Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-21

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Whlle n small fruits Strawberries,
black and red raspberries. thimble
berries. currants and gooseberries are
raised In profusion. These fruit trees
and bushes never winter kill and are
yearly laden with fruit.
Ohio Seed Potatoes.
Potatoes are king in the section tri-
nutary to Hoople, Walsh county. 1t is
the home of the famous Early Ohios,
and to provide for the housing and a
market for this money making crop,
Nels Folsom erected a frost-proof po-
tato warehouse, size 30x1OO feet with
an ell 28x100 feet, having a capacity
OF 10000 bushels, underground. The
has driveways throughout the whole
for the rapid handling of the tubers
in the various storage bins. The
whole plant is operated by power and
is the most scientifically constructed
potato warehouses west Of Chicago.
One of the s%pecialties of the business
is the selecting and shipping of select
ONO seed potatoes, every one of
which Is fumigated, making them alb
solutely germ proof and is the only
potato warehouse that has such a
plant in the northwest and why it is
that Nels Folson's Red River Valley
Early ohio seed potatoes are in such
demand. The 1914 shipments from
the Nels FOLSOM potato warehouse will
over ESQ cars, or in bushels
10000, making his the prime potato
market Of the middle west.
Mr.: Nels Folsom, the proprietor of
the Folsom potato warehouse and Fol-
son Elevator company, came here in
1880 and took up a presumption claim
OF 80 acres and later on by purchase
increased his holdings to 1900 acres.
all located within n to two miles of
Hoople. In addition to his wheat and
potatoes that average 1877 bushels to
the acre. the whole yield being 49,
200 bushels. There, is good money in
potatoes in this section as the average
price covering the past five years has
beer forty cents per bushel, the low
est twenty-five cents and the highest
since he entered the business in 1895.
a dollar and twenty-five cents,
Nels FOLSOM is not only the potato
King OF this section but is one of the
leading independent grain buyers
He is a believer In the future of
Hoople and the country tributary to
1t. He has served as mayor and TAX
en- a leading part in everything that
would put Hoople on the map of the
Red River Valley.
Allen Hoople's Farm.
This farm is the property of Allen
Hoople. register Of deeds OF Walsh
county, and comprises $40 acres adj
Joining the townsite. In fertility the
farm Is the very. cream Of the rich.
black soil of the Red River Valley.
The 1914 crop comprised 80 acres OF
early Ohio potatoes. that yielded 1876
oushels to the acre. or 1900 bushels;
~ acres OF corn; 10 acres of peas for
seed; 80 acres of alfalfa, besides the
wheat and oat crop. In stock there
are 16 head Of horses and colts. Mr..
Hoople homesteaded $50 acres in
1880 and In 1890 plated the townsite
which was named Hoople in his hon
or. at which time the Great Northern
built Its line through this section.
Hoople from that day to this has been
noted as n of the most proeressiye
trade centers in the valley and now
hat h big farms are being carved
up into smaller units, 1t is destined
to double in population to meet the
trade wants Of the rural population.
West Farm.
One OF the leading stock farms of
this section is the West farm, owned
by Nels FOLSOM and his son, Charles,
This farm is stocked with Ave thor
oughbred Percheons, two of which are
stations, n hundred Chesterwhite
hogs, two hundred head of sheep.
twenty head Of shorthorn grades. In
crops this year there were ten acres
OF Alfalfa, thirty acres of corn, Min
nesota NO. 10 home grown seed, be-
sides other feeding crops.
The State Bank Of Hoople,
This splendid banking house was e.
tablished In 1902 and has today a cap.
iSai o. $4,000. surplus and profts,
1900, deposits $4,000, and loans
$4,000 which certainly reflects the
financial prosperity Of this section OF
Walsh county. The onicers Of the
bank are: J. A. Dinnle. president;
stephen Collins. vice president; M. r.
Murphy director; N. G. Olson, cash
Ter and r. H. Rinde. assistant CASH
Ter, All men Of highest integrity and
known financial responsibility. The
stass bank OF Hoopie own. its own
S0x46 feet, Handsomely furnished and
equipped with concrete reinforced
vaults and carries American bank PRO.
lection. -
Venlters = Fedje General store.
This business was established IN
1895 and 70 one Of the Ereaf tradinr
cepteFs In everything pertaining ia
the dry goods. clothing, ROGER.
nardMare' and farm implements in
thts section OF the Red River VallAv-
The business IL conducted In their
own brick block, size 60x116 feet. X
has = trade zole that extends for
many miles east. west and so,th
which makes II, . very active tfS6e
emporium for this hOlessection. The
individual memberp 81 the firri ~
49,. yenberG. who resides IN. Cali
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