Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-16
J. F. Elliot, Who Resides
Near Drayton, Prepared
10 Name Forest Home"
Farm Many Years Before
It Was Actually Christ
ened.
III a farm nssworth haxlng wouldn',

The Herald visitor was talking
with j. F, Elliott Of Drayton
township In Pembina county, having
been attracted to the place by the
name Forest Homo Farm displayed
very readably on q signboard by the;
roadside in front OF the .@sfarrnyard.
This was a most convenient sign for
u traveller to And, for 1t told him just
how far he was from the two nearest
large towns. st. Thomas and sDray-
ton. Also it gave a picturesque touch
No the charming countryside-draw-
ing attention to the pretty homo shell
tered by q verttable forest Ut tall.
handsome trees, pllhs, Gsh, balm Ot
gileads, boxelders and: cottonwoods.
Farms Worth Having. Worth
's,ssf.'' sS' Naming. 81
Yes, I think every farmthat a
man takes any pride In should have q
name" Mr.. Elliott replied, Perhaps
the reason that a good many men.uo
not nameatheirs place is because they
cannot decide on a suitable name, and
would like to use. some ono else in
the county has already registered his
farm under/that very name, I named
this farm about six ye~arsSaEo. but !
began preparing for naming It many
years ago. The first trees were plant
ed between 1890 and 1895. n the
first to grow successfully wero cottot-
woods.
II am g. lover of trees. and / want
cd very much to SEQ trees growing ION,
this prairie-in those days thcre
we're no. trees to break the horizon
line for miles and this place. of course,
hadn't a tree, From the first l tried
TO raise boxelders from seed. l
brought seed over from the Tongue
river country. but though they. would
get a start they could; not llvc'through
the winters. The winters then were
a great deal more severe Slan they
are now. and the little boxclders win
~tar-killed for n good many seasons.
But at las>> they were nble 10. sur
vive. and now / have to hoo out the
young ones all the time or the place
would be over-run with them.
Back III 81.
lit was In March. 1881. that l came
70 this country from OntnYio. near
Peterboro. l took a prescription OF
100 acres a short distance frIm THIS
from the first. it was the only full
quarteN then left In Drayton town
ship, and there wasn't more than5ten
acres in the whole thing that could
be plowed at that.ti1ne. Twas under
water and Doggy Tor the most part.
I knew that In n new, country bosgy
land Is always some of4the very finest
wanted that quarter. I tried to set
1t through the Pernbtna county Gill;
Ncials. but couldn't finu out anything
about it. So / made up my mind to
70 to Grand Forks. to the head office
and make sure Of getting 1T before
4 some one else took It, tsSS - "A
THAT was in the fail Of 'sa. 'The4
{" ~o{Na4o, vvau aS,Sks nrr,AVN0 S}NfA st
Thomas. and the construction train
made trips to the Forks. I drove
y over to st. Thomas and left-ncy horse
there. I had scraped up enough
: money to make the trip by, taking at
/ had myself and borrowing tho rest
The journey was a very slow n on
that construction train. but we>got te
twenty minutes Of four. The land Of:
Ace closed at four. ! got there JUS
inztime to ask about the quarter. The
nan In the office looked at h book
and said. "All taken" H slammed
the book shut,sand the@omce closed
right on time. and I felt as II I had
taken that long trip and spent3 tina
lawyers office, and found several mer
sitting there talking. They were. al
very, friendly in those days. ana they
asked me who ! was and what I wa
doing in town. I told them my trou
BILE. and how I had to getl back tn
next day. A man named Bennett
told nla,he would look after It for M
ii, i would give him a dollar to4pay 70,
making out the, apers,. was onl!
TOO GLAD to Nave HE HELP, and. gav'
him the dollar and went home. II, Z
few days he mailed me the paphrs TO
my fling on that quarter lns q home
stead i have never been nb!e TO- lhnt
him "a, thank him. Y 7 have VII g
manyStimes that I mieht. for t!aettva,
a; rHpmentous happening in my Nfe,1-
came. here to live perrna nenely in SO
and have made my home herescve
), '"Yes. / love II. ana wouldn't thin,
Of leaving this home for one in town
Cleaning Sow Thistle. - III
"one1 Of rhyssons.S Garnet, Is farsa
ing the place on shares. and 50 I hay
no horses now /, like a good man;
others in this part OF; the country
have been troubled with SOW thistle
r&haye all my land fenced<with wovo,
wire and have fifty sheep on. II clean
ing up thesland,SI md sheSpsthe mos
profitable thing l can raiss. In fact
Z fos ~ l as,sit, assh l'c Wsa ST So ss 9. assees a tsI g e
me. / have raised sheep $fcrEE nftee
years. ana have always foYAd thsr
was4 money N them. Last year VI
shipped.a.c carload OF lanrbs, my son
ana 1.aaand An ell the $40 there wa
\ not one Gull. They toppsdSthaS mar
ket and brought in between : 1900 an
ana almost nos expense. Wool Is
good pfics4 now, but i always max
the bulk Of my sheep mohey of tn
lambs.
In fact, Il Ii true that we max
more out OF Jul sheep and, turkey