The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1908-05-28
GLENDALE IS
GROWING FAST
Two Large Blocks To Be Built
in Business District.
Two Buildings to Cost About $6O, 900 and will
Mean Much to Glendale
Politics AMI Other Things.

Politics ami Other Things.
Mr.. Mccartney had some business in
Glendale Friday and the editor and
family took the opportunity of visiting
the county seat and enjoying the auto
ride. The country between Oakes and
Glendale is not what it once was. AS
late as three years ago an angling road
could be taken most of the trip, but
now there is so much new breaking and
so many wire fences that the traveller
has to turn square corners all the way.
The writer has not visited the county
seat in some months and meeting with
old friends was most happy and cordial.
Glendale is enjoying quite a healthy
boom, and the business men are getting
together on local improvements as they
have never done before. A three-story
building is contracted for on the corner
of Railroad avenue and Main street, on
the place made vacant by the disastrous
fire of last fall. Three business houses
-Messrs. Heckelsmiller, Nathan and
Randall-will have the ground floor,
while the next two stories will be for
opera house purposes and will be owned
by stock company. The contract has
been let to Casper Lepper of Aberdeen
for $29, 900 and the basement was al
most excavated and ready for the foun-
daticn work.
On tho east corner of the same block
on Main street R. w. Dickey is getting
in shape to put up $25, 900 hotel. This
hung fire all winter, but the business
men again became busy and by offering
1900 bonus the new hotel is now an
assured thing.
Glendale is fortunate in having the
best artesian we'll in the state. Since
the old well lost its pressure two other
wells had been put down but without
the desired results. This spring con-
tract was signed with the North Da-
kota Artesian Well Company of this
city for a 4a-inch gusher and they got
all they contracted for and more. The
third flow was tapped at a depth OF
1885 feet and by test pressure was
secured of 100 pounds. So great is
the pressure that the city dads are
afraid to turn the full force onto the
mains, as it would rip everything in the
way of mains to pieces. It means a
new set of mains all around.
The air is full of politics and the
walks full of politicians. Even the
children of the county seat are poll
ticians in the bud. Potter and Axtell
and Goddard make lot of noise. 1t
reminds us something of frog pond,
where you would think there were
thousands Of frogs, but come to investi-
gate you could count them all on the
fingers of one hand. Axtell was prom
ised the nomination by the gang for
railroad commissioner, but has now
contented himself with the position OF
o. D. P. Official dispenser of patronage)
of Dickey county. He said he would
rather be that and help his friends,
than occupy any official position within
the gift of the people. Goddard has
been promised the Glendale postoffice
Keyes is easily satisfied and got his
when he was put on as an alternate tc
the Chicago convention. Potter is sale
to be slated for good state position
Thus their ambitions are all to be salts
fed if only the Great and Good Alex
Mckenzie is permitted to reign SUI
preme.
The court house bunch does not seem
to be worrying any. supt. Lowell anc
Auditor Eygabroad appeared to be the
only real busy ones. Mrs. Lowell was
preparing for big school rally that
was to come off Tuesday and Auditor
Eygabroad is in the Office where there
is something to do all the time. In his
Office he was besieged with candidates
who wanted to get their petitions filed
The democratic candidates, who were
nominated at Monango, had their peti
tions filed and nearly all of the republi
cans who had made their announcement
BY four o'clock on Monday all petition!
had to be filed.
The new dormitory building of the
M at the head of Main street east il
a splendid looking building and make'
an excellent addition to the stat,
buildings.
The dandelion pest is getting to b.
quite nuisance and it looks as i
Glendale needed badly a spraying O
Prof. Bolley's sulphate of iron.
Prince.
My Morgan bred stallion, Prince, will
stand at Coy's Livery Barn in Oake
Friday afternoons and Saturdays O