The evening times., 1911-08-23
BUILDING IS OF
THE VERY BEST
New Clerical Structure at the
Agricultural College Is
!, Second to None

Fargo. N. D., Aug. 23.-North Da-
kota has the most up-to-date chem
istry building in the northwest. 1t
is just completed and is the most
imposing structure on the campus.
It is 91x125 feet and has three sto-
ries and a basement.
On the north separate house has
been completed for storing explosive
compounds and inilamable oils. 1t is
connected with the main building by
q covered passageway.
On the south side is a green house,
also connected with the main build
ing by a covered passageway.
The walls are made of brick, the
floors, roof and stairs are reinforced
concrete, making a practically fire.
proof building.
Will Advance Work.
This building will do much to faci-
litate the work in agricultural inveS-
tigation. food and drug inspection,
and teaching. The necessity of a
good equipment becomes apparent
when one stops to realize that the
foods, beverages, paints, fertilizers.
drugs and stock foods sold in the
on in this building so that one can
Il not eat a meal nor take a drink at
soda fountain but what it's purity
has been passed upon here, or if not,
pure, then it is labelled to that ef-
feet.
The building has been equipped for
teaching the different branches Of
chemistry as we'll as for carrying on
the experiment station Investigations
the making of analyses as required
under the pure food law, drug law,
beverage law and paint law, and also
for carrying on Investigations in all
of these different lines.
New Paint Mill.
A complete paint mill has already
been installed in the basement that
has all the machinery needed for TAX
ing the raw materials, grinding them,
mixing them, and making them into
the finished product This machinery
has been mostly donated by the man
ufacturers. One paint firm which
had furnished paint for the building
to the amount Of two hundred and
fifty dollars returned the check to go
towards equipping the paint factory.
Provision has also been made for
putting in a canning plant to inves-
tigate the possibilities in this line.
Textile machinery will also be pro-
vided in carrying on Investigations in
the making use of the flax fiber and
also for making paper and straw
board from straw of such crops as
flax, wheat, oats, rye, etc.
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in Industrial chemistry, a cement lab
oratory where there will be apparatus
for testing the qualities of cement
for making fence posts, cement block
walks, reinforced concrete, tile, ETC.,
will be provided. Large store rooms
will be provided in the basement.
Offices on First Floor.
The following offices and labora-
tories are located on the first floor.
AS one enters the building the first
room to the right is the agricultur-
al laboratory where the analyses are
made of soils, crops, fertilizers. In
the adjoining laboratory the analyses
are made Of water. These samples
are mostly sent in by farmers who
want to know If the water in their
wells or streams are suitable for
drinking or for stock and irrigation
For the last two years an average
of two samples day have been re-
ceived.
The library will have quite a COM
plete list of chemical journals and
books on chemistry which will be ac-
cessible to students and faculty.
A large lecture room has also been
provided which has an inclined floor
and seating capacity Of 1S0.
The pure food laboratory Is equip
ped for making the analyses Of the
samples of the food which are sent
in by individuals and also those COL