Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-18
Situated in the Old Lake Basin
Where the Soil Changes Abrupt.
" From Gumbo to Sand.

the county "a years ago. OF the present
set of business men,, Mr.. Tree has the
honor of being the oldest in point Of res
idence.
Coll, Hooking G. Co.
Van Coil, Richard Hooking and others
compose the general merchandise firm of
Coil, Hooking & Co. Mr.. Coil is a Mon
tana rancher and has been in that line
Of business for II years. Mr.. Hooking
was born and raised in this locality, and
has been connected with this form since
it was started eight years ago. This firm,
IN addition to it's work in general mer-
chandise, does considerable buying and
selling Of horses, selling and shipping To-
cally. Mrs. Hooking, at the Hooking res
idence. makes a successful business of
breeding Plymouth Rock chickens.
The Wheatiand Hotel.
w. A. Smylie, proprietor of the Wheat
land hotel, has lived near the town since
1876. He was a farmer until the past
summer, when he took an opportunity
and bought the hotel. With clean, large
rooms as an inducement, good food and
cordial and fair treatment, the Wheat
land Hotel bids fair to be an unqualified
success. O..
Great Western Grain Co.
Over 200, 600 bushels of grain were ship
ped from the Great. Western Grain Com
pany last fall. j.. c. Beth. the local nan
nger, has been in Wheatland with he
same company for is years. He takes es-
pecial pride in his raising of purebred
chickens. and Mr.. Beth has taken many
trophies at poultry exhibits. He shows
them in different places in Minnesota II
North Dakota every year.. 49,.
o. F. Pickert--Postmaster.
d. +. Pickert, the postmaster, has been
a resident of Cass County since 1880, and
became in Il few years later the fore
.,a Of his uncle's farm near CasseltoD.
Still later he was foreman on the South
Side Malette Farm for nine pears. In
1898 he moved into the town Of Wheat
LAND and worked. at the carpenter trade
Until four years ago. Then. on his APP
rointment as postmaster, he dropped the
carpenter work. n
A Town Of Autos.
Wheatland is a town OF automobiles
Few towns of only 400 inhabitants have
so many, and the further wonder is that
they are nearly all great touring cars.
Ernest Mares, the agent for the big A
person of Kokonlo, Ind, rides about
town in a car the dimensions of which
are incredible in view of the price. Per-
hars Wheatland has 20 of these large
MISUNDERSTANDING more, but at any
rate, it has more cars than a careless OBJ
server would think OF could afford.
Three Rural Routes.
There are three rural routes running
out of Wheatland, and the country is
well connected with the town. The town
is primarily a farmers town, for the ter
ritory is farming territory, and the riches
of the community come from the soil.
Wheatland is an ideal community in
which to live. It's schools are irst-class,
it's churches are substantial and have
large congregations, it has trees, good
water. well-huilt business places anc
plenty of territory from which to draw
trade.
Need a Doctor and Newspaper.
What it most needs are a physician
and a newspaper. Before long it is sure
f, nave both. The field is too larSc t.
he long overlooked.