Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-09-29

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ject that contract was entered into
by which mill is to be erected and !,
equipped by them at a cost of approx I
mately $250,000, the entire cost Of
which is to be accepted in the form Of
6 per cent bonus, leaving free for the
uses Of the business all capital raised in
this section Of the country.
It will be seen by the foregoing that
the Devils Lake mill starts out with the
essential features Of successful ca
reer before it. There is absolutely no
question as to the profitable production
Of print paper from straw and the pros.
poets are that within year the shores
Of beautiful Sweetwater lake, lust
north of Devils Lake on the Farmers
railroad, will be the scene of activity
surrounding the making of print paper
upon which it is hoped most North Da-
kota publications will be printed in the
future.
Only Question is Market.
With the raw product in abundance,
with splendid water, one of the great
essentials in the production of good
paper; with railroad running within
a few feet Of the mill AMI travers;Eg
the countr, from which the raw pro-
duct is to be obtained, with expert man.
agement and frst-class, up-to-date
paper producing plant, the only ques-
tion is as to a market for the product
Of the mill. In this connection it is
pertinent to remark that the Devils
Lake mill will have capacity of about
35 tons Of finished paper per day. There
is market within the state of North
Dakota for approximately so tons of
paper per day and it is only fair to as.
sumo that with high grade product
as good if not better than the best
print papers made from wood pulp and
sold at a distinct saving in price, North
Dakota publishers will be glad to use
the product Of the Devils Lake mill and
the only future question will be to sup
ply the demand that already exists
and the increasing demands of the fu-
ture.
Only Starting Point.
1t is apparent that the Devils Lake
mill will be but the starting point from
which great industry is to spring
up in North Dakota and the probable
development will be along the lines
of mills producing pulp exclusively
which can be shipped back to the great
mill sections of the East, there to be
transformed into the finished product
and distributed to the users Of paper
in all branches Of business.
The Devils Lake mill will specialize
in print paper exclusively and will in
stall at first one machine capable of
production, running night and day, Of
35 to IS tons per each day of "a hours.
Further development of the business
will undoubtedly be straw pulp produc-
ton, a profitable branch Of the bust
ness and requiring practically no ad-
ditional equipment, giving two distinct
sources Of income and using great
quantities of straw.
Apropos of the general subject Of
straw as a material for paper making,
it may be stated authorities agree up.
on the fact that if straw can be secur
ed in large quantities from nearby
points at minimum cost of material
and transportation it is the ideal raw
material for all grades of paper from
newspaper print stock down to cheap
wrapping and straw board, the different
qualities Of product being regulated by
the quality Of the raw material To
properly handle straw for the paper
mill is simply question of baling at
time of threshing and getting under
cover so as to prevent discoloration and
spelling by wetting.
Authority on Subject.
Lockwood's Trade Journal, recogniz-
ed as an authority on paper produc-
tion, in recent communication says:
sit (straw) was up to 1880 for many
years the sole raw material for papers
of all kinds, particularly for printing
and wrapping papers. With the advent
of wood pulp the use Of straw gradu-
ally declined until at the present time
there is none of it being used for print
ing purposes but there are a dozen or
fifteen mills making straw wrappings
In addition there are a great many
mills making straw boards.'
Another high authority on paper
production, L. D. Post, editor of Post g
Paper Mill Directory and the Paper
Mill and Wood Pulp News, says of
straw as material for print paper
making: "Straw as a fibre is one of
the best by-products for the manufac-
turing Of paper that there is in the
country, and the only feasible one at
the present time other than wood. /"
POSTS Paper Mill Directory gives list
Of many successful mills now under
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In LOCKWOOD Paper Trade Journal
several interesting articles on the pro-
duction of straw paper have appeared.
On Jan. 10 an article on CHOW straw
Papers are Made in France,' appear
ed in that publication. March 50 last
an exhaustive article on "The Manu-
April 20 "The Mexican Outlet for
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cant of the fact that the best experts
recognize that paper makers must again
turn to straw for the immense quantity
Of this country require.
The plans for the mill at Devils Lake
call for a building SOB feet in length
and 1870 feet in width at the widest
point. The machine room is $50 feet
long and 70 feet wide with an 18-foot
basement under the machine room and
the beater room. It will be equipped
with the latest design horizontal rotary
digesters and the paper machine is de-
signed by the leading designer of the
East, one whose mills have become
standards for efficiency and practical
results. Special attention has been paid
to designing machine along the lines
Of thos (which are in successful opera
ton elsewhere with the idea Of pro-
ducing at Devils Lake quality Of
paper that will meet the needs of news.
paper publishers at big saving from
present paper prices and still make a
generous profit for the enterprise.
T FUNERAL OF MRS. QUINN.