Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-05
new ROCKFORD
MOVING RAPIDLY
Geo. E. Wolbert Declares
Eddy County Metropolis
is a Real Winner.

That New Rockford is "boomins" in
me shape, was the statement made
today by G. w. IWolbert OF .hlt city
who arrived here to attend the meet
ing OF the grand lodge of the Knights
OF Pythlas. Mr.. Wolbert IS grand
master or records. and correspondence
OF the organization in this state.
Much Building.
Mr.. Wolbert declared that New
Rockford is doing considerable build
ing this Year The town is putting
UP new city hall Including the coun-
Gil chambers, jail, fire department and
commercial club rooms, the cost be-
Ing near $4,000. The new structure
is TO be modern In every way and " i'll
be one OF the finest halls in the entire
state.
a splendid three-story fiat building
with twenty apartm ents is being erect
ed there also. The 100000 sewer.
which is being constructed by James
Kennedy of Fargo, will be completed
before cold weather sets in again.
The contract for this big job was let
in 1913.
G. N. Spending Money.
The Great Northern Railway COM
pany is also spending $4,000 in the
construction of an immense reservoir
near that city. The tank is unusually
large, resembling small lake and
will be able to hold several million
barrels Of water. The company wish
es to have a large supply of Water en-
Rand permanently and this is the on
ly way that the proposition can be
handled satisfactorily.
Rapid Growth.
Mr.. Wolbert also stated that the
population of New Rockford has
doubled in the past two or three years.
The population of that city is now
about 1900.
1t is not expected that the Great
Northern will do much work on the
extensions to Grand Forks and Lewis
ton. Mont, until the money s:tua tlon
in the east eases up considerably.
However, some work is now being
done on the Lewiston extension along
the Missouri and Little Missouri VAL
ley In the western part of this etate.
The heaviest part of the work will re
in this section.
Crops Excellent.
The crop situation around New
Rockford, according to Mr.. Wolbert,
is very promising and prospects for a
large yield are good. The crops are
the state. Thus far there has been no
damage from black rust. A small per-
centage Of the grain on light spi.,
however, has been hurt some by the
hot weather recently.
Better Farming Idea.
Mr.. Wolbert declares that there has
never been a better year in the STATE
from the standpoint of better farm
ing. He states that party of New
Rockford people recently made an
auto trip through Eddy, Foster and
Benson counties, covering a distance
of over 500 miles. In many places
they saw land that will yield as much
as twenty-three bushels of grain to
the acre, while others adjoining will
not give more than 10 to is bushels.
He declares that this shows ,conclu-
sively that the farn1scwhich are cared
the best. s5
The party saw about one: hundred
fields of corn on the trip. Every field
which showed proper cultivation will
bring more money to the farmer than
any other grain crop on his farm
Cash Prizes Offered.
Hugh Peoples, one of the prominent
citizens Of New Rockford, has offered
cash prizes amounting to $500 to be
awarded this fall for the best acre or
larger field of alfalfa in Eddy and
eastern Wells counties. The money
will be awarded this fall through the
Better Farming association