Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1907-03-07

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attention . conferred on this part OF
North Dakotz-tilat Vas in the winter
OF ~ 'sl-,ilat in April OF the latter
year started ior North Dakota went
rgsi, through the eastern par. OF the
state and landed in Bismarck am
thankful that did 80 This section was
then very new I-.n-llons county a, that
time Was no, organized. In the year
lss', b.. the federal cells,.s OF that year
the county wherein live contained jus,
,hir,y-eiglit people The county was
organized IN lss3, and went down
there in the spring OF 1884. when mos
Il the FIRST bunch OF agricultural iinmi-
grant wen, there Al that time tflt
chief occupation OF the settlers wa:
gathering buffalo bones and hauling
them 10 Bismarck There are some PEG
pie here tonight who can verify thest
statements That county. having thirty
eight people IN lsso. not organized IN
III lss3 and not having more than hyt
or SIX hundred people a, the time
,scnt there ii -. while il has made M
such great progress as have Ward anc
Mclean, which have had such a phe
no.nenal growth. has had steady an6
satisfactory Increase The figures OF tn
i:'e5 census show this increase TO hay,
been about fifty per cent in the FIVE year
between la" and 1906 And We fnt
coming into tina, county Of late year
what you may call a second great influ,
oi settlers. These are coming from
Iowa. South Dakota. Minnesota ane
other western states These people ar,
nearly all practical farmers. They com,
here 10 make homes 1t WAS not thu
with all those who came III the eighties
ior many were people from the cite
who intended to make an occasiona
visit 70 their land and prove up at thu
end u six months on -enption, a
the law at that time allowed re
member that about year ago lad,
with three or four bright children
stopped at Linton hotel while her hus
bard went ONT on their claim to put III
a dwelling house for the family. Sh,
told OF the struggles they had had il
Iona as renters. She said that when
ever they got hold of good farm an,
had ii a few years some one coming il
from elsewhere who had little capita
and hence could pay higher rent-a
they could farm more extensively
would ovcrbid them, and @hey would
have to move. We have come with tn,
determination TO stay said She witt
few hogs. some chickens and few
acres Of plowed ground. know We cal
make living for time and do bette
year by year. for we are all willing t.
work.
This county of Emmons that an
speaking Of. with but thirty-eight PEG
pie in 1890. produced. in addition Il
the usual kinds OF grain raised i'll Nortl
Dakota. an estimated total OF about on
hundred and fifty thousand bushels o
corn last year We also raise live stock
and wheat, and oats, and rye and speltz
With all due respect to my friend Scr
ley, who preceded me. and who spok'
Of the farmers Of prohibition Nortl
Dakota raising barley and shipping it t
Milwaukee for the purpose OF maxim!
the stuff that made the Wisconsin me
tropolis famous, ! will say tina, in En-
mons county they also raise barley