The Dickinson press., 1906-10-06
BOWMAN COUNTY.
One Of Last Counties to be Settled Owing to Dis
tance from Railroad. Milwaukee Extension Will
Make it Easy to Market Produce Another Year.
Crops Are Good and Early Settlers all Pleased
Saltwater Beautifully Located.

.ocated.
has stables Fl miles north at Midway and
"a miles further on at Belfeld. Several
hundred tons of hay have been stacked
at the Saltwater stables for the COM
pany's use, as are also large grain stacks.
The water for Saltwater is supplied
from 1ooo-barrel reservoir located on
the rise half mile west. A we'll was
sunk to depth of 60 feet and the sup
ply is much more than is needed for the
entire village, insluding the large amount
used at the stables and hotel.
FUNDS are being raised for union
church edifice, work on which is to be
commenced during the winter or early
in the spring.
The homestead of w. c. Hanson joins
Saltwater on the south. Mr.. Hanson has
just made final proof for the 16o acres
which he selected three years ago and is
now opening up general store at his
farm. He also has hotel that will ac-
commodate from 20 to 80 people, and
has stables in connection. Mr.. Hanson
is from Saltwater, Mimi, and is an old
store-keeper. He has cropped over 50
acres this year and has 100 acres broken,
much of which is already backset for
1907. crops. His grain and vegetable
yields this season have been large and
he is pleased with his location in n. D.
Robert knudson, one of the. new COM
ers last spring, has erected blacksmith
shop near the Hanson store and is doing
good business.
The Securities company still have
large land holdings in Bowman county,
large tracts of which are sold every
week and it is likely that the coming
season will see the most of their lands
retailed.
Saltwater is specially favored in the
way OF telephones, having line from
both Bel6eld and Dickinson. The Dick
inson line is to be extended to Haley.
Bowman county will likely be organ
lied by act of the legislature the coming
winter, and, with the advent of the Mill
waukee extension, 40 miles of which is
already graded this side Of the Missouri
river, things will take on>a ,lively aspect
1907. Several good towns are sure to
be founded, and the remaining home
steads and unsold lands are sure to be
all taken.
The Milwaukee survey is 5z miles
south of Saltwater, but one of the North
ern Pacific surveys runs along the north
side OF the village. Some people think
that the Milwaukee will plant town due
supply .makessftseem feasible. - -
H. H. Hamilton of Rockford, ILL.,, is
president of the Western Land Securi-
ties Co., and either he or w. H. Skiff is
personally in charge of the company's
weekly excursions: Their cars usually
run to Beifeld and the prospective buy
ers and homesteaders are taken south
from there:
John Sweness, six miles east, raised IL
acres of good fax and other crops on sod
this year.
Harry Wright, rancher on Spring
creek, who has raised millet for a mum
Der of years, cut IS tons on 40 acres this
| season.
The Van Vachters, three and one-half
miles north, came here in April and have
raised 50 acres of sod crops. They are
pleased with their harvest.
John We.t tphal, three and one-half
miles south, has 40 acres of fine crops.
He has been here two years..
G.. w. and Fred Belknap on the New
England-Dickinson road, came from
Iowa in the spring and have raised some
excellent sod crops. G. w. threshed
eight acres of oats and had 285 bushels
of grain. He saved 20 bushels for seed
and sold the balance of the crop to the
Western Land Securities Co. at size.
| per bushel, thus realizing SI2 per acre
for his first crop. Fred Belknap has Is
acres of grain which looks very prom
ising for the thresher. These brothers
are thinking of getting small band of
sheep to keep on shares, as they are
inclined to think that stock raising should
go hand in hand with farming.
P. NJ. Ladd has land and good i'm
provements in this locality.
Miss Frances McKelvey,a a relative Of
the Gullicksons, has fine homestead
southwest and appears to enjoy the coun-
try. She has been teaching a private
school.
Bowman county claims that the Geo.
! Harkins steers which sold in Chicago at
$lo5.37 per head. grazed a part Of the
time across the line and therefore Still
water people take some credit for the
highest priced grass-fed cattle ever sold
! Geo. Gullickson has fine land eight
miles south. He came out three years
ago and had the pick of the country
His brothers are also in the same 10.
cality. -! a..
The Carter garden has been a marvo]
to the hundreds of visitors to the village
: this season. Peas, cantaloupe, cucum'
bers, tomatoes, corn, melons. cabbages
, and everything, almost, have done we'll
The planting was made late in June too
/ R. c, Wilkinson, southeast Of the vii
lage, has 45 acres Of fax that will yielc
LIS bushels; his oats will give an average
yield of4o bushels 1-all on breaking.
lanes Collopy has good homestead
near the village.
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School Book. Supplies. :
l have full line oi school supplies
,Eincluding school books crayons, desks