The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-18
W|LL|ST0N GETS
SPLENDID BOOST
Exhibit at Land Show Re-
sponsible For Favorable
Comment in Cities

Minneapolis. Mimi. Dec. lS-Wil-
liston. n. H.. hub ot the Missouri
slope, is showing visitors at the land
show just why it LAYS claim To being
a city OF wonders. The town has sent
its mayor. j.. w. jackson and a. NJ.
Hawley. one of its leading professors.
TO the twin cities with the show. They
are telling what Williston has that
other cities have not. These things
are cheap fuel. Il government mine, an
irrigation system that proves il is
worth the money to pump water t"
the farms by mechanical and
a new hriquettin:s system that is said
to make the western Ignite a competi-
tor of anthracite as fuel.
Williston as the center of the slope
n TIE metropolis of one-fourth of
the whole state has silouldered the re-
sponsibility as 4. metropolis from h
start and the pictures. products OF the
fields INC mines arc at the land show
to prove it.
The city itself serves the entire
slope in 81 commercial way. Ii is the
distributing point for freight sent into
rhe country and much of the outgoing
products are collected there. DISTRIBUTE
Ng is done by water and rail. a unique
feature of the own
The river has been one of the most
valuable assets of Willislon and the
city's representatives by means of pic
lures and personal explanation are
telling the part the river has played.
The slope gets n moderate rainfall
n the government had established ut
various points pumping stations. The
pumps force the water UP TO the hills
where basins distribute it to the farms.
The government has its OWE Goa! mine
to furnish the power and the mine and
the largest of the pumping stations
are both at Williston.
In the booth at the show Mayor
Jackson and Mr.. Hawley haze vege-
tables. fruits. and grains grown on
these watered farms. Eight fruits have
been acclimated until they rival those
of other states and the grasses and
grains have reached a high state OF
perfection.
in n seaso in the Williston district
and samples from the three crops are
on exhibition. Native grasses that
make excellent hay, some of them
grasses that grow but sparingly in the
native state in other sections of the
country, are shown.
Rich i'm Coal
The slope is rich with coal through
out and it costs little more for a ton
in some places than the cost Of load
ing the coal into a wagon. This has
been an important factor in building
up the city. Mr.. Jackson says. and II
will be a factor in keeping it in the
lead While the slope is in the devel-
opment stage.
Large Photographs show williston's
equipment for handling the commerce
of the district, of catering to the gen.
eral needs in education, general cul.
ture and amusement.
Williston is a railway terminal and
division point. 1t has ample boat land
ings for steamers. it has a round
house with stalls for thirty engines and
ten miles of side tracks. A hundred
men are employed in the yards. The
city has a free library with two trained
librarians in charge, good public
schools, flour mills, implement distri.
buting houses, creameries and up.
to date stores. 1t has a good water
supply, electric light and power.
A series of pictures shows the pub.
lie institutions. the business places ant
many of the residences.
There are crop reports. analysis o
the soil. reports of the banking ant
general business transacted for the in
spection of the visitors at the booth