Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-06-29

new location. Like the Pilgrims of
old, they ceased their labor on that
day to give honor and reverence to
their Heavenly Father. who honored
their faith aud %prospered them.
In october. 1879. IL prairie fire
county, damaging considerable prop
erty and severely injurinE a few per,
sons.
In 1887 the Northern Pacific rail
road was built through to Pembina.
Two years later followed the organiz-
alton of the town with about two hun
dred and fifty Persons. The railroad
thas since become a main line and the
population grown to about six hun
dred.
/ In 1898 a pontoon bridge was built
across the Red river to. afford u
lmeans of communication between the
two states. This served until 1911,
when a new steel lift bridge was con-
%fstructed.
Thus by steady improvement along
every line the community has become
farms do the countryside, and mod
ern homes with beautiful lawns and
progressive business houses comprise
the town, making 1t an ideal little
city In e~verytre7pect.
[. The City Itself.
Drayton is fortunate in having tbs
number of improvements and advan-
itages that it possesses, for they are
seldom found in a town OF this size.
Its locationton the river gives the
natural beautyF and benefit wrought
BY the presencesofstrees The cement
sidewalks GEOGRAPHICALLY we'll kept
and add greatly to the convenience
Iof the citizens 4 and visitors. The
hAa nfSf11J WvQl1 liant hrYnon o~> ! q
rounded by well-tfimmed and we'll
! appointed lawns and hedges. which
aid materially. in identifying the
An nieientselectric light andspower
plant, privately owned, Is maintained
to supply tw~enty-four hour service
10 its patrons.
An up-to-date 1re department il
wisely maintained fortthe protection
Of life and property. AMI addition OF
equipment was recently made OF a
new fire siren, which can be heard
ia distance of nearly I'VE miles.
The schools. hospital, churches, pro-
,fesional men, well-stocked places OF
business and hotels are all OF the best
One of the biggest assets to q town
in this day is q clean. ,aociable class
of young people, and DrAyton can
wefl afford to boast about their young
people.
Dra5ton MeusortA Pask.
This park vas purchased three
their boys who served in the World
War. It is an ideally located forty
acre tract OF beautiful trees, ferns,
vines and winding ~drivewayS. bound
ed by the Red river on the south
and west. It, is equipped with ev-
! erythine necessary to entertain both
young and Gid.
been cor 1fsted and is without a.doubt
one ofI,ehea best Of its kind in the
entire northwest. It has an excel
lent noor for dancing with no posts
to hinder the dancers. The park
also boasts Of q we'll laid out base
bali diamond.
The officers and directors OF the
park are: D. r. Buchanan. president;
John r. vestrie. ~sscretary 4 treas.
urer;; r. y. Moore. Ben HsfDeth End
Gus johnson, directors.
Fourth OF July C~esebsataOn.
The last two Fourth OF July cell
ebrations At Drayton have been huge
s~,ccseses and 7 credit toya city many
aktendAlce ut both celebrations ~
exceeaed the Axpeetat1on1 Of the
prayton park niana6emenE This
m0H excellent spA4Sonaee has made
III possible for the patk board to nut
0fSfhis yeAr5a Mueh larger d no
Il exD4nafyA program than haAA0Nne
4hesn attempted il thispAEte
conntfy bsf1re-
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