Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-24
Considering the unfavorable condi-

considering the unfavorable condi-
tons following last years poor crop, -
said General Agent r. c. Battey, of
the local agency of the International
Harvester Company of America, to
representative of the Tribune, "busi-
ness SO far this spring has far ex-
ceeded expectations. With favor
able season later on, we will almost
double any prior years's business out
OF this agency"
The present time marks prac-
tically the commencement of the
busy season of the Internation-
ial Harvester company for 1911,
which will continue until after the
FIRST of September. During the past
few days there have been shipped
out over all of the vast territory,
supplied by the Capital City branch,
other farm machinery for use during
seeding time. Later on the ship
ments will comprise principally hay
ing tools, such as mowers and rakes.
These will be followed by the har-
vest goods, binders, headers and bin.
der Irvine. To close the season, the
shipment will consist for the most
part of threshing machinery. Thus
the busy season speeds on, in CON-
plete harmony with the work on the
farms of this state. From seeding
time to harvest the International,
through it's agents, keeps in con-
slant touch with the needs and wants
of the farmers, and 1t endeav0rs to
supply their demands, for anything in
farm machinery.
Being so closely in touch with the
farmers. the prosperity of the Inter
national depends to large extent
upon the prosperity of the agricul- |
turists. When the farmers have a
good crop, and prosper, so also does
the International prosper So it Is to !
the interest of the company to help
the farmer to secure a good crop and |
make success of his farming.
To aid the farmers in their work the |
International Harvester company has |
established an information bureau,
which will furnish information to the
farmers free of charge on any topic of |
vital interest to him. Trained experts
and specialists are employed by the
home office men who are thorough |
ly familiar with all of the important |
problems of farm work, and they are
willing to help out the farmers as
much as they can and aid them to
secure the largest possible crop.
The Bismarck General agency of the
international Harvester company has
been quartered in its new general
agency building for about three
months. This magnificent new struc.
ture, likeness of which is herewith |
reproduced, would be credit to city |
many times larger than the Capital |
City of North Dakota. Rearing it's |
stately walls in the western section |
of the city. it is one of the first sights |
which greets the travellers from the
west, and to say the least it is a |
splendid advertisement for Bismarck,
and the entire western section of the |
state, that the International Harves-
ter company placed enough faith in
the future of the Slope country to con.
struct such splendid building at
this point.
The new general agency building
was erected at cost approximating
100000, and the work OF construction
was performed under the supervision
of the Northern Construction and En-
cheering Company of Grand Forks.
Mr. Thomas Berge, president of the
Northern Construction company, spent
a great deal of his time in Bismarck
while the building was being erected,
and gave it his personal supervision.
Thomas Fitch, of Chicago, assistant
superintendent of construction of the
International Harvester company, was
also in the city greater part of the
time. to lcok after the construction
work.
The building is ninety feet long by
feet wide. and is four
stories in height with large base
ment. TO the rear is built a one
story addition which is used for stor-
age and for traction engines. A spur
rack has been RIM from tho main