Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-03
Marrllarth

Marmarth
Mail, March 81: The local freights Nos.
90 and g. running between here and Miles
City will carry passengers henceforth.
]. c. McCullom, representing the Chi
cago Land Co., has opened up an Office
in town and will do his share in advancing
the interests of this vicinity.
The First National Bank is erecting a
temporary Office on the west side of the
street. Postmlstress Woods has secured a
rear room for temporary occupancy as
postofice.
Messrs. Addison and 1.otscher. of the ].
|. Case threshing machine company, were
in town recently and fortunate in securing
Karl Gotshall and Walter Umstot to rep
resent the concern in this territory
Mr.. Ramsland the representative of ].
.. Adams. was in town Thursday. We
will venture the opinion that this last visit
will result in the townsite being situated on
the NJ. +. Woods land east of the river and
north of the track.
Cashier Robert H. Smith of the First
National Bank, and his wife arrived Mon
day from Bowman. MIR. Smith contenl-
plates erecting residence here and the
people of Marmarth in general extend them
"a cordial welcome.
Karl Gotshan has been appointed agent
here for the Atlas Lumber Co., succeeding
Fred Gratfleman. MIR. Gotshall is one of
Alarmarth's representative Young business
men and the promotion is strictly in ac-
cordance with his ability.
A committee was appointed by the Com
mercial Club this week consisting of Messrs
Austin, +. l.. ILLNESS and |. l.. Doherty,
to draft petition to be sent to general
freight agent Calkins, at Butte, Mont. pray
ing for the establishment of wool depot
at this place. Cashier Smith and NJ. F..
Woods are circulating it thruout the coun-
try obtaining the signatures of the wool
men and the approximate amount of this
years clip.
Last Thursday evening aspeciif meeting
of the Commercial Club was called to con-
slider the townsite proposition. The way
the matter stood then was that of differ
ence between the townsite company and
MIR. Woods of $4,000 for the location of the
townsite on the Woods land After some
discussion it was decided to see what could
be done to raise this money by donations
from the local business men. list was
arranged and probable 50, 500 was sub
scribed. A telegram to this effect was sent
TO the townsite agent who was at Miles
City. He telegraphed back that he hoped
the remainder could be raised in a few
days. Nothing further has developed.
The Brown Rasmussen Cattle CO. is an
ether new concern which has launched in
to business in this vicinity. The corpor-
alton is capitalized at $50 600, and the Off
cial personnel is as follows: Jim Reeves,
pres; Nels Rasmussen, vice pres; o. C.
jerks, Sec; James Rasmussen treas. The
company owns tract of land extending up
to the town limits, mile and half on
each side of the river and nine miles long.
Cattle will be raised for shipping and do
mestic purposes on large scale. In addi-
ton to their ranching interests the company
will erect and operate business institution
here in town. They have not yet decided
on the nature of this latter project MIR.
jerks, the secretary, is already here with
several carloads of cattle, horses and ranch.
ers supplies and is enthusiastic over the
prospects OF Marmarth and hopeful concern.
ing the enterprise in which he is interested
AS the company will employ about twenty
people it will be valuable acquisition tc
Marmarth, and the Mail welcomes them
among us.