The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-21
BUILDING~ IS
GREATER THAN
SINCE THE WAR
All Larger Cities of State Re-
port More Building Now
Than a Year Ago
TEN TO ONE AT MINOT
Bismarck Has 20 New Homes.
Several Business Build
ings, in Prospect
By Associated Prcss)

Building construction in Norti
Dakota this year will reach the high
est mark since the war, according I,
estimates furnished The Associated
Press by leading civic club rcprcscn
tatlves IN the larger cities.
The head OF one Minot firm with
40 lumber yards told David S. Owen
secretary Of the Minot Association al
Commerce. that he was figuring l(
bills OF lumber now to one a year ago
at this time and last year was better
than the preceding one.
Farm construction is on the up.
grade in all parts Of the state and
more fencing is being done now than
ever before. the survey shows. This
is taken AS an indication of diyers;-
ned farming since more fencing means
more stock. particularly small stock
Such as sheep and hogs.
Fargo To Have Big Year
Fargo will have the biggest building
year in history. W. T.. Chestnut, see
retary of the Fargo Commercial club
reports. About 300 new homes, . o,
10 business buildings. two factories
and two school additions are planned
at prospective expenditure of ST.
100000. Last years building pro.
gram in Fargo came to S1,736, ,769.
Rccord-breaking building prospects
are in sight in the Minot trade terri
tory, reports Mr.. Owen. He estimates
the new homes going up ut Is to 1OO
and adds that there is Il keen desire
to erect new residences.
Valley City, where approximately
Sl.0OO,OOO was spent on the 1926
building program. will have many
new homes this year, says p. r. Trub-
shaw. secretary Of the Valley City
Commercial club. There is lot
Of talk about building here" he said
Bismarck has about 70 new homes
in prospect in addition to seven new
business buildings, with a prospective
total expenditure of about $3.50. 900
according to II. Z. Goddard. secretary
Of the Bismarck Association Of Com-
merce.
IF agricultural conditions are sat
isfactory there will bea large amount
of building done here in the late
summer and fall that we do not yet
know about" said Secretary Goddard
Optimism at jamestown
A note Of optimism was struck by
Edward A. Ketter. secretary of the
jamestown Chamber of Commerce,
with the statement that Faith has
been restored in local communities
with the tendency no longer for local
capital to flow into eastern bonds
Secretary ketter estimates that at
least IS homes and Is business build
ings will be built in jamestown this
year at a total cost of about $780,
900.
Everyone is behind the new build
ing movement in Devils Lake." reports
Jim Barrett, secretary Of the Devils
Lake Civic and Commerce association
"The building prospects in our trade
territory are very good. We will
have about so new homes and about
seven new business buildings. The
prospective expenditure for 1926 is
$3.50, 900"
Building prospects in the Dickinson
trade territory are good. although
"thc people think more about buying
new cars than building new homes
reports Charles Eastgate, district ex-
tension agent Of the Dickinson As
sociation Of Business and Public AZ
fairs. He estimates that $3.50. 900
will be spent for building construc-
ton work.
Mandan and Grand Forks also re-
ported the prospects bright for an
active building season. All Of the
agents reporting declared that farm
ers are building barns, machinery
sheds and fences on big scale. Con-
struction standards show improve
ment in all cities, the survey shows.