01 Jul 1904
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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1904
Page
1
The piece discusses national politics with Theodore Roosevelt for president and Charles W. Fairbanks for vice president. It also surveys Emmons county cattle farming shows 40,000 head and $150,000 annual beef sales, and predicts strong demand for grass fed stock as corn crops and feeder buyers rise in the Northwest and Iowa markets.
Jamestown residents who visited the Canadian northwest report that land prospects are overrated. They say good farming land is scarce, much land is scrubby, and the best parcels are claimed. Sales to settlers from the states are dropping as conditions become known.
Big Stone Lake grows as a summer resort with rapid development in the C M Stone City area. Rates noted for the season show a thirty day limit and a four day limit at 7.90 dollars. May 13 to Sep 30. F M Byrne Agent. Also legal notice: Linton State Bank offers farm loans, call for details.
A full Fourth of July program in Linton includes sunrise guns and bowery exercises from 10:30 to 11:30, a 1:30 p.m. baseball game between Linton and Hampton, pony and novelty races, sack and potato on horseback events, tug of war between Linton and Hazelton, plus fireworks and dancing. Hon. J. H. Wishek will deliver the ovation. music from Linton Cornet Band and Linton Orchestra accompanies the day with a dinner and supper served.
A new brand marked Wray John Hazelton is applied on cattle, combining J and W on the right hip. The branding indicates ownership or herd branding practice for cattle managed by the Wray and Hazelton interests.
By the undersigned a red bull calf with white tail and star on head, about seven months old, and an older stray horse from Linton, about eleven years old, knee-sprung and newly shod, both owners asking charges paid and information leading to recovery with liberal rewards. Apply at Record office.
By the undersigned a cow and one heifer are offered. They are white spotted and branded. There is another letter unreadable. Owner must pay charges and remove the animals. Signed Vincenz Kunz. Published under June or July 24 to July 2 window in North Dakota.
The Hackney-Boynton Rand Committee invites bids to lease hay pasture lands for 1904. Applicants should contact Linton North Dakota to participate. Also offering sale of a liver barn and business with draft horses. The De Laval Orator is advertised as the best in the match with easy terms at Linton North Dakota.
The document reports gross losses and receipts for The Home Insurance Company, with totals for premiums, interest, and disbursements. It includes state certification by Commissioner Ford Leutz in Bismarck on January 2, 1904, confirming policy authority and compliance.
Sufficient contest affidavit filed by Knut O. Vikse against homestead entry No. 22075 for the northeast quarter of section 33, township 120 north range 6 west, claiming abandonment and noncompliance. Hearings set before United States Commissioner at Linton on July 2 1904 and final hearing July 9 1904 at the U.S. Land Office in Bismarck North Dakota with due publication ordered.
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