The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-08-09

There are about four hundred people
who are proud to call Flaxton their
home and thus strictly speaking, Flax
ton is the home of the -Four Hundred.
We believe that there is more rigs on
the streets and more business done to
the square foot at Flaxton than at any
other town Of the size that we ever Wis
tied. FROM here the 500 branches out
to Ambrose, 20 miles, on which line the
steel is now being laid and this fact
alone is going to make this place an i'm
portant central point. A new depot is
Just being completed; round house
and an enlarged water tank about to be
built. Another proof of the rapid
strides which Flaxton is making is that
the school board has found it necessary
to finish the upstairs and fit up one
more room in their new school house
which was built only last year and they
will now employ three teachers and will
also have high school department.
The village is organized into special
school district and has board of edu-
cation of its own composed of the fol-
lowing gentlemen:
L. n. Botton who keeps one of the
largest general stores, president; Berthe
Nelson, vice president of the Citizens
State bank; ]. o. Rowland of Rowland
& Swenness. hardware and implement
merchants: j. S. Gee, the obliging bust
ness manager of your Uncle Samuels
postorfice department at Flaxton; DR..
Paulson, the busy and popular Flaxton
physician, directors, and W. f. Burgetr,
of the Citizens State bank, who has just
lately succeeded r. B. "ewn as secre-
tary to the board.
We have inside inforna.. the
only hesitation and mental res~,... -.
which Mr.. Burgett had in a. 80.
this highly lucrative office was, that,
being DESTROYS of doing as we'll if not a
little better than his predecessor. Mr.
Town, and that gentleman having re-
fused to accept any compensation for
his services during the past year, he did
not know but what it might be expected
of him that he should pay something
for the privilege.
Two new churches have just been
completed, one presbyterian, and one of
the Norwegian Synod, which speaks we'll
for the public spiritedness of its citi-
zens. Rev. A. Buckneberg is the pastor
OF the latter while Rev. J. w. Kingston,
of Bowbells, has the former in charge.
Considering the amount of railroad
building through the country Flaxton
will have the largest territory of any of
the neighboring towns, and her large
amount of trade can be judged some
what by the fact that the five grain ele-
vators have been kept open and grain
coming in all summer.
BY way of public enterprises may be
mentioned the Farmers and Merchants
Independent Telephone Co. which is
just getting ready for business and will
have local exchange in the village and
party lines thru the country, besides
connections with the long distance
phones, the only farmers mutual fire in
surance company in the county, and
Flaxton Belt Guide Co., which has been
incorporated for the purpose of manu-
facturing.a belt guide invented by that
ingenious Flaxonite blacksmith and
machinist, NJ. E. Degree.
All branches of business are prosper
ing up that way but nothing would
seem to come up to what the hotels are
doing. The amount of traffic thru that
part OF the country incident to the ex-
traordinary rapid development, and es-
pecially the large and ever increasing
number Of commercial travellers it ap-
pears would make this point veritable
mecca for hotelmen.
The Independent scribe, while there,
made several calls on our subscribers