The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-08-03
tRy Melvin HiIdreth.l


The nine great elevators at Beach,
standing as silent sentinels of pros
perity, indicate in striking manner
the wonderful recent development of
the western part of the state.
For it must be remembered that
Golden Valley county was only estab-
lished in November, 1912. and that
Beach on next February will celebrate
its ninth birthday. OF course there
has been a siding bearing that name
since 1879 when Warren G. Beach as
a captain in the Eleventh infantry
guarded the workmen engaged in lay
ing the track for the Northern Pacific
railroad. Then there came tho dis
covery. a few years age, that the
Golden Valley was situated in one CT
the ncsr favored parts of North Da-
k31 for stock raising and diversified
faInnrS. With ths coming Of the
ec:tscrs ead tho gathering of great
crops Beach came to be a city until
now II has 1.541 people. a gain OF So
per cent in Ave years. The county
now has a population of 6,OS2 and
contains 504.44 acres.
Some of the stories of wealth gain
ell and crops raised in this valley
sound like the tales OF California in
'4a But 1t is interesting to notice
tho universal fee ing of pride in the
success OF this new county. 1t is not
at all infrequent to meet men who a
few years ago had nothing except
ambition and determination to sue
ceed, now with their splendid farms,
their comfortable homes with every
convenience and with prosperous
schools and churches they have shown
that North Dakota is a state destined
to be great in its every part and that
no longer can there be but a sectional
development. OF course Beach has
had to face the problems that con-
front every new community. AS his
tory shows other towns have done, 1t
attracted certain restless souls, look.
ing for riches that can only come with
time and with hard toll. Now that it,
has reached the standing Of a city
Beach is coming into its own. 1t will
be but few years and its importance
as a center for all this new country
will be realized. Perhaps the splendid
growth of this thriving and solidly
entrenched municipality can best be
indicated by glance at the develop
ment Of its school system
Splendid School System.
On one corner stands a little white
wooden building, with the old school
bell still In the small tower. This was
the first school house.
In the middle of the block stands
great. red brick building, showing the
newer side where recent additions
have been added. This was the sec
ond school. Then on a great hill on
the outskirts of the city there is an
immense, stately looking building, that
can be seen for miles around. This is
the third schoolhouse.
The Beach High school was organic
ed in the fall of 1908 with seven
students enrolled for the year. Atthe end
of it's seventh year 1t has 12S students,
II is a member of the North Central
Association of Colleges, it is first
class high school and is thus entitled
to a yearly appropriation of s2,5OO for
an agricultural department. The school
offers. besides the regular four year
course, a four year agricultural course
and a two year course in domestic
science and manual training.
The school farm consists OF ten
acres for experimentation and demon
stration, especially in solving problems
incident to Golden Valley and they
ara experimenting with fruit trees,