Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-04-02
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Frank Ilyes q Langdon submit tted
g propo osition to the Commercial club
at meetipg Thursd day evening that
has ll;.s met ne with general approYaI$ and it
ma may not be long before Devils Lake
Will have q factory that viii employ
q g q number Of men. he proposition sub
mitted nj to the club sby MI. Ewes ii that
he53Wishe to- locate u factory for the
jmanufa acture OF al self-feed Ter attach
ments men toseparators He IL the inventor
9TH feeder. and Sit has undergone 81
practical test and iis conceded gby many
EXPERTS 5in the machinery line to sbees2 bpes2
FULLY llll comp petentsSS to meet the require
lments for while its Is to be manufac.;
I;turd and man have made the; remark
lthat it is the best feeder yet out 81 81
the market. ss
Ewes has selected Devils Lake
asa place Of manlfa facture On account
tof the central locatio Whic win give
him al ideal stributing belt for His
machine, Devils Lake being the center
iof the grain growing belt Of the state
would enable the hi manufactur urer. sto dis.
pose of his articl more easily and
at less cost to the user than il Ehes
we're located at other poi ntas iii the
state. Iocating ID Devils Lake Us IL.
would be able to supply the demand demand
Iof several northwest states that
EWould have general use for the
machine
| the n1eeting thursday evening
Mr.. ives outlined It's propo ositionf and
the members he club, . an ter coinuasid.
Iering fl carefully came to the con.
clusion that II was q splendid one for
1 1 Devils E,ts' Lake. He desires Il site which
is to be donated free :off charge to him.
! n consisting of three acres of ground
and loan Of $4 900 tos run i period of
i three years. he is an energetic busi-
SIsness man and IS deter ernined to retain
H ht4is his patent and manufa eture il himself.
The trusts have oReredd lhim enormous
sums Tor his patent sDut' he has given
1 them the deaf ear ana with the assist.
1 anc ance asked for he viii locate his
1 factor this city and every enort
should ssbe made ia encourage tie loca,
ton here he factory would gfYe; en- en-.
sEpIoynllen to y large number 81. men
until harvest time and during the win.
ter months a great numb ber ofs men men
Wouls be added to the force. for 4 It Ii
4 during the winter aat ! most Of tie
machines are mad
Before the meeting sadj djourned more
I a Than half he amount had been raised
I Land 4 com1nit ttee consisting 81 a. ID.
Kerlfn Bangs and e. Dodge
4 was appointed lbp =Presid ent Kelly to
continue pushing Esttlhe project. Rich.
ard Daeley, IS Russell and ii sP
Il Mel,ann were appointed "a commit to
look 4 suitable site Ewes
4 gave as i reason ffor requiring, a site
q of three acres, that he had ii mind
II ti1at in ~ short me- after the manu-
lfacture of the feeder hat ne intended
q q to ma ll,Ifactnre separator, and be
A 4 did not to be handle fol
sWant space to build add itions to his
FACTORY The new ni project should mleea
1.-THE pproVal every public
Il spirited citizen off the city ana ali
4 possibl encou cement and assists
ance should he given to bring the pro;
posed factory ttos Devils Lake. S