Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-07-01
NEW RhlLRohD TOWNS.
Townsites Located for Three New Town Along
the Ct. Northern Extension.

Townsites Located for Three New Town Along
the Ct. Northern Extension.
For more than week past the ques-
ton OF Importance with the people OF
Langdon, as well as among our farmer
friends northwest of town, has been in
which direction the extension of the Ct.
Northern from this point would be bull: :,
and the location OF the proposed town
sites. Idle talk from day to day gave
birth to vague rumors and first it would
be that the road might run to Snow
Flake creek, then again it would begiven
out as sure thing that everything had
been changed and the route would take
the south side of the lake, but now it is
pretty safe to state that the matter
has been finally settled with twenty-three
miles OF new road bed running east OF
Rush Lake with terminus in Linden
township within about two miles OF the
boundary line on what is known as the
Francis Hannah place. The site for the
new town at the terminus, the exact To-
cation OF which is the nwA OF sec 4, town
1853, range 60, has been purchased by a
newly formed townsite company COM
posed Of Langdon leadingcapitalists and
has been given the name of Linden. Its
location appears to give general salts
faction and we feel sure the new town
will have rapid growth and become a
business centre, drawing trade for many
miles west along the line as we'll as from
tributary country eastward. This to-
gether with the fine farming district
should make a town Of upward 1000
people inside Of five years.
The next town to the south will be
Rush Lake, located on what is known as
the George Reekie farm, en- the seq OF
section 81, town 1913, range 81 and as a
good situation from a business point OF
view, will be nearly, if not quiteas good,
as Linden, at the end OF the track. Lying
at the south end OF the lake it will hold
all undivided trade for twenty miles to
the west and as The owners OF the site OF
the new town purpose building ineroads
and bridges on the south bend will give
easy access to trade from the west.
Rush Lake promises in but a short space
OF time to prove itself a saucy rival to
most other towns in the county.
The first town out from Langdon, at
distance Of abapt seven miles, will be
Dresden, situats< on section 25, town
1852. range 81, and will prove quite con-
venient as point for marketing grain,
besides which the influx OF new settlers
gives it opportunities OF future growth
that cannot be gainsaid by any town OF
the western country. Its close proximity
to Langdon, however, willfor the present
bar it from becoming such business
centre as the terminus at Linden is bound
to be.
People in town perhaps raise the
question of what will Langdon be doing
while these three new towns are forging
to the front? The attraction that this
extension OF the road west is proving it.
self to be to outsiders, will bring with it
a double attraction to Cavalier county's
county-seat and when these new towns
can count their population all the way
from 500 to ], 200 in five or seven years
Langdon will have increased her proper
tions to city of at least 5000 people.
The growth and progress of Langdon is
bound to keep pace with each step that
Cavalier county makes in the march OF
Improvement. Common sense will not
tolerate any other view OF the question.
Charlie Crosby visited Milton this week
in the interest of the bicycle department
OF H. ID. ALERT & Co.'S store.
George Balsdon ST., returned this week
from round OF visits among Cannuck
friends on the Manitoba side.
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