Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-20
Have Gathered Photos and
Data fot Great Amount Of
State History
Through Southern Part Of
State Saw Fine Farms and
Crops Everywhere
Tribune Considered Greatest
. Paper 10 State Many
New Readers Added
By OverIander Nicholson.

BY o%verIander Nicholson.
Dickey, N. d.. July 19.-lf every
body that is pessimistic about North
Dakota as an agricultural, a dairyins
or a stock raising state could join
! the "Overlanders': Tor Just one week,
that feeling Of pessimism, if it could
be located, would speedily depart.
vacate ana disappear. In its place
| the. optimism that fairly shines from
| every farmer we encounter would
| enter their souls and they would go
| onward with the song of promise on
| their lips, for verify, this is a pro-
missed land.
Not n farmer that We have talked
| with, and we hold conversations with
a large number every day, was dis
! couraged. Each one seems to have
| staunch and fact based faith in his
land and our state, and when we look
at his grain, clean and heavy stand
ing, his fat contented cattle and round
| ed hogs, We cease t0 wonder WHY 1t
is that farming is good, We see it on
every hand. ..... $50, ,~
In the Jim Valley, between Grand
Rapids and Dfckey, there r five
farms, each one managed and owned
by one of FIVE brothers. They are
the Roscoe boys. Their father was
one of the pioneers in this section
! and these men needed no back to
the: farm campaign for they never
left the farm. l wish every farmers
| son, and a lot OF city sons could see
lthose five farms. Each II is finely
Improved in both buildings and equip.
John Roscoe, is a raiser Of
thoroughbred Poland China hogs; X.
r. Roscoe OF Shire horses, and so on.
each has a specially.
| In the valley We see fruit trees on
nearly every farm ana all bearing
fruit. Alex Ain, a real naturalist.
conducting "Arboretum Farm twelve
miles out, has the best tree place in
this section. He does it for love OF
! growing things, and his results have
Deen really wonderful. He has about
200 differen, trees, including the rare
Colorado Blue Spruce, Japanese tree,
Mac and as Prof. Waidron of n. D. a,
c. says: THE best Bell Pines in N.
D." lie has excellent strawberries,
| ~raspberries, red and white currants.
sevent varieties Of apples and a dozen
OF plum, with cherries and berries
OF all the wild sort, native Of n. D
Many other farms have good sized
! orchards, but ! think his is as good
| o, tl,oro Sc j., <hn Cfoto AJip ;c q fin
and interesting man TO meet and took
! great pains to show the O%verlanders
over his entire place. He is a native
! of Norway and a bachelor. When
asked why he did it he smilingly
answered, I'D rather see n flower
growing in my life, than to have a
thousand on my grave" and we all
believed him.
For the last three days we have
been following the Jim river fairly
close, and enjoying tine picturesque
panoramic scenes of river and grove
and hill and meadow. The quiet
stream in it's distorted meandering
! from one side Of the hill skirted val
ley to the other. doubling and re.
doubling on its own course twists it.
| self into stretches and curve that
arr: beautiful, and artistic in extreme
The road leading from n large farm
to the next is often Overhanging with
heavy natural growth and back from
the road the sedate dairy COW lends
the air OF peace and content to the
scene as she quietly 'chews the herb
age of the hillside.
Crop prospects are universally good
in the valley. Corn is doing particul.
arly wholesome of it is tassling out
and is almost waist high.
The "Overlanders" continue to re
ceive cordial receptions In Dickey
we were very well received by this
metropolitan little city'se sociable citi
zens. We were ticklede to tears with
the new samples, and more convinced
than ever that the Tribune is the
Banner Paper Of the Banner State.
BY overlandsf .vAtliens.
Dickey, N. D. July 1y.---Since writ
ing you at Wshek. l have had the
pleasure to work along with your
trop Of Overlanders. we gathered
data, cuts, and photos OF, Lehr, Ere
donia, Kuhn, Edgeley, Medberry, Der
lin, Grand Rapids. LaMoure and Dick
ey. These will, in course of time, ap
pear in the paper and therefore l need
say little about Them at present. The
James Valley from LaMoure to James
town will be described and pictured
most thoroughly.