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

, for the past few years show that the
mill. conducted properly, should re
ceive heavy patronage. Three hun
bred thousand bushels of grain were
shipped from Braddock alone last
year. The present owner OF the mill
Mrs. w. II. Clay. St. Joseph, Mo-, the
former widow of Mr.. Binnicker, has no
use for the mill and has offered it for
sale. 1t is more than likely that be-
fore long some miller will see the op.
| %portunity he has been looking for,
and the mill will be reopened.
Braddock was laid ont in 1898, at
the time the rail road first penetrated
that far. Edward Braddock. at that
time the county auditor OF Logan
| county. fixed his position with poster.
ity b. a~nneXing his name to the little
village.
One thing that impresses you in
B%raddock is the number of old-timers
who still reside there. showing their
firm faith in the value of the coun
try. They take pride in their length
of residence. too. and happy is the
pioneer who saw the country just a
few years ahead of his n%eighbor.
MIR. Smith" you remark in your in.
terview with Mr.. Jones. lis quite an
old.timer here" This is safe, because
said Smith has just told you OF his
sixteen years residence.
"Oh, yes" is the disparaging reply,
5"Smith's been here a few years
don't know as you could call him an
old-timer. though. | was here six years
before they aver began the survey
for the railroad
Up to this time the only church in
Braddock has been the Presbyterian
building, used for services of different
denominations. This summer two
church buildings are going up-one
by the Catholics. which is to be fin
ished before fall and to cost $4,000
and a Union church, which will be
built this summer.
Braddock has a we'll equipped
school building of four rooms, in
which all the grades of the high
school are taught, in addition to the
lower eighth grades.
Sioux City and Duluth.
There are a number of large cattle
ranches out of town, and these serve
to swell the total of shipments every
fall. Last year more than forty cars
Of cattle were shipped to st. Paul,
Braddock is chiefly a farming com
munity, however. The soil is fertile,
and wheat growing from twenty-five
to thirty bushels per acre Is nothing
unusual-not at all; there may be
farmers about Braddock who have
this beaten two ways. but the amount
stated is none too high, and there
are few who average less.
The town of BraddOCk is well sup
piled with telephones-rural and city.
and three farmers lines a:e even now
under construction, all running into
Braddock, and bringing BraddOck
into closer connection with the towns
of Kintyre, Dana and Pursian and the
intervening country. t is a good move
in bringing the town to the country.
Up to this time, the n line, known
as the Braddock Telephone company,
owned mutually by farmers and bust
ness men of the town, has served a
fairly "%sizeable" list of patrons, and
| with the addition Of these three new
| farmers lines, business in Bradaock
is sure to climb.
The names of the lines, as they
will be known, are: The kintyre-
Braddock Telephone company, The
Dana Telephone company drumming
west) and the Pursian Lake Tele-
phone company drumming north). 1t
is expected that on completion the
three lines will be merged with the
Braddock company, leaving one
strong company alone in the field.
The Goodridge-Call Lumber compa-
ny of Braddock is one of a string OF
lumber yards in the state owned, by
this firm. E. J. Carpenter of Mime
apolis is president, T. Il. Carpenter
| Of Minneapolis, vice president; J. r..