Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-30
dence all along the line to Jamestown,
but never more so than at this town,
which Il fairly .sWanped in trees.
Old Hown.


An Old Town.
IT'S an old, town, 20 years Of age
but It has never had q sndden ,incTeas
iii growth. It's growth has been o
the substantial kind, going on slowi,
and almost uanoticed, year after year
until, 10 and behold, the town Is Their
twice It's, former size and groYipl
Justify. Ypsilanti Is in a grain terri
tory that cannot be beaten in Nortl
nakota. Wheat is not grown exclu
sively nov, as the farmers have takei
more and rlnje to CROWNS corn an
to diversifying their crops. The elo
vators every year are filled full ane
the r on the track are general,
too few in number to accommodate
the farmers shipping their own srair
direct from the achine.
Many Business Places.
Ypsilanti has a pool hall. genera
| stores. machinery shops, lumber yards
and all the business places 1t can sup
port. 1t has been trying to get a bar
Der shop and a drug store and will
undoubtedly succeed in getting them
before long.
Mr.. Spaulding of S%paulding & Co
is one Of the old-timers In the town
Of Yipsilanti.l He came in 1885, about
the time the road came through, and
built the first building in the town,
the Spaulding store. Spaulding & Co,
keep a line of general merchandise
The flat house used for storing grain
was erected in the town at about the
same time the Spaulding store was
built.
g.. The Towns Establishment. rn
After its establishment the town
Jagged for several years. The first
elevator was built in 1906 and a sec,
ond one followed a year later. Like
many of the towns in the state, Ypsi-
lanti took it's name from an already
established city in another state, this
particular being in Michigan. y
bank was established in 1909.
S%pauldtng & Co., as incorporated,
have been in business for sixteen
years. They have the telephone ex-
change and the postoffice, as we'll as
the farmers telephone exchange.
Ypsilanti has a good school system.
small though it is. It's churches are
few in number, but each has a good
attendance. as the farmers come on
Sunday morning for miles around.
J. A. Scott & Co.
J. Arthur Scott and Bert s. Kings
ley compose the firm of J. A. Scott T.
Co., dealers in general merchandise.
This company has been in business
since November Of last year. and for
a starting business, have been getting
good business. The firm makes a spe.
cialty Of the Foot Schulz footwear.
The silent member of the firm is u
resident of Oregon. Mr.. Scott is To-
cally the manager.
Jorve E. Gibson are dealers in real
estate in the vicinity Of Ypsilanti. The
men Of this land firm are persistent
boosters for the town and are contin-
ually trying to get more business into
the town. As an argument, they cite
the concerns they already haye-three
elevators, a bank, a blacksmith shop.
hardware, implement and lumber deal
ers, pool hall and their several other
lines. The Jorve & Gibson Land
company is always glad to answer any
inquiries about land iii their territory.
Lumber Firm.
The Lutz Lumber company is a
branch of the same company of
jamestown and was established in
1903. It carries a stock of lumber and
Cher building material worth about
$4,000.
w. H. Luer is the owner Of the pool
hall which is proving a winner: as a
business enterprise. Cigars, tobacco,
candies and fruit are carried on hand
Mr.. Luer has been in the locality fo1
four years.
The Farmers State bank of Ypsi.
lanti has a capital Of $4,000. Deposits
amount to over $4,000. The Farm.
ers' State bank has the confidence and
respect of the farmers in that vicinity
and has enough capital back of it tc
uldkG IL u SuDSCduLAdl uIu ~. 1JS pu.
irons in case Of real need.
The Farmers Elevator.
The, farmers in the vicinity are
nearly all directly OF, indirectly con
cerned in the Farmers Elevator com
pany Of Ypsilanti, which deals il
wood. coal and Irvine, The. highest
possible market price is paid for the
grain, and an effort is made to sell thu
coal and Irvine at the lowest price
possible for SO good a quality. TIL
company has a capital stock Of $12,
900 but wants to get more farmers
interested financially in the concern
so as to make it stronger, and NOR,
able to resist privately.owned compe
tition. ~
Jorve Bros. are dealers in Monte
pelier Of hardware and farm machin
cry. This company has been in tn
business for four years and declares
the implement business good.
The True Ypsilanti.
On tho map Ypsilanti IS town Il
Stutsman county Just below James
+own on the Ola: Wells & Dickey line
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