Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-02-22
of sheep, while horses never require.

any feed.
In a country where such conditions.
of climate exist that stock can be al.
lowed to Craze winter and summer
upon grasses that keep them in con-
dition for the butchers block at all
times; with an abundance of pure
running water; when th~ree~year-old.
steers bring as much money as those.
that are fed Is to 100 bushels of corn
elsewhere; where twenty acres can be
bought for the price of an acre Of
ordinary farm land in the states fur
Their east, is it any wonder that such
lands are finding a ready market and.
that values are rising higher and,
higher, by leaps and bounds? When
added to this the great resources in
raw material and cheap fuel for man
ufacturing industries is considered it
requires no straining of the imagina-.
ton to picture for this magnificent
empire a great and glorious future.
While but little attention has as yet
been given to the production of farm.
cereals, sufficient experiments have
been made to demonstrate that the soil
is we'll adapted to the production of all,
small grains and corn, a small settle I
ment twelve miles northwest having
marketed last year some 100000 BUSH
els, and 152 loads of wheat are re-
Do,+o IN Loryo hmm cn11 OF tho local
elevator in n day last fall.
The banking interests of Dickinson:
have kept pace with the rapid devel-
opment of the city in other lines, and
at present consist of n national and
one state bank, with total resources
closely approximating a million dol
lars, carrying deposits of about one
half that sum, showing an increase in
this item over last year of $45.343.5 3d.;
with an increase in surplus and undi-
vided profits during the past year Of
4 1855. GO. Not at all a bad show
ing for a young city that has had it's
chief growth within the past dozen
years, with the development of the
country barely passing beyond the ex-
perimental stage.
Aside from these varied interests of
farm, ranch and manufacture, Dick
inson is the Northern Pacific division
headquarters for freight traffic, with
round houses, shops, storage yards,
ctr all nnn1Nuino q 1ororo ho1. nf
men, whose homes are here, which
in itself adds no small item to the
growth and prosperity of the city.
Owing in a large measure to it's high
altitude Dickinson ranks among the
first in the Lealthfulness of it's elm
ate, and it is remarkable that during
it's whole history, miasmatic and pull
monary diseases have been unknown.
In the matter of educational advan-
tages few cities of it's %pretentions in
3 any country afford better facilities
than are found in it's complete system
OF graded schools. 1t is supplied with
two good school buildings, one used
~ primary uCpdl Cl1ClLS, duu d sun
stantial three-story brick High school,
building. A school census recently
taken shows the number of pupils
OF school age at very closely ap-
proximating 1000. while the enroll
ment shows 934. The schools are di-
ylded into ten grades. including a spe-
cial course in music. The amount ap-
propriated for teachers salaries dur
} ing the current yea is $6,55O, which
in itself indicates a determination on
the part of the people to make ample
provision for the education Of the
young.
Dickinson is not at all behind the
e sister cities of the state in the good
things that have been accomplished
n in 1901. The beginning of the yeal
+ saw the electric lighting plant and
n telephone exchange fully established
s and generally patronized, and the new
city hall and engine house-tha1
o which it is hard to find better in the
o state-Just ready for occupancy. The
streets have been thoroughly graded
e and continuous uniform cement tilins
e sidewalks laid on all the principal bus
mess streets, which are electri,
lighted.
d The fire department has been made
:; effective by a new engine, hook ant