Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-06-13

marck, in a beautiful valley about
one to two miles wide and about
thirty miles long. This valley starts
in at Hebron and extends in a south .
easterly di, ection 10 the Heart river
in township l3G range s., and has
all the appearance oi being tie bot
tom Of an Oh watGc cG'Gsa OF very
great size. Tbs probabilities are
that as., sat glacia! s,se, b one time
carried RS water. the melting ice
to the ocaau
Not 3ns,' dues ne fact tina, the
bluffs along this channel which the
from SO to 100 feet high, and easily
followed by the continuous range OF
hills on either side, bus the soil in
the bottom is of q very different ma
ture to the soil on the higher lands
and while on the higher lands scoria
and glacial drift are found, in the
level bottom of this old channe. there
is no glacial drift APPARENT and as the
lands are low, If the drift had pass
ed over this valley much would have
probably been deposited. But if
the channel is the result of the melt
ing of glacial ice, of course the valley
was formed after the drift passed ov-
er and the boulders and other mater
ial was carried away.
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Again, the drilling of wells in the
low ground often shows surprises in
the way of old logs or animal bones
at various depths to forty or more
feet.
There has been only one deep well
drilled in this valley and that was
down $40 feet at the time Of this
writing and showed clay, with three
layers Of sand, down to 3s7 feet,
when the drill passed through two
feet of sandstone, at 47O feet Is in
ches and at $50 feet another 2 foot
sandstone. The other material was
shale, gumbo and clay. No coal was
. found except small pieces.
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Water is found in this valley at var
ious depths from 20 to 100 feet.
The land outside Of the valley is
the same as is found all over western
North Dakota. being fertile and easi-
" cultivated
Glen Ullin was settled in 1888 and
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had its share of hard knocks and
difficulties common to new coun-
try. Among the first colonists were
e. r.. Steinbreuek. j. J.. Schneider,
e. r Green and Daniel Kneale, who
are still living in Morton county.
D. P. Barnes, w. w. White and
others came in 1884.
The first years the farmers suffer
ed much from hot winds and lack OF
4 rain, but late years have witnessed
a great change in this respect
The village was Incorporated in
1901 and has about 500 or 900 in1ab.
itants. Is an extra prosperous thirty
ing town and is the outftting and re.
ceiving point for much of the bust.
ness going into the territory to the
southwest in Morton and Hettingel
and Adams counties in North Dako.
ia and around Seim and Lemon IL
South Dakota.
The town has four general stores
carrying stocks Of goods ranging from
$4,000 to $50, 200 in amount. One
clothing store, one drug store, three
hotels, two restaurants, three lumber
yards. carrying heavy stocks Of lum
Der and farm machinery, and thu
fourth yard starting up, three eleVa
tors and one hundred barrel foul
mill, three blacksmith shops, one har
ness shop. one shoe shop, one news
paper and job Office, three livery ant
feed stables, and one sale stable, on.
q creamery, two banks, two real estate
offices, two barber shops, three ply
sicians and hospital under constrHe
ton, a parochia1 school, costing SIS,
u 600 to build, public school and thres
y churches, a telephone system OF 10t
phones, a fire department and larg,
# stock yards. s
The country around Glen UlIin i
showing good results III farming ant
y noted for Its prosperity all oye
the country.
The principal shipments are grain
live stock AMI wool.
The amount Of wool shipped annu
4 ally IS something enormous. Gashie
Moore OF the German Savings Banl
alone paying ont s69, O9S.71 for WOO
Id sos. In 4 500 over 10000 sheel
! were shipped to market from thi
station,
Besides the sheep industry Til
horse ana cattle business Is bringing
hi large sums of noney. Beams sal
stable doing q large business as deal