Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1882-03-03
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The STEEL BOOM.
It Receives Fresh Impetus by the
Building Of q New and
First Class Hotel. 5'a
What is Being Done In and About !.
the Thriving County Seat
Of Kidder County.
A Few of the Industries that will En-
gage Farmer Steele's Atten-
ti0n This Season. Y.
An Extensive Creamery and Hennery>
to Supply the Northwest with
Butter, Cheese and Eggs.
! sure to Boom.

for the new town of Steele for the purpose Of
stalking out the ground for the new hotel
which will be erected during the next sixty
days. The plans Of the house were drawn BY
Architect Millard, of ST. Paul, and the build
ing, when completed, will be by all odds the
finest hotel on the line of the North Pacific
outside Of the few large towns. It win be
two stories and half high and the archi-
tect, raj design of the roof is one that will
please the eye of the most aesthetic. The
building will be frst-class throughout, and
will be furnished in genuine metropolitan
style. It is being built by Mrs. McCowaA
of Washington, D, O., lady of means who
has two sons whom she wishes to establish IN
business in Dakota on large scale. The
lumber is now on the ground and if the pres
ent weather holds for fortnight the cellar
excavation and walls will be we'll under way,
and the superstructure framed. #e55s ...
which is already finished is the prettiest on
the line between Fargo and Bismarck. It.
has several extra touches which no other
like structure on the North Pacific possesses
A Michigan man will put in a lumber yard
in about thirty days and will also make
valuable addition to the town in m the shape OF
q neat So, 500 dwelling house. The MesarA
Carroll and Dennison, who have located
claims Just east of town, will build fine resi-
denoes Immediately and they also have 9
number Of friends in the east who will join
them III month or two. II Aeapfopr1et0rs o1
the townsite offer great indu6en1ents to any
one locating and building the tirst church
in Steele and doubtless beautiful edifice
will grace the village before the summer is
far advanced. .a -
STEELE 8 CREAMERY !s*r
and cheese factory will be built just as soon
as the we'll borers get through their work,
and will be an institution of great import
a1lce to,North Dakota. Mr.. Steele will leave
for Illinois next week to purchase q, couple
of hundred head of stock for his dairy and
he already has his ice house well filed with
ice, for the use of the creamery. large
hennery is also an industry that will engage
the attention of Mr.. Steele in connection
with his other business. Nearly everybody
being engaged in the raising of wheat in
North Dakota Mr.. Steele has concluded that
there is q demand for a little d1verslhed
farming. and will therefore put in but little
Grain compared with former years. He
viii. however, seed enough to keep up the
reputation of Kidder county and the: Steele
farm. which is the only one where thlrty-sl1
bvshels of wheat to the acre has been raised
on a large tract of land in Dakota territory.
Last fall Mr.. Steele made many Improve
ments upon his farm buildings and now has
as finely oQu1pp6u IdElu sto Oily. Nv" Ing
lander could imagine machine ware
house and large elevator are among the
improvements docketed for this seasons
boom and the addition of several buildings
necessary for the creamery will make quite
town of farm houses alone. Steele IS the
- COUNTY SEAT OF K1DDER COUNTY,
and surrounded by as fine an agricultural
country as one could wish to see. Ihe
county is we'll watered, having on it's surface
numerous lakes ranging from ordinary mlll
ponds to mil. wide and three miles long.
Any map of Dakota will demonstrate how
thoroughly the county .at+ss is xsteEed Tgi he
mild prediction to prophesy the advent of
from 200 to 500 families in the immediate
vicinity of Steele the coming season: GOOD
government land can still be had within
few miles of town, and a large Michigan and 1
another smaller Pennsylyania colony VIII
soon arrive with their stock, farming uten.
sils. etc., and if the new town does not hold
its head up with the other boom towns along
the line then it will because there Is no
virtue in natural location, good soil and ex-
cellent climate. ,..z--z.