Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-07-21

~ro Sno~ The >Nlii:iorS there, are
rs: dsses.-sSsSs with one asd year
Ans asss .ss s-ssels in the Ma
-. t,y aSss.
g. ss.Sss, sn Cd resident of
ms >a1r.y whose solvent here dates
sass e his sixteenth year. returned
Sss:srs,Ss s-e.,, Turtle Lake. \. n
aEsS. brought VIII him an unhappy
s.e-y q crop IS ares. blasted hopes
ara ya..-ss prospects a vast region
il ne western srsi central part Of
-. state Is dsnuiei q crops or any
-. d: vegetation berause Of the eN-
,AsSsvs Cry weather. and the farm
rs w.lo remain are staring ssarva-
:lar + TIE face. Mr.. Parker thinks
I'll aslp Is NJ. sent them before
rs ws2;s- Is ever. they will perish
..5na eS.a and hunger.
\ a-ss number of the farmers
..-.l So-ls oSnspeople. especially in
ne hs,is fsailesS that have sprung
u as lsaving the state as rapidly
Is 9assiols Scores Of wagons. in
asch Is piled the entire effects Of
he fanny. wiki horses hardly able
. sand. and what cattle they can
move. arg starting for a moister
climate. szv:ng their claims and
what improvements they have made.
a-1 VIA. was hoped would be home
- .s3sr. Tor good. The scenes. ac-
ca.dias % NJ Parker. beggars de-
se-ia.lon He says that the best crop
Waea- ne saw in the country
/ would ret We'd over six bushels per
acre, ana that most Of it would no,
make suitable hay if cut for tina.
purpose. Some Of the farmers, un.
abe 70 move their stock, are turning
them loose u shift for them selves
ana cave them behind.
To such straits has the country
been reduced that the banks have
stopped gaming money on land in
that section, even at a u per cent
rate, which some have been offered
The drought, which is the most dis
assrou one the country has expert
eneed in q dozen years. will mean
untold ha-dships for countless farm.
ers and their families. Mr.. Parker
states that many Of the men who be.
gan farming there staked their all
on This years crop: hence, what
aaone,, they have invested in their
and Is lost, as they are unable tc
make payments; and. even if they
remain during this year, they will
require couple of years hence te
recover.
Eastern North Dakota. Mr.. Par.
her says. is quite different. and says
that the Red River Valley has the
best crop in its history
We can imagine the Indignation
To- the old-,ime North Dakota set
liter, Mr.. Cotton. when he read the
/ above article in the Mason City pa.
per. knowing as he does just what
THIS country Island seeing as he has
this region grow from wild and
untamed prairie to a country of pros.
porous and happy homes. Well may
he say that Mr.. Parkers statement
Is overdrawn Not only is it over
drawn; bat in Mr. Parker yarn the
truth is drawn and quartered. Ii
cannot be denied that this is an off
year in Norht Dakota, as it is ar
off" year in the entire Canadian
| northwest. Minnesota, South Dakots
and other northwestern states. But
| that there is any personal suffering
here as result of the dry weather
is absolutely untrue.
That this season has been the dry
est not only throughout the entire
state Of North Dakota, but all ovel
the American and Canadian north
west, cannot be denied. In this re,
gion.at least and we are only abou,
a hundred and twenty-five miles
from Turtle Lake, both being in
what is known as The Missouri
Slope there are no such circum.
stances as Mr.. Parker asserts there