Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-07

while flax fibre mills have been sue.
cessfully established in many places.
The Ignite coal industry has thrived
amazingly and there are now 1903
mines being actively operated, the to-
tai annual output being, according to
latest figures, 371,57O tons. 1t is prob.
able that these figures fall consider
ably below, the number of tons actu-
ally mined, one mine alone, near Will
ton In Burleigh county. estimating its
yearly tonnage at 100000.
Telephones.
A natural consequence of the rapid
settlement of the rural districts has
been a large expansion of the rural
and long distance telephone systems,
the present mileage reaching tn high
figure Of 35.OO7.
Miscellaneous.
The number of postoffices now
reaches the respectable total of S72
with 43l rural free deliveries. There
are t3 incorporated cities and 142 or
ganized towns and villages in North
Dakota. Three hundred and sixty-five
newspapers furnish the news of the
day to their readers. Forty-eight
flour mills have filed their reports
with the department of agriculture
and statistics disclose an aggregate
daily output of 1915 barrels. The
capacity of the 400 elevators in the
state reaches the stupendous total or
81 ,SSG,30O bushels, 6.453, 600 bushels
OF which are contained in cooperative
farmers elevators.
Vital statistics show that there are
144, GA males and III. 1913 females liv-
ing on farms in the state, a total of
25G,4O7 or probably nearly half of
the whole population There were G.
G72 births and .553 deaths. outside
of incorporated cities and organized
villages and towns.
The latest figures on live stock dis
close the facts that animals to the
value of $2,3SS,775G were fattened and
killed for home use, while the sum
of ST. l4,G47 was received by our farm
ery and stock growers for live stock
shipped out of the state.
The total assessed valuation of all
property in 1910 was $27S.594, 1913,
than billion and a half.
The total acreage contained in the
farms throughout the state has shown
a very satisfactory increase during
1910, now comprising 2l,495,S42 acres.
and rapidly approaching one half of
the land area. This immense acreage
is divided among G4,442 different hold
ers. giving to each an average of 1913 1913
acres.
Public Schools.
North Dakota has always been not
ed for the excellence of its public
school system and the year 1910 has
shown no falling off in this respect
For the year ending June 80. 1910
there was expended the huge sum of
$4,761 1884 for their support, and
the number of schools now open is
$3.50. The total value of school build
ings is $S,2S349O.O3 and an endow-
ment of land conservatively estimated
to be worth $JO, OOO,OO0 insures ade-
quate support in the future.
1t will thus be seenfrom per-
usal of the foregoing brief summary
of actual conditions now existing in
North Dakota that the incidental hap
pening OF a somewhat unfavOrable
crop season has in no way called a
halt on the steady march of progress
which the state has SO consistently
maintained since the first day of it's
The condition referred to
has come, been accepted by our peo-
pie with sturdy equanimity. and rele-
gated to the limbo of past events,
with no appreciable effect on the
of the people as whole
Another season is coming: never be-
fore has the commonwealth been bet
,er equipped to take advantage of op-
portunities offered;and it is a safe
and reasonable conclusion that the
march of civilization, prosperity and
happiness will be continued during
he year whose advent is now so near |
It hand.