The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-30
DICKINSON IS
REACHING OUT
NEW TERRITORY Is ADDED TO
the CITY sY WORKING THE
GOOD ROADS MOVE
MENT.

Dickinson. N. D., Aug. 30.--Believ-
ing THAI in the construction and I
maintenance of good roads they will /
hold the key 10 industrial and COM |
mercial progress, the business men Of /
Dickinson are uniting to the end that /
such an object may be attained. Work |
ing through the Commercial club, !,
which body already has a we'll organ !
ized and able committee on good |
roads, the movement is being put un- |
der way In such a manner that moth !
ing but good results for e city are |
expected.
The opportunity for developing !
good roads in this territory Is splen- 3,
did Stretching to the south there is
a territory of nearly seventy five
miles untapped by any railroad. To
the north the same condition exists, |
miles upon miles of prairies, each
year adding to the acreage under cul-
tivation, stretching into Dunn county
and to the Missouri river distance of
nearly 100 miles. True there are
smaller towns in that section, but all
these must be dependent upon some
arger city along the railroad and to
be that city is the aim of Dickinson.
In Stark county the conditions are
changing with each passing year. The
ranching industry still holds forth
prominently, and always will, but
each season finds the land under cul-
tivarion increasing the wealth Of the
country. Andon the ranches the
wool growing industry is taking a
prominent place so that market for
1t is in demand.
Working on Large Scale.
The good roads work that is being
done at the instance of the Dickinson
Commercial club is a vast one, as the
field in which the movement must be
carried on to be of any benefit to the
city is an extensive one. With the
hilly condition of the country taken
into consideration, small streams or
coulees running here and there, wind
ing in and out among the hills, there
is a great need Of bridge work, and
this is the task to which the club is
setting its hand.
BY working in harmony with the
plans of the board Of commissioners
of Stark county, splendid results have
already been accomplished in some
instances, but the vastness of the ter
ritory that Dickinson hopes to draw
to it makes it necessary that the CO.
operation Of the commissioners Of
other counties to secure, and to this
end efforts are now being made TO
bring Dunn county into the fold. Dunn
county, dying to the north is IA wealth
producing section of no mean proper
tion and Dickinson hopes to be the
market through which the products OF
the county will be shipped. but before
1T can become SO, good roads must
be had. .-..~
Movement Is General.
Not only are the business men back
of the movement in spirit, but flnan-
cially as we'll, for they are subscribing
funds TO the construction Of new
bridges in several parts of the county
These new bridges are being so placed
as to work to the best advantages OF
the city and in every case they are
opening new territory that Dickinson
has been unable to handle with ease
because Of road conditions.
While the construction of bridges
makes up the most important part Of
the committee work, still there is gen.
eral activity in the way of maintain
ing the remainder of the roads in gooG
shape. The farmers have been con.
suited and whenever bad pieces o.
road are found, reports are made t.
the committee. Investigations are
then made and the trouble remediet
as soon as possible, thus keeping thu
roads uniformly good at all seasons
Dickinson, lying in the center O
what is destined to become one o
North Dakotas greatest wealth pro
ducing sections, has aspirations o
becoming the hub" around which al
the surrounding country will depend
for support, and every -ct OF the Dick
inson business men and their Com
mercial club is to that end.