Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-11-28

will only be an added source of ex.
pense. He must pay high rate OF
insurance for the protection he must
have, without which the banks will NOT
lend him money; he must paint it ev-
cry four year or 1t will disintegrate;
his asset valuation is low, depreciation
high, and in few years its total value
as real asset has disappeared.
Fire Proof Structures Possible
The remedy for this unfortunate
condition is found in the abundance of
North Dakota's valuable clay frorl
which every article used in fire proof
structure can be made.
Since lumber has advanced so rapid
~, vitrifed brick basement floors and
piers, fancy face brick outside walls.
lined with hollow tile, hollow tile par
titions, hollow tile floors faced with
the finest Of glazed surface, hollow tile
ceilings, and shingles, or Spanish tile
roof, can be erected within Is per cent
of the cost Of the wooden structure.
By the modern tried-out methods de.
veloped by Professor Babcock and his
efficient corps at the university the ar.
ticles mentioned above can be pro-
duced in the state at a remarkably low
Superiority Of North Dakota Clay
The writer was greatly impressed by
his observation at the School Of Mines
when he inspected the methods en-
ployed for fuel economy and the pro-
cesses developed in the ceramics de-
partment where only North Dakota
clays are used.
In regard to those he says: "After
travelling all over the United States
and visiting clay product plants of all
kinds, have neve- lad the pleasure
of seeing finer working clays. or =
finer product being made, than that
produced at the University of North
North Dakota, under the direction of
Professor E. ]. Babco.t, dean Of tho
School of Mining Engineering. Finer
clays will produce most economically
the highest quality product.
These North Dakota clays include
pottery clays that never fail to pro-
duce the finest of high grade art wares
porcelains, ETC., clays that make all Of
the vitrified products, such as mosaic
tile, vitrified glazed tile of all kinds
and colors from natural glazes, electric
insulators, as well as the common line
of wares such as conduits, sewer pipe,
roofing tile, etc., also all of the differ
emit kinds of brick, enamel, PAYERS, and
builders Of all the great varieties of
shades desirable.
The consumer cannot fail to profit
by this economy and efficiency of pro-
! duction and this in time will increase
consumption and the profits to the man
ufacturer,- thus giving the public a
building material low in depreciation
with a maximum asset valuation and
almost e. ..e'y el;m;;, zig the ir>ur.
aitc cost
Economy In Fuel.
All Of this is made possible by the
presence in the state of immense fields
of Ignite coal, the utilization of which
should enable the manufacturers of
North Dakota to produce their pro.
ducts as economically. as in any state
Ignite coal can readily be used in a
plain producer, giving most dependable
results as is shown in many places and
also by the plant now in operation al
the university of North Dakota. The
most economical results are obtained
by the use of the by-product plant
To this end Dean Babcock of the
School of Mines has tested, designed
built and put into practical operation
such by-product plant, which solves
the great question of fue ECONOMY
within the state and all of the state:
possessing Ignite coal fields.
! The method of Dean Babcock is a:
simple as it is effective, and involve:
the erection of a by-product briquet
ting plant. For example, we will sa,
Jones & Co., have a plant producing
$4,000 brick per day, in which theil
fuel for power and burning costs a.
present $3.50 per 1000, and this is no
high in North Dakota,) making tota
daily fuel cost of 1925. Should the,
adopt modern economical methods a
applied by Dean Babcock, they woult
install by-product plant with capa
city of about fifty tons of briqquette
day. The recess produces ton O.
) briquettse at profit which will pa,
, for the total operating expense, inter
est on investment, taxes, insurance
depreciation, with good dividends max
. ing it profitable when operated on