Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-09

of the ledger than has hitherto been
the case.
Leonard Bell had been delegated to
gather some statistics in regard to the
business of the city He showed that
the bank deposits had made only a small
gam during the past year, but condi-
ions OF crops were responsible for this.
ransfers III the city for the past year
tor lots and homes had reached the
gratifying figure of $lG6 900 and whole
sale and other buildings had been erect
ca at all expense Of $3.50, 900, while il
new homes had been built at cost Of
sl+9' o" Mr.. Bell stated that nine
years ago there had been hard strup
gle to bring the postoifcc receipts IN
to Slo, 900, SO that the Bismarck people
might enjoy the pleasures and benefits
OF tree delivery Of mail within the CITY |
limits, but that since that time the re- ,,
cct1pts had grown in 1907 to S25 .Go4
IN 1908 to $33 1872, in 1909 t 1ey had
dropped back to $32 796, but for 1910
they will 90 we'll over $40 600 and DOS
s1bly to $50 ,''Oo and Bismarck will be
numbered in the first class postoffces
of the. state. Express receipts in 1903
were $45 900, while in 1919 if is est,
mated that they will easily go to $55,-
,Ho and possibly over that. Passenger
business out of Bismarck has jumped
from $l91 900 in 1909 until this year.
with one month still to 60 on, there i,
a total business of 500, 900. Ii asst wears
business was increased greatly BY the
ming tor the reservation, which brought
thousands of people here, SO the gain
IS greater than it looks at a first glance
freight receipts in 1909 were 1892 OOO
while tor eleven months in 1910 thew
have been $4O8, 900.
House Committee.
w. +. Butler, chairman of the house
committee, while he did not make
report, made short address in which
ne thanked the members for the patron
age they had given and for the gentle
manly manner in which they have al
ways deported themselves while in the
building.
Burt Finncy, who was down for a
report on Market Days. was un-
avoldably absent, and his report was
Incorporated i'll a paper given by Mr..
Welch.
Hoskins' Heterogeneous" !!
K. u. 1oskins was down for ten
minute talk Oh What has the CONNER
clal Club Done for the Business Man ?"
re stated that he would make few
eNtemporaneous remarks" and proceed
ed to pull the manuscript for them from
his pocket. Mr.. Hoskins' paper was
by many to be the best of
the evening. He stated that it was
put few years ago that the average
business man looked upon his brother
man in the same line of business as
man to be watched with great care and
mat there was no cooperation, it being
case. of everyone for himself. This
proposition has come to an end in Bis
narck with the organization of the
Commercial club, and he called atten-
ton to the. great benefits that have
come from the cooperation now prac-
flced. The greatest achievement of the
past year, in Mr.. Hoskins' opinion, was
the construction of the extention of
the Northern Pacific line to Mott and
the fixing of the terminal at Bismarck.
He showed the great amount of untir-
ing effort on the part of the CONNER
'lal club to bring about the present
state OF affairs, and thought it meant
more to Bismarck than anything that
mas been accomplished in recent years.
He advocated a campaign of advertis-
ng. the town in the papers of the state,
md gave figures as to what other towns
IRE doing in this line, urging that some
1ehnite action on the part Of the Com
nercial club at once. The speaker then
allied attention to the travelling men
Who made their headquarters here and
:lassed them as one of the best adver-