The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-07


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Belfield. Aug. THE citizens OF
Belfield lay claim to having the
most modern and attractive city OF
its size in the state OF North Dakota.
and if one stops to enumerate the
many improvements that have been
made here in recent months, the
claim will appear to be well founded.
The most recent addition is natural
gas. which was turned into the homes
and business places late last week.
The growth of Belfield in the past
decade is indicated in numerous ways.
Ten years ago it had a population OF
SIG: the recent censu shows ego. All
business houses are filled and there
are no empty residences. There are
no houses for rent and some newly
arrived families are living in tents
under the shade trees of the Heart
river, which forms a part Of the city
park system.
Another index of growth is the city
schools. Last winter the Belfield
high school had 100 students. as
against IS in 1929 and II in 1923. The
grade school has a present enrolment
of 220. The school building, erected
in 1914, is already too small. The
school has II teachers, under the di-
rection Of Superintendent H. w.
Pearson, who has just returned from
the University of Minnesota. where
he secured his M. A. degree upon fin
ishing his work in educational ad-
ministration and psychology.
Mail Business Growing
A good indication of growth comes
though the postoffice. In 1922 the
three star routes served about 125
patrons once or twice a week: at
present the same routes are serving
300 patrons daily. Postmaster Carl
Indegard is giving his assistance to
an effort that is being made to have
two more rural routes established.
Belfield has an inexhaustible sup
ply of excellent water. The city wa
ter system, established five years ago.
is fed from wells within the city
limits.
Belfield's city and tourist parks. as
we'll as a major part of the res!den-
tial district. r. situated along the
deep. winding gullies of the Heart
river. These river guliies. bordered
by giant ash, elm and cottonwood
trees, wind in labyrinth fashion
Throughout the resident section, and
are crossed by numerous footbridges.
which are laid among the breezy tree
tops from 80 to so feet above the bot
tom of the river. The city park,
which was sponsored by the Civic
league, contains five of these pic
turesque acres, where the footbridges
among the treetops form a veritable
network of lovers lanes. The tourist
park is just across the road and forms
a part of this enchanting scenery.
Fire Loss Reversed
Belfield is favorably situated at the
junction of the two great national
highways-Nos. 10 and IS. but up to
the present time very little has been
done toward acquainting the passing
tourists with Belfield's scenic attrac-
tons and facilities. When this is
done, the city will become one Of the
key points for tourists in western
North Dakota.
The most important commercial
undertaking at Belfield the past year
was the establishment of the Dak-O-
Mite plant by the Dakota Colloidal
corporation. The raw materia! used
hu fhic n1onk Sc a nr11o}ln1 n1c~, ~,
cellent for securing and cleansing
purposes, which was discovered in the
hills IL miles northwest of Belfield
by Frank Kessel some four years ago.
A carload Of the refined product was
shipped to Minneapolis last week for
oil refining purposes.
The first Dak-O-Nite plant was
built at Belfield in October. 1929, but
was destroyed by fire the following
February. The project would prob
ably have been abandoned a. that
time, had it not been for Percy Ca
daux, OF Jamestown, who saw the i'm.
mense possibilities Of Dak-O-Nite and
took a leading part In effecting a re-
organization.
The old Dak-O- Mite plant cost
10000 to build and equip: the new
n was completed about the middle
of June at a cost Of $4,000. The
plant is expected to have a capacity
Of $50 tons daily. when run on a a.
hour schedule. The plant is fitteC
with Is electric motors, generating q
total of 100 horsepower.
Believe in Industry
A revolving drum in which the raw
product is heated and dried is five
feet in diameter. 48 feet long anc
fitted at one end with a gas blast fur.
mace. From the drum. the clay l!
fed into a crusher. thence into Other
channels for drying purposes and il
then elevated to a bin at the .op o.
the building with a capacity of 81
tons. From here 1t is fed into pull.
verisers; then it enters an air separ.
ator where the refined product il
blown into a ten-ton bin fitted with
automatic baggers.
The enterprise is too new to admi
OF any prophecy al to its future, bu'
q majority of the business r1en O
Belfield regard 1t as q gold mine.
not only for the promoters hut fol
the city in which it is located.
Belfield Notes
The fire Is years ago which wipee
out II frame store buildings from thu
main street was regarded At tina,
time - q calamity. but these build.
1ngs have since been replaced BY