Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1913 — LOTS OF GRAIN IN NORTH DAKOTA [ARTICLE]

LOTS OF GRAIN IN NORTH DAKOTA

Frank Morlan Sends Paper From Williston Which Proclaims That Town the Best Market. Frank Morlan, who has been In North Dakota for a number of years and whet proved up a. claim and sold it and later married a young woman who was herself proving up a claim has sent a copy of the Williston, N. Dak., Herald, near which city he lives, to his mother, Mrs. Amanda Morlan. The paper relates that on Dec. 23rd, there was received in Williston 40,000 bushels of grain, mainly wheat and flax. Seven hundred loads of grain were hauled to that city in a single day and the paper v states that there was a long line Of wagons watching for a chance to unload at the mill and the various elevators. The 40,000 bushels of wheat and flax which the 700 wagons brought to Williston that day sold for $34,000, and The Herald pronounces that city the largest primary grain market in North Dakota. Much of the grain was hauled from McKenzie county, across the Missouri river from Williston. The'river had Just frozen over solid enough to make it safe crossing and the farmers were quick to take advantage of it. One farmer who was returning home counted 315 teams going to town. The farm that Mrs. Mbrlan was proving up when she married Frank is near Williston and they are almost proved up on it and it will be a valuable quarter section as all land in that part of North Dakota has proven very productive and has increased in value with the rapid development of the country. ;—_ —_—