Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-08-20
BY SCOOP"

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Bismarck. and a dozen miles east Of
the broad MissOuri-on the Minot-
Bismarck line Of the 500 and the Pin
sree.Wilton line of the Northern Pa
cfc-there you have the city Of Will
ton. in the very, corner of the south
western part OF Mclean county, where
it dovetails into the northwestern
part Of Burleigh.
The completion OF the Pingree-
Wilton line of the Northern Pacific
made Wilton more important than
1t had been before as a distributing
center. As the terminus for that line
and on the 500 as it has been. it Is
brought into touch with the northern
halves Of Burleigh, Kidder and part
of Stutsnan counties, which the
Northern Pacific line running below
and parallel from jamestown to Bis.
marck did not do. Three years ago
the new line was built and Wilton
Is now able to ship goods east with
out relaying them down to Bismarck
to be shipped on that line. It has
affected Wilton's business already.
and VIII AFFECT 1t more.
The western part of the state, 1t is
an admitted fact. is undertake with
Ignite coal. and in some places ef-
forts have been made to mine It
Generally these mines are on q small
scale and employ few miners. VIII
ton Is carrying on the work of min
ing the coal more systematically. on
a larger scale. and is mining it-tons
and tons every day. With the 500
line running north and south-with
the Plaza extension to the west, and
the Northern Pacific terminating at
that point Wilton has a fine oppor,
tunity to ship coal over the state
cheaply enough to overcome the ten
tative efforts of smaller mines.
Wilton, by virtue of its distributing
facilities. is a good point for the To-
cation of manufacturing industries.
Coal is cheap. and power would be
inexpensive enough to insure a profit
on that score alone. Already inves.
tors and manufacturers have been
quick to see the golden Opportunit!
in Wilton, and there are several o
Germs located there, manufacturing
hardware of various sorts.
But Wilton can raise grain also
1t is included in the broad sweep o,
country which is enriched by the
Missouri river and its elevators are
filled full every fall. Last season the
two elevators shipped out n hun
dred and forty-eight cars OF grain
equivalent to $4,000 bushels.
The Wilton Elevator company
dealers in grain. feed and -four
shipped out 11S cars the past season.
This amounted to $4,000 bushels.
The elevator at Wilton was establish
ed in February. 1906. and the present
manager. J. A. Schroeder. has been
with the company at that point for
two years. rM0
The officers of the company follow:
John H. Noon, president: V. l. An
derson. secretary, and G.. O. Hanson.
treasurer.
The local elevator of the Dodge
Elevator company. Chamber of Com.
MERGE. Minneapolis, Mimi. is man.
aged by L.. Fl. Miller, who has been
with the company about six months.
The capacity OF the elevator is 100000
bushels, and it's shipments for the
past season reached forty cars. or
$4,000 bushels.
The Wilton bank, established in
1902, is capitalized at $4,000. Its
report of June 4. 1913. shows re-
sources to the amount of $1O1. 1864. 81.
1t ssurplus and undivided profits total
$6,752.73, and 1t has deposits in tho
sum of $S5,112.08. The officers of
the bank are as follows: P. c. Rem
ington. Bismarck, president: O. NJ.
Remington, also OF Bismarck. vice
president; ;. "A. Pitzer. cashier. and
w. F. Hartman, assistant cashier,
The Mclean County State bank is
capitalized at $4,000, and has re-
sources of $S6,574.7S. It's surplus and
undivided profits at the close of bust.
ness June 4, 1913, amounted to
$5,570.3O, with deposits totaling over
$4,000. c. B. Little, Bismarck. Is
president; S. M. Pye, HOLLYWOOD, Cal.
vice president, and J.. c. Anderson.
cashier, Wilton.
Both of the above banks show by
their statements that they are con