The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-18
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modern lAtle city. It's population Is
now more than 1900, its streets are
lined with substantial buildings, It's
shops are metropolitan, it's banks car
.ry large lines of deposits, it's streets
at night are lighted by handsome
cluster lights after the fashion of the
twentieth century city, And all OF
business declined something more
permanent grew into It's place, the
kind Of farming that stays, builds up
and rebuilds..
The outcome is that Belle Fourche
Is doing a big shipping business. In
1912 1t forwarded by rail TO the south
and east 18,563.s25 pounds of freight,
and 1t shipped in, to be distributed
among It's W people and those in the
surrounding territory, S1.104, 371
pounds.
People Awake to Opportunity.
But with this the people Of this little
city are not at all satisfied. They are
pulling for new business and push
along that which they already have.
They have a commercial club, with a
paid secretary, which is doing much
to strengthen the city's position. This
club, with 124 members, Is now at work
promoting a plan for q county agent
for Butte county, for the kind OF an
agricultural expert who Is doing so
much for several of the counties In
Minnesota. 1t is also striving to bring
in another railroad line, the Milwaukee
lieves it will prove SUCCESSFUL In this.
as this road Will want to tap the coal
fields at Sheridan, Wyo. Moreover. IL
Is believed the Northwestern line will
sxtand to the northwestward to Miles
CITY, Mont. 1t puts on the. Butte cour-
~ FAIR every year, a. fair which one
day last fall drew a crowd of 1000.
Next February, through its agency,
will be held 81 local fair for the exhibit
country, together with the stocks OF
the local merchants, who will put on
special sales to help swell the attend
ance. p 49,. ,at @=Tt &. >>,.e .. -
=. Alfalfa as n Cash Crop.
A piece of work recently performed
by this club Is worthy of note also.
It was found that the farms round
about We're producing more alfalfa
than they needed; 70 ahip this as hay
club built IN alfalfa mill to grind
thirty tons of alfalfa@a day to be mix
ed with oats n other stufrs to feed
stock, ~ SO doing II created a cash
turned alfalfa into d cash. crop for the
farmer, in part at Least. a
Every month, also, this club holds q
meeting for farmers to discuss the lo-
cal agricultural needs. =
Boys Commercial Club.
AS an auxiliary organization there is
q boys commercial club for lads from
IL to 81. Into the hands of his body
Of live young rnen-there, are seventy
five OF Lhem-has, been given the busi-
ness Of advertising Belle Fourcte. 10
further their publicity campaign these
young men have had 1900 feet OF NOV
Ing picture films made. showing the in
dustries OF the community, including
the farming Of the county. They, have
also been instrumental In having dairy
Ing and stock-faeding introduced as
studies In the local schools. To en-
courage them In this, NJ. j.. Smiley, Al
big dairy farmer and general promoter
OF good things for his home town, has
given thes tudents Of dairying ana
stock-feeding access to his dairy farm
one day in eac week.
Mr.. Smiley, by the way, was the first
president OF the creamery company of
Belle Fourche. which has a $45 900
plant and last year did a business OF
100000. He is also a friend Of the siIc
as a means OF solving the forage ana
feeding problems OF the dairy farm.
Of these a dozen were built in Butte
coiIilty this year.
Use Of Irrigation project.
OF course, Belle Fourche has bene-
fitted by the great irrigation project
developed by the government close at
hand. as well as BY that developed by.
private enterprise On the Redwater.
But its people have not been content. TO