The Irish standard., 1915-09-01

Lisbon is centrally located and is
the county seat of Ransom, the ban
ner county of North Dakota, and is
situated on the Sheyenne river, which
is we'll wooded with natural timber.
It has MANY natural advantages such
as are not to be found in many towns
and cities of North Dakota.
Lisbon has a population of about
$500. 1t has the finest of cement
walks, graded and graveled streets,
with a sewerage system that would
be credit to city four times its
size. 1t is lighted by electricity. 1t
also has excellent fire protection.
Aside from it's chemical engines, hose
carts, hook and ladder outfits, it has
four artesian wells, which afford pres
sure for fire protection and supply
pure water for all other purposes.
Lisbon has two military organiza-
tions: Hospital Corps and First Regl-
ment band, and splendid armory
building costing $4,000.
Just at the outskirts of the city is
located the State Soldiers Home and
Hospital. 1t is embowered in park
of natural timber and the grounds are
exceedingly beautiful.
Lisbon has one of the best graded
schools in the state, the high school
having a corps of thirteen or more
teachers. Free text books are used
in all schools of the county. The St.
Aloysius school, a Catholic instltu-
ton, is a credit to our city and COM
munity.
Aside from two weekly newspapers,
Lisbon Free Press and Ransom Coun-
ty Gazette, the North Dakota Farmer,
Westland Educator and Rotary, agr1-
cultural and educational papers are
published.
Lisbon has seven churches: Catho-
lie, Episcopal, Baptist, Methodist,
Presbyterian, Scandinavian, Lutheran
and German Evangelical, all working
together for the religious welfare of
the community.
Lisbon has one national and two
state banks, with combined deposits
of over a million dollars. 1t has two
department and two general stores,
exclusive clothing houses, groceries,
meat markets, drug, hardware, turn1-
ture, racket, jewelry and millinery
stores, lumber yards, implement hous-
es, tannery, feed mills, cement, block
factories, iron and metal works, hos
pita1, garages, six elevators, stock
yards, opera house, scenic theaters:
There is also a frst-class bakery and
creamery. Aside from boarding hous-
es and restaurants, it has three hotels,
the Bradford having been finished and
furnished at cost OF $4O,OOO.
Among other places of interest we
might mention Idlewild Park which
has been fitted up as an amusement
park.
We have several law and real es-
tate firms, doctors and dentists. In
fact, every business is represented by
men who are wide-awake and enter
prising, working in harmony for the
welfare of the city.
For small manufacturing plants
Lisbon offers excellent opportunities.
The Sheyenne river, with its natural
fall of water is capable of benig utll-
lied every seven miles for power,
which will generate sufficient electri-
cal energy for the operation of plants
in the city. A flour mill is located
here with capacity of 800 barrels per
dav. with elevator and storage capac-
ity of $4,000 bushels of grain.
The first canning factory of the
state is located here, with capacity
of $4,000 cans per day of II hours.
So much durum wheat is raised that
a durum products plant is needed.
First-class strawboard and flax fibre
plants, as we'll as brick yard, could
be made profitable.
Lisbon has no saloons, no poor
house and the county Jail is empty
two-thirds of the time.