Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-12-30
WING
By SCOOP,

- 1877.
BY Scoop &
Wing is the name OF a town inSthe
northeastern part of Burleigh county
that is in the very first rank amOnG
North Dakota towns. Few in the
state have never heard Of il, and to
most the name signifies a small, bus
lively and wideawake town-one OF
the few in which it is pleasure to
be marooned, wen for a day. The
prosperous conditions of its farmers,
the courteous treatment Of strangers
by its alert business mem impress
the visitor with the fact that here
is really an unusual town.
Town Of 35C inhabitants.
Wing has perhaps $50 inhabitants.
Located on the Pingree-Wi line
of the Northern Pacific. which was
built only a short three years ago,
it is comparatively a new town. Con-
sidering this, its rapid growth to a
population of nearly four hundred
seems phenomenal.
Nothing Wonderful for Wing.
oecms-but it isn't. For nothing
which Wing possesses. Given the
wonderfully rich soil that is to be
found around Wing, in common with
other towns along the same line, no
town could long remain the same.
The businesssli is there; itspours in
in the fall, filling the elevators with
grain, ~manfisetlng itself in an unceas-
ing call on the railroads for cars, and
demanding Of the local merchants
the best things necessary. The Flier-
chants simply have to, Keep up with
the procession, to keep a clean, new
stock-and complexion farmers
have begun to refuse to let a careless
or slOyenly, merchant %fOist on them
whatever HAPPENS to he on hand. He.
r%eachers overs him and to someone's
else. None of this sort of thing ap-
plies to Wing. The country is up.
to-date; SO are the merchants, the
baners, the real estate men and the.
machine shop men. They have faith
in their little town, and keep a-boost.
ing-and so long as. the business
men of Wing boost consistently for
their town, it a never so back
ward.
A Natural Market. u
Wing is a natural, market for the
cattle which are raised in good guam
titles about it. And the cream. which
is hauled into town every day, adds
q neat sum to the total. of shipments
out of Wing. {,
Good Train Service.
Wing has good train service, being
as has been said, located on the
Pacific cross line which
connects at Wilton With the Mftiot
Bismarck line Of the 500, and which
joins the other line of the Northern
Pacific running from Darlington to
Cakes. The road runs completely
Burleigh and, Kidder coun-
ties, and a part of Stutsman.
Great Deal Of Cream. .
The cream checks which pass
the German State bank aver
age the amount Of $1,000 per month,
while NJ. Flick, the local cream agent
Of Wing. handles about ten cans OF
cream daily. Figuring each can at
rate of ten gallons, would make
! total monthly shipment Of 5000
Figuring in the amount of
cream checks which pass through the
Farmers State bank averages $4,000
Der month, totaling $500 in cream
checks in Wing each month. There
nay be other towns with a good
industry developed, but they
will have to "go some" to equal al
monthly shipment of cream like that
Wing.
Three Elevators.
Wing has three elevatOrs-the DAY.
$ & Wilkinson elevator, the elevator
managed by G. A. .Hubbell. and the
federal Elevator company. These
.hree marketed last season 165 cars
II grain, aggregating $4,000 bushels.
G. A. HubbeIi.
G. A. HlbDell, the assistant cash
er of the Farmers State bank OF
Wing is as good "a booster for the
Welfare OF Wing as the town has the
to have. His activities are
many, for besides his work in the
'ank he is the manager of an eleva-
or and manages the Mckenzie Mer-
company of Wing.
Farmers State Bank.
The Farmers Ste4 bank is capital
zed at $4,000. It's deposits amount
. Approximately $4,000, and its
pans to the same amount. The bank
S a farmers bank and they are do,
ng all they can to promote the dairy
BUSINESS. Mr.. Hubbell expressed him
elf as pleased with the amount Of
,ream that is, ever now, being ship
Jed monthly from Wing, but conf
lently awaits the time when cattle
will be depended OH more
han it is.
The officers Of the bank are: G. B.
little, president, reslLlng at Bis
HI, p. Goddard, cashier, who
at both Wing and Bismarck;
md G.. A. Hubbell, who makes his
rome In tile town lie believes in
Wing.
Bank Grew With Town.
The bank was established ,spon
after the town was laid out, opening
business January, 1912. It was
he first bank in town.
Mercantile Company.
The Mckenzie Mercantile company
If which Mr.. Hubbell is manager at
Wing, was also established, the first
If the year, 1912. It handles the best
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