The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-17
NEW CONCERN WILL
OPEN HERE ABOUT
SEPT. |
Stone-O rdean-Wells Com
pany Putting in Line of
Goods in Warehouse.

stone-Ordean-Wells company. the
biggest, best and most up-to-date
wholesale grocers west of Chicago,
will be open for business at the Grand
Forks Office by September /. All
this week the new building on South
Fourth street. formerly occupied by
Leslie Stinson, has been filling up
with stock and several changes have
also been made in the building by way
of improvements.
M. E Stricken, who has been locat-
ed In this city for the past eight
years as salesman for the firm, has
been appointed manager of the Grand
Forks house. w. A. Manson of Du-
luth is the new manager of the Office
an dcredit department here. MIR.
Manson has been connected with the
firm for the past four years in various
capacities.
The Offices are nearly completed
and the stock is coming in fast. Stone
Ordean-Wells company will handle
only staple and fancy groceries here.
There are branch houses in a great
many places in the northwest among
them being the offices at Fargo.
Grand Forks, Minot and Billings,
Bozeman Great Falls and Missoula,
Mont. The bigger concerns are To-
Gated at Duluth, Minneapolis and st.
Paul, the main house and executive
offices being located at Duluth.
From this city there will be four
travelling statesmen sent out and three
OF them are Edward Johnson, former
ly with the Grand Forks Fruit COM
pany: George Chaffee, connected with
Stone-Ordean-WellS as salesman at
Devils Lake; b. F. Bradshaw, who
comes here from Duluth.
Will Live Here.
These statesmen will all come to this
city to live and Mr. Chaffee and Mr..
Bradshaw have families which they
will also bring here. At least once
a week there will be some representa-
tive from the Duluth end of the con-
Germ here to attend to business mat
tiers with the local men.
1t is planned to make the local
branch home strictly a Grand Forks
institution and the city will be greatly
benefited by having 1t located here.
The company recently adopted the
House in the Great Location" and
th>.t certainly applies in this city. A
Great Northern sidetrack was lately
put in for the benefit of the firm and
fine big platform has been built
alongside Of this. Another valuable
Improvement has been put into the
building in the way of a. two-inch
standpipe to be used for protection
against fire. The outside of the build
Ing has been decorated with two biz
signs and the front windows will also
be covered with artistic and attrac-
tive signs.
House Magazine.
Ginger" is the name of a magazine
which is published monthly by the
firm and it is a very interesting one
to read. In the September issue OF
this magazine will appear a big write
up of Grand Forks. The article will
deal with the city at large and will
be we'll illustrated with cuts supplied
by the local Commercial club. Besides
this there will appear a cut of the
local building with u picture Of MIR.
Stricken. the manager. The October
issue will also deal largely with the
city of Grand Forks and a group pic
ture Of the manager and statesmen
will be run at the same time.
Fine Horses.
It is planned to bring three of the
Stone Ordean-Wells famous horses
are dapple grays and are blooded
percherons. The company has a fine
lot of horses and there is not a poor
animal among them and they are al
ways "spic and span." All of the
teamsters employed will be hired
from this city and in this way labor
will be given to idle men. This COM
pany is Well known throughout the
state and it will be one of the best
boosts possible for Grand Forks to
have a house located here.