The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-10
STILL FLOCK TO NORTH DAKOTA
Conditions Never Better and New Settlers Are Contented
and Prosperous-Rush Has Put Many Fine I'M
proved Farms on the Market.

the sort of cattle they are grading up
to now on the slope ranches. Stock
wtntered we'll this year, and the stock.
men have had an abundance of fod.
der to carry them over to grass In
good condition.
Slope Settlers Prospecting.
The tremendous movement into
Stark county through the Dickinson
gateway keeps up, and what used to be
small cattle town has become
city through which pours a stream of
settlers. All along the headwaters of
the Knife river and the Heart river are
fine locations, and the development of
this region is nothing short of marvel.
Gus. Stark, Hettinger and Mercer
counties have certainly made good,
and the old fallacies about the slope
have been completely dispelled by the
showing slope farmers have made.
They are satisfied, as anybody can
find out for himself, by tackling one
OF these new settlers and asking him
to put a price on his farm.
The Ignite coal proposition is look.
ing up, and Ignite is becoming more
and more one Of the mainstays of the
state. 1t is no longer despised as q
fuel, and the vast quantities Of 1t that
underlie the soil of the counties that
border on the old Missouri river are
beyond estimate. Ignite has gone
far to make North Dakota independ.
ent Of the coal trust, and it is an espe.
| cial advantage in the western counties
where it can be had so cheaply. Right
among the Ignite beds may be found
some Of the finest farming lands in the
West. Bismarck and Mandan are
busy gateways for the tide of home
seekers. and the movement of the
past three or four years has com.
pletely transformed Burleigh, Mclean,
Morton and Emmons counties. Kidder
is filling up rapidly, and these new set.
tied districts are already prosperous.
The men who came here with next to
nothing and fought their way at first
have within four or five years reached
independence. Naturally they are en-.
thusiastic, and could not be tempted to
part with their farms for double the
present market value. unless able to
turn around and buy more Just like
them.
Open New Territory
New railroad building projected in
many North Dakota counties for this
year will open up large number of
remote tracts and bring them nearer
to market Many thousand acres have
been held back from settlement for
just the one reason, remoteness from
the railroad station, and the new lines
will open them and fill them with
homemakers in a short time. Some
good work is being done in advertis.
! ing these tracts and directing the at
tention of homeseekers to the new op-
portunities. "
The new settlers in this part Of
North Dakota are long-sighted peopls
as a rule, and most Of them do not go
in solely for wheat. There is good
money in it, and it is made pretty easy.
but they do not like to have all their
eggs in one basket There are splen-
did returns from flax, and oats at tho
prices Of the past year bring fine re-
turns. Then as they get money they
are bringing in cattle, sheep and hogs
for breeding, are raising feed and
starting in with stock, not on the
range plan, but just like the farmers
where they came from in the older
states. They are turning out fat, high
grade cattle and hogs and are furnish.
ing supply that will find a splendid
market in the Twin Cities.
Want Settlers to Take Look.
North Dakota people are proud OF
their state and it's prosperity. They do
not need anybody to tell them that
| North Dakota is land Of opportunity
where nature gives bountiful rewards
to labor. They do want the rest of the
| world to know about it, and the whole
state is heartily back of the publicity
campaign heing so vigorously con.
Quoted under state auspices, and with
the hearty cooperation of the various
land companies. The main thing is to
draw the homeseekers' attention. II
they only come to North Dakota and
investigate for themselves they are
won, and it is a fine class of people
that is filling up the new lands OF
North Dakota The new settlers are
men with families who hadn't enough
capital to get homes of their own in
the older communities. They started
out to find land just as good for less
money. They investigated and found
North Dakota just what they wanted.
More are coming this year than ever.
from all indications.
A report of prairie fire north OF
Medina is received which destroyed
some property of couple of settlers.