Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-12
BISMARCK THE PIVOT
ITS CENTRAL LOCATION In ONE
OF THE RICHEST AGRlcuL-
TURAL DISTRICTS
OF THE STATE IS ATTRACTING
THE ATTENTION OF WHOLE
SALERS, In ALL LINES

sALERs, IN ALL LINES
The International Harvester Conn
pany of America, Chicago, has decided
to open a regular general agency in
Bismarck Mr. H. J. Giermann was
recently called to Chicago where he
received his appointment as general
agent at this place, and he has just
returned to take up his new duties.
1t will be recalled by our readers that
about one year ago Mr.. G. H. Lauf-
man, representing the International
Company met Mr.. Giermann here by
appointment to discuss the establish
ment of distributing house for a
full stock of the company's extensive
line of machines and repairs. the end
in view being to open up a regular
general agency a little later. The
full fruition of Mr.. Laufman's efforts
is now seen in the new general
agency which the company has just
opened here All the territory in
south and southwestern North Dakota
as well as portion Of eastern Mon
tana will be covered from this point
and a large stock of the company's
line, of machines and repairs will be
carried here. AS other machinery
houses have also established head
quarters here, Bismarck will there
fore be the Mecca for the retail i'm
plement trade in the Missouri Slope
country. gZ .5s. E
! Mr.. Giermann, who will be il
charge of the international company
business here, needs no Introduction t,
the citizens of Bismarck, for he ha.
lived here for number of years, dur
! ing most of which time he has repre-
sented the International people il
| this territory. 1t goes without saying
| that his large number of friends will
be more than pleased to know that he
has been promoted to so important {
position as the one with which he has
recently been honored e:
+ Bismarck will be the headquarters
for large corps of travelling sales
| men who will regularly be sent ou1
from here to cover the territory con
tiguous to this point. The company
will maintain a regular equipped Office
in the lower floor of the new Taylor
| building on Main street, which means
that number of families will come tt
Bismarck to make their homes here
Arrangements to secure additional
floor space for storage purposes are
already under way, while Office furni
ture and other needed supplies have
already been shipped in.
The citizens of Bismarck consider
themselves lucky to secure such an i'm
portant addition to the commercial
strength of the Capital City. Owing
to the fact that Bismarck is the rail
road and commercial center for the
distribution of goods throughout west.
ern and southern North Dakota, the
representatives of the International
company are confident that the gen.
eral agency which has just been
established at Bismarck will become
one of the elading branch houses in
the northwest =
The railroad facilities of this city
are unsurpassed. The main line OF
the Northern Pacific railroad from St
Paul to the Pacific coast insures un
excelled passenger and freight service
A branch Of this road connects with
the Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul al
Linton, the county seat of Emmons
county, for points south and east
bringing Bismarck into close com
mercial relations with a wide area Of
fertile territory. On the west side oi
the Missouri river north and south Of
Bismarck, the Northern Pacific has
surveyed new lines which will reach
a particularly promising section where
iginai bill was considered little TOT
Il 4. =.