Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-09-20
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.er1 has built west Of Great Falls into
tire SIN river eo1zsry and VIII cross
the Rockies with q Esx TRACK Ez5lE
on ths lowest grade Of amy tEzGseon-
unentz1 road Whsa it Ss eo1pzssed
the Great Northern, with the eDMpsee-
ed Montana Hne, VIII have q double
tracked railway from the Twin Cities
to the western slope Ct the Rockies
1t Is rEmored that q branch VIII be
built By the Great Northern into
McunrrzsI county, nsar Plaza, en1nees-
ing with the Few line across the state
Of Nozth Dakota This region Is be-
ing rapidly opensd wD- Impetus teI
settlement was given about two years
ago By the release OF q portion ct the
Fort BsrIhoid rsssrysti0a TO settlers
B fsew c9toM. csg,x~g a.
The new SErey>FzxgD ezt-Ca has
been completed and freight trains are
being operated osec It Trsnsco1ts-
nsaasi passenger service VIII not BE-
starsed until the ycsdbed Ia I'm better
eoaEtttoe- TIE new 1tns cEtS OF d
large and rich territory from tie soofs
Valley Cstg-Atnoe Hne-m = .sa ,-,..s#
lie Soc. Great northern and Norts<
srnRseaae ere mining tn . ssszssseOe.
nered fight west OF the Missouri rfseE.
The 500 has resalEsted, in a. measure,
for the building Of the surTsy-Fargo
eztroR by the construction Of . line
from Drake In AeHeur7 county to
FcvtsvIEs 10 Walsh county. The read
takes tie traffic from q rich territory
hiahsFse tapped by the main line OF
the Great Northern and some OF it's
branches. 1t also miniufzes the eon-
petftfve effect Of the new Surey-Fsr-
70 cutoff near it's northern end
!. The 500 il about to begin construc-
sish sa ea extension o. its Drake
Plaza Haes The road win leave Plaza,
crossing the Missouri river into Nc
Ksazse county, the railway battlefield
of North Dakota 1t wiz reach the
Yellowstone valley and VIII parallel
the new line Of the Great Northern
between the Yellowstone and New
Rockford The 500 viii continue its
invasion Of Great Northern territory
with an extension Of the FIaxton-Am-
brose lire. This branch parallels the
51inot-C Crosby branch Of the Great
Northern and IT win be pushed west
ward into the Pentywood district OF
Montana, a rich agricultural region
now served solely by the Plenrywooe
branch Of the Great Northern. ,.s
.~. NJ. P. Has Plans s.aas -.
The Northern Pacific has plans fo1
the extension Of it's Carrington-T Turtle
Lake line to the Missouri river ant
possibly into Mercer county. 1t is no
u likely that the Turtle Lake branch
n will be built into this region soon, a
the new line of the Northern Pacif
from Mandan to Stanton In Oliver an
4 Mercer counties will be extended bot
northward and westward. The ives
extension will follow the valley of til
Knife river across the Little Missouri
and viii join the Glendive-Sidne
branch at Sidney. 1t is possible tina
the through freights of the Sorther
Pacific will be operated over this roat
which will not have the heavy grade
of the main line through the Ba
Lands. The extension will tap nc
country in Mercer and Dunn countie
This territory is seriously in need {
La railroad. Farmers now haul the
grain more than fifty miles to ma
ket. In the locality near the Killdee
mountains there fs said to be abo1
10000 acres Of fax fifty miles fro
railway or water transportation
& Taps New Country. ~
The north extension Of the Northe,
Pacific from Stanton viii probably Il
low the Missouri river to the Fo
Berthold reservation and viii the
strike west and north into McKenz
county. This county, which has I
railroads now, will be well servs
within the next year or two. .
A boat line operating on the MI
" souri, river between Buford, Wfllistt
and points along the Fort Berthe
reservation handled 5000 bushels
:
last year, when both crops were j.;
most total failures. This tonnage car
chiefly from Mckenzie county. 1t
said that the amount Of land In d.
.Kenzie county already broken +
planting next spring amounts to
900 acres.
The Northern Pacific surveyed
few years ago an extension OF t