The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-09-06
IN THE HOTEL LOBBIES

a Thomas Jacobson and daughter,
Miss Ethel M. jacobson, of Fairmount
we're in the city yesterday, stopping
at one of the hotels and they paid a
visit to Secretary Stockwell of the
Masonic temple. Miss Jacobson was
here to consult an eye specialist.
I'VE consider we have the garden
spot of the entire state" said Mr.. Ja-
cobson to The Forum: We have a
very pretty little town and we are all
proud of 1t. Our crops were all that
we could desire and the harvesting is
about all over in our section, the
threshing being we'll under way. 1t
was one of the very best harvests /
have ever known, and being connected
with the Salzer Lumber Co., we are
expecting a large increase in business
during the coming season.
Just to show you the possibilities
of the section about Paramount, let me
tell you that on my lot in the town
have raised nine bushels of fine cher
ries, plums and apples and | honestly
believe that we can make the business
Of fruit growing more than paying
one. Our section appears to be well
adapted to the raising Of fruit and
know that some of my neighbors are
going into the business in earnest"
why do so many. of you folks from
Illinois and Iowa come up here to look
for land ~ asked the hotel reporter of
Thomas James of MarshalItoWn, Ia.
who was guest yesterday afternoon
at the Waldorf. -..
WELL. there isn't much of mys-
terry about this" he responded. I'VE
believe from what we have heard that
| the land UP in North Dakota is just
as good and in some cases better than
| it is in Iowa, where the land runs as
high as $3.50 an acre. and so we sell
out down there when we hear or see
| anything good up this way, and ther
| come up here and buy land from $4i
to even $3.50 and you see we are just
that much ahead. Then, too, some OF
| the people get tired of raising corr
and apparently corn alone and desire
to go into some kind of diversified
| farming, and they are confident that
| North Dakota soil is superior to thai
| of our state for all kinds of farming
and this may be another reason. Then
again, We have been told that the eli.
| mate of this state is really much
preferable to that of either Iowa ol
| Illinois. For my own part, / have
come here to buy land simply because
believe that just to get hold of &
| good farm Of half or a full section i,
| worth doing so; If for no other pur.
pose than to hold just for the natura
increase in value that VIII come to 1t
| Yes, the people down our way thinl
| very kindly of North Dakota" -
| j. P. Mccormick, the veteran dis
penser% of adamantine plaster, whit
travels out of Minneapolis, was in tn,
city this morning. Yesterday in. com
pany with one of the city photogra,
| pliers, he took q picture of the new
| Stone Music building, which was plas
| tered with adamantine and from thil
a, cut will be made for illustrating {
book that the company is about ito ge
| out for advertising purposes. At tn,
Waldorf Mr.. Mccormick said: :"
/ just slipped out of town to get ava,
from the crowds that are ATTENDING
the state fair down there. Honestly
It is frightful. You see / like peac,
and quietness and while you have lot
of business here, still there isn't ;
great big noise over 1t, Yes, I'll hea.
Teddy today and listen to what h,
has to say regarding saving the coun
try and then journey homeward to
morrow afternoon"