Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-12-13
DEVILS LAKE.
What the City is And What it Will Be
Before Many Years.

Before Many Years.
Devils Lake is a city Of three !
souls. It is situated in
he southern part of Ramsey
80 miles west of Grand
and some 400 miles north
west of st. Paul, from which city
it is q days ride on the trains.
Lake is only eighteen years
old, but it has q number of whole
squares Of solid brick blocks and
in this it differs from the ordinary
little city. It has also thousands
and thousands of feet of cement
sidewalks. It's streets are lighted
with electric lights and an excel
lent telephone system is another of
the city's improvements. It's
court house is one of the best in
the state, in all particulars, and as
much can be said of its public
schools. The school for the deaf,
an imposing structure. is also To-
Gated in this city. A large num-
Der Of fine residences assist in
making the place q beautiful one.
There il an air of business import
ance about the city which makes
it quite metropolitan and its many
stores are filed with goods of as
fine equality as can be found in
the northwest. There is not a
vacant house or business block in
the city, and the hotels are always
crowed to their utmost capacity.
Devils Lake needs more dwelling
houses for rental purposes and all
these are promised in the spring.
The tract of land adjoining the
city on the east, recently purchased
by Messrs. Brown and Proudfoot,
of this city, will be plated in a few
months and a large number of
dwelling houses of a respectable
size will be erected. for sale or
rent. This tract, after being plat
ted, will be added to the CITY. It
will be graded and leveled and on
account of it's height, will make an
ideal residence district. In many
and in fact in most of the large
cities of the country, the best and
largest dwellings, are erected on
the highest rise of mother earth in
the limits of those places. To
those who undertake the erection
of such dwellings. besides beauti-
flying the city and making it grow,
there is a good investment-one
that will pay a large. percent o.
interest. There are. scores Of
travelling men who would make
their headquarters at Devils Lake
could they obtain houses to rem
and these people generally make
good tenants. Houses of five t.
eight rooms will readily rent il
this city for from SIS. to $25 PEI
month and q little figuring vii
prove that an investment of thi
kind suggested will net from IL t
!, 20 per cent interest per annum OF
= the amount invested, besides pay
ing repairs, taxes and insurance
Devils Lake needs a new hote
and in all probability n will b.
built in the spring. This cit!
could support a 100 room hotel
modern in all respects and woult
make a fortune for the man VIII
erects such q structure. There i
no town IN the state that is NOR
in need of q hotel than this city
A movement on foot here to form
stock company is meeting Wit
more than gratifying success ant
if the gentlemen interested fail il
their attempt, there are severa
other outside parties contemplat
ing the erection of the structure
So there is little doubt, but tha
We will in a year from now. hav
i. n of the best modern hotels i
the state.
The waterworks system will b
completed>in the summer as we'll
the sewerage system. Mr.. TONI
kins has made success OF b!
electric lights and telephones, an
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