The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-01-27
A WHOLESALE GROCERY

Pathway Opened up for a Wholesale
Grocery to be Established in
Mitchell at Once.
For the past few years special eff
forts have been directed toward the
securing of a wholesale grocery, for
Mitchell. Several parties have come
to town to look over the situation
and they have found things to their
liking, but they did not think that
the time Was just ripe for making
investment,
The wholesale grocery for Mitch
ell now is an assured fact and it is
made possible by the incorporation
OF the Mitchell Fruit & Grocery Co.,
which has been in process of forma-
ton for some little time, and in which
more or less local capital is inter-
ested. The company has a capital
Of 100000, and the ocftiers are r..
G. Dickson, president; w. e. Turner,
vice president; G. G. Miller, secre-
tary. The treasurer has not been se-
lected as yet. The manager Of the
business has been secured, and will
be announced within a short time.
He has been working over this ter
ritory for the past twenty years. and
knows 1t Thoroughly.
Friday work was started in
earnest on the structure which 10 to
be the home Of the institution. A
joint contract was awarded to Cot
tlieb Scheuerenbrand and Fred.
Bjodstrup. Mr.. scheurenbrand viii.
the basement and walls Of
the building. the former being Of
granite and the walls being raised
up in cement blocks. The building
will be 42x100. and possibly two stor-
les high. MI. Bjodstrup will do the
carpenter work. The building is
located just to the east of the present
building of the Mitchell Fruit Co..
and when completed will be used for
the storage Of fruit, produce and
other purposes. The present build
ing occupied by the fruit company
will be used exclusively for the whole
sale grocery business.
The wholesale grocery company Is
the outgrowth Of the Mitchell Fruit
Co. which was established here some
years ago by F. G. Dickson. who has
demonstrated to his satisfaction that
independent company could be
operated successfully, and he has the
same idea about the wholesale groc-
cry proposition.
1t is expected that the building
will be completed about the middle
Of March and that Immediately after
the business will be opened up. -Four
travelling statesmen will be put on the
road at the start and nor as the
business grows and develops.
The splendid country to the west
Of Mitchell. extending over to the
Black Hills and. the territory con-
makes a good outlook for
The Wholesale interests of the city.
Then there is territory to be reck-
oned with in the central portion of
the state. Sioux City and Sioux Falls
are far enough removed SO that a
Mitchell institution can operate for
quite a distance without coming into
contact with institutions of those
The territory farther north
gives much additional country to
work on.
The starting of this wholesale
grocery establishment will mean that
it will attract other establishments
now that they are getting their
eyes more firmly fixed o mitchell. In
the course of a few days another bus
mess venture will be announced
which will add to the factory estab-
of Mitchell.
Mr. Dickson and his associates in
dictate that they have a lot Of faith
Mitchell and the country to the
west. and they will add Just that
much nor to the city's growth and
as a Wholesale center.
WESl cyan lOSFS TWlcF
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