Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-03
haeI'ty Welcome IN Dickinson.

Dickinson Press. The Dickinson
Commercial club acted as hosts to thir.
ty or more OF the prominent business
and professional men Of Bismarck on
last Monday, A touring party. coming
from tho Capital City In autos and
stopping ut the several towns along
the route, left Bismarck Monday at Z
n. NJ. reaching this city n little before
y. M, or five minutes ahead Of
schedule time,
These gentlemen were met at Glad.
stone by a party OF eight members of
the Commercial club, including the
members OF the reception committee.
T., A, Lillibridge and A. 7, Crowl
placed their cars at the disposal OF
the committee, each driving his W
car. aad It Is needless to say that the
quickest time on record was made,
both going and coming, by these in,
Lrepid son OF the chariots Of the
twentieth century. .
Leaving the ST, Charles hotel at
h;lh, the reception party ran all the
way on high speed and there is a
rumor that Willis Richards had to
pony up in the matter OF suppers, be.
cause he waged Lilly" that he could
not make the Green River hill on
high speed, A Cadillac car Of the
touring party dared to brave the ire
Of Tally" by taking the lead out of
Gladstone, but in climbing II Of the
hills on the way home It vas easy
for the Dickinson driver, with his
Buick, to pass and to show the visit.
ors the way to the city Of prosperity,
The party was taken to the St,
Charles hotel where q general hand,
shaking and informal welcome was
extended to the party, the autos taken
10 the garage. time allowed for a
washup, and a much needed supper
FOR the hungry men and the bunch
was ready for the evening,
At $40 the party was conducted to
the armory and after inspecting the
same they wendell their way to the
Commercial club rooms upstairs for
the informal smoker,
Through the Kindness OF the Equal
Suffrage club ann other friends the
club rooms were made fragrant and
beautiful by many vases OF cut flow.
ers> Extra seating capacity was
needed 10 accommodate the visitors
aud the citizens, who crowded the
rooms to the utmost, Cigars and in.
formal chats brought the visitors and
hosts close together and when the
president Of the Dickinson club, w,
L. Richards, called the assembly 10,
sether, all present We're in the spirit
to enjoy the evening in ne best OF Eel,
lowshin,
DR., Y, H, Stickney was introduced
to voice words OF welcome TO the
party and in so doing paid . high
tribute to the enterprise and push OF
the men OF the Capital City, eseecialr
in their efforts to make the Indus.
trial fair next October worthy OF the
state OF North Dakota, The speaRe
referred in glowing terms to the in.
spring sights the visitors had on their
way west, then swinging into the pos
sibilites OF Dickinson's coal and clay
deposits showed what important thing
this part OF the state holds for the
future. The doctor said that within
a radius of ten miles from Dickinson
a billion tons OF coal could be mined
without the aid OF expensive machdN,
cry, OF the sinking Of expensive
shafts. One section alone, within
sight OF the Commercial cub rooms.
contains between 80 and 10 million
tons OF coal, Experiments with the
gAsprud0elnS qualities az this coal