Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-01
News
OVER The STATE
tBYE. e. s~aunders)

Mohall, N. D.,SJune 30.-It Is the
privilege Of the writer to visit the
grounds Of the Mouse River loop chau-
tauqua association. While at FOLEY
last Sunday, though the program
which Includes a lecture on .The Lure
of Egypt" by Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen,
daughter OF Hon. Wm.J. Bryan,w will
not open until next Sunday.
The Chautauqua association vas Or
,ganized, according to Secretary W. e,
Grinnell in 1913. and capitalized at
continuous sessions have been held
and, with the single exception Of last
year, when there was a deficit OF $500.
the net profits averaged $1,000. These
profits were all invested as provided
for by the constitution.
The present season was entered up
on with much enthusiasm notwith-
standing the financial depression at
the present time. Though the park
enterprising village Of 800 Inhabitants.
several neighboring towns cooperate
in its management.
The officers are, President, F.. M.
Cole of Kennnare;@ secretary, w. =.
Grinell Of Telley and treasurer, F.$o.
The auditorium. is sox12o feet. the
Wolnap q ueSoIeo 10 lug
work or the State, and Won1en's
Christian Temperance union is 6ox9D
feet. The restaurant building is SO by
LOO feet, the dance pavilion is S0x100
feet.
The Mouse River circles around
three sides of the ground, furnishing
I, a fine bathing beach, provided with
suitable bath houses and other con-
veniences. Religious services are held
l Ao oh Sy1 NJ nv ~ 1r,at N - o~~AsyA%Al hx,
Rev. w. A. Dunnett Of Churches
Ferry, N. Oak, for S years the plat
form superintendent.
The past, five years having been very
dry the crop conditions were discour-
aging, yet, the present season is very
encouraging and the people are aptt-
mistic.
Coming over here to Mohall, = ais
lance Of II miles, the writer met M. O.
Hall, the founder Of this lively young
city in 1902, who with Mrs. Hall pro.
ceeded to show US the country. We
visited three farms on which we found
natural gas proceeding from wells
that had been sunks from 40 to 23(
feet. In one place it was utilized TO!
heating, cooking and lighting pur'
poses. In another, though the wei
the gas forced the water up and KEEP
the stock tank full Of good water. 4
match ignited the gas forming a fam,
which the water did not quench unit
a maj with a board gplashed the waite,
into the fame and put it out.
S. Il. Sleeper, a prominent farmer
showed US a patch Of sweet Glove
planted on the unbroken sod by TIA
side Of the highway. The plant ct
Efectually killed the native an
grew to a height OF four feet MI
Sleeper explained that the root ex
tended two feet below the surface. MI
Sleeper will plant sweet clover al
around his 760 acre farm and whel
it becomes four feet high will ploy
it under to fertilize the soil. He sug
gests that the highways may thus b
seeded at an expense of only Ave cent
a mile and that no means can be de
!, vised, whereby the moisture can be 8
) e~ffectually conserved to the SOIL. w
also saw one large field Of sweet GLOW
er within a short distance OF Mohal
MI. Hall also called our attention t
1000 acres OF potatoes and said tha
"a "Potato Growers association" ha
been organized here.
i Chautauqua visitors will centainl
f1d something OF interest! II they con.
this way next week. The season close
July 10th.
This is my first visit to this count.
The quality of the soil with the erte,
prise and push Of the citizens cannc
fail in making this a prosperous an
progressive county. eQua! to any i
this state, which IS fast coming to IL,
front in everything, worth while.