The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-09
Extensive improvements in Progress at the North Dakota
Agricultural College Great Transformation Made.

Tire HOOr is clear and 1t Will 0nOrd one
OF the finest floors for military maneu.
vers, drills, gymnastics and games as
well as dancing, to be found anywhere.
A gallery IL feet wide is run along
two sides of the hall SO there will be
no need for the improvised bleachers
which were used to accommodate the
crowds at the basketball games last
year. The floor will be of maple and
the walls and ceiling will be ceiled,
making a very handsome, room. In
addition to this the dressing rooms
are to be enlarged. the old directors
room will be changed into locker
room and new room will be built for
the directors with window opening
upon the main floor so that he can sit
at his desk and see what is going on
in the gymnasium. The old gun room
is also being doubled in size. The to-
tai cost of these improvements will be
about $4,000.
Frances Hall is likewise coming in
for its share CT the improvements The
entire upper floor of the building is
being remodeled, three new Offices are
being put in and one of the class rooms
IS being enlarged. The walls and cell.
ings of all the rooms on the upper
floors are being reprinted and redeco.
rated. all the improvements to the
building costing about $1,4OO.
Laboratory to Music Hall.
The old chemical laboratory will in
the future be known as music hall. Al
though brick structure it has been
moved back about 400 feet and the
upper story has been raised so that
the building is now full two stories
In height. The top floor will be devot
ed entirely to band room and on the
lower floor will be three offices and
the same number of piano rooms.
The A. c. creamery is to have a new
floor and the roof is to be shingled.
Perhaps the structure which is just
now exciting the greatest interest is
the new experimental hall. There are
very few of its kind in the country
and the one at the Minnesota school
OF agriculture, which is considerably
smaller than that being erected at the
North Dakota Agricultural college, has
for some time past been the only one
in the Northwest.
The mill not only contains apparat-
us for grinding -four as it's name i'm.
plies, but also included within it's walls
are laboratory for carrying on work
in soils and one for canning expert
ments. The latter is to be used in
making tests to determine to what
extent North Dakota products can be
successfully canned with the idea of
developing the canning industry in
this state. These two rooms are in
the second story at the front of the
main building. ..
Mill to Test Grains.
To the rear is the mill proper which
is provided with two thirty-horsepower
dynamos, three double rolls, a wheat
cleaner, and all the apparatus needed
to mill either durum or ordinary
wheat. Prof. Ladd, who has charge of
the mill, proposes to make expert
ments in bleaching, to test samples Of
wheat which are sent to the college
by farmers and determine it's quality
and grade and to cooperate in every
way with the farmers. In the near
future Prof. Ladd expects to have a
special course in the study of grains
and milling established at the college
A testing laboratory and breadmaking
apparatus are to be provided in con-
nection with the mill, and the courses
offered along these lines will be partic.
ularly beneficial to young men desir.
ing to become familiar with the mill.
ing industry or to become managers
of farmers elevators. AS whole the
mill is said to be the most completely
fitted up Of any in the country.
The extent of the Improvements
which are being made at the A. c.
may be judged from the fact that a
total of 100000 is being expended.