The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-07-08

further you strike the ranch of VIM.
Connolly where genuine western hos
pitality exists. also bids you welcome.
The distance from Bailey to Oakdale,
high up in the Killdeer mountains
is 21.6 miles. The road through this
country requires considerable gasoline
as the territory is rather high and
rolling. The roads up into the Kill
deer mountains are gradual and very
easy to make. At Oakdale is a we'll
stocked store. They have a tri-week-
ly mail from Dickinson and a good
stage line to that point and also q
good DAD A short climb takes you
to the top of the Killdeer mountains
and you stand on the highest point In
western North Dakota. Gasoline can
be secured at Stanton, at Geo. Brat
zel's and at Oakdale. Geo. Bratzel
also carries a line of lubricating oil
and / would suggest that you do not
overlook this as the hot weather will
make you use a lot of it.
During the five days we were out It
was excessively hot in the sun but a
cool breeze always prevailed. Forty
miles away the Killdeer mountains
loom up in the distance. After you
reach Oakdale, however, the height is
not so impressive az the store Is up
on n of the shoulders OF the noun
tain. From the distance a bare clay
dAAk - NASAOAGB just - NIAIAG 10 Ln0 E1kuL
is Oakdale, so If o miss your road
you will have no trouble to steer in
the general direction.
We arrived at Redmont Murphy's
ranch at 10 o'clock that night. The
following morning at $3.50 the alarm
sounded and directly after 4 we were
on u way to Mandan, arriving here
at Z p. m.
Five days of continuous driving in
q n nTINnranht1n In rofho1 k{~A1~~AA At.&
1t is one of the most delightful trips
that can be taken right at home, and
to the owner of an automobile that is
not too heavy, / would recommend the
trip and I am sure that you will re-
turn tired, tanned and un-burned and
ready to take up the cares of business
that will await o
Mr.. Potter, near Halliday, tells us
that his crops are not suffering for
moisture, as he dug down in the corn
field and found it within an inch of
the top and plenty OF It. The corn Is
from six to fifteen inches everywhere
and looks very healthy. Five miles
from Stanton we found one Of the
farmers who had dug into his rye
field and discovered moisture at four
inches. This is an abundance to ma
ture the very nearly ripe crop of rye
that he has growing Is the roots are
down some distance.
The hilly country from Stanton west
looks beautiful and no not having
made a trip along the line has n
conception of the empire west wait
ing for the railroad to be properly de.
veloped. The cowboy and cowgirl
are very much in evidence near the
Killdeer mountains, where good sized
bands of horses can still be seen.
"A short trip from Stanton to Kren
is also instructive and very pleasant.
From Krem north on the section line
road through gently rolling prairies
we reach the town of Expansion, on
the banks of the Missouri river, with
two banks. hotel, general merchandise
store. and an elevator of 5000 bush
drive from the Krem plateau to the
river bank is in the neighborhood of
500 feet and your brakes must be in
good condition to negotiate the wind
ing road which finally lands you on
the river bottom. At Krem you will
find a good hotel-and Mrs. Krenn
serves excellent meals--two banks,
three general merchandise stores and
a number OF residences besides a.
creamery. Al flour mill OF seventy
five barrels daily capacity running on
an average of ten months q year is all
so located at Krem.
On this drive you win see the Mis-
souri, river at Expansion where 1T
flows east, at Stanton, where it flows
south and again in the hills north Of
Mandan ii fifty miles from stan
ton.
An enormous crop will be harvested
In the territory described il proper
conditions prevail from now on. AT
Mr.. Jutzler's we found red clover
three feet high in his front dooryard.
Many OF the farmers In Dunn county
are from Wisconsin and know how to
farm, and do ii.