The Wahpeton times., 1906-11-01

rainfall and the advantages of the
climate become more and more ap-
parent, prospective buyers know full
we'll that there is no time to be lost
In making their land selections. In
a region where crop failures are al
most unknown. where land is sold
really below its value, and where a
few years of honest toll will bring
a man comparative independence, 1t
is only a question of few years
when every acre of tillable soil will
be bought up and placed under culti.
walton by actual settlers. The propo-
sitiOn is not an untried one. 1t isn't
like going into brand new country.
North Dakota is great state. 1t is
great in flax. great as a producer of
all kinds of vegetables; and if you
could look upon its fields of oats and
other grains, you would understand
that the soil is good for anything that
can be grown in Minnesota. Wiscon-
sin. or any of the northern belt states
In Bowman county and in Billings,
too. where SO many new settlers have
gone the past year, the conditions are
at their best. The soil is virgin. 1t
is eighteen inches to three feet in
DEPTH. of black loan on clay sub
soil. we'll watered and capable of pro-
ducing the heaviest of crops. The
writer visited this region last spring.
in company with a large body of land
buyers. who went there under the per-
sonal supervision of the Western Land
Securities Co. of st. Paul, Mimi. and
therefore known whereof he speaks.
The native grass is luXuriant AS a
rule. the surface is gently rolling.
Nearly all of it is desirable. Once in
a while the land lies too low, and at
certain seasons of the year may hold
too much water: but the great body
of the 175.00O acres owned by their
company is fine land, susceptible Of
high cultivation.
All this country is now fairly we'll
settled, and the settlers are an excep.
tionably able lot of men-men of
means, intelligence and enterprise
Some of them haul lumber and put up
| a frame house at once, while many of
them build themselves a comfortable
shack. at first. and put up better
I buildings later. These sod houses
can be built in three or four days, at
a cost varying from $50 to 800, ac-
cording to style, size. finish, ETC. They
are warm, cozy and enable settler
to go to work at once breaking and
improving his land. Good we'll water
is found at depth of IL to 20 and 80
feet. It is cold, clear and sweet. Lit
tie streams and rivers traverse the
entire country, and there are ample
supplies of Ignite coal. for fuel pur-
poses in easy reach of every home
This costs next to nothing. has ex-
cellent heating qualities, is very clean
and is found in ineXhaustible uuanti.
ties
| With the construction of the pro-
posed railway lines. already surveyed,
the erection of grain elevators, and
the immediate nearness of local mar
ket points. all the land in this great
tract will rise in value rapidly, and
holders thereof will reap large profits
on the increase alone. 1t is just IL
question OF getting a section, Or a
quarter section. before the land is all
sold. Every alternate section is. of
course. government land: so that a
person can buy OF the company direct,
and at the same time. and at small
additional cost. obtain a nice piece of
homestead land Immediately adjoin-
/ ing. Hundreds are doing this.
Just why so many men continue to
rent farms. when they could readily
and easily become owners. is a hard
nut to crack. 1t isn't wise plan.
and it isn't good business. These men
till another mans farm year after
year. and all they get for their work
is a mere living. This is all their
wives get, too. They are no nearer
home-no nearer proprietorship. than
they were when they began. The
other man owns the land. and lives
and grows fat on the renters toll. The
renter does not have to do this. He
can write to this St. Paul company.
OF visit it in person. and get all the
good land he wants on very easy
terms of payment. He can go to North
Dakota with the company's agents,
see the land offered for sale. mako his
own selection. all at small cost. and
then know exactly what he is going
to get. In few days he and his wife
will have a good sod house. and with
in two years he will have SO to 100
acres under cultivation and be on the
high road to prosperity. A few years.
at most. will see his farm paid for.
Then he can face the world with
strong heart and certain hope of
spending his days in peace and COM
fort. Every days work adds to his
prosperity. Every dollar made goes
to swell his own account. His wife
and children have home at last and
with it comes all the pride which
sense of ownership brings
Much of the foregoing applies also
to young men who ought to be laying
the foundations of their future for
tunes. Why shouldn't they buy a
quarter section of this land. pay for