Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-02-08

'TOWN, NORTH DAKOTA.
in this county shows the remark
able increase in the prices Of land
over those which prevailed a few
years ago. About 125,OW acres
have changed hands during the
present year and it can be further
stated that the prices of lands in
the county have doubled in the
last three years. Fully seventy-five
per cent, if not more, of the land
sold to non-residents in the last
three years is to buyers who will
either cultivate the land themselves
or soon have the acres farmed by
others, resulting in a rapid increase
Of resident farm population, and
constant addition to the wealth and
taxable property of the county.
From financial standpoint the
county is in excellent shape, hav-
ing a fine court house, and a new
sheriff's residence and jail, equipp-
ed with modern heating plant. The
bonded debt is only $4,000.
The population of the county in
1900 was 9,143. In 1905 it was IA,
624, in 1910 at the present rate of
increase the county will contain
over $4,000 people and will have
more than doubled in population
in a single decade. AS showing
the basis for this expected increase
in population and wealth, the crop
of 1905, conservatively estimated,
may be taken as strong indica-
ton.
Great Crop Yield in 1905.
The county has produced this
year over 2,225,O0O bushels Of
wheat or practically fifty per cent
more than last year, which was al
so good crop year. OF oats it is
estimated the county has raised
l 10000 bu., of rye 46, 500, of fax
100000, The farmers of this one
county have increased their wealth
in grain and fax production ap-
proximately $2,617,00O in one sea-
son.
!. Its Population.
The character of the population
of Stutsman county is such as to
further attract all classes of desir-
able, residents. The predominant
ing nationality is American, with
Germans and Scandinavians in the:
order Of naming. There is no
more law abiding, industrious, sue
cessfu1 farm population in the
state than resides in Stutsman
county. Special attention is paid
to the education of the children Of
these farm residents and in every
locality where even a small group
of children need the instruction Of
a teacher, is to be found a comfor-
table school house, the school
taught by an intelligent up-to-date
teacher. There are in the county
thirty-one school districts and one
hundred and thirty schools which
are largely supported by the in.
come from the state school land
fund from which Congress endow-
ed North Dakota on our entrance
into statehood. In addition to the
schools in every locality of the
county where they are required
there are numerous churches which
as the population increases, will
also increase in number, according
to the wants of the various denom-
nations.
Markets.
The facilities for marketing
grain cropsin all parts of the coun-
ty are the very best. The North
ern Pacific main line traverses the
county from east to west little
south of the center of the county.
The Jamestown and Northern
branch and the James River Valley
line traverse the county from
northwest to southeast. The 500
railroad affords market facilities in
the northwestern portion of the
county. The Dawson extension
of the Northern Pacific now COM
pleted, affords market and ship
ping privileges in the extreme
southwestern portion of the coun-
ty. There are one hundred twenty
miles Of railroad track in the coun-
ty.
Numerous riarket Towns.
The market towns along all
these lines Of roads are numerous,
being from ten to twelve miles
apart, with convenient side tracks
and loading platforms whore grain