Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-01

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merchants who are trying to keep
within reasonable bounds and also
keeping first-class up-to-date goods,
have found it difficult to manage and
are in favor of discrimination in
buying.
Among the real estate men. the
business has not been so great as in
some years past but the average
when the final figures are in. will be
we'll up toward the top Of the COL
umn. Steady movements Of farm
properties has resulted from the ad-
vertising Of the Industrial Exposition,
and many reports coming in from ov.
er the country show splendid results
and some phenomenal sales made
this fall.
The machinery business has had a
slight set back but all the large
companies have cleared up the past
years business and those outstanding
accounts have been so arranged that
the prospects are good for another
year of good steady sales. Few
foreclosures have been reported and
glance at the state exchanges
show the same conditions prevail in
all parts of he state. Some compa-
MES have had to close out in a few
scattered cases and only where the
persons have either positively re-
fused to make any payment or at
tempted to try some things not writ
ten in the contracts. Nearly all the
larger companies and general agen-
cies are taking on new men, redis-
tricting the state and planning an
aggressive campaign in all parts of
the northwest and especiall, in the
slope country.
The banks have their reserves
well up and though the average de-
posits will not be quite as high as
last year or the year previous, there
is very good showing made by the
recent reports made from all the
state banking institutions This is
also true of the national banks. The
postal banks also show a healthy
growth since being established and
the work is being extended each
month to incorporate more postal
Offices in the plan. 1t has passed be-
yond the experimental stage and
will be a permanent feature of the
financial system of the country.
The railroads have this year ex-
tended their lines in many directions
and have added several hundred
miles. Better tracks and heavier
steel has been the order of the day.
New lines are being projected into
'lndeve!cpeC territory and new roads
not before within the bonds of the
state are planning to make their
lines reach Bismarck, and also to
extend into the territory north of
here.
The better farming methods have
been mosc thoro,. Ghiy discussed and
put into practice by the agriculturist
in this state during the past twelve
months. than ever before. The bet
ter farming Institutes and organiza-
lions have done much to interest the
people in this line. than any other
factor. This work has been ably as
sisted by the leading business men
Of every community and the men OF
state and interstate regulations have
been engaged in spreading the good
tidings among the rural sections.
Dairying has made greater strides
than any other single industry. It
has occupied the attention of the en-
tire state and especially in the rap
idly developing slope country Num-
erous creameries have been estab-
lished and routes for hauling the
cream have been laid out. Breeding
have been organized and
business men have taken hold Of his
most important line of work and are
with the farmers and
dairymen in placing this industry in
the forefront of North Dakota's reve.
nue. producing resources. At present
the western part of the state has