Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1911 — ANOTHER LETTER FROM NORTH DAKOTA. [ARTICLE]

ANOTHER LETTER FROM NORTH DAKOTA.

Gilby, N. D., June 29. F. E. Babcock, Editor. Dear Sir: —Thinking it might be of some interest to my Jasper county friends I will try and tell them through the columns of The Democrat the conditions of the crops in this section of North Dakota. I wll say the prospect for a bumper crop could not look beter than at the present time. It is true we have had an abundance of rain this spring, but could easily have handled twice as much without damage to crops. Official reports of the Soo R. R. Co., say the crop outlook for North Dakota is the best for many years. Small grain here is just beginning to head. Corn about knee liigh and looking fine.

A. A. Courtright from Carpenter tp., Jasper county, who came here two years ago, has 640 acres of crops which he put in with •eight horses, the crops including 40 acres of corn which looks fine. He is wearing a smile that is good to see. lam farming 320 acres which I put in with four horses, having finished seeding.

There seems to have been a mistake in the June 21 issue in the item stating John Teter raised, nothing on his 160 acre farm near Gilby in 1910, but “a little com which he sold for fodder.” In the Nov. 12, 1910 issue was an item where Mr. Teter states “he had a fair crop notwithstanding the drought, raising about an $l,lOO crop.” Whether it is Mr. Teter’s mistake or a misprint, we are unable to decide. Land buyers are beginning to come and several pieces of land have already changed hands at an advance in price. I never met L. Brown of Remington, -who traded for a 160 acre farm near us, but will say he made no mistake in trading town property for land.

Jasper county was my home for 26 years and is good enough for anyone, but I have never seen a nicer spring and summer than we have had here. With best regards to friends and all readers of The Democrat, I am, f Yours truly,

John Stillman.

Fowler Leader: Louis Sanders, the half-brother of Peder Larsen, proposed to Capt. Hall that if Mrs. Peder Larsen would give to him one-third of the estate and to the sister one-third, the investigation would be stopt. If she would not do that, her past life would be investigated. The proposal was repeated in the presence of the State’s attorneys. Mr. Sanders stated after he had seen the matter in .print that he had did that for the purpose of having Mrs. Larsen commit herself.

John F. Price of Lafayette has bought 400 acres of the McCcy estate near McCoysburg, and Ls making extensive improvements on it, including the building of a barn. His youngest son Anson is staying on the farm and Mr. PHce comes up regularly from Lafayette to superintend things. He formerly owned a large farm in West Point tp., this county, and later disposed of it and bought a farm near West Lafayette which he also recently disposed of. His McCoysburg purchase is receiving his special attention now.—Monon News.