Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-05

Just thiry-nine or forty miles south
east OF Bismarck on the H~anklnson
& Bismarck line of the 500, lies the
bustling little town Of Braddock, with
a population of about 400. Braddock
has its traditions, rs well as other
towns, and the old-timers like to tell
of the free unconventional life he
town enjoyed when Braddock was
the terminus for the 500. That was
for the three years ending with l9o2,
when the railroad was extended TO
Bismarck. As the terminus for the
three years, Braddock was the dis
tributing point for a wide territory.
taking in the reservation, the country
across the river and the country in
every direction for many miles
around. Thousands of heads of cattle
were shipped every year from the
reservation and surrounding country:
a large amount of wheat and other
grains was also shipped cXclusivel}
through Braddock.
The road passed on, however, and
robbed the town of the distinction
of being a terminal point. Other
towns closer to points across the riv-
err have taken away much OF its cat
tie and grain shipments from that
direction. IN spite Of this, the town
is buster than it ever was before.
The country has become better set
tied, and if its trade territory has
become smaller. the amount Of trade
has increased to the mile, and more
land has been broken and planted.
The two elevators. the braddOck Ele-
vator company and the Osborne-Mc-
MILAN company are filled completely
every year. Last year they shipped
nearly three hundred thousand bush
els Of grain.
Forty cars Of cattle were shipped
out Of Braddock last year. The town
is surrounded by large cattle ranches,
conspicuously the Drake and New
Conner. ranch two miles south of the
town, and the o. Johnson ranch one
half miles east. There are on the
Drake and Newcomer ranch about
four hundred head of cattle, pure
Hereford stock, and a hundred head
Of horses of pure bred registered Per
cheron stock. Close to five hundred
head of pure bred Black Poll cattle
are at present on the Johnson ranch,
besides eight head Of pure bred Per-
cheron horses.
When you size up a town you al
Ways count the number of business
places, and Braddock has nothing to
lose by such a comparison. 1t has
twenty.six various business places,
comprising the following:
A bank, two lumber yards, two
blacksmith shops, four machine deal
ers, two general stores. a drug store,
a meat market, a newspaper, a res
taurant, a hotel, a pool hall, barber
shop, an auto garage, a livery barn
two carpenters, a feed store, two ele-
vators and a flour mill.
An industry that marks Braddock
for distinction as compared with 9TH
er towns of its size over the state, is
its flour mill, the Braddock Roller
mills. This mill was located here ten
ySoAS dSO, dHu was HloI luA Dy y. "
Binnicker, who had formerly resided
in St. Joseph, Missouri, and who NOV.
ed the equipment from there. On
Mr.. Binnicker's death some yeors ago,
the mill was leased by two other mil,
lers, who, after two years experience,
left. Meanwhile. previous to Mr.. Bin
nicker's death, new machinery had
been installed. The mill is capable
of turning out fifty barrels of flour a
day, has six rolls or stands and two
sifters. The power is furnished by a
$50 horsepower Murray-Corliss engine
costing $1,000.
The location is a good one for a
mill. There is not another mill on
the line between Braddock and Bis.
marck-a distance of forty miles, and
Wishek-forty miles in the other di.
rection-is<-the only other place to
have a mill. The grain shipments