The Dickinson press., 1914-10-24
THE RY, OFFICIALS
VISIT DUNN CENTER

The new town of Dunn Center, 10
miles northeast of Manning, had a
great celebration on the 18th, when
it was estimated that fully 1000
people were present. The occasion
was the coming of the first passen-
ger train which arrived from Mandan
and Bismarck via Stanton at about
l o'clock. Many of the Northern Pa
cific officials, who had been on a
tour Of inspection for the week, were
present, including ]. M. Rapelje,
general manager; c. L. Nichols, gen.
eral superintendent; D. S. Little
hales, master mechanic of the Da-
kota division; Mr.. Cooper of the
Northern Express Co. The special
train also contained many state Of
ficials, prominent men from Mandan
and men who had boarded the cars at
Stanton, Hazen, Beulah, Zap, Golden
Valley and Halliday.
Dunn Center is located very near
the geographical center of the county
and has been growing very rapidly
the past season. Already the town
has two State banks, several large
stores, livery barns, restaurants, a
rooming house, newspaper, and in
due time will have all the profess
sions well represented. Attorney A.
S. Boe Of Regent is moving to the
new town.
Nearly everybody on the grounds
was wearing the badge-"Dunn Gen.
ter for County Seat"
The town is IL miles west of Halli-
day and eight miles east of Kildeer
the terminal town of the Western
Dakota Ry. Co. line. The farming
country around this bustling new
tplace is very productive and the
farmers generally seem to be pros
porous.
| Short addresses were made from a
stand erected in the western part of
three cheers for Gov. Hanna.
chairman and stated in his opening
remarks that Dunn was the last
county in the state to get railroad.
Judge B. F. Spalding, resident of
the state for 35 years, was the first
speaker. He spoke of the general air
of prosperity on every hand. He
came out on the first passenger
train and it recalled to his mind the
time when he witnessed the driving
of the golden spike on the Northern
Pacific in 1883.
Gov. L. B. Hanna, who had come
over from Dickinson, was next to
speak. He advised the people to put
their shoulders to the wheel and all
work together. He has great faith
in the fertility of the soil and natural
resources of the country west of the
Missouri river. At the close of the
address the people in the crowd gave
three cheers for Gov. Hanna.
Thomas Hall, secretary of state
spoke briefly, expressing his pleas
people in Dunn Center. He thought
stone, so abundant in Dunn county
would become of great commercial
advantage.
Attorney w. H. Stutsman of Man
dan, chairman of the state board OF
railroad commissioner, explained
how people lodged their real and i'm.
aginary complaints against the rail.
road companies with his board. II
was Mr.. Stutsman's opinion that
Mandan business men would natur-
ally become closely identified with the
merchants of Dunn Center.
J. NJ. Rapelje explained to the
people that the N. P. had monthly
pay roll of $2,640,000, and he said it
was not always possible to do what
the people wanted. He had found the
people in Dunn county very friendly
and hoped that this good feeling
would continue.
F. O. Hellstrom recalled the time
when he was a boy on the prairies
and some of the hardships that the
people of those days endured which
he imagined were similar to the trials
of many of his hearers in the past
few years while waiting for the
railroad. He had seen the samples
of grain and vegetables and did not
believe any section of the state could
make a better showing.
| Judge Andrew Bruce, the famous
banquet speaker of the state, was
the last gentleman to address the
people. Mr.. Bruce is the man who
made the law department of our uni
versity famous. His addresses are al
ways good and full of fine thoughts
and were no less so at the big gath
Lering north.
More than so people from Dick
inson attended the celebration.
Among those who went out in autos
were: Mayor White, FIR. Dignam,
Messrs. Butler, Crowl, Ayers, Nc
Clure, Turner, Wilcox, Dickinson,
Hendrick and Haruntg. Some went
out via Manning and Kildeer. Four
or five of the cars followed Max Hen
drick home via Emerson and found
the roads very good.