The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-06

Balfour, a thriving town of about
500 was the first stop out of Harvey.
for yesterday morning. Here the Morn
ingTribune awaited the tourists. The
the tourists. The carrier boy was
quickly sold out, some Of the tourists
paying ten cents a copy for the paper.
At Velva City, a town of about 1900,
a stop of 40 minutes was made. Velva
is a wide-awake little town and has a
general air Of prosperity. 1t has two
banks with total deposits of over
$350,000, fine schools and churches
and auditorium and many good streets
and business blocks.
Talks Alfalfa.
L.. B. Robinson of the Better Farm
ing association. gave an instructive
talk on the town and country sur
rounding. He said that corn and al
falfa are becoming more and more i'm
portant as crops and much barley is
being raised. The total crop acreage
is greater than last year and every
thing is in fine condition. Last year
in this district a school boy won the
first prize in a competitive corn rails
ing contest with a score of 96.2 bush
els to the acre.
There r thirty-six silos near the
city and last year only / 1000 worth
Of cream was shipped out. The loca-
ton Of Velva is beautiful, and after
Mr.. Robinson's speech, to which J.
W. Olsen responded for the tourists,
members Of the party were given an
auto ride about the city.
Carpio was the next stop scheduled
after leaving Minot, but about half
way between the tourists piled off to
have their pictures taken by the movie
a It Carpio the tourists paraded
through the city and listened to talk
by c. K. Christensen, who emphasized
the growing Importance of diversified
farming in that district. Fred Nc
|. Clellan Of the Mcclellan Paper COM
pany responded. .
Rain Takes a Hand.
At Donnybrok it rained a hard rain.
1t was the first rain the tourists have
seen so far on the trip. Last wear
the trade tourists brought rain with
them and were christened the rain
makers: And again this year they
queered their own reception. Recep-
tons had been planned at Bowbelis.
Flaxton. n Portal, but the rain pre-
vented them. The schedule was chang
ed and the trade special ran right
through to Portal, trying to get away
from the rain. But 1t was no use. The
downpour was general. Tourists
greeted their customers, but there was
no celebration. It rained too hard, II
came in time, too. Things were be-
ginning to get pretty dry. Crop con-
ditions have not as yet been affected.
but by the end Of the week the young
grain would have suffered. Consee
quently. everybody is happy, and it's
still raining.
Night at kenmare.
The night stop was made at Ken
mare, where the tourists arrived at
o'clock. The rain, still pouring. al
tered the program for the evenings
entertainment. The moving pietIIe
show was given in the town han
which was packed by a crowd OF over
500 people. Mayor r. F. Lewis made
a short speech of welcome which was
responded to by J. w. Olson.
kenmare is a city of about 1.70o
Of the hustling North Dakota fvne
1t is surrounded by a rich territory in
which the growing of corn. and the
raising of stock, and dairying is as
Stunning increasing Importance. r.
abounds in rich deposits of Ignite
coal. Its streets are well lighted hv
a white way, and its business buildings
are Of good size. 1t has four banks
with total deposits of over $3.50, 600
The tourists traversed a territory of
1S5 miles yesterday. Crop Conditions
everywhere are prime and the rain
makes them doubly assured Portal
marked the tours "farthest west
The special departs at Z a. m. toward
Adams, homeward bound.
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