Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-12-26

railroad came through, which did not
arrive until jane Goth. The first
building to be erected was an eating
house by G.. r. knoWlton.
The postoflce, with Miss G. G..
Smith as postmistress. was opened
August 2G, 1905, the mail coming by
way OF Grass Lake. hut several weeks
later II regular mail was established
on the Great Northern. The ponla-
ton of Wolfod is cosmopolitan, near
ly every state In the union besides
Canada and several of the old world
countries being represented.
Wolford has had a steady, healthy
growth, the business men are all
young and progressive and are al
laboring for the best interests of the
town and-just keep your eye on VOL.
ford.
WoIford State Bank.
The State Bank of Wolfofd was es.
tablishea in 1905; it is capitalized at
IS 900; has deposits amounting to,
over 100000 and the profits are $4,-
600. p. B. H0nog, the cashier, is a
very amiable gentleman, an advocate
Of diversified farming, and q true
business man. S. B. Quale Is the
president; ], Fl. -Mclntyre, vice presi.
dent, and r. Fl. Sugden is the assist.
ant cashier. A brick building on the
main corner of the business street,
gives them a banking house that is a
credit to the town.
Six years of business, and with a
stock worth over $4,000 and a build
ing that cost $2,ovJ, puts the Wolford
Drug company in a class seldom seen
in a town Of twice the size. Drug
sundries,. jewelry, art goods. every
thing, in fact, found in metropolitan
drug stores. Naturally they have /,
line business. J.. w. BOeing and j.
A. Gardner are the proprietors.
Big store.
The big store in this thriving little
city is that owned by Yoder & Yoder.
They have recently put in a full line
of shelf hardware, tin and granite
ware, making a department store
complete in every way. CONNECTION.
cry, groceries, shelf hardware, paints,
oils, gas engines, pumps, this enor-
nous stock shows that the three
years that they have been inbusi-
ness have been profitable ones.
F. H. KoontZ is the proprietor OF
the city pool hall. His tables are
new and together with the stock OF
tobacco and soft drinks are valued al
$4,000. Mr.. K0ontz has a farm of
400 acres two miles from town. He
was fortunate in that his wheat av-
eraged fourteen bushels to the acre,
this being much higher than other
farms in the same locality.
Good Place to Stay.
One is not without a good place to
stay when in Wolford, for Wolfora
House, by j. A. Finken. inder, is a
good, clean hotel with excellent ser
vice and ten rooms that are clear,
neat and airy. There is also a livery
and feed barn in connection.
Lumber Company.
The Piper-Howe Lumber Co. have
a $50 900 stock at this point and to-
gether with the coal and wood yards
make their place one of the leadins
business houses of the town.
The fact that there are four ele-
vators here gives ample proof of the
soils fertility. The leading elevator
is the Farmers, with H. N. L.undc
as the manager. Mr.. Lunde has been
with the company two years and ship.
ped 100000 bushels of grain for them
last year. Next is the Cargill Ele.
vator Co., who shipped 100000 bush
els last year. T. A. Rooms is the
agent, and has been a grain buyer
for five years. O. Il. Tapness, with
the Dodge Elevator Co., has been Il
grain buyer for this firm here for
six years. The house holds 3O,OOc