The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-08-26
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magnificent distances to a settled,
prosperous American farming com.
munity. A new agricultural state Is
being born. The changes of the past
half dozen years have been revolu-
tionary. The men who are interested
in Montana's transformation are not
mere adventures but hardheaded men
who expect return on their invest
ments. The railway development in
the state during the last three or
four years Is evidence enough that
others than mere adventurers see a
reasonable hope of permanent de-
velopment and prosperity. Five trans
continental systems now seek BUSH
ness in the state, and every one has
increased it's mileage in Montana
within the last two or three years.
One has built across the state it's
full length within that time. Branch
lines are being built rapidly The
opening up of the country is not con-
fined to any one section, but is state
wide.
The Milwaukee railroad is pushing
work on it's new, passenger station,
freight depot, and roundhouse at
Aberdeen, S. D. The brick work on
the freight depot is completed, and
the sub-structure on the passenger
station is also done. An immense
amount of filling has been done in
portions of the yards where the
roundhouse is to be situated, and BY
cold weather the structures all will
be finished, making over $360,000 the
company has expended here since
spring opened The Milwaukee's ex-
penditures in Aberdeen in buildings
and trackage improvements the past
three years have amounted to over
$1,OO0,OOO
The county commissioners of Wi
mona County, Minnesota, are not car
rying through the road program with
out some opposition. At a recent
meeting of the board delegations
from Rollingstone and Hilldale pro-
tested against the proposed state
highway from Winona to Stockton
over the Stockton hill, desiring in
stead to have the road built around
by way of Minnesota City from Wi
mona to Stockton, thus avoiding the
hill, and serving, it is claimed, more
farmers.
October l has been set for the date
for blowing in the Osterman-Danck-
wardt smelter at Galena and is ex-
pected to mark new epoch in min
ing in the Black Hills. For nearly a
decade there has been no smelter in
the Black Hills and thousands of tons
of sulphide ores from many different
properties that could be operated had
they near by outlet for their product
have been, idle. The new smelter is
to start with capacity of about three
hundred tons daily, but will later in
crease this amount, as so many
owners of su1phide ores are figuring
on treatment. The construction of
the plant is progressing rapidly and
the Consolidated Power and Light
Company is setting poles and stringing
wires from the Gilt Edge Consolidated
Company to the smelter.
That measured or meter service, as
distinguished from unlimited or I'M
measured service, is the proper prin-
ciple upon which to base charges for
water supply furnished by corpora
ton or municipal plant is the declara-
ton involved in decision of the
Wisconsin Railroad Company today in
the case of the City of GAINESVILLE,
Wis, against the GAINESVILLE Water
Company. This is the main point in
the decision having general applica-
ton to most water utilities in Wis
consin. The decision is voluminous
and contains much material of pecu-
liar interest to GAINESVILLE. where a
controversy has for years existed be-
tween the residents and the city
authorities upon one side and the
water company on the other.
That fish can live and thrive in the
dICAo VI lewis LAKE duu LudL the
matter of stocking will only be mat
ter of comparatively short time, is
the conclusion reached by Dean M. A.
Brannon of the University of North
Dakota, in charge of the experiment
work being done at the biological
station near Devils Lake After
twenty-five years during which no
fish have lived in the alkaline-saline
waters of the immense lake, there is
every assurance that the waters will
soon be restocked and Devils Lake
made mecca for anglers, as we'll as
Chatanquans, who throng here from
all parts of the country every sum-
mer. The conclusions reached by
Dean Brannon follows. a series of ex-
periments conducted this summer,
which satisfies him that the main OBJ
| ject for which the biological station
was erected has been so nearly &C
complished as to prove the worth of
| the institution After a score of un-