Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-12

in the county of Richland. The surround
ing country is ably farmed by thrift!
Germans and Sca%ndaniyians.
The Rise of the Stockraising Industry
The soil in the vicinity is OF cxcellen
quality, water being obtained at a depti
Of from ten to twenty feet. Stock rails
ing is becoming a very important indus
try, and the city is fast becoming a ship
ping and distributing point for horses
cattle and other livestock.
Rich in lis Possessions.
In addition3to q rich farming trade the
city Of liankinson has a fine creamery
a cement block factory, Il bottling es.
Establishment. The town also has foul
splendid churches, three ofFwhich are Of
brick and We're erected in 1910. It's great.
est single industry. outside of farming
was the 200-barrel flour mill which it has
had for the past twenty or twenty-five
years, and which has kept up the status
Of the town so well as a milling point
for the farmers to bring their grant to.
This mill burned to the ground this sum
mer, c~auscd"by fire supposed to have
started from the carelessncss of tramps
inhabiting the %nnEWay. .
The Local Paper.
The Ilankinsun News, the towns only
paper. has played It's part in the devel-
opnicnt Of the towH from what it early
was. The News was established in 49,.
and since then has changed hands 50
repeatedly that the identity Of. its var
iouS owners has nearly boon lost light
Of. W. G. ~l'orlnan is tu@ present owner
and publisher. He took r.Ia:Hr Of the
| apcr in 1899. lie worked before thiS for
five years IN Eornlan, where he publish
cd the Forrnan Item. He is the nephew OF
the man after whom the own Of Fornan
was named. The News is an all-homc-
print paper. with Il list of over 1000. Mr..
Fo1ri7al1 is 4 firm believer in the worth
Of his location and consistently boosts
for tl,eF betterment Of the town.
pills by the Box or the Gross.
Geo. Fowler md G. K. Fowler are the
brother backing the H%ankinson Drug
Company. which has been in business in
the line Of drugs and medicines, prop
rictary articles, jeWelry and similar sum
dries for Is years. The odd number makes
no difference to them. for their business
has been steadily good ali the years and
is getting better with the steady growth
of the town. r..
The Place for your Extra Cash.
The First National, Bank one of the
strongest banks in the eastern part Of
the county. 1t Is capitalized at $50. 0Co.
It's resources come very nearly 3~totaliul
$500 coo. ". T.. Carter is president, NJ. 4.
Wipper1nan vice PRESIDENT, Oh. T.. Kinney
cashier, and RI. a. Merrilic!d assistant
cashier. This, bank was Established al
the time the railroad of the SEQ came
through 1882.
Sound on Its Pins.
The Citizens Nationar Bauk of Hank
inson Is another Well-groundcd financial
institution. From its June report. it's de-
rcsits aggregate $2t4. 900. and it's cap
i.al stock amounts to SIC, 900. Its surplu:i
is approximately $3.50 It's officers
are: l.. hunger. president: Charles A..
Nulph. vice president; L. o. Hunger, cash
ier; Hugo KIuutkremcr, assistant cash
Ter. r'. 1
A Successful Creamery.
The IIankinson Creamery con1uany
was organized in 1863. with Il capital
stock Of 80. Geo. George AIcislcr i; expert
b~utternlakcr, with Wm. SchUctt as ]ocai
manager. Fer TIE PAST four years it has
averaged about GO tubs per day. The
co~2r&ny Owns its own ice house. and