Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-06-08
greater ones than did the Foster cour
t that they knew.
Eighteen Townships.

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Eighteen Townships.
Foster county claims eighteen town.
ships and 319,775 acres OF farmed land.
26S, $40 acres of this cultivated land
was under crop in 1912 and produced
ll,150,4 Ago bushels of wheat, 173,2S0 bu.
!; shells OF durum wheat, 1886 bushels
, of flax, l~,zlO,O26 bushels of oats, and
S12,S7 bushels of barley. There were
also over 5000 bushels of other
\ small grain raised in this thriving
county. During this same season 1916
acres of corn was successfully grown.
This is not the only source Of revenue
that Foster county enjoys. There
were SO mich cows in the county
in 1912, and from this sideline alone
the farmers have received Owe a quar-.
tier of a million dollars in cream
checks. Men have found this source
and poultry raising a means of sup
porting the home and meeting other
expenses. Those small weekly or
monthly incomes are doing away with
the old Dakota credit system or the
pay in the fall if we have a good
crop plan.
Foster county is located, geological
ly in the Darlington area. This area
comprises parts of Grigg and Foster
counties, lies in the east central part
of North Dakota between meridians
SO degrees and 80 degrees 10 minutes
west longitude, and parallels AZ de-
grees 10 minutes "a seconds and AZ
and is made up of over so per cent
Marshall silt loan. Marshall silt loan
S we'll adapted to the growing OF al
falfa, and the commercial club of Car
rington in order to encourage this crop
have offered several large cash prizes
for the best acre of alfalfa grown dur
ng the season of 1913.
Has a Romantic Past
Darlington, the county seat of Eos.
ter county is a city with a romantic
past and a golden future. BY the
destiny of railroad building it is locat.
| ed in.the hub of Eastern Central North
Dakota. Contributing railroads creep
out from it in all directions. 1t is
to-day a large distributing point. To-
morrow it will be a commercial metro
polls. 1t holds the reins over three
transcontinental railroads, and it has
the local capital to make 1t a city
that is a city. Darlington is alive.
The founders of the city were men
that did things. The citizens of to-
day try to follow the pace set By their
fathers. The promoters of Caring
ton brought to North Dakota in the
early eighties a stock Of people that
few other counties outside of Foster
enjoyed.
A popular Hotel
DR.. Mclean, the builder and early
proprietor of the Kirkwood Hotel, is
a good example of this class. DR.
Mclean was formerly of Wheeling, w
Iva. and in establishing the Kirkwood
he equipped it with the service OF
the south. For years, this popular
hotel was the scene of many full dress
balls and other fashionable social
functions. The hotel al very sue
~cessful until it va destroyed by fire
lin 1889 The present kirkwood no
tel, that now houses the travellers
when Ill. NoIi lh6IOA, why S''-"i
Reproduction of the early kirkWood
built by the insurance companies TIC
replace the loss.
Darlington, during the early eighties
was the proud %possessor of a thou
sand volume library. This institu
ton was kept up by popular subscrip
ton and was open every day to the
public. An experienced librarian
from the east took care of its opera
lions.
Good School System
Carrington's school system is one
of. the best there is to be found in the
state. The city school consists of two
buildings erected in such a manner
that they are heated with II pla:t
and the teachers and pupils Of the
lower grades come in contact with
those Of the high grades who pass
down good examples to the smaller
children. The high school is classeo
as one of the first-class schools Of
our state and operates an experiment
farm in connection, where the stu
dents of agriculture have an oppor