Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1911 — NORTH DAKOTA LETTER. [ARTICLE]

NORTH DAKOTA LETTER.

Miss Virginia Holmes Writes of Weather and Conditions About Jamestown. Jamestown. N. D., April 14. Editor of The Democrat: As I have a few spare minutes, will write a few lines for the paper and if, you think it worth publishing, you may do so. , We have been having some verynice weather until day before yesterday it rained and yesterday it’ snowed, and also snowed Some today. But the sun has been shining bright this afternoon, and the snow is almost gone snow; Farmers have begun their seeding,: and are making pretty good headway at it. If the farms were notso large they could be farmed to a better advantage. Most of them] contain from one to three sections. ’ When they are made into smaller, farms, the country will be more thickly settled. Neighbors here are’ far apart, but are very friendly. Hoosiers are welcome any time they want to come and they are treated as nice as anyone could be expected to be treated. We find lots of Hoosiers here.' We are all well and are having ai good time. We like Dakota very! well now, but at first we were very! much discouraged. We live 8 miles from town, but try to get to town once a week for ou r maiL Jamestown is a very nice town. Has a population of 7 or 8.000. It has colleges, hospitals, insane asylum. in fact, almost everything but street cars. Fort Seaward used to be where Jamestown now stands. The old trail from Fort Seaward to Fort Totten gees through our farm. Fort Totten is 80 miles from here and is located near Devil’s Lake. With best wishes to all. VIRGINIA HOLMES.