The Dickinson press., 1905-05-13
NOlLET.
Owner of Famous Maple Island
Farm near Saltwater, Mimi,

Owner Of Famous Maple Island
Farm near Saltwater, Mimi,
where he will ship sheep and
cattle to be finished for market.
Isadore Nollet, the Sentinel Butte
rancher, has bought a big farm near
Saltwater. Mimi, paying 100000 for the
same. The farm is beautifully situated
on the 500 Ry. and in the hands OF Mr..
Nollet will undoubtedly o become
very valuable. The place has go or 40
buildings and is a whole village in
itself.
Many people have done well in West
ern North Dakota. but few as we'll as
lsadore Nollet, who declined sos 900 for
his Sentinel Butte Ranch property three
years ago. He has been successful both
as a sheep and cattle raiser, and has.
always had the class of stock for mar
ket which commanded the highest
prices. He has been in the ranching
business for IL OF IS years and it is not
understood that he plans to give it up
at this time. Mr.. Nollet will likely con-
tinue to raise sheep and cattle on his
Billings county range and ship them to
his Minnesota farm to be finished for
market.
Fol some years past Mr.. and Mrs.
Nollet have been sending their children
to a Minnesota school; and only last
week the children returned from the
east with their father.
Mr.. Nollet tells the PRESS that he has
already made some very pleasant ac-
quaintances around Saltwater and
especially A. c. Hospes. guardian of the
big estate which he has just bought.
A Saltwater paper gives the following
account Of the Nollet purchase:
The Maple Island farm, one Of the
largest and finest in Washington county,
has passed into the hands OF 1sadore
Nollet, a rancher near Sentinel Butte,
N. D. He will convert the new pur-
chase into a model stock farm Tor rails
ing sheep chiefly, but will also give
considerable attention 20 cattle and
hogs.
The farm was acquired by the late
Isaac Staples about a quarter of cen
Ftury ago. 1t embraces 1,271 acres and
was put in fine condition by MIR. Staples,
expanding about $4,000 in buildings.
1t was part Of the portion of the estate
that was partitioned to Mrs. Caroline B.
Swain, n of the daughters, who is now
living with a daughter at Medford,
Mass. The sale was made by A. c.
Hospes, guardian for Mrs. Swain, under
a decreee Of the probate court which
authorized the sale of her real estate.
The price was $4,000.
MI. Nollet is now busy seeding a con-
siderable portion of the farm, sowing
barley and oats and will plant some
corn. He is also sowing grass seed
with the view of converting the bulk OF
the farm into meadows and pastures.
Mr.. Nollet has been here for some
time looking after work on his farm and
will spend much of the summer here,
while Mrs. Noliet will s%uperintend the
work on the ranch in North Dakota. :
The property is eleven miles from
Saltwater in a northerly direction. On
a fve-acre tract Of the farm there is
located the Maple Island station of the
500 Line. On it arc, to be provided
pens and shutes for the accommodation
and shipment Of live stock and other
farm products. Maple Island lake is
located on this farm. In it and one OF
two others there is good fishing. There
are also several meandering lakes
suitable for water for sheep and other
live stock.