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are after others and hope to be sue |
ressful in number of cases, one be-
ing the State Teachers Federation
and another the River Improv ement
Congress which meets in, Yankton in
April. Every lodge in the city has
been urged to invite their state
lodges to meet here and the officers
will be glad if anyone will tell them
whenever there is any opportunity to
get convention. s.
VS.. Market Days. .g.5
Early in the spring Mr.. Ccrklin ap-
pointed committee consisting of
Messrs. Hoskins, Russ, Wolher7,
Knowles and Finney to plan for hold
ing series of six Market Days dur
ing the summer and great credit
should be given the members of this
committee for the success of the days.
The crowds in attendance on these
days have ranged from 800 or 400 up
to 1000 from the country and sur
rounding towns. The stores have
been packed on these Market Days
and believe our guests from the
country have all had enjoyable times.
The club should go on with these
days next season, enlarge their scope
and make them more successful than
ever. a.
Ferry.
Last winter Mr.. Fred Carstens was
delegated to visit various South Da-
keta cities to look over various ferry
boats offered for sale but found they
were all too expensive for us to buy
and after considerable investigation
we found the best thing we could 40
this year was to install a traction fer.
ry at old Fort Lincoln. The ferry met
with considerable hard luck in the
early summer, the house boat lost it's
roof, the ferry boat was stove in by
a snag and the cable was lost twice in
the river, most of this hard luck, how
ever, being chargeable to poor man
agement on the part of those in direct
charge of the ferry. Your officers, es-
pecially Mr.. Conklin, then took mat
ters more in charge and the boats and
| cable were saved, after some hard and
expensive work and since August 1st
: the ferry has been in successful oper-
alton with scarcely an interruption
| and many farmers from west of tne
| river have used the ferry for market
Ing their produce in Bismarck and
purchasing their supplies here. On
| one day alone some twelve loads Of
grain were hauled to Bismarck, all Of
which would have been marketed
elsewhere, We're it not for the ferry,
| and the proceeds spent in other CEN
ters. The ferry, while not an unuuali-
fed success, has been the means of
bringing much business here and next
year, with better management, a big
business will come here over it,
T. Federal Building.
Solely through the efforts Of the
Commercial club, through our con-
stant pounding of the North Dakota
| congressional delegation, congress mas
appropriated $150,OOO for the erection
OF federal building in Bismarck, the
largest amount ever appropriated for:
city of this size for such purpose,
The inspector has been here, looked
over the various possible sites and has
reported fayoring either the northeast
corner Of Fifth and Main streets or,
the northeast corner of Fifth and
Broadway. We are going to get the
building but we must not allow our
selves to become involved in any
squabble over the site. At the very
best it will be year, and perhaps
more, before actual building opera
tions can commence and it behooyes
us to be patient and watchful. We are
in constant communication with
friends in Washington who will see
to it that Bismarck is looked after in
this matter. The Commercial club
should receive full credit for this ap-
preparation. s8 5,85 /. Is
Special Train from Mandan.
We have obtained from the N. p.
Z. r., through the efforts of Mr..
Payne. special train from Mandan
three times week which is proving
a great convenience to those in both
cities who have business to transact
on the opposite side of the river.
Armory.
To a great extent the Commercial
club is responsible for the erection
OF the beautiful armory building which
was dedicated yesterday. Mr.. Conk-
lin and Captain Murphy easily sue
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