Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-13
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Arena and the surrounding country
was first settled four or five years
ago by settlers, being about half
Germans and half Americans. Arena
consists of a postofice and school
house. The school is now being
taught by first grade normal school
graduate. . 1888, II ;
Arena is situated twenty-one miles
north of Driscoll in Burleigh county,
on the new n. P. railroad survey
from Pingree to Wilton (which will
no doubt be built soon," in the ia
nous Langedahl Valley, one of the
most fertile valleys in Burleigh coun-
ty or North Dakota. The valley
proper is some eight miles wide and
twenty long, partly lying in Burleigh
and partly in Kidder county, and 9i is
surrounded by a low range Of hills,
and extending from the Canadian line
to the south line Of the state, on the
east side OF the Missouri river. The
valley is comparatively level, the
Arena postofflce we'll up towards the
northwest side. The surrounding
country adjacent to Arena is slight
ly rolling, the sell is of deep, black
loan, from one to four feet thick,
underlaid by good clay sub-soil and
is we'll adapted to diversified farm
ing, there being numerous natural
hay meadows offering abundance of
hay.
The farmers have been raising good
crops, fax going from eight to seven
teen and eighteen bushels per acre,
and wheat and oats accordingly. Some
of the finest land in the state is to
be found in some of tie valleys in
the hills. Most of the homestead
land is gone, but railroad land can
be bought from $12 to SIC per acre,
which will undoubtedly double as soon
as the RAILROAD Is built.
There are man, beautiful lakes in
the valley, affording some of the best
hunting grounds to be found in the
state. Many of the wild water foul
prefer to remain over here during the
summer to brood rather than take q
fight further north.
Lake Harriet Is the principal lake
and covers about section of land
with a beautiful natural grove on, the
east side. L. s. Hackney has one of
the finest farm houses in the. county,
en- the lake shore, where he spends
several weeks every. fall for hunting
and recreation. :
A number of good buildings have
gone UP In the last year to take the
place Of the old sod shacks. G. B.
Schmidt recently built a house cost
ing $2,70O and numerous others
throughout the valley and vicinity
have built good buildings within the
last two years.
Miss Bertha Owens of Flasher, N.
D., is visiting with her sister, Mrs.
Myrtle Hibbs. -.~
Chas. Chafae of Darlington, drove
down in his automobile Saturday and
is visiting the NAV ranch. !,
The Hackney's have eight hundred
head Of cattle On their ranch here,
also seventy head of. horses.
Mrs. M. e. Hibbs sold his bunch of
sixty-eight head OF horses to Mr..
Burnside Of Burnside, N. D., netting
her about $1,000. ST. :. ...t~,s.. i
-, Two new settlers, haze settled on
section with their families.
Ludwig Iverson had a runaway
with four horses hitched to a disc
last week, which tolted things UP
considerably, but did not intures the
horses.
The Northern Pacific railroad off,
Gals were through this vicinity this
week buying right of way for the
Pingree and Wilton railroad branch.
They report the road will be built
this fall or early next spring.
Herman Harris of Heaton. an old
time friend of H. A: Mutchler, has
settled on section % in the township
north OF. Arena.