The Dickinson press., 1906-09-15


ware store, blacksmith and harness
maker.
Considering the quality of the soil,
inducements to the actual farmer than
Stark county, where land can be bought
from s12 an acre acre up which will make
money both from crops and the rise. in
pass passed through the pioneer ,:; stage, set. t
put up with the hardships and incon-
veniences the early settler was SUBJ
jected to.
GLADSTONE.
Gladstone has two distinctions-of
being named for the premier of England
and of being the first town plated in
the county, the surveyors having driven
the last stakes in August, 1882.
This town was formerly known as
Green River and was the end of the
Northern Pacific railway in 1881. The
village is picturesquely situated imme-
diately on the banks of the Heart river,
which are here very high, and all along
the bottom lands are clothed with fine
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The largest settlements of farmers in
the county are tributary to the village,
and the merchants enjoy a very lucra-
tive trade with the surrounding country,
especially south as far as the Cannon
Ball river, more than thirty miles.
The Gladstone State bank handles the
financial business, and the lumber inter-
ests are taken care of by two dealers.
There are three general stores, four i'm
plement Dealers, a roller mill (built of
stone), having capacity of $50 barrels
per day. This mill was the pioneer of
the milling interests west Of the Missouri
river, having been built by Mr.. Robert
Lee in 1884.
There are three church edifces and
two-room schoolhouse; and the shipment
of building sand all along the railway is
assuming proportions Of some impor-
tance.
Dickinson formerly Pleasant Valley
was named for U. S. Senator Dickinson
from New York, who was a stockholder
in the Northern Pacific railway at the
time of the first settlement of the coun-
try. This is the freight division and is
on the north bank of Heart river, pretty
near half way between the Missouri and
Yellowstone rivers.
This town is the county seat of Stark
county and is the center of the great
stock interests of this part of North Da-
kota, and is also the greatest wool mar.
ket in the state, 100000 pounds being
the amount marketed this year.
Dickinson is very beautiful town and
we'll built. Its clean, straight, busy
streets appeal to the newcomer as being
strictly up to date. At the present time
a phenomenal amount of building is
going on, and the owners of private resi-
dences seem to vie with each other, not
only in artistic and architectural adorn-
ment but in the spaciousness and solidity
of the structures erected.
Many first-class brick blocks have been
built the past year, and at present sew
eral more are nearing completion, not
ably the home of the Merchants Bank
on the northeast corner of Barnes and
Oakes streets.
The manufacturing interests are COM
prised in roller mill, a cement block
factory and the works of the Dickinson
Fire & Pressed Brick plant. The second
brick plant, the Missouri Slope Brick &
Tile Co., will be in operation this fall.
The city has just started on the beauti-
flying of the town by the laying out of a
commodius park, and is also installing a
system of waterworks.
The mercantile interests are so we'll
handled that all the wide tributary coun-
try is wanting nothing that cannot be
found in the gem city of the Gland of
buttes.'
The city is electric lighted and has a
good local telephone service, beside the
long distance system connecting it with
the principal cities and villages along the
line of the railway. Several other lines
extend out into the country, both south
and north, bringing into communication
the many hamlets and villages that are
outlying but'tributary to the city.
The city has just received from the
hands of Hon. J. c. Young the munifcent
gift of fine library for the public. He
is also donor of the land for the public
park. The Commercial club must not
be overlooked, for to this the citizens of
not only the city but the surrounding
country look land will not look in vain)
to great extent for their future pros
perity and extension of community in
terests. The populace worship in six
fine ediices and the youth are taught in
a commodious brick graded and high
school. The state sub-experimental sta
ton is one and one-half miles from the
city. The city boasts superb volunteer
fire department. The population of
Dickinson is 1900.
BELFIELD.
This fine, thrifty village lies some
twenty-five miles farther west and is sur
rounded with some of the finest farming
lands in the state. A great deal of wealth
has been acquired by this people in the
various stock industries, and today,speak-
ing relatively, it is making the most
rapid advancement of almost any point
in the county along the line of the rail-
| way.
Belfeld formerly known as Camp
Housten) lies in district underlaid with
huge veins of coal Qignite), and will in
the future take rank in the mining indus
tries. She will in the near future have
also a very large and lucrative trade with
the country tributary, as the country is
very rapidly settling up, with resolute
and progressive farming population.
Bel6eld is we'll supplied with general
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