Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-21


growing here in February. 1t has been
very warm ard pleasant, however. and a
great deal Of the snow has been thawed
off. If il was four or five weeks later we
would surely think spring was come"
Asa whole we have not had Il severe win.
ter. nor experienced any har,lships True.
we have had a somewhat more rigorous win
ter thanlast but we have not had blizzard.
The above writer speaks of the thermome-
ter registering so degrees below zero: we
doubt the same to be true. as only once
has the thermometer registered as low as
SO here, and for the most part. the wea-
ther has been mild with the sun shining
bright and clear. For two weeks past,
the snow melted rapidly. Farmers have
used wagons entirely for several days. No
time has the snow been 16 inches on the
level, which, though usually deep for
Golden Valley. is common in latitudes as
far north. There has been no drifts and
trains have experienced no trouble in
getting through. Not more than Il day
ut any time this winter have we been un.
able to receive mail from both the east
and west, No time during the winter.
we're the country roads closed by drifts,
and at all times afforded good sleighing.
Mindful of the needs of man. Nature
underlaid the surface and stored the hills
of this Golden Valley with vast deposits
of Ignite coal of the best quality. 1t is
within easy reach of the surface, and con-
stitutes the most convenient and valnable
fuel; no one has been without, and coal
famine is unheard of. The people of this
part are not complaing whatever. and
speak Of the winter as being propituous,
the freezing of the soil, we'll covered with
snow. is considered an augury for favor
able crop year. We hope our friends in
the east who contemplated coming, will a,
least make us a visit and investigate before
giving up
"A fool correspondent coupled with
sensational one horse daily can undo in
one issue the work which men with brains
have taken months to concienciously ac.
complish"
The Schafer Recorder: The wintry
spell is causing several of the tenderfoot
class to get the warm cline" fever.
Don't get weak in the knees just because
we have little more snow than usual.
For the past ten years the winters in
North Dakota have been mild, and we
should expect winter like this and the
one of 'o6-7 occasionally: at least We
shouldent kick if they only come once in
every ten yeaas. Take advise of thos.
who have left our fair state and wish they
were back. Those who have gone Yves,
say the feas bother the children to death
in the summer and they cannot 90 l,areEoo,
on account of 10 many poisonous insects
and in the winter it rains all the time.
Those who have gone south say it is hot,
air is odorous from the perfume of the
"niggers" and aligators Most Of you who
want to move came here with probably
ninety cents in your pockets and owing
ninety-nine of that Stick to the country
that has given you independence Where
can you 80 to better yourself9 Even last
winter in Florida they had frost which
destroyed every kind of vegetation. Hard
yeare will come to every part OF the globe.
Stay by the richest state in the union; the
state that takes the most prizes at exposi-
tons; the state that has less paupers; the
state that has more independent farmers;
the state that has more school lands and
promises the best educational institutions
of any other state-that's North Dakota
the state that has made faster progress
than any othc. Think of what she has
done for you before you murner against
her