Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-02-08

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utmost capacity and when all hands
got their weeds lighted It was q
smoker indeed. 8.,s E4s
Informally Chairman Gilbreath
called upon a number of gentlemen
to express their ideas ''for the good
of the ORDER" the first speaker being
Ernest Bacon of the w. HI. Brown
company, Mandan. j.. s. Green of
Mandan followed and he in turn was
followed by A. T. Patterson of Bis.
marck, who called upon Max Bass
for some practical suggestions as to
organization. Mr.. Bass reviewed the
history of the immigration movement
by the railroads and suggested some
plans of state Organization, reading by
the way some good lessons for the
real estate dealers to learn in the
way to handle wouldlbe -buyers and
settlers. Mr.. Lawson of the 500 line
declined to make a speech, being a
far better listener, he said. Col.
Mott was then called for and in his
unique way expressed his views as to
what ought to be done, illustrating
the point by the experience of Mr..
Bass and himself. All these remarks
will be published by the Tribune as
soon as they can be got into type and
they would be read carefully as they
furnish a good guide for the land
seller. l=$s.s.s s..
After the speeches splendid
Dutch lunch was served, which
seemed the right thing at the right
time. .-..,~ -5# tsS.>~
1t was nearly midnight when the
gathering broke up and the express
sion was general that a. profitable
evening had been spent s - 4 se. +.
Convention Notes. -. =
The convention is graced by the
presence of two Of the greatest emf
grafton hustlers in the west: Col. g.
W. Mott of the Northern Pacific and
Max Bass of the Cheat Northern.
Col. Mott has been with the Northern
Pacific for several generations,
though he is still a young and spright-
" man. Formerly of slender build,
he has expanded with the expansion
Of lis sphere Of usefulness and has
accumulated little more ezpanse
since the good people OF Hettinger
county named its biggest town after
him. He is one Of the railroad men
who are easy to approach. not with
standing his physique, and no social
gathering, when he is around, is COM
plete without his presence. He is a
great hustler and has been the means
largely of settling the line of his
road with the best people In the
world.
Max Bass needs no Introduction to
the old timers on the Slope, having
once lived here, and 1t is believed he
still has sneaking fondness for this
section, although one would not
judge SO to hear him praise the
country along the Great Northern.
Not that he has Ill to say of this Sec
ton, but his descriptions OF the north
country are so alluring that none can
withstand the eloquence of his word
pictures-hence the thousands Of
splendid settlers and merchants that
wax fat from the fertility of his
Eldorado. To look at him NO one
would ever think that he kept lit
tie hotel at Be1field, an embryo town
west OF Dickinson, in the days when
the Northern Pacific was stretching
across the continent. AT last his
hotel went up In smoke and then
Max Bass went on the road selling
.fre extinguishers.'' Jim Hill heard
OF him and that settled 1t. Since
then he has been seeking the people
who want to come west and grow up
with the country. He also has had a
North Dakota town named after him.
a most genial man, he has friends
everywhere, and when he and Col.
Mott travel In pairs there is sure To
be something doing. 81 .#$5
| Nelson Lawson, the emigration
agent OF the 500 Line, has been with
that cOmuauy a T,1frY1nr nf yse, ,,es 1,uf