Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1906-08-30
THE GRAND FORKS
COMMERCIAL CLUB
Visits Williston in Special Train Friday
ly Pleased With the City-Met by Commit
tee---Were Accompanied by Band.

The Grand Forks Commercial
club visited this city for several
hours Friday forenoon arriving
here about 3 in the morning on
their return from Mondak. A
committe consisting of eleven
members of the Wdliston Com
mercial club met the visitors
about $50 and assisted in show
ing them around the city and
making them acquainted. There
were over hundred business
men in the party and a finer lot
of men you never met. Many of
them had never visited our city
before and they were surprised
and greatly pleased with the
city, it's location, water supply,
and marks of progressiveness.
The following articles taken
from the Evening Times and the
Herald of Grand Forks will give
you an excellent idea of what
the visitors thought of Williston.
The Evening Times-1t is
doubtful if the people living in
eastern North Dakota compre-
hend the beauty, Importance or
progressiveness of Williston.
The general impression is that it
is a frontier town where the
mud in the streets is hub deep
and where shooting with intent
to kill is a pastime. But it is
not. The streets are wide and
beautiful cement sidewalks attest
the progressiveness of the city,
and the prospects of water
works is so far advanced that
the business people are already
considering it assured. The city
has some substantial and well
built business blocks and a num-
Der are already planned for the
near future. Fifteen thousand
dollars worth of building lots
were sold at one sale last spring.
and it looks as if the present
population of 1900 would be
increased to four or five thous-
and within a comparatively few
years. The country is compara-
lively new, bul some idea of the
number of people coming in may
be gathered from the fact that
since the new land office was
opened at this point Aug. 1, $40
filings have been made. The peo-
pie Of the city did not tender any
formal reception to the party as
no definite time for the arrival
Of the special could be obtained.
But they came out as citizens
and simply took possession Of
the members and introduced
them to everybody they could
find and did everything possible
in their power to make the stay
of the visitors just as delightful
as possible, and they certainly
succeeded. Everybody left the
city feeling that the time spent
had not only been advantageous
to the cities of Grand Forks and
Williston, but that there had
been developed a social friend
ship which would make the rela-
tions Of the two cities one Of
pleasure as well as business.
.&iliston is destined to be a
good city. It has the advantage
of cheap fuel and with proper
railroad facilities should become
a good manufacturing point:
The banking facilities are cared
for by three institutions, all well
managed and enjoying a good
business. The newspapers are
fully up to the standard of the
city in general, which is saying
much for the standard is high.
The Herald and Graphic are old
papers having largely grown up
with the city, while the World is
the latest venture in the jour
nalistic field. The plants are
we'll equipped for business and
the papers are well edited and
newsy, and above all they enjoy
decidedly generous patronage
from the business men Of the
city who are taking, advantage
of their columns for advertising
purposes. The stop at Williston
was one Of the delightful ones on
the trip, and Williston will all
ways find the heartiest welcome
at the metropolis of the state.
Williston is all right.
The Grand Forks Herald-Fri-