Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-04-27
Land SALE BOOM
AT new ENGLAND
MUCH ACTIVITY IN THE SALE OF
REAL ESTATE IN WESTERN
PART OF STATE.
Eight Quarters Near New England
Are Sold at Prices Ranging From
SO to $27 An Acre.

sold eight quarter sections of land
to local buyers at prices ranging
from $19 to $27 an acre. The land
is all located within a few miles Of
New England and at least 40 acres
of each quarter will be put in crop
this season. 1t was all sold on crop
payment to men who own land not
over two miles distant from their
new purchase.
J. w. Brubaker purchased the
southeast quarter of section 1885,
SO; Charles Brubaker the northwest
quarter of section 1S-135-95; Edison
Rifle, the northwest quarter of Sec
ton 25-136-96; Ernest Rifle, the
northeast quarter of section 25,136-
90; w. o. Moore, the southeast
quarter of section 23-136-96; Austin
Austinson, the northwest quarter of
section 25-136-97; Henry Austinson,
the southwest quarter of section 25-
1867; julius Will, the southeast
quarter fsection 25-13697.
All these men are good farmers
and know the real value of land.
They have followed the example of
scores of other good farmers who
have increased their land holdings
during the past six months.
Nearly every homesteader in this
part Of the county goes after more
land as soon as he makes his Ave
year proof, and many Of them are
not willing to wait to make proof
when they see the land advancing
so rapidly in price.
H. Ehlers of Watkins, Mimi, sold
three quarters the past week for
$50 an acre. He bought this land
several years ago for $2.75 an acre,
so he has good reason to feel we'll
satisfied. . The same land is now
owned by local parties and could
not be looked at for $25 an acre.
B. H. Crawford of Dickinson pur-
chased three quarter sections in the
Black Butte country last fall
through the fredericksburg agency
and sold the same land at a hand
some profit this spring. Last week
he purchased the southeast quarter
of section S-135-97, the southeast
quarter of section 21-136-97, and the
southwest quarter of section 21-136-
81 of Asa Garder, paying from $26
to $27 an acre for the same. Mr..
Crawford knows the country we'll
and is confident that there will be a
increase in the price of
land as soon as the railroad reaches
New England.
George E. Lass of Horswill, an
other farmer who realizes that land
will never be cheaper, this week
purchased, through the Herstein-
Strang agency, the southeast quar-
ter Of section 1885. The land
adjoins Mr.. Cass' homestead and
makes him one Of the best farms
in the Black Butte neighborhooi.
Ole Ronning came out from Min
nesota this week and purchased,
through J. ]. Murphy, section 10
1886, paying $40 an acre for the
same. George F. Clark owned the
land for four years and made a
good profit on his investment. He
also says that he never enjoyed life
any better than during the four
years spent in Hettinger county. Mr..
md Mrs. Clark are an aged couple |
md will visit different parts of the
country before locating permanent !
y. Mr.. Ronning has gone east to
move out his family consisting of
| wife and thirteen children, and |
We hope he gets back before the
census takers visit section 10-13596.
He has children enough to warrant
he ablishment of another school |
md his ten sons ought to be able /
o do a big stroke of farming on q
section Of rich land a few miles from
New England, the terminus of the i
lew Milwaukee.
J. C. Engelman, harness maker
rom Howard Lake, Mimi, arrived |
n town the past week and expects
o have his shop open for business
n day or two. Mr.. Engelman has ,
lad several years of experience in |!
harness making and is an expert re-
,airer. His shop is located in the
lew building in Gabert's addition,
lext to the Wilson blacksmith shop.
He has a good line of harness, re-
,air goods and a shop we'll equipped
or business.