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tfjfc K I «'-'n V A -4 s *-, ,4 r* a* *, A -s?- *j V 4.* *. v v ^•jt &-.v 'l *,:« ^, r''« is *, §s%Mii *v s 4 1: '.. I v*4 ?, Kf '.K* ^x l', w. v ?, 4- li W% C. KNUD30N, ,. *. Postmaster. S*" .V1- SSW IP "*s*40 'F, J. WlELAND, '1 #,i^i !,S' \, C. A. SANBORN, Hardware^ Eemona Is situated in the western jiart of Benson county, 200 miles north west of Fargo and is the terminus of the Oberon-Esmond branch of the Northern Pacific railroad. The rail road was built from Oberon to Es mond In 1901, and then real progress began. The first homesteads in the territory now tributary to Esmond to-ere filed on in the early 80 s. The v||h privations of pioneering were short jjve^ ij.jje grst railroad, the first tele phone, and the first automobile were tout a little whil§ behind the first set tler, apd they have continued to come i »until today the country is well sup plied with telephones, rural mail i Routes, etc., and its- fertile prairies toxe dotted with the farms of the 1 4 1 1 n ?y I*"#' .* k^r 5 Ptoop. Pottengers Cash Market. 't. ,.- Mgr. Bovey-Shute Luml Lumber Ce, •ri' v^v*^ S!. n* i -t. && v "t.- JOHN S. AKER, General Merchandise. O. E. 8CHULTZ, P. B. ROGNLIE, Hardware & Furniture. homesteaders, who by their successful agricultural pursuits, demonstrated the possibilities of the future. Esmond has long distance, local and rural telephone lines, rural free de livery mail routes, a weekly newspa per, The Bee, several grain elevators, two banks, four general stores, three hardware stores, three implement dealers, two meat markets, one jew elry store, one drag store, one photo graph gallery, one harness shop, one hotel and other retail establishments usually found in a wide-awake and en terprising city. Esmond has an active commercial plub that has done good work in ad vancing the interests of the city as well as the country tributary, and her V 7*-\ r-w- MAIN STREET LOOKING EAST, E8M0NU i i i i n BREAKING. SC ENE,.NEAR ESMOND. :U -.""'J?** nl »C* 'Mv, -t V x^ f&s&a 'V*-^ C. H. HUY88EN, Fftftn Implements and VehiolM. ij H. F. SITZBR, Druggist^,. TjlE FAHGO FOR CM AXD DAI Y REiTBLK'AN', MONDAY EVE XING, JAM'ARY 8, 191!. i. & *v* **XV 1 4 C. C. CHRISTIE, Mgr. Great Western Grain Co i""' citizens as well as the farmers in the surrounding territory are prosperous, hence progressive. School facilities are unusually good for a city of its size and age. Here are located sev eral churches of various denomina tions, all working together for the re ligious welfare of the community. Being the largest town in the west ern part of the county, Esmond en joys a splendid farming trade and draws custom -not only from western Benson county but also from a large part of Pierce county, with the re sult that the merchants of Esmond en joy a much larger business than the size of the town would indicate. The general topography of the coun try tributary to Esmond is that of gently rolling prairie and with a soil texture of alluvial loam 'sub-laid with clay and free from sand, gravel or alkali. This forms a perfect seed bed for all cereals capable of cultivation in a northern latitude and has proven exceptionally fertile and lasting. The principal grain, products of the territory are wheat, oats, barley and flax, while the prairie grass furnishes abundant feed for live stock during the winter months, and pasturage dur ing the summer. For this reason the live stock industry is an important one. Of late years much attention has been given to the cultivation of corn and all varieties of vegetables for which the soil and climate seem to be peculiarly adapted. Fruit trees of the smaller varieties also thrive here and "ll! ,* .. 4 i S kL *v v 2*1 i. i? 4 i ^5/Yi V 0 i-f 4 y i i: y v* I 't *^|.M* 1 Vv '"$CC 4 Y f. S The Tenninus-of the Otaron?E£$mond Branch of the N. P.Railway in WestertfBenson County anitf "L^catedHRt-*One'Ofthe Most FertileandProduc- tive Sections of the State. A Rapidly Growing and Prosperous City, Offering Many Opportunities to Newcomers for Business or Farming. ,5**-^ ,*d' i. •yp N e "i t-w k i A. W. ENGEL, Caahiar First National Bank. .'J^W JOHN ERICSON, Mgr. L. R. Welles Lumber Co. mn I i MkbiOwni Editor Bea yield abundantly, raspberries, cur rants, and crab apples being plentiful enough in the season to supply the lo cal demand. Proof of the wheat-producing pow ers of the territory are the seven large elevators taxed to their capacity and CHA8. RUTNICK, BUTCHER. ,% W.V ._f#ttl| 4' I i :-a VN*' t| JOHN STEENERSON, H«Nware and Farm Machf»»#ry. r:\^v If i -f.v 4: 5 'i"i tW W1 J. U '*f ,H I 'v .', nM'-' ^1' f'- ''^l fr T. J. JONES, Prop. Esmond Hftiel. "in^ -4v i:r.-: .- 7^.. .g 3 & A. H. ERICKSON, '.. Jewlar and Watshmakfl^ M. TAVERNER, Harness.- Perhaps the most important cut-off under construction in North Dakota s that of the Great Northern rail way from Fargo to Minot, which passes through Benson and Pierce counties in its course, and almost par alleling the main line of the Soo. The Completion of this line is promised before the fall of 1912. The Drake-Devils Lake-Ford ville cut-off of the Soo railway is now under construction. Branching off from Drake in McHenry county, the new line runs northeasterly about twenty five miles to a point in Pierce county about fourteen miles south of Rugby, then east across Pierce and Benson 'V^ ?'w i y jM' "''•fe-V 1 4 v%, 'p^l «.k /KT. •. MB«t« i ii . "4? :'4rt, },''"//• £^*, E. JENSEN, General Merchandise. *5^ A. J. STYLBj^. Farm Landa Ab'- v -v «"W1- close to 1,000,000 bushels of wheat are marketed at Esmond annually. Raw land in the Esmond territory is selling around $15 per acre and improved land from $20 to $35 per acre. To the Investor as well as those with limited means there prices, con sidering the fertility of the soil and excellent climatic conditions offer ad vantages and possibilities that It is doubtful can be duplicated in the northwest. Many new lines of sailro&d are under construction or planned for the near future that will put a new complexion on the railroad map of the state. Con struction work during 1911 in central North Dakota, developed activity among rival railroad companies that cannot fail to have the effect of in Teasing farm land values and con tribute to the general welfare of alL "'i'. J. W. MEURER, Photographer. counties, etc, to Fordville on the "wheat line" of the Soo. Through Benson coufaty it passes midway be tween the main line of the Great Northern, on the north and the Ober on-Esmond branch of the Northern Pacific on the south, paralleling both, and passing within nine miles of Es mond. It is quite important because in connection with the Soo's new cut off in Minnesota, east of Thief River Falls, it brings the grain fields of cen tral and western North Dakota into more direct touch with the grain mar kets of Duluth and Superior. A survey has been made for the ex tension of the Oberon-Esmond branch of the Northern Pacific railroad. The survey is from Esmond in a north- (Ml COUNTY v o 1 -h "•••if "i 4" k'i'-^'-- /i 5^&> SEVEN GRAIN ELEVATORS AT ESMOND. Ih fa fejf Hi 9 5 4,^ftp *'A 1*'% ',. W-' 1 & & s 4 i ni '•W' 4 ''•jib:**' E. R. BROWN, Cashier Esmond Stt»« Bask... VihW' J. J. ,BENGSONf Mgr. Lingren'e Eievatoiv rZ -. $s^m ^4- B. I. 8TEIQ, General Merchandise. westerly direction, a distance of &otn4 twenty-five miles, to Towner, a point on the main line of the Great North-' era, and grafting will no doubt mence on that line in the very future. •X' The territory tributary to the ner** lines of railroad embraces some of the choicest land in the state. With the' advent of these lines a still more raplA. increase In population is assured, for the productive properties of the soil' and other advantajgk-s are well known, and the building of these lines will tse move the more serious obstacle now. existing by furnishing a ready access, to the markets and wholesale district*! of Fargo and the twin cities, and lepl values will increase In proportion. ft ry' Mite 7i*V"A HIGH SCHOOL BUI LDJNG* ESMOND. y /t i V' £i/x