Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1915-11-18


has small magazine of home printed matter been put out
edition Of newspaper published in the county, And right
here is the subject Of our theme.
On June TO- 1884 the first newspaper TO be published With
III the border Of the territory comprising Emmos county
off little Army hand press at WlIiamsport the
location OF the county seat for many years 1t modest
sixcomn sheet two pages homeprint and yet it credit
to the pioneer settlement which to be called upon to sup
port it through many trying times The paper printed
and published by the present publishers father who had
out from Chicago looking for prosperous location and
to end tie undermining Of his health which had gradually
resulted from constant nigtwor composition morning
newspapers. We say the paper printed and published by
the elder Srccer Such fact However, the business
agcr Record and ncdenalv its founder was the writ
crs mother who had been outside the limits Of the city
OF Chicago from the time she there until she to Da
kon shortly before the Record established During the
papers infancy she canvassed the county for its subscriptions
ana secured the advertising patronage from bismarck the
est trading point, which vital to its maintenance
The first issue Of the Record numbered about seventy
copies. The present issue totals two thousand Of which about
half goes o It's regular subscribers.
1t well known fact that there barometer
the progress and prosperity Of any community than the APP
OF It's local newspaper If the newspaper prosper
onsookng and appears TO have the support of the merchants
and other business Of the in which it is published
then fate that town prospecting. Now, another
step and readily know that the surrounding territory is
prosperous the town itself cannot be If the territory tb
uary to the particular towns cities county forging
ahead then the county whole is progressing. 1t is next
to impossible Tor one county to be prosperous and the neigh
bors to be otherwise Then with counties as criterion
know that the entire state the road to peace and
plenty And such is exactly the with North Dakota
There is spot in the entire Union that can boast of bet
ter better conditions for securing adequate financial
turns Tor effort expended, better general conditions for
omcbnilding. True enough those who have lived
during the past thirty years tell Of the times when con-
tons were less bright tell Of the periods during which
there little to sustain them but their dcepscatcd faith in
IL" future and the countrys future And those
position today to prove that their faith is well founded On
every hand who have lived here that came to
the Dakota pr;res without dollar that more than
of tln
Kurtz family near Iazcon. s. e Kurtz the mem
bcrs of the first pioneer Ohio colony to settle in the northern
part Of county He has always been as success
full farmer Much Of his labor has been expended in farming
operations He has combined thrift and able farming meth
odsnd he has not neglected the other necessary aduncts of
successful Missouri Slope farm horses cattle and hogs
fortnight his four completed their tlreshng Of the
1918 crop They trcsled oyer thirty thousand bushels Of
grain, threcourtls Of which wheat.
There are many other living examples of what thrift and
common has done for North Dakoans Of the men who
here in the SOS their homes those who had any
thing worth mentioning Of this worlds goods could be counted
on the fingers Of one hand The many present settlers or de-
scenean from that hardy band Of pioneers have passed
from the stage of that Of opuence legion They
are to be found every hand Even the have de-
ce III recent to cast their lot in county have
almost invariably received due and liberal results in financial
And many OF them have suffered the priyaons
that went with new locality and which tried the spirit Of the
of thirty years ago
North Dakota and Emmons county vet only in their
infancy IN the way Of resources developed 1t is fact that
scarcely twenty cent of the acreage of the county is under
cultivation Oh course there is certain percentage of that
untitled acreage that not fitted for agricultural purposes en-
trcy But there are hundreds Of fine level land snc
as any country east west would be proud boast of that
has not been scratched by the powsares of the farmer There
IS still room for five times many hogs to be raised on the
by'roducts OF the farm fitting for market TODAY
Our dalying but III its infancy While the increase of that
source OF revenue has been staggering during the last five
years there much chance increasing if as there for
the added acreage of cultivated land.
10 the many happy diversified farmers of central North
Dakota 1t is an everlasting connnrm Just the toers Of
the more crowded eastern sections do not jump at the posi-
y OF securing home where they have greater chance to
broaden out Rent for the poor is only fifth as much
here where we live must be paid in Iowa. Minnesota Wis
consn Illinois.
There can be only explanation for fact that more
eastern people do not come to Dakota their e
midst OF prosperous conditions where their prosnecs
must necessarily be brighter and must be accounted for the