Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-02-22
WEST MISSOURI METROPOLIS
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OF ONE
OF THE LARGEST COUNTIES IN
THE STATE-SOME OTHER NOR
TON COUNTY TOWNS.

TON COUNTY TOWNS.
Mandan, situated on the west side of
the great Missouri river, is one of the
hustling, wide awake towns of this west
ern empire, and it's citizens are possessed
of that enterprising spirit that ~insures a
continuation of the high degree of pros
perity that is now being enjoyed. 1t is
the chief trading mart of a wide scope of
country, extending from the Knife river
on the north to the Cannon Ball on the
south, embracing a strip of from forty to
fifty miles on either side. 1t is sur
rounded on all sides by a country that
is rich in natural resources, and in no
section of the great Missouri Slope
country are there more fertile acres than
are within the borders of Morton county,
of which Mandan is the seat of govern
ment and commercial center. Its hills,
the heritage of its herds and focks, are
sodded with the richest grasses that
grow anywhere on these western ranges.
and it's valleys possess wonderful fertil-
ity.
Mandan is the division headquarters
VI GIlo 4NOl Ii l. I'll lolllO oo, lulo way
between Fargo and Glendive, having ex-
tensive roundhouses, machine shops,
coal docks. etc., it's monthly pay rolls
amounting to thousands of dollars.
On the banks of the Heart river, which
flows through the town, is located the
largest Touring mill in the state. Here,
also, in the level valley of the Heart, are
located the State Fair grounds, where
annually are held exhibitions of the
products of the fields, ranges and feed
the pioneer period are better exhibits
shown.
The Little Heart creamery, just west
of town, is a Mandan institution, and by
the superior quality of it's product, has
done much to attract attention in the
east to the wonderful adaptability of
this section as a dairy region.
Morton county's court house-an ele-
giant three-story brick structure-is one
Of the finest county buildings in the
state, and the city has good hotels and
many fine brick business blocks.
Mandan has two banks that figure
among the leading fiduciary institutions
of the state as among the most solid
the First National and the State Bank
of Morton county. Their statements
show a steady increase in deposits and
in amount of surplus.
NEW SALEM.
Twenty-eight miles west of Mandan is
the prosperous town of New Salem, in
the midst of a community of as thrifty
farmers as are to be found anywhere in
the state. It is the headquarters for
some half dozen creameries that are
scattered over the country contiguous
to the town, and it is perhaps due to
these as much as to any one cause that
so many evidences of thrift exist. The
buildings in town and country are, in a
large measure, modern and up-to-date,
all showing that it's people are enjoying
an era of prosperity that is permanent
and lasting, and that its commercial and
agricultural operations have struck the
level of a%daptability to natural environ
ment. There are i~nexhaustible deposits
of a superior quality of coal in close
proximity to town.
HEBRON.
Hebron is near the western boundary
of Morton county, and it, too, is in the
midst of an environment that is rich in
agricultural resources, having cream.
cries and a Touring mill, where the best
products of the field and dairy are re.
duced to the form most nearly ap-
preaching the household necessities.
All these towns are enjoying a good
healthy trade, because the farmers and
merchants in the midst of whom they
are situated are prosperous.
GLEN ULLIN.
Glen Ullin is another Morton county
town that is thriving as a result of its
being surrounded by an incomparably
rich agricultural district. Here also
are a number of creameries, and the
quality of their product is gaining wide
repute east and west, and have already
done much to demonstrate that nowhere
are the native grasses so we'll adapted tt
the manufacture of dairy products as or
this great West Missouri plain.