Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-09-12
GRAND FORKS.
Rapid Growth, and Marked I'm.
proyements-Personal

residents looking blue and feeling dis
heartened. They had not then finished
the struggle incident to the change from
the "boom" period to the era of solid
prosperity. Last week we found an en-.
tlrely different condition of affairs. The
change is remarkable. Many fine resi-
dences have been built; streets have been
improved and new sidewalks laid.
"Way out Of town" last year is only a
short distance; and there is a far pros
pect that some of the farms that we're
cut up into town lots during the crazy
days of 1928 Will soon be covered with
the homes of solid and permanent resi-.
dents. In the business portion the
changes are ever more remarkable.
Many solid brick buildings have been
erected and others are going up. The
old Northwestern corner, where once
stood the Hudson Bay company's trad
ing store: is o covered by an extern
sive two-story brick. Opposite this is
the new Grand Forks National bank, of
which Hon. M. L. Mccormack. the
Democratic Moses Of North Dakota, is
president, and William O'Mulcahey, a
stalwart Republican, is cashier. L. T.
Walker, of Odessa fame, is the vice pres
ident. and among the directors we notice
the anne of our old-time friends Frank
Viets, A. H. Moves, f. M. Prouty and
Fred Fulton, three good Republicans
and n good Democrat. 1t is only fair
to say, however, that all these gentlemen
are running a bank for money and not
for politics. Even the president, who is
on terms of intimacy with President
Cleveland and could have almost any
thing he wants, prefers business to poll
tics. His friends are urging him for U.
S. marshal, and a large number of Re-
publicans will agree with us that he
would be a decided improvement over
the present incumbent. A change in
the Office is among the certalnties of the
near future.
The basis of Grand Forks present pros
perity is her sawmill, small though it be.
Lumber has been reduced in price $40
per thousand since the mill started. 7.
B. Walker has just signed an agreement
to put in a mill with an extensive cutting
capacity. This will insure a constant
supply of logs, as Mr.. Walker own an
immense stumpage in the Red lake re-
gion. We of Devils Lake are interested
in this lumber business to the extent of
the reduced prices hat must come
sooner or later.
The city government has been doing
its share of improvements. An addi-
tional waterworks system is being put in
opposite the mouth of Red Lake river.
The object is to get the pure fresh water
that comes down that stream from the
great Red lake of the north. Hereto
fore the citizens have had to quench
their thirst from the Red river, and take
to their lips the bad things that come
down from Fargo; and all the bad things
in Fargo haven't come down yet. One of
these days the Red river hippopotamus
FATTY Edwards) will cast his carcass i'll
to the river and drown himself. The
people Of Grand Forks will then CON
graduate themselves in having tapped
the other stream for drinking purposes.
Speaking of beverages, these hurried
notes of Grand Forks improvement
would be incomplete withouta reference
to Jake Dobmelerts brewery. Some
how II other we went down to see Jake,
and there found Henry Gotzian and
Major Hamilton. The major gets his
yeast from Jake, and Henry-well, he
knew of Jake's brothers back in the
old country, and he rather likes Jake
, himself. Four years ago Jake had lit
tie place about 20x4O feet where he made
beer for family use and that of his
friends. Now he has about two pcres
lowered with watts and machinery, and
is manufacturing beer for all the lower
Red river valley, on both sides Of the
river, and his goods find their way to
many places outside of the valley, in
GLIDING Devils Lake. He makes a pure
article, and being an old Bavarian brew
er understands his business, which is
s growing SO fast that he could use a brew
cry with double the capacity.
Mr.. Prouty induced us to go over to
the Presbyterian church to see the hole
they have cut in the end of the building
to receive the $4,000 pipe organ, now on
its way from the east, The longest pipe
will be 25 feet high, and if the wind is
favorable MI. Prouty thinks We may
hear its solemn notes way up in this
. country. 1--WE have given orders to the
: printer to have this church item placed
g above the brewery n%otice.)
! We saw many other evidences ofthrift
+ and prosperity, showing the existence of
t push and enterprise. Grand Forks hav-
+ ing solved the lumber problem by estab-
fishing saw mills, her people are now
struggling to III cheap transportation
n for the products Of the great valley. A
direct outlet by way Of Duluth is what
y they are striving for. The completion
! of a railroad connection with the "Zen-