North from
sgringa
surprising rate facilities for handling
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-26

Prices settlers from $500 per acre on easy teri
and ndce All the elements to make happy pospe
Pacific railways and their branches Duluth the gateway the NohN
and good water abound he cheap fuel grasses grow uxuran
The evening world., 1904-04-07

This news, while 1t held the market
steady. did not cause any increase in
activity. The market remained strictly
professional throughout ana the out
side buying was OF small volume. There
was quite a little proit-tnking at the
high prices and some realization, and
there were traces uf liquidation In GER
tain quarters. The closing showed
slight gains. with trading dull Steel
Ntchison. the coppcrs and Reading
The evening world., 1904-04-07

To-dayu hiEhest, lowest and closing prices
and net changes from yesterdays closing
prioes, or from last recorded sAie are 80
followBi ~.
The evening world., 1904-04-07
WHEAT MARKET.

Cables gave an impetus to tho mar
ket at the start to-day, but II was not
sustained, as too much long stun came
out around 80 for July, and the North
west markets turned weak after the
initial trading. News from the South
vest was bearish.
New York's opening prices were:
wheat-July. 30: September. 81 is. Corn
July. b..
Chicagos opening prices were: Wheat
May. % 10 % "a: July. 81 10 S67-S;
September. 81 is to 81. Corn-May, IS
TO 81 3.i: July. SO 6-s; September. 81 1-2
to 81 as.
New Yorks closing prices we're:
Wheat-May. 96 IA; July. 90 is. Septerl-
ber. 81 t-i. Corn-May. 90 rs bid: July.
s. 5-S bid
Chlcago's closing prices were: Wheat
May. ~ SIS; July. 81 bid; September.
50 s-4 to so I-s Corn-April, 90 is; MAY,
90 is; July. 81 IA bid; September, so bid