The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-12
GREAT PROSPECTS
in GOLDEN VALLEY
GENERAL OUTLOOK HELPS 7usl-
NESS MEN AND FARMERS
EQUALLY AS WELL.

Beach, N. ~, April 12.-They hav,
started and before the end OF mex
week the faTmers viii be wen under
way with the crop for 1912. TIL,
business men In Beach are getting
ready for a bumper crop and many O
the farmers are in the fields at work
The large power outfits have started
aud the farmers say that the sol
never plowed better In the history o.
the golden valley.
Crop conditions in the golden valley
as elsewhere a never failing sign Of
prosperity. or Strengthened cireum.
are reflected in the business in west.
ern Billings county. Business mer
are looking forward to a good years
business in 1912.
An Electric Railway Projected.
The farmers of the golden valley
always first to see a plan for the
betterment of their community, and
always first to carry it out, now have
a plan on foot whereby they car
build an electric railway that will be
of mutual benefit to them all.
The plan as laid by Mr., Powers. pre-
sident of the Golden Valley Farmers
Cooperative clubs is as rolIows:
II believe that the time has come
when we need to begin at least to
lay the foundations for better faeili-
ties for marketing our crops and
reaching our trading points.
I'VE have great beds of Ignite coal
which would be a source of cheap
power, which could be handled very
easily with a centrally located power
plant. All u r land is comparatively
level thus insuring a cheap eonstruc-
ton of road-bed between our several
towns. A plan is mentioned whereby
our landholders are to pay a pro rata
according to the number of acres he
owns.
There will be a main line running
north from Beach to Savage, or to the
rough lands and another from Beach
south to the rough lands of Alpha.
Branch lines could be built to Car
lysle, Mont, and wherever else the
demand would warrant. Side tracks
could be maintained and our products
loaded at most only a short distance,
and for a nominal sum be delivered at
u houses. We would thus save
thousands of dollars that are leaving
our state every year. Then our teams
that are used to haul u grain to
market could be utilized to do the
work or the farm in the fall.
Though we may not be in a posi-
ton to carry this plan out this year,
in my mind it would be a good sub
ieet to take up with the commercial
clubs and be discussed at the farmers
cooperative meetings and in short
invite all the farmers to came in and
discuss this together"
Seed Corn Given to Farmers.
Sen, A. L. Martin of Sentinel Butte
is giving seed corn to the farmers of
Billings county, and by this method
the senator is sui he can get the
farmers interested in raising the
grain that used to be the chief food
supply OF the Indians on these praries
before the white man came.
In an interview with j. r. Smith
the fax king of North Dakota, he
said:
Il have 5000 acres broken up which
I am going to seed this year. The
prospects were never better for q
bumper crop. There seems to be a
general air Of prosperity in the atmos-
phere this season. Several of the large
farmers r preparing to break up a
large acreage this year. Al great deal
of machinery for agricultural pur-
poses has arrived in Beach in the last
few days along with an auto truck
that gives Beach somewhat the air of
a city. In short the farmers are look
ing forward to a prosperous year.