Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-07-22
HOLDING
UP GOOD
DEVILS LAKE BUILDING GOING
STEADILY ON DESPITE POOR
CROPS.

STEADILY ON DESPITE POOR
CROPS.
While the crops in Ramsey county,
and in fact most of the state-or the
northwest for that matter, are going to
be rather light this year, there is no
sign around this city that such is the
case. Everywhere building is going
on and business as brisk as If we were
about to harvest twenty-five bushel
wheat crop, and there should be no
cause for fear. It will only require
careful management on the part of
the farmers and others until next sea-
son, when the ground will be in better
condition than ever and a large crop
undoubtedly be harvested.
Devils Lakes banks are in excellent
condition and the experience here of
the older bankers will materially as
sist the rest Of us to be conservative.
Around town there is more substan-
hal building going on than ever before
in one year.
On Kelly avenue opposite the depot
the new Great Northern hotel is being
erected by the North Dakota Improve
ment company of Fargo ans Is reach
ing completion Of the outer walls, work
on the third story now being nearly
finished.
This will cost between 125,OO0 and
s150,000 and will be the finest hotel
in the state, every room an outside
room and nearly every one with bath.
The structure is a very imposing one,
and will contain about one hundred
and ten rooms. It occupies a full tri-
angular block, being fatiron shape.
On Fourth street and Arnold avenue
the Merchants hotel is nearly enclos-
ed, work on the third story now going
on. This will also be a handsome
building and will be better than most
cities first class hotels, but it will
cater to the needs of the farmers. 1t
is to cost about $4,000, will have
about 70 rooms, and will be strictly
modern. 1t is being faced with hand
some pressed brick
One of the best evidences that the
shortage Of crops is not going to
make times hard is the fact that the
Lake Grocery Company" whose stock.
holders are men interested in whole.
sailing at Grand Forks, for years, are
not discouraged. When the dry wealth
er started work was discontinued on
the building, but after going over the
ground thoroughly, it was commenced
again and is now going on rapidly
This building is sixty by one hundred
feet, pressed brick, full basement ant
will cost nearly $4,000 when complete
The new jail building costing $50,
600 is being erected and will be {
great improvement.
Around the city everywhere new
houses, some of them the finest il
the city are rapidly being constructed
A noticeable feature about the new
houses being built this year is tina
more attention is being paid to archi
tectural beauty than heretofore, AM
more space used for grounds. TIL
eastern portion of the city seems to b.
in the lead in the matter of fine nev
residences
Saturday was one of the busies
days in the city since last fall.
was almost impossible to get throug
the principal streets SO thickly wer
the automobiles lined up on all side
and the stores that advertise-did
big business.
Many farmers are going to have fai
crops, some are going to have goo
ones and but few are not going .
get enough to live through anothe
year. On the whole, prospects loo
much better than they did thirty day
ago.
If our farmers would farm vel
get into diversified farming and NJ
buy too many automobiles year lik
this would not be considered a ba
one.