Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-30
ROGERS
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The live Young Commercial club Is
good testimony to. the ~liveness of the
town OF Rogers. although it is list.
ed on the maps Of the. state as a town
of sc In population, the Commercial
club which Is how little more than
half year old has thirty members.
Fred Stems Ii, president, John Nc,
Fadden, vice president; NJ. O., Gran.
gard, secretary, and Nels Larson,
treasurer.
The Commercial club is active, en-.
t%husiastic and working untiringly to
secure for Rogers Q few civic signs
Of development that would not other.
wise easily %he@secured. For one thing
1t has been steadily preaching the
idea of parks until most Of the people
actually believe it already and 1t will
not be- ong before the parks will be
a reality.
Want a Doctor.
They are solid]y backing move
ments to locate a doctorain3 Rogers
Rogers is about nine miles north Of
Sanborn on the branch which leads
out of there on the Northern Pacific.
1t is the next town south of Darcy,
and about eighteen miles west and a
little north. of. Valley City. Neither
Dazey nor Rogers has: 4 physician and
the Rogers Commercial club is de.
sirous Of getting one In. I.
They. also want a drug store, and
having demonstrated that the town IS
capable Of giving one a good trade
the man will Undoubtedly be found
They have booster consistently for
gravel streets, and every year some
thing is being done in this line on
some Of the streets.
Active Commercial Club.
Acting as the voice of the town in
communicating with the outside, the
Commercial club has tried to fixe tae
railway situation with respect to It,
self bv getting trains to run for the
hest convenience Of its citizens. In
these ni,lmerous ways the Commercial
club Of ROGERS. not yet a year old, IS
doing everything in its power to bet
ter civic conditions.
Rogers. in its career Of boosting, has
been in the habit Of holding annual
fairs to exhibit the grains, corn and
vegetables raised in its immediate ter.
ritOry. Coupled with amusements,
facing and sports Of various kinds
the annual event has come to be 9
welcome treat for the fall. The last
fair was held November 20, and there
was a fine attendance.
Rogers a Junction.
Rogers IS a junction for the branch
If the Northern Pacific and the main,
line of the 500. The 500 sweeps ID,
aoonallv across the state through
Valley City. Twenty miles west Of
Valley City at SanboEn, the Northern
Pacific shoots inward the hranah on
which Rogers. Dazev and others are
located. At Rogers these two lines,
intersect, and give Rogers added. dis:
tinction. Passengers may catch the
fast trains Of the 500 from Rogers
IS we'll as to travel to Valley City.
Rogers is in. the northwestern part
Of fertile Barnes county. Three Of Its,
elevators shipped. nearly 100000 bush
els Of grail last fall. The Osborne
Mcmillan company shipped 100000.
the Farmers Elevator & Mercantile
Co. shipped 10000 and the Acme
Grain company shipped $4,000.
Osborne Mcmillan.
H. l.. Perkins has had the manage
ment of the Osborne Mcmillan com
pany here for four years. He oper
ates a coal yard in. connection and
sold last season over 10000 tons.
Byron Sweet Is manager Of the
Acme company, and has held the 20
sition here for two years. Mr.. Sweet
is a great lodge man. and is senior
warden in the Odd Fellows.
0. G.Lund is manager of the Roe
ers Farmers Elevator & Mercantile
Co.. and has had charge since 1901
Coal was. sold in connection in 1905
and has been continued. c. j. Chris.
Hanson is president. s. L. Fletcher,
vice president: Frank Sanford. sec;
rotary, and NJ. e. Mason. treasurer.
Monarch Elevator.
John McFadgen is manager, Of the
Monarch Elevator company and has
been connected with the local branch
FOR nine years. This elevator shipped
last year 3 5000 bushels. Mr.. McFad,
gen is an expert grain man, who
knows the business thoroughly from
the taking of the raw wheat to its
making into bread. ]. X,
The First State bank Of Rogers,
with a canital of $4,000. has more
than doubled it'll finances in the last
three years. Nels Larson is president,
A. H. Tolstad vice president: NJ. y.
Graveyard, cashier. and Chester EFT.
strom. assistant cashier. This bank
is soon TO have ! new building to cost
$4,000, The First State, bank was iesI
tablished in 1906. .z
!. Tie surplus. at the bark IS s$e.oOol
and the deposits over $4,000.
. Feed Mill.
Charles Paulson Is the owner Of a
feed mill and wood yard. Mr.. Paul
son has been In business since 1906,
and is doing cry good business. He
has been grinding from 700 to l .O0o
bushels per day: Mr. .Paulson Is also
engaged IN the automobile business.
Mrs. Laura Morse. postmistress
handles the branch OF the Independent