The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-24
Commercial Club Tourists See
Much Of Interest in Their
Trip Over the Western Part
Of the state-Met by Numer-.
Gus Bands and Citizen Dele
gates.
CANADIAN WHEAT BONDED
AND SHIPPED THR0U. S.
Tour VIII End Tonight With the Re.
turn of the Excursion Train-Notes
Of Interest Jotted Down by The
Evening Times Correspondent.

On Board Commercial Special, Aug.
23.-Daylight dawned SO far as the
Commercial club party was concerned,
on Sherwood, the twenty months old
town at the terminus of the Granville
line. 1t has five hundred people, two
banks, six elevators and a bonded
warehouse for the handling of Cana
dian wheat in bond, and number of
good general and special line stores.
1t is fortunate in its location, the near
est competitor on the same line being
Mohall, while on the west it is Ken
mare on the 500 thirty-five miles
away, and the eastern competitor sixty
miles away. This leaves it large
contributary country to draw from,
and the railroads are SO developed now
that it is hardly possible that any con-
siderable quantity of this territory
will ever be cut of. The crops in this
section are not bumper ones, but are
good and men who are giving the
matter some attention say there will
be fifteen-bushel yield. The acreage
is much larger than last year and on
the whole as much grain will be
shipped from here as was done last
year. The bonded warehouse last year
handled something like $4,000 bushels
and will probably do as we'll this year.
At MOhall.
Mohall is one of the old new towns
of the state. 1t was founded by M.
o. Hall before the railroad came and
named for him. He printed the Mohall
News when the house in which it was
printed was the only one in the COM,
munity. The town happened to be the
one selected by the railroad when it
came, and as result Hall amassed
a small fortune as the owner of the
townsite. He is still in the newspaper
business and interested in one of the
banks and several other local enter
prises. Mohall now has population
of between five and six hundred peo-
pie, has three banks and six eleva-
tors, one of them having been recent
ly purchased by the farmers of the
community, who will operate it dur
ing the present season. The crops
are remarkably good and the acreage
large. The country is broad prairie
sweeping away as far as the eye can
reach and level as a floor. While the
soil is slightly light it is decidedly
productive. The people were on the
streets by scores to bid the party well
come and the business men took es-
pecial pleasure in showing the visitors
the town and the businesses. In this
connection it should be stated that the
stores are decidedly modern and the
stocks of goods carried large and mod
ern. Altogether Mohall is good bust
ness point. There are two good
papers published at this place-the
News, mentioned before, and the
Tribune, which is a modern and de-
cidedly newsy paper. The plant is
just installing new power press and
will be much improved otherwise.
An Engineer Honored.
1t was reported that the train crew
would be changed at Minot, and Presi-
dent Lander, expressing the sincere
wish of the entire party, sent the fol-
lowing telegram from Lansford to the
superintendent of the Minot division:
Understand you plan on changing en-
gineer and fireman at Minot. Engin-
eer STIFFNESS and his fireman have been
most accommodating and we request
that they be allowed to continue with
us If possible"
LansfOrd Rebuilding.
LansfOrd has no commercial club.
but 1t gave the party a decidedly royal
welcome. A number of the business
men-nearly all of them, it was said
met the train and acted as an escort
to the principal business part of the
city. Lansford recently suffered
severe fire loss, but the burned district
is being rebuilt in a manner that