The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-30
NE MINNESOTA.
New Towns in North Dakota

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Nh New Towns in Worth Dakota. i. E Il
/ North Dakota is having somew what Of
3 boom in railroad building. There is,
now building from the main line of the thu
Great Northern railway, four 2exten--s55
sions, which will tap an additional
AREA Of splendid agricultural land.
Werefer to the Sarles, of the Ed d.
more branch, running from Munich to-
Sarles. II The Thorn extension which
will run from York through Benson
Pierce and Rolettet counties. The
Maxbass extension which will run
from Towner northwest through Nc
Henry and Bottineau counties, and a
further extension of the Westhope line.
| to Antler The building Of this branch
will bring into view q number OF 81, small "a I.
towns. ~ n Il -. .@,..S:sE5
On the Sarles extension, the new
towns will be known as Clyde, CALVIN
and Sarles, and opportunit for al
most every form of business will ju !s't.
fy the prediction that these three new
towns will become important points ID
the near future. o., -$-@:g57.A~
On the Thorne extension the new
towns are Wolford, Selden, McCumber
and Thorne, which will also Aaford OPP
portunity for the investment OF capl-
! tai D..
| The Maxbass extension new towns
are Bantry, Upham, Deep, Newburg
and Maxbass
These towns will also offer an oppor-
tunity for investment of capital, and
the establishment of business enter
prises in almost every direction. -
Mr.: D. N. Tallman, president of the
Dakota Development company Of
Wilmar, Mimi, says that the demand
for lines in these new towns has been
very good and predicts bright future
for every one Of them.
| bitches. >;
ST. Paul-Co4tracts for the con-
struction of three new bitches, which
when completed will drain several
thousand acres of state lands, were let
by the state drainage board. A meet.
ing was held in Governor Johnson's
Office and several bidders from the
northern part of the state were pres
ent. s.. H
The work, as outlined by the grant,
ing of these bids, will take practically
all of the funds now available for
such work The last legislature ap-
propriated $50, 900 for the work.
John Kohler of Frazee was awarded
the contract for the construction of the
Wing River ditch in Otter Tail county.
TheIcontract price is II 40 cents per
cubic foot.
The Standard Ditch Company of
Window received the contract to con-
struct the Roseau River ditch. The
contract price is 1880 cents per cubic
foot. :,
The contract for the lconstruction of
Kimberly ditch in Atkin; county was
awarded to John Kohler at 144O cents
per cubic foot.
l. Fatal Base Ball.
4 Minneapolis 81 IA aghault ,--eo
years of age. residing with his father,
brothers and sisters ats813 University
avenue ST, was almost Instantly killed
by being hit in the region of the heart
with pitched ball while playing a
game of baseball on the university
campus. -
The pitcher who, sent young Dag
nault to almost instant death was Mar
tin H. Schroeder, ;22o1 Twenty-first
avenue s, playing upon the Harrison
g. Smith Printing compauy's team.
The teams opposed to each other
were those of the American Bridge
company and Harrison & Smith, and
the accinent happened at the close OF
the third inning. -