The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-22
which will certainly be Of value to
both In the future.

"AsSA VIII SCIt dluly Uc vi VdIuc u
both in the future.
The Stop at Perth.
Perth is one of the smaller towns
on the line though 1t is full of enter
prise and progress. 1t has two finan-
cially sound banks, number of gen.
eral stores and Is doing large bust
ness. A newspaper-the Journal
serves the public as a news clearing
house. The stop at this point was in
teresting and the glad hand was warm
ly extended. Perth has a population
noted for It's hospitality and the latch
string is always out to every one, and
not only was this true of the Com
mercial club, but every latch string
had an invitation hung on the end.
Busy Bisbee.
Bisbee is near the point where the
500 crosses the Great Northern. The
elevators built on the 500 in the ter
ritory on the south has cut of some
of the grain trade from this point
but the people trade here any way so
that there is little of the trade lost to
the village. The population of the
town is something nike six hundred
and Is as full of enterprise and push
as an egg is of meat. It is like Minot,
too. In that what any one of the peo-
pie want in the way of public matters
they all want. The result is that 1t
is more advanced than many towns of
its size elsewhere. j. M. Cores edits
one of the bright and spicy papers of
the state at this place, and 1t is in
keeping with the other enterprises of
the village. One of the business men
was asked as to the business of the
town and he replied that everybody
had all they could do and everybody
was satisfied.
The Town That Cando.
Cando means more than the name of
a town. 1t means Just what it says.
No trip would be complete without
stop in this beautiful and progressive
city. With population of 1900 it is
admitted the best town in the state,
especially in the amount of wealth
compared to the number of people.
The special reached this city at noon,
and was received by the citizens in
royal style. Autos and carriages were
in readiness to carry the members of
the party to the different parts of the
city. Being the county seat it natur-
ally has an advantage in the way of
county public buildings. It also has
one OF the finest school houses in the
state and its school system is unex-
celled. Besides these buildings there
are some of the finest banking houses
In the northwest. The First National
bank, completed one year ago last
April. which is pronounced by those
H0mnpfonf n 10 IN
thing in the line in the cities. It is
finished in the lobby, the banking room
and the directors room in solid ma
hogany, while the rest is in birch with
mahogany finish. The furniture is
solid mahogany. and all the fixtures
are in keeping with the woodwork.
The building is of beautiful pressed
brick and is two stories in height, all
devoted to the use of the bank. The
Cando National is nearly as fine,
though it is somewhat older. Nothing
could be more in keeping with the
progress and enterprise of the city
than the two financial institutions
which are found in it. Cando is in the
heart of rich farming country, and
to ask the opinion of a citizen as to
the value Of the country. would be
certain = elicit the reply that it is the
center of the garden spot of the world
and this is the. opinion of nearly every
one who visits the place even for a
few hours only. The people are hos
pitable to an extreme and certainly
showered it upon the members of the
Commercial club to gospel measure.
The business houses are the peers of
any In the largest cities and supply
every thing needed by the people and
their wants are many.
The Wheat.
The wheat crop fs reported consid-
cradle beyond good all along this line.
1t is probable that an average of If
teen bushels per acre will be realized
at least. The grain is we'll ripened
and SO far as could be learned no SER
ious damage has been done it. This
applies to the crops all along the line
from st. John to Maza is not to
Churches Ferry.
on Again.
A short stop was made at Maza just
over the line from Ramsey county,
where the finest farms in what is
known as the Cando region are found,
and where some fine business houses
are located and doing a splendid bust
ness. Then the special was of the
Cando branch after trip that was
worth thousands of dollars to Grand
Forks, and it is to be hoped, more to
the towns which were visited and
which do so much for the comfort and
pleasure of the members of the party.
1t will take many years of hospitality
on the part of Grand Forks to repay