The Dickinson press., 1908-05-30

Dickinson People Had
to Abandon Autos and
Go BY Rail-. Sturgeon
and kosteIeeky Help.
Defeat Hettinser Boys
In Close Game Of Bail.
Twelve hundred people attended the
auction sale of lots held by the Milwau-
kee Townsite Co. at Scranton on Tues.
day. The weather had been rather un-
favorable for a week and no doubt kept
quite a number from the sale but Tues.
day opened up bright and shining and
the people for miles around were on
hand to see Scranton get its start.
In the forenoon the crowd kept busy
taking in the sights in the new city, and
a trip through the Consolidated Coal
Company's mines, and the brick yards
and a look at the thirty or more good,
substantial. business buildings showed
very plainly that Scranton was already
we'll started and bid fair to be the best
town in southwestern North Dakota. A
good hotel, two restaurants, postofice,
drug store, bank, harness shop, livery
stable, three lumber yards and several
small stores, all permanently established,
shows that the men who have invested
their money in Scranton have confidence
in the coming city.
The sale opened at 2 o'clock with P.
H. Hilman of Sioux City, Iowa, as auc.
tioneer. Col. Plummer was introduced
as one of North Dakota's pioneers, and
n of the best known characters in the
state. His remarks were brief but inter-
esting. He said, II have seen land in
the Red River Valley advance from 81
to $50 an acre and think that property
in this southwestern North Dakota Some
times called the tail of the state) will
out-class any other part of the state, and,
it will be a case of the tail wagging the
dog" With a few good stories he left the
buyers in a good humor for the auction
eer.
Mr.. Hilman stated that the minimum
price on business corners was set atssoo;
inside business lots, $3.50; corner resi-
dence lots, sl25; inside lots 500. The
first choice sold for sl1oo, second for
$3.50. several around $3.50. and the bal
ance from s725 to 1875. The total sale
Tor the day included but two residence
lots aud amounted to a little over $2s,.
600. A number of business lots we're
sold earlier in the spring to lumber
firms and business men, already estab-
lished, making a total of IS lots sold for
the sum of $4,000.
Among the purchasers were Messrs
Arnett & Jefferies, bank location; ]. F.
Brodie several business lots; George
Dow, second choice business lot, and
Paul Schoen purchased the nice lot on
Main street where he has put up a good
building for his harness and saddlery
business.
The Scranton coal mines have been
pretty we'll advertised throughout this
western country but the only way to ap.
preciate them is to take the subway, 70
through and see for yourself. In the
first place you see an unlimited mount
of the very finest quality of Ignite. 1t
is easy to mine. No bridges, braces or
trestle work is necessary. Rooms from
the main shaft have been opened up
every few yards and it is easily seen
that the miner has a snap if he works &C
cording to the miners scale at so much
per ton. 1t hardly seems possible that
so much coal could have been ia
ken from the mines since the opening
last fall, and it should be taken into con-
sideration that it has not been so much
the company's object to get out a great
amount of coal, but to open up the
mines so that it will be possible to sup
ply the increased demand for the better
quality Of coal in North and South Da.
kota.
Quite a delegation from this city made
the trip to Scranton via Terry. Mont.
leaving on delayed No. 3, Monday eve
ming, and returning on special freight
Thursday evening. The party included:
A. N. Jefferies. T. L. Beard. ]. M. Brady.
L. H., Dow. Walter Junkin, j. A. Mean
dress, Pr. Dignam, ]. w. Sturgeon, Tom
Hughes. Louis iKostelecky, C. A. Dan.
iels. Mrs. J.,F. Brodie. Mrs. E. r. Stan.
ley, John Connolly, Cola. p. Peake and
r. T.sHealys of Valley City: Col. Plum.
met and Dennis Hannain of Bismarck,
Rev. Fr. Van de Heuvel Of Beach and
T. o. Ramsland of Terry. Among others
who attended the sale were: G.iE. Lem
mon of Lennon, Sheriff and Mrs. E. c.
Barry, and John Willard of Hettinger;
C.. ]. Phelan, ]. o. Lytle and ebert A.
Olson Of Bowman; ]. Q. Adams of Miles
City and H. H. Hamilton of The West.
ern Land Securities Co.
Auctioneer Hilman. handled the sale