Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-04
younger children. Will, francis and
Mary r in school in st. Thomas.
A PRoMINENT P16NEER

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One Of the prominent pioneers Of
North Dakota is Daniel Duffy who
came to the territory in. 1873. He en-
gagged in farming near Drayton and
Pittsburg where he, still owns five
quarter sections of choice Red River
Valley land. IAlong the river he has
ITO acres of good pasture land. In
the beginning Mr.. Duffy homesteaded
and took up a tree claim. He did his
share in adding fine groves Of trees
to the once bare prairie. His. land is
we'll improved. His old buildings
were swept away in the flood Of 80,
and. have been replaced with well
equipped modern ones. MT. and Mrs.
Duffy settled in st. Thomas in 1909.
MUSICAL OPPORTUNITIES. Il
st. Thomas has a good teacher of
music in Chris Lunde who gives in
struction on the piano. He is q mu-
stcian by nature Inc has "a good
technical equipment for his work.
He is the son Of P. A. Lunde who
came to the community before the
town was established, about 40 years
ago. The Lunde family operates six
splendid quarter sections of land, the
home place lying 8 1-2 miles south
west, and the rest 4 1-2 miles north
east of town. The land is all well
improved, and there are fine old trees
and good buildings. Wheat is the
principal crop and the Lundes have
their own .threshing machine and
tractor for blowing. :
There are seven boys and four girls
IN the family, and all are interested
In the farming operations. One OF
the boys. selmer Lnnde, served in the
army for two years, and was in many
m ga p0T1 ants nm y if-4 L. Lr.~--z
He has returned to the farm,
A VETERAN GRAIN. BUYER
One of the best known grain buy
ers IN the northwest is James Wheel
an, owner and proprietor of the
Whelan elevator at St: Thomas. Mr..
Whelan is the oldest independent
grain buyer, in point of service, on
the Great Northern railway. He
came from Ontario in 1881 and took
up a homestead and tree claim. He
became a farmer OF the finest type,
carefully improving his fields instead
OF mining them, as too frequently
happened in the early days when the
haustible. His sound business judg-
ment stood him in good stead in his
farming as we'll as in his grain buy
ing, and he is today one of the most
substantial farmers in Pembina coun-
ty. His farms are well improved and
have good modern buildings. The
home place Is inside the city limiA.
BACK TO THE FARM"
There is no need for a Back to
the Farm" movement in st. Thomas.
Here is one district that seems to
have solved this problem. Indeed,
the fact that it has done SO Is respon-
sible in a large degree for the con-
stantly increasing prosperity of this
wealthy community. The boys are
taught good agricultural methods
from the beginning and a love Of the
soil is instilled in them by the sturdy
pioneers who have made this section
of he country famous the world over
for its wealth OF wheat, st. Thomas
claims, and justly, that no commune
ty> in the state retains a larger per-
centage of its native sons. There ie
scarcely a. farm where one or more
of the sons is not in charge of the
operation of his fathers land or some
part Of It. The result is a stability and
progressiveness seldom .equalled and
nowhere excelled.
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