The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-21
INTERESTING FEATURES
NOTED BY PAPER men
Condition Of the Crops-Weaver
Mother Married Fourteen Years Has
Eighteen Children-The Stop at
sBilly Budge's" TOWN.. E. Nc.
Doueall Temporarily indisposed-
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Notes.
Aboard Commercial Club Special.
By George Davis

BY George Davis.
Considerable time was lost from the
regular schedule until Lakota was
reached. Here it was originally pro-
posed to spend an hour but the stay
was cut short in order to make the
Sarles branch on time. Niagara was
the first town to honor the excursion
lists with decorations. The business
people of this progressive little berg
had a string of flags across the main
street, while every business house
showed its progressiveness by lib
eral display of bunting. Unfortunate
ly. this was the only place so far on
the trip which was not favored with
music by the band. The boys were at
dinner and much regret was expressed
by those having the matter in charge
hearty hand shakes, to show the APP
probation of the members of the party
for the courtesy extended.
At Lakota.
Lakota, it might be added. is one of
the good towns of the state. 1t has
recently taken on a new lease of en-
terprise in the building OF cement side
walks. The old boards are being re-
placed by walks which would be
credit to towns many times its size.
One thing Is noticeable among the
merchants of the town-they carry i'm
mense stocks and you could spend sew
eraf years looking for a croaker and
be disappointed in the end. Lakota
does not have such things when it
comes to booming the city, or build
ing up the country and the enterprises
which support it. The fact that it is
the point where one of the best branch
lines leaves the main Great Northern.
will always keep 1t a good town, pos
sible not one of the largest in the
state but one which will always have
staple future and one in which safe
and conservative business can locate
with confidence.
on for sarles.
From Lakota the special took the
branch to the new town of Sarles. The
ruin during the afternoon of Monday
on this branch. was through coun-
try which is comparatively new,
though the magnificent barns which
could be seen from the car windows.
the fine farm homes which dotted the
prairie. and the waving fields of grain,
all indicated that the section being
traversed was one Of the old settled
portions Of the state. though as a
matter of fact the iron rails. have.
traversed the territory but four years.
A trip over the same territory at that
time would have shown many sod
houses and claim shacks where now
are beautiful farm houses whose COM
forts a prince might envy.
At BrOckett.
The first stop on this line was at
the thriving little village of Brockett.
situated in the heart of a splendid
farming country. and destined to be-
come an important trading place. 1t
has a population of something like
200 and has splendid bank with
capital of $4,000 and a surplus Of S.
O00-the latter rather unusual thing
so far as the proportion of the surplus
to the capital is concerned. in vii
lage no larger than Brockett. The
business men are progressive: and
thoroughly up to date and the"stocks
of goods carried in the general stores
would be sufficient for places many
times its size. although the merchants
stated that they had no dead goods,
remark which showed that the peo-
pie who deal at this point are not by
any means limited in their buying
power or in their standard of taste
and desires. Brockett is good town