The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-17
dunn COUNTY
LAKERES0RT
Is PLANNED
CORPORATION Intends to Flood
1900 Acres and Sell
Lakeside Lots

Visions Of a beautiful lake and sum-
mer resort fill the minds of many
Dunn county citizens as the result
df The action Of .he state securities
commission in granting the Dunn
Center Lake Corporation license to
sell $25O,OO0 worth of stock. accord
ing to word from that city.
The proposal il one OF the most
ambitious of its kind ever launched
in the state and is in the nature of
community enterprise on the part
Of Dunn Center business men and
citizens.
/. The new corporation, headed by
Lars J. Siljan, Dunn Center editor,
proposes to dam Spring creek three
quarters Of mile from the town,
just below it's junction with Timber
creek. The dam will back up the
water to an average depth Of 70
fee. and will inundate approximately
500 acres, giving Dunn Center q
body of water with shore line of
about 10 miles. Promoters claim
j, that the lake, when completed, will
be the largest body of fresh water
| in the state, with water running
into and out of the lake.
To Make Lots Attractive
Around the lake the corporation
plans to establish summer resort
Lots will be sold to prospective sum
mer dwellers and all lots, when sold
will be planted with trees and shrubs
according to plans by q landscaper
The proposed lake would be To-
Gated within nine miles Of the North
Dakota Badlands, the states greatest
scenic wonder, and will be within Il
miles of the Killdeer Mountains, also
noted for their beauty.
| In order to carry out the work II
will be necessary to move three sets
Of farm buildings from the area
which will be submerged. Several
owners Of land in the vicinity have
exchanged their property for STOCK
| in the new corporation, Siijar said
and the cash outlay necessary II
promote the plan has been subscribed
by Dunn Center business men. The
total stock subscribed to date, he
said, is $4,000.
In addition to support of the en-.
tire populace of Dunn Center, the
plan has gained support from busi.
ness men and others ut Werner. Hal
liday. Dodge and other nearby towns
Siljan said.
should Prove Popular
| Hone Of success for the lake COR
kporstion as commercial venture
| Silian said, is based on the belief
that D lake and summer resort viii
prove popular with residents Of west.
ern North Dakota. There arc no other
lakes available for such . purpose ant
the only way open, Siljan said, wal
to make one
Sprinf creek, which viii; be the
| principal source of water supply fol
| the lake, rises in the killdeer mount
aims and also Is fed BY numerous
springs. Trout planted IN the stream
two wears ago have survived despite
1.-The occasional muddiness Of the watcl
due to the creeks turbulent flow
and nike also are caught frequently
Silian said. When the lake Is com.
plete6 the corporation plans to stocl
| it with pike, bass and other game
fish.
According to present plans worl
/ on the dam will begin In the neal
fnture. many farmers In the neigh
borhood ksving expressed their will.
lingnoes TO- supply teams. wagons and
linen Al exchange for stock in thu
lake corporation, TO Be later turned
oyer Tor property along the ialti
olfiesrs Of the corporation. in ID
dition to Siljsn. are: vice president
q. +. iosde;7 q Secretary. .tressurer. H
3. Skenge. Directors, II addition ia
the olficers. are John Thompson. Ole
IKittilson ana A. J. PalmeE al s6f
Dunn Centef. r. T.. Powloy, formerly
- NfSlnAa~n1ss has hnam mn.MaA san.