Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-11-18


around jamestown to be "of the
highest quality for general agricul-
tural purposes, known as the Mar
shall loan, one of the most valuable
agricultural soils in the whole North
west. There is no respect in which
the advantages of Stutsman county
fall short of the oldest settled and
best served agricultural districts in
any eastern state. Good graded
roads are found In every d.
rection; railway service is adequate,
no part Of the county being more
than few miles from a railway
point. Churches and schools are Of
the best and accessible to every citi-
zen in the county. In the towns can
be found many social and literary or
ganizatiOns, as we'll as those dealing
more directly with the interests and
work of the farmer. In short. every
reasonable desire of the newcomer
along economic, social, religious and
all other avenues OF modern devel-
opment can find congenial surround
lngs in this progressive subdivision
of the state.
The county has a comparatively
sparse population for it's area, and
one Of the objects of this newspaper
is to endeavor to call attention of
people who want to better their con-
ditions, to the advantages which this
county has to offer. The entire state
Of North Dakota with 7O.795 square
miles is also sparsely populated, and
from every county in the state on
this same week, will come message
to the outside world, telling of the
opportunities and resources for the
landless man, the tenant farmer,
and the farmer with gh-priced land
which he can exchange for equally
as good land, and get four and five
acres fer one.
Stutsman county has a variety OF
soils. The eastern portion is gen
orally level or slightly rolling, the
western portion rougher and is what
Is known as the ideal grazing and
mixed farming country. Four rang
est. Ct, 6s and So: extending
from township 1877 north to town
ship 144-comprise an area of 2E
miles wide and 4S miles long and
contains over three quarters of mil
lion acres of land. The county is
evenly divided into level country and
rolling lands and the soil is as fertile
in one place as another In the west
ern portion the lands are cheaper,
and this is the portion that has been
settled last.
The name of Stutsman county was.
derived from Enos Stutsman, one of
the early pioneers of North Dakota, :.
who died in 1874. He was a cele
brated member of the territorial leg
islature for several terms. -,
Markets and Towns. -
Marketing facilities in the county
are especially good, there being
towns with elevators, stores, black
smith shops and banks about every 10
miles. jamestown is city of 5000
people. is the county seat town and
one of the most progressive up-to-
date little cities of the Northwest.
Other towns in this county are:
Eldridge, Windsor.
Medina, Ypsilanti, Mont
pelier, Buchanan, Pingree, EdmundE.
Ramona, Vashti, Street.
er, all on main or branch lines of the
Northern Pacific system. On the
800" line are Courtenay and KeH-
sal; inland towns are Marstonmoor.
New Home, Gray and Fried. csem-
Sydney and Millarton are
new and thriving towns and market
Ing points on the Midland Continent
Il railroad. A more extended notice
of these towns will be found else
where.