The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-21
FIRST DAY ONE Of
PLEASURE AND PROFIT

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and will continue to be such. for the
country surrounding 1t is sufficiently
rich to keep up the growth of the place
no matter what might happen to the
surrounding territory.
At LawtOn.
Lawton is thriving town on this
line six miles north of BrOckett and
Is town of considerable Importance.
1t has rich country tributary to 1t,
and is Just about far enough away
from its rivals to continue to be a
prosperous little village. 1t has a
splendid local paper-The Leader
we'll patronized by the merchants of
the village. we'll edited and newsy.
Banker Beecher of Grand Forks has
string of banks on this line. and to
see him meeting the business men, one
would almost be compelled to think
that he is citizen of the country.
He knows the needs of the country
and is thoroughly in touch with the
various enterprises in the towns, not
Only in which he Is interested as
banker but in all of them. Incident
ally he Is one of the. .broad-miqded
men who are able to see that the pros
perity of Grand Forks as city de-
ponds upon the prosperity of the .coun-
try which is contributary to it.
Lawton. has large number of bust
ness houses. all of the standard lines
being interested, and all carrying
splendid stocks of modern goods.
The chief town on this line of course
is EdmOre, a 4-year-old town of nearly
a thousand Inhabitants. with two pros
porous banks, all sorts of merchants
with large and we'll assorted stocks,
and a general air of gethereativeness.
Until a year ago this was the ter
minus of the line from Lakota and
being such the town built, up rapidly
and Is now in such an advanced condi-
ton of prosperity that nothing could
The large number of elevators give
evidence of the productiveness of the
surrounding country, while the well
built and large business houses give
assurance of the towns permanency.
The country surrounding. it is COM
paratively new so far as settlement is
concerned. but the progressivepess of
the people who settled in this section
of the state was such that they have
done in four syear what would ordfn-
arily require ten to accomplish. The
merchants who settled in the town
were possessed of the same spirit and
they have given the village the stabil-
ity in four years of town many years
its senior. This is the home of Milt
Crary, and the newspaper enterprise
Of the town is in his personal keeping.
The Edmore Herald-News which is
the hyphened result of combination
of couple of years ago, is edited and
published by him, and is a rather
spicy though good local paper.
A New Town.
Beyond EdmOre Is the new town of
Weaver which consists of one house
and couple of stables. though it pos
sesses curiosity which many trav-
elers stop to see. The wife of the
principal inhabitant has been married
fourteen years and has become the
mother since her marriage of eighteen
children. Just how they are distribut-
ed no one could say, and as President
Lander had not included this place in
the stopping schedules. it was impos-
sible to learn.
At Hampden.
Hampden. while suffering because
of the death of it's newspaper. Is quite
thriving little town. It is the first
town on the extension of the line be-,
yond Edmore. and for long time it
was thought that it would outrival
some of the older towns in this part
of the state. But while it has not done
that. 1t has done exceedingly we'll. The
writer was here a year ago, and had
he been dropped into the town with
out knowing what place it was. would
not have known it was the same place.
The town has grown by consolidation.
A year ago the business houses were
considerably scattered. and while the
lines carried at that time were large,
they were nothing like those to be seen
today. The bank is preparing to erect
a fine new building, which. while not
so large as some Of those in the larger
towns of the state. will make up for
this in the extra beauty of the design
and the splendid workmanship. Hamp-
den is just in the northern part of
Ramsey county, and the school lands
which were sold in that section last
fall brought fancy prices. They were
not inflated. however. but in the ma
jority of cases were purchased by
farmers who have lived on adjoining
lands sufficiently long to know their
real values. and who are basing their
judgment as to the value upon actual
results. Barring one portion of the
county this Is regarded as the best
territory in 1t. and in few years when
1t reaches the highest state Of cultiva-
ton will not be surpassed by any.
.., BudGe's Town.
Munich was founded by Billy Bulge
who was once accused by a blind man
of being the best looking male in the