Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-09
(By HeTbe Wand rhoof ID O
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IntersO Ocean.
81 An unusually large prop lon of the
stream Of new settlers that is now ins
Nading North Dakota Id quest OF lands
and homes III bound for that section OF
the state which is known as ttlhe :. Mis-
souri, Slop {, This Is about the west
ern third of the state, and aoolnpri
the land west OF the Missouri rdyer
and a small strip on the east side of
the river. Here lies, roughly speak
ing, something like 10 600, 900 acres off
as rich and rodlctive soil as is In
any state OF the Union. While the
eastern part OF the state mas been
filling up, this western part has been
comparatively neglected, but with the
extension Of railway facilities the
merits OF this section have become APP
parent, and now the rush is on in
earnest.
There are several reasons to ac-
count for this. One, and with many
newcomers the most impo rtant, is
that land Isl cheap -on the Missouri
Slope Another Is its great fertility
and the apparent inexhaalsti bility at
the soil. is deep black loam,
suited foraWheat growing o. for diver
sified farming and the crops that are
: grown upon are tremendous. e
visited pne farm about twelve miles.
from Bismarck, the state capital
where for fifteen years Id snlcc session
the owner has had $40 acres III wheat
and lie told me that his crop during
those years had never failed to give
an ~ erage 81 twenty eight bushels to-
+ the acre, while some years this rate
had been exceeded And this was on
land that had never known q ertilizer.s
This whole section of North Dakota
is booming One OF It's natural sllip ping.
points Isl the city OF MaIdan, which is
across the river from Bismarck, and
with which city IT Is running a lively
race for supremacy. Tt is one OF the
busiest towns Of It's size IN the coain-
try and does q business that Is out Of
all proportion TO dts size The cattle,
hog, and sheep Of q vast region are
brought to Mandan for shipment east,
and the wheat and other crops also
seek the same outlet. h Everybody IS
& busy and on the Jump, and u allparts
n of the city can be seen new bnild ings
Il going mp, which are generally rented
] OF sold before the root ID On.
3 Where are all the people coming
from that are taking up lands here?''
4 asked one Of the Farmers whom I
D met. ssss
Mostly from the middle western
state was the reg,ly, aathough We
4 have quite a few from the east and
south, and even from Canada.
Case Of One Family
n Take my neighbor, for Instance.
He came from Loving on, Ill, where
he had lived for years, and where he
was doing well. He has q large fani-
IL, nine children, and he saw the OPP
portunity here 10 provide for them All
nicely FIRST, he sent the oldest hoy
here, and tho lad bought $40 acres
He did 80 wen that the next year the
old man came up and bought the $40
acres I'd dining Now the whole FAINT
III is mere, and they Wouldn' 4 60 back
d to Illinois for any consid Iteration. ,,
B had an OBJ 40 meet this
Illinois man little later and talk
with him. put the same question to
him Why did YOU come up here ?''
.s Ell, y MI. VOL replied have
Il nothing against Illinois, but cannot
afford to buy land at 125 and $50 az
4 acre, and I could zee no other way 81
doing anything for my family exeep1
by moving to a new country WHERE
II the land Is eheape The soil in Till
section Of North Dakota Is every bil
as good as tue lbests dirt Id our Illinois
corn belt TALKED with q good man,
farmers, ana they all like the country
and are doing wel. One of Their
came from Aasunnut u on
50 mere am, ana Era Had of II
why shol.I dn.t be I man tllaI
knows anydhina about farming eli
come up here ana clear the price q
his land from his fisstt season. crop
i did It. and some Ding n0ors rs tlr
lest cosz the world TO
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