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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1910
Page
10
About 800 acres of quality farmland eight miles east of Williston offered for lease. Terms available for five or ten years to a reliable farmer with required machinery. Current cultivation on 80 acres with a good farmhouse. Strong potential to build substantial fortune. favorable terms.
Text details a congressional act establishing charges for Williston North Dakota irrigation users. It specifies timing and rates for operation and maintenance, with phased payments through 1912 and a cap of three dollars and fifty cents per acre annually until construction costs are repaid. The bill notes extended time to pay to avoid project failure and outlines committee reports and officer elections.
The notice lists Lenten services at St Peter's Church including Matins and Litany, Holy Eucharist, Evensong with Sermon, Bible Study on Wednesdays, and daily prayers during Holy Week. It urges personal devotion, attendance at services, and Easter Communion with reflections on Lent.
A group of water users seeks legislative relief due to high irrigation costs and prior experimental years. They report debt, mortgage on lands, and inability to raise funds to pay nine dollar per acre charges due before March 31, 1910. They warn that enforcing collection could confiscate homes and note a January 8, 1910 meeting where a ten member committee was appointed to investigate.
Department of the Interior issues a contest notice regarding Homestead Entry No 1780 made March 30 1907 by Emma Miller contesting, alleging total abandonment and nonresidence for six months, with house removal, to be heard March 20 1910 at the Williston Land Office. Emil Bilquist is the contestant. Fred Southard acts as agent for the contestant.
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