Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1909-08-05
WILLST0N HAS
A GREAT FUTURE
REV. ChAS. A. MCNAMARA TELLS OF
RECENT TRIP TO Fl0URlSHlNC
WESTERN CITY.

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City of Opportunity, is booming
in fine style, declares Rev. Chas.
A. MacNamara, Sunday school
! missionary for the Methodist
church in North Dakota, who has
just returned from q visit to the
Williams county metropolis. Rev.
MacNamara speaking to The For
um, said:
Il have just returned from a
trip to the flourishing city of Will
liston. was the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Jesse Gates, formerly of
Lisbon. The size of the town
was amazement to me. The pop
ulation must be nearly 5000.
A commodious depot is being
erected by the Great Northern
road, of red Coon Creek brick.
There are some very fine brick
blocks recently erected and sew
erage system is being installed.
A -four mill with a 500 barrel ca
pacity is nearing completion, be-
ing erected by the Rugby Milling
Co. ''West Lawn" an addition
\ to the original townsite seems to
be choice of many for their newly
erected homes and an eight roomed
school building is under construc-
tion in that part of the city, to
meet the demands.
The government irrigation
plant was an object of great inter-
est. The power house is located
about three miles north of the
city, convenient to an abundant
supply of native coal, which is ac-
quired at small cost. Thu power
is conveyed by means of heavy
wires, and operates the forcing of
water into the reservoir, a height
of about twenty feet, on the bank
OF the Missouri river, and at other
points where the water is elevated
from eight to ten feet. The water
is being used by a number of
farmers and the good effect is seen
in the splendid crops.
Il saw alfalfa standing three
feet high. My attention was also
called to a field of winter rye
which might dispel the fears of
many farmers about our ability to
raise winter grains. There are
large areas under potato and other
vegetable cultivation. l learned
that an organization has been
formed so that good market, to
the west of Williston, may be Sc
cured for such produce.
1.-The experiment station under
the care of Professor Schullander
is also source of great interest.
Dry land farming as we'll as bene-
fits of irrigation system are being
demonstrated with good success.
The soil in this section of the
state is somewhat light hence the
governmental help in the irriga-
ton plant, but so very abundant
has been the rainfall of recent
wears that the special benefits are
not clearly noted. The country is
very thickly settled and there is
<$yery fine crop prospect.
Along the valley of the Big
Muddy river, a very fine class of
people, mostly from Ohio, have
settled. l was impressed with the
fact that there we're no very large
farms, each man doing we'll what
he had in hand.
This is the most northerly flow
of the Missouri river and atten-
tion is soon attracted to the efforts
of the government to prevent fur
ther extension of the unruly wat
ers of this stream by means of rip
rap work on the north bank, which
seems to be quite effective.
There is no doubt but a very
great amount of wheat will be
marketed here this fall, as it is the
most accessible point for most of
the cultivated land of Mckenzie
county, and ferry boat is located
here for the convenience OF trad
ers.
REV. F. S. Hallet, the Metho-
dist pastor, was absent from home
tmaking visit to his former home
in New Foundland."