The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-22
MEMBERS TOOK A STRAW
VOTE on BEAUTY QUESTION
Cando Another Fine Town-Here the
Visitors Were "Autoed" About and
Shown Points Of Interest Rolla,
Bisbee,, Perth and Maza Also Visited
-Bottihss.'u Line Today.

st. John.
Aboard Commercial Club Special,
Aug. 21.-The special reached St. John
this morning and left on schedule time
after an hour of pleasant sojourn in
this quaint old town. Incidentally St.
John is one of the Oldest towns in the
state. 1t was for long time q mere
Indian trading point, and even after
the railroad reached the place about
fifteen years ago 1t remained in sort
of comatose state until about four
years ago when it began a forward
movement and is now something of a
modern town. The old French air
prevades the place, however, and the
scenes remind the observer of the days
when the white man first came. The
town has band and while the gen.
eral stores are rather limited in num-
Der they are amply able to supply the
trade demands Of the territory which
IL rather extensive the nearest town
on the south being Rolla, on the west
Dunseith while on the east the nearest
town is nearly thirty miles. the other
two being eight and fifteen miles re-
spectively. 3d. John lies at the foot
of the Turtle mountains, on the east
side. The mountains are studded with
beautiful lakes and covered with tim
Der, making the region one destined
to rival the famous Adirondacks of
New York. The development of this
region as a summer resort will in
crease the Importance of st. John as
a.town. Several cottages have been
built at this lake this summer and
several towns have been laid out
which will mako n,,ito a citv
A Trunk Line.
The St. John branch is being ex-
tended and the grading is completed
to Brandon on the Canadian Pacific,
distance of seventy miles, while the
steel is laid about half the distance,
beginning at st. John. When complet-
ed which will be sometime this fall,
the line will become part of the gen.
eral trunk line of the Great Northern,
and the towns on the branch will as
sumo a distinctive Importance.
Rolla q ProEresnive Town.
1t would probably make other towns
in the state jealous to say that Rolla
is the prettiest town in the state-just
as it would make your best girl jeal-
GUS to tell her some other one was
better looking, though that might be
true. At the same time the Jealous
girl might have many redeeming quail
tiles not possessed by the other. Rolla
has a population. of something like a
thousand. 1t is the county seat of a
rich county but needs a modern court
house and county offices. The build
ings are neat and we'll constructed,
many OF them of brick and number
of them of cement blocks. Principal
among the latter is fine church which
is remarkably beautiful. Rolla is sit
uated in the midst of fine and pro-
ductive wheat growing country. 1t
has in addition to the half dozen ele-
vators, fine Touring mill which is
enjoying lucrative trade in the fine
grades of flour which are manufacture
ed. Editor Hoskins in addition to dis
pensing the mail, gives the people of
the town decidedly good paper, full
to overlooking with crisp, fresh news
and we'll served. He has splendid
printing plant with all necessary ma
chinery, and best of all enjoys a splen-
did advertising and job patronage. "A
look at his plant would convince any
one that 1t would be useless to send
outsof. the city for any9job of printing
The people Of Rolla gave the club
right royal welcome. and host of
good fellowship feeling was established
between the city and Grand Forks