Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-06-22

Mattson. MIR, Mattson came to the
Dakotas ip the early eighties. and 10
day he is one OF. New Rockford's fore
most citizens and a live booster Of the
Invest little city in the whole NORTH
west Mr.. Mattson is a salf-made
man and his motto through all th>
hardships and trials Of his making
Tha been ssdiE, Dig dig
Those are not the only two pioneers
that have made good in Eddy county
We can pick up any history Of Mort!
Dakota and find In its pages mention
OF the lives of successful men thai
have been the making of North Dako
Ia. Yes. we can point out to you
fifty men, just as we'll known as Mr.
Peoples and Mr.. Mattson, who reside
or have resided amongst the prosper
GUS inhabitants of Eddy county.
Truth 10 Stranger Than Fiction
The recorder of events in Eddy
county after 1882 has a magic story
to tell--a fairy tale of growing wealth
that is true As the gospel OF Saint
John. He will record articles upon
a community that knows no crop fail
urese. He will picture the building
of a transcontinental railroad through
a pristine country that had blossom
ed as the rose. He will relate long
and fascinating. >pathetic accounts OF
battles with the hardships of the Da-
kotas, and in summarizing he will
say that Eddy county is Just born, and
that its future is like the coming OF
dawn.
Labor and the Soil Produce Wonder..
Probably no other county in this
magic state Of plenty is today reccl'-
ing the prominence and is so stead.
tasty looked upon by the financial
and agricultural world as is this de.
veloping home Of prosperous farmers.
In SIZE it. is n of the smallest, but
in the production of the golden crop
that represents the golden coins it
is one OF the largest il the state. .
Located in the central part Of the
state in tho very heart Of what Is
known geologically as the Caring.
ton area, one of the richest deposits
of Marshall black loan to be foild In
the great Northwest, it may well be
called tho Gem county Of North Da.
kota. It. contains SO square miles
or approximately 4l4,720 acres, aH9
is rectangilar III shape being cigh-
teen miles wide and thirty six miles
long.
Over GOO Farms
BY the report OF the county auditor
to the commissioner OF agriculture
in 1912. there were 597 farms in the
county which contained 2S2.322 acres,
of which i93.41S acres were undsr
cultivation in 1912. This acreage
produced over three nj llion busiel
Of small grain. 9S4.S63 busllels o
the total production was wheat. 1885,.
ST. busha1s flax, 1873 S57 bushels bar;
ley anu 1857 bushels Of oats. The
rest or the crop was composed Of
durl:m wheat.
Corn Can be- Raiaed Successfully
There was 1855 acres of corn rails.
ed during the season Of 1911. and to;
SHOW the success Of this crop in Edoy1,
county over three times as much was
planted in 1872 or 600 acres. This
state will in future decades rival tho
present Corn King state for its mon
arc!c hcnors. Corn is q successful
crop In Eddy county when cultivat-
ed and worked in the Same way as
1t is in the old states Of the expand.
ing corn belts.
Top6graphically, Eddy county is d.
vided into two sections. The eastern.
half Of the county along the Shey-
enne river Is a rolling prairie, white
tha northern nuarter il n network Of