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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-12-22
'Klipper Klub' skates for young
and old are sold by Granbs q VOL

Hare 8 French have just received
q large assortment Of Lisk antitrust
ware, consisting OF wash boilers,
wash tubs. slop pals. resisting pans,
milk and water padls. sauce pans. let-
ties and coffee and tea pots. and Ar
gentine ware. These goods are first
class and every piece Is warranted for
five years. s
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-12-22

If you don't give your girl a dainty
box Of Funke's chocolates for Christ,
mas you can't expect to win. Rich.
holt has them.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-12-22

. Fresh beef and pork at wholesale
or In small chunks, sold at Logans.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
Business Opportunities IN
VeU Great Northern IOauus
Unsurpassed Openings tit All Phases Of Legitimate Trade and
Permanent Home Building in 7ovus Just Located BY
the Dakota Detachment Company.

Justice to himself and those dependent
upon him neglect this opportunity.
Fortune knocks at the door but once
and this may be your turn.
Full information as to the choicest
locations can be secured from D. N.
Tallman Of Willmar, MINI.
Chances on the York Branch.
The extension from York northwest
runs thru what is known as the rich
Ok Creek and Island Lake districts,
where a large area of land is under cul-
tivation and farmed by some OF the
best farmers in North Dakota There,
is no better soil in the state and good
crops are always assured in this To-.
cality. Thorne is the terminus OF the
line and will become a thrifty town, as
the country round about IS we'll settled
and the soH is deep black loan with
clay subsoil. At Wolford will be built
one of the best towns on the York
branch. Seven miles north of Wolford
is Selden, which will have a. good terri
tory to draw upon.
Four or five standard elevators will
be built in each of these new towns
this summer in time to take care of this
wears crops No mistake can be made
in buying lots in any Of these new
towns.
What History Shows.
| The history of the northwest is re-
plete with instances of young men ana
women, who. with no other capital but
| industry and thrift have become in
dependent in their own homes. Thous-
ands of renters, discouraged with the
| battle for a home and existence IN the
east, have immigrated to the, great
| foxxy
we'll do, owning homes OF their own,
and reaping the reward of honest labor.
The opportunities that have made the
northwest the Mecca of the homeseek-
er in the past few years still remain.
They can be found in the new towns on
the new railway lines, where all the
good places in business and profitable
toll have not been usurped and where
the honest, industrious young man car
begin a career and the older man start
anew without the handicap they woulo
be under in moving to an old town
where business has been logging along
in the same old channel and handled by
the same men for many years.
Horace Greeley told the Young mar
to go west. Were he alive today ne
would amend his injunction by adding
Eand settle in a new town"
The One Chance of Lifetime.
To the owners of homes in the centra
and eastern states: Are you still goinl
to encourage your children to commence
the unequal struggle in their present
surroundings. or will you assist them t.
do as you did in your younger days
to go where land is new and cheap. an,
4 where chances still remain to establish
a home like yourselves and become in
dependent?
The rush for locations in the new
Great Northern towns in the northern
part Of North Dakota indicates that ;
| strong contingent, representing all sec
tions Of the country, realizes that op
portunities like the present are no
of business and professional men, in
vestors and farmers.
Ward D. Williams.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24

canal has been formed as required by
under the homestead act, as modified by
the reclamation act. The cost Of irri-
cation works and the expense of furn-
ishing water to given district will be
apportioned pro rata to the acreage
benefited and the cost per acre, thus obs
tanned, is what the settler pays for the
land and the water rights. i'll ten an
nual payments without interest.
The cost per acre varies with the cost
Of the project. the term used by the
government engineers to designate irri-
cation plans and work in a given dis
trict. On projects SO far undertaken
the cost runs from $15 to $50 an acre.
The reclamation service carefully con-
siders the character of the land, it's
proximity to markets and transporta-
ton facilities before undertaking any
improvements, in order to make sure
that there will be left an ample margin
of value above the cost Of the work
when completed.
The purchase money received by the
clamation fund to be used over and over
again in building other canals and in
supplying water to new districts.
Projects Planned.
The irrigation projects along the lines
| of the Northern Pacific railway or
which work will probably be inaugu
rated during the present year by the
government reclamation service are the
lower Yellowstone canal, which will irri
gate 10000 acres in Montana and 10000
acres in North Dakota, and severa
others of Importance. The Yellowstone
canal will take water from the Yellow
stone river at point about Thirteen
miles below Glendive, Mont. An asso
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24

citation of the land owners under the
the reclamation service and is called
the Lower Yellowstone Water Users as
ISOLATION. It is expected that all of
the necessary preliminary work will be
completed within sixty days, after
which, contracts for the construction of
the canal will be awarded.
canals are contemplated by the recla-
nation service, one of which, known as
the Huntley project, will irrigate 10000
acres and will be put under contract
within few weeks, it is expected. The
lands irrigated by this canal are in the
vicinity Of Hurtley Station on the line
Of the Northern Pacific, short distance
east of Billings, Mont. It is expected
that at least two other good irrigation
projects will be developed on the Crow
reservation, as surveys already made
indicate that they are feasible and that
their cost will be low.
ice is endeavoring to remove the OBJ
stacles in the way Of the Washtucna
Coulee project, which is to irrigate 1O0,-
| 900 acres of land in the vicinity of
Pasco. This is one Of the largest
projects so far undertaken by the gov
eminent and involves the construction
of large dam across the mouth OF
Washtucna Coulee for the purpose OF
creating a reservoir in which to store
principal obstacle lies in the fact that
the coulee is now occupied by the tracks
4 Of the Oregon Railway & Navigation
company, branch line connecting with
the Northern Pacific at CAMEL. This
branch must be moved to higher lanc
4 If the government engineers 20 forward
/ with their plans. It is understood thai
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
Eageley- Dnps0n Extension
The Line Completed from Edgley Gae and Is One Of the
asss Best Built Lines in the State Of North
Il @a Dakota. s.
The Runs Northwest Seven Miles to Deasan the First Town.
Continuing to Jud, Alfred and Gacke
in Logan County
construction, situated in northeast Logan
county, and the center of large, diver
sifed farming community.

construction, situated in northeast Logan
county, and the center of large, diver
sified farming community.
Towns on the Line. -
Deasam, the first, was plated in the
later part of May, on section 6, town
ship 1884, range Ga Before the plats were
of record, several pieces of property were
contracted for, and the Phoenix Lumber
company began the erection of office and
sheds for it's business. They now have
a building 40 feet long, affording plenty.
of room for all lumber and material neces-4
sary to keep under cover.
For hotel, restaurant, store. black
smith shop, ETC., sites are sold, and build
ing will commence at once. (
Jud, the second town, has had post-a
office for over year, known as Cum
thorp. The North Star Lumber company
is erecting large office and lumber accom- 9
modations.
The Salzer Lumber company will begin
operations at once on similar buildings.
Lots have been sold for bank, hotel, res
taurant, three stores, etc. ~
Alfred has a lumber yard, store and
postoffice, with other enterprises in pros-s-
pect. II
Gackle, the last town located, is on
section 5-136-67, Logan county. 1t all
ready has two lumber yards, one general
store, livery stable, restaurant, and prop-a
erty sold for number Of other kinds Of
| business, including bank. Is
The future of these towns is assured.
now since the road is built, and thou
| sand of acres of as rich land as lies out
of doors have been broken up this year.
Applications for four elevators are al.
ready in for locations at Gackle, three
! for Jud, two for Deasam, and enc for
| Alfred, .f w. A. Otis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
Ransom County Coming Into It's Oavn
Counties North Dakota Attracting attention
Aauake and Hnstlng Business Interests Letting
Their Light Shine TIT the H0n,eSeekers' District.

Climate is good and healthful and
sanitary conditions the best.
Title-The title in most cases is pat
ent from the United States govern
ment, and the state of North Dakota.
Varieties of grains principally raised
here are, wheat, oats, barley, rye, flax,
sbuckWheat, smacaroni wheat, speltz and
corn t;s
Other Products sugar
beets, beans, peas, tomatoes, cabbage
onions, beets.
Grasses and Hay-Clover, timothy,
redtop, blue grass, alfalfa, bronze
Fruit---Apples, plums, cherries, rasp-
berries, currants, gooseberries, grapes,
strawberries, etc.
The Country
Is well adapted to any kind of farm
black loan, from 211a to 4 feet in
depth, with clay as subsoil; 1t does not
vary in the least.
The Men Behind.
I could not conclude an article on
Ransom county without referring to her
''great big men, Climatic and nat
ural conditions Of any section can be
perfect, but there would be no progress
sion unless said section was inhabited
by the right kind of people, The repu-
tation that Ransom county has at the
present time, the great publicity that
she is achieving in. the older eastern
states, the desirable class of farmers
that are coming in from Iowa, Wiscon-
sin, Illinois, Indiana. and Ohio is due
to one fact and that is the splendid
and consistent advertising she receives
from a. high class Of business men who
are advertising her lands and bringing
in homeseekers and investors.
Probably 100000 Acres
of land are owned and for sale in Ran
som county by Adams & Frees, Walter
Williams, Lisbon Land & Loan agency
A. E. Jones of Lisbon, and Honorable
Edward Pierce Of Sheldon. Here are
class Of men and firms that enjoy al
enviable standing in the business anc
financial world Of the great northwest
and whose statements can be absolute
ly relied upon. They occupy high posi-
tions in business and political center
and thorolySzbelieve in their county
They are always ready to extend ever,
assistance and courtesy to the man VIII,
is looking fora new home. Hundred
of happy and satisfied farmers will ties
tify to the great benefits they have re
ceived at their. hands. They can tel
more truthful facts about
Ransom County
in ten minutes than I could give in
lifetime. If there are any homeseek
ers or investors way back easto VIII
wish to give their: sons and daughter
a chance in the great state Of Mort
Dakota, they had better sell out thei
high-priced lands and come out int
this county where. they can get som
Of the best farms on earth, rangin
from $15 TO $50 an acre. A line o
any Of theahusness interests mentione
in Ransem. county t4 vii bring detalle
"boom ORDER but careful truthfr
facts.
facts. Ward D. Williams.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
The MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL
New Railroad Lines New Towns and Bright Crop Outlook Make
North Mecca I1oeseekers and Investors
Rich. BOaU,1tzn and
Billings COst,sties

tsThere Is section Of North Dakota
that lot Of people are going to be
talking about couple OF years from
%I They soyn are hsg% ong to BE- snd SAYING King
two years ago for $40 an acre and today
it is worth $40, but that is going. to be
too late to be in on first profits. So
said John P. Blichfeldt of $50 Temple
Court building this morning. Continu-
ing, Mr.. Blichfeldt said: 1tWhy, we
have 100000 acres Of land in northern
Bowman and southern Billings counties
which we can sell in tracts of 100 acres
up; if man wants quarter section,
acre down and then locate him free
Of charge on another quarter-section of
government land right next to the one
he buys. This gives him 800 acres for
Z the price Of 100. Then if colonization
company wants bunch Of land to 10
cate a colony on, we can fix them out.
Last year the diversified farming prod
ucts shipped out of the city of Dickin-
son, N. D., alone amounted to $4,000, 900
Show me another town that has done as
well as that. Prices range from $500
to $40 per acre and any good hustler
can easily make 100 per cent on his
money out there every year.
And what Mr.. Blichfeldt says know
to be true The Northern Pacific rail
way offices in Dickinson show that the
amount Of diversified farming produce
shipped out Of Dickinson last fall to be
in round numbers $2,000,000. And Dick
inson is not the only town doing bust
ness along the line of the Northern
Pacific either. There are lot of other
smaller towns, each contributing its
quota to the big shipments which show
what a vast wealth producer that coun
try is. a w. A. Otis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24

izing the numerous lakes in that dis
trict for storage purposes. Under these
canals irrigated lands can be purchased
at very reasonable terms.
There is still a large area Of irri-
gated land under the constructed can
ais in the famous Yakima valley in
Washington. An extension of the Sun
nyside canal, now one Of the largest in
the United States is contemplated this
year. This will water 100000 acres
additional.
Dry Land Farming.
The Northern Pacific railway has
made arrangements with the United
States department Of agriculture and
the state experiment station Of Mon
tana for conducting number of exper-
iments in dry-land farming this year in
eastern Montana. These experiments
will be started within short time,
and it is confidently expected that the
results will show that millions of acres
Of Montana lands heretofore assumed
to be valuable for grazing only are
adapted to agriculture. This is pre-
dicted upon the fact that the minimum
rainfall in eastern Montana is about
fourteen inches, that the soil is gen
orally good, and that this method of
farming is being proftably conducted
in eastern Washington, California,
western Kansas, Nebraska and Colo
RADIO in districts where the annual rain
fall is from nine to ten inches. It is
also known that in that portion of
! North Dakota west OF the Missouri
river where the rainfall is from four,
1 teen to sixteen inches, the farmers are
| doing well and altho last year was un,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
SnaciaI Corresnonfience.

Special Correspondence.
Lisbon, n. d., June 23, l9O5.--North
Dakota is famed for her number one
hard she is famed for her diversi-
fed interests, she is second to none in
regard to splendid educational advan-
are great wealth producers and are pop.
ulated with a most desirable class of
people. The state is gridironed with
great transcontinental lines of railroad
that furnish uneXcelled shipping facili-
ties to the great centers of Minneapolis,
Chicago and the Great Lakes, and the
modern, up-to-date and progressive
towns that the push and energy of a
great hustling class have built, furnish
hat is off, to the men of North Dakota,
who certainly are .Sbuilders, and l
have no intention of playing any. ia
vorites, - but out here on the Northern
Pacific. just one. night I'M the sleeper
from Minneapolis, is. .'little old
county, that has the "edge'' Just a
little wee bit on the rest Of them. I
refer to
r. Ransom County
And her great big, progressive t1lsiness
men that have made the towns of Lis
bon, Sheldon and other localities mod
ern and up-todate centers that will
compare favorably with eastern cities
five times their size. [ also "bend the
knee to the splendid, hardy farmers
who populate her county and :" do
things right men who are thoroly in
love with their homes and their state,
and believe they are living in God s
country and they are. I wish some Of
the farmers who are paying rent back
in
Iowa, Illinois. Indiana
And other sections, could just take a
'Iittle flier'' thru Ransom county and
go over some of these farms owned by
men who have made good in this gar
! den spot of the great northwest dur
ing the past few years. | would like
them to learn of the success that awaits
them here providing that they are not 6
get out and hustle. If they could only
meet some of these men who came here
a few years ago with practically moth
ing. have a few heart-to=heart talks
and see the COWS these farmers own
examine the splendid outbuildings tina
dot their farms, learn of the
Diversified Crops 's~
That have been raised, drive over tn
excellent roads that stretch out all owe
the county, and have pointed out t.
them the splendid elevators within
short striking distance, and realize tn
good markets right at their doors. thes
fasteners, if they had any inclination
to better their condition, would go wa,
back, "not sit down. but hustle tn
family in line and buy a homeseeker
ticket straight for Ransom county. Tim
and space will not permit me to 60 int
details regarding Ransom, but l vii
say that this county is located abou
$50 miles
| - West of Minneapolis,
In the southeastern part. of North Da
I*kota, and is crossed and recrossed. b.
the Northern Pacific and 500 railroads
The county of Ransom should appea
to the eastern homeseeker.
Good and pure water is reached b,
digging twenty to forty feet.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24

it is building from Thief River Falls
to Kenmare. parallels the Great North
ern, and it will also have number Of
feeders so that a farmer in a year or
two will have hard work to get more
than fifteen miles from railroad. Ten
years ago, this whole county, eighty
five miles square, was all open to
homested entry. Today, practically
every good acre is filed on and most
GUS. cases where homesteads were tax
en- for, speculation only, the land is for
sale. To show how productive it has
been, one has only to say that it finds
ready market at 1920 an acre up,
Two years from today, anybody will
make lucky buy if they get it for
$50 an acre. w. A. Otis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
special Correspondence.

-
Edgeley, N. D., June 22.-The Edgeley-
Dawson extension Of the Northern Pacific
extends from a point about one mile east
Of the village of Edgeley, in LaMoure
county, in northwesterly direction to
Gackle. in Logan county, the end of the
constructed road, altho the work is being
pushed rapidly forward to connect with
the main line at Steele, in Kidder county,
North Dakota
The completed line from Edgeley to
Gackle is one of the best built lines
in the state having a maximum grade Of
, only fourteenth of one per cent, and
equipped with heavy standard steel. When
you consider the difference In the grade
between this and the old main line at
Valley City and Jamestown, where the
company has a grade of about 70 feet
to the mile and the new main line Of
only about II feet. one can well under
stand the wisdom of the officers in select
ing this route as an alternate main line
to relieve the congested condition and ex-
Ipensive operation on the old main line.
Leaving the Fargo Southwestern, the
road runs northwest for seven miles to
the first town of Deasam, situated in the
center of very rich agricultural country.
and in the gas and oil belt of the state.
| Continuing thru a gently undulating
| prairie for eight miles. 1t arrives at Jud.
the second town out from Edgeley. The
country surrounding Jud Is a trife
more rolling than that Of Deasam,
and has not been farmed as long,
yet has one of the richest soils in the
state, and only needs the present road
to make it one Of the most prosperous
sections in LaMoure county.
| Leaving Jud. the road continues north
west, and encounters more rolling coun-
| try until Alfred is reached, where the
road turns sharply to the west to avoid
the range of hills to the north, passing
thru very fertile strip of country, or
approa ching the Logan county line.
. e Gackle, thirty miles from Edgeley, is
the next town at the end of the present
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24

usually dry, there was very large in
crease In the products shipped from the
different stations in North Dakota and
west of the Missouri. This country is
being rapidly settled up by good class
OF settlers attracted by the large areas
OF unoccupied government lands and
the low prices at which lands are be-
ing sold by the land companies operat-
ing there.
Good Chances in Minnesota.
It is constant source of surprise to
all who are familiar with the conditions
that the settlement of northern Minne-
sofa does not proceed more rapidly.
There are millions of acres of excellent
lands in northern Minnesota where the
timber has been cut off which are wait
ing for settlers and which are obtaina-
BILE at very low prices. There appears
to have been no systematic effort
toward securing immigration in Min
nesota and the result is that settlers
have gone and are going farther north,
| trying to make homes on lands not
nearly as well adapted to their pur-
poses as those they are passing by in
| Minnesota.
An excellent move to cure this con-
dition of affairs would be the estab-
! lishment of state immigration bureau.
| The ownership of northern Minnesota
lands is so diverse that it would be diff
fcult if not impossible to secure unity
of action by the land owners, and as
every settler adds to the wealth of the
state, it is entirely proper that the
work of securing them should be borne
By the state as a whole.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24

Of the northwest in which irrigation
development is now in progress are
splendid home markets waiting to take
all that the land will produce.
The land to be brought under culti-
walton. thru the work Of the United
States Reclamation service, the organ
ization thru which the federal govern
Of irrigation development and irrigat-
ing works vet attempted. will be thrown
open to settlement as fast as the water
is supplied, under terms which from the
standpoint of the settler will be very
reasonable.
Land irrigated by the United States
government will be subject to entry
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
No single feature of the development

of the great northwestMthe states Of
North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Wash
ington and Oregon-is mere significant
of future greatness than the work done
during the last decade in bringing the
semi arid land under cultivation and in
developing methods by which great
areas are made immensely productive,
missioner, Of the. Northern Pacific rail
way. Mr.. Cooper says:
Irrigated lands produce never-failing
crops. The land and the water, pri-
mary elements in crop production, are
known quantities and can be depended
upon Adjacent to the principal areas