The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1908-05-29
AMONG THE HOMESTEADERS
Record Editor Spends Sunday Afternoon
Among Homesteaders in Lake
Basin North Of Roundup.

Last Sunday afternoon, in COM
pany with S. 0. Sorenson and Art
Bragstad. the editor had the pleas
ure of visiting with some of the
homesteaders in the unequalledLake
Basin country north of Roundup.
finding the people well satisfied
for having located there. Every
body is iubilant and enthusiastic
over their new homes feeling that
they are having the time Of their lives
holding down their Fergus county
homesteads and expressing them
selves as satisfied to remain per-
manently in this promising land.
The homesteaders whom we met
are most excellent people-people
of whom Fergus county may we'll
feel proud-and the friendliness
and good fellowship with which they
shower one is most gratifying.
Going out we passed the homes
Of 7. II. Helgerson and f. P.Niland.
Both gentlemen have had some
breaking done which they have
seeded to oats and is coming up
nicely since the recent rains. The
first stop we made was at the steam
plow in which Mr.Sorenson is inter
ested and which was then on Martin
Bentz' place. Adjoining his place
are the homesteads of Chas. "A .Goetz
Miss Millie Goetz and Mrs. Hoover
all of whom have nice quarter
sections. While here we met John
Wisner and Jasper Bricker. two
gentlemen who recently arrived here
from Whitehall. Mont, to take up
homesteads. These gentlemen have
been farming in this state for thirty
years and their judgment as to
what this country is capable of is
not to be taken lightly. They have
farmed under as well as above the
ditch and have found dry farming
more profitable than the other.
Fred Ovre of Canton, SD, who
was visiting with friends in the Can
ton colony joined us here and we
then proceeded to the home of our
popular tonsorial artist, Frank Stew
MS, who is very comfortably located
with his family in a large log cabin
Of his own construction and which
presents a most pleasing and invit-
ing appearance. Frank has just
completed digging forty-foot well
having struck a nice flow of water
which rises - feet. He is already
will wcsternized and takes much de-
light in his farming operations.
The home of Nels Dahl was oul
next objective point. Mr.. Dahl ev-
identity believes in improving his
ranch as he is already surrounded
by quite an aggregation Of buildings
and has set out a row Of box elders
around his home which in time viii
set it off to advantage. He has also
done some breaking which he has
sowed to oats and garden truck
which is coming up nicely. Cl,s t
Mr.. Dahl is Mrs. Christopher, who
together with her Little grandson,
are enjoying life on a Montana
homestead. Here we also met Miss
Bertha Hendrickson whose claim
is west of Mr.. Dahl's.
We found our old friend, join
Wilson. busy dressing a lamb, but
at the sight of visitors he promptly
suspended operations to show
us around the farmstead. Mr.. anG
Mrs. Wilson and little daughter are
enjoying every minute of the time
spent on their homestead and the
head of the family already looks
for all the world like New Eng
land farmer. John is making !;
speciality of raising chickens and
dogs, and the other day came to
town with four dozen eggs for sale
These were the first eggs he eve
disposed Of and the way he felt Il
bout his new accomplishment wa
a caution to behold.
Our last visit was with J. B
Ryan and his estimable wife wh'
are most pleasantly located OF
Willow Creek. They have a yer,
comfortable little house, a good 10!
barn, another frame barn and :
chicken house on their ranch an'
! are happy and contented with pion
eer life. Mr.. Ryan took us dow
the cellar and treated us to nic'
fresh milk which was certainly ap
preciated, while Mrs. Ryan prepare,
an elegant and satisfying supper 70
:: us which most bcfttingly cappee
! the days pleasures.
Our trip resulted in proving to IL
two things-that we have the bes
class OF homesteaders and farmers
obtainable and that the Lake Bash
country is mequealled or unparral
led by anything in this or any othe