Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-05
One of the Busiest Towns in
North Dakota, Visited by a Bis.
marck Tribune Reporter.

Goodridge also being of the same
city. II. l.. Call, the remaining mem
Der of the firm, makes his home In
Bismarck. f 1sl
The local yard has been in opera
ton since April /, 1907. Fred Oberg,
the agent, has had charge of the yard
SINCE it Vas established, he himself
having been a resident of Emmons
county since 1883. With the opening
of spring. considerable building has
been started in the vicinity. and the
outlook in the lumber line for the
year, according to Mr.. Oberg, is very
encouraging.
The Emmons County State bank OF
Braddock was established in 1898,
and is the Oldest bank in the county.
1t is IA branch of the First National
bank of Bismarck, and two of its d.
rectors. G.. B. Little, president, and
Joseph Hare, vice president, reside
there. II. ". Allen. who is also a di'
rector, is cashier, and }. A. Aliens.
worth, assistant cashier. Both reside
in Braddock. .
II. w. Allen is as much a part and
parcel VI DlduuOth do dh!oLC III INV
county. His genial "tiz' is well known
to townspeOple and to farmers alike
and he is entirely in sympathy with
his surroundings-ready to help out
in a pinch just as much as he pos
sibly can. He is manager of the Brad
dock Elevator company. too-a COM
pany which shipped last year over
100000 bushels Of grain. Mr.. Allen
lent some needed assistance to the
Tribune Overlanders in their stop at
B%raddock, all of which is sincerely
appreciated by them.
The horses of the O~verlanders
found h%ospitable lodging in the n
livery barn in Braddock, owned by M.
p. Keiser-'Mike," as he is known to
the boys" about town. Mike" is an
other of those old-timers who ire
more concerned with going ahead
than with remembering the past. Still
when it comes to remembering.
Mike is some ~rememberer himself.
Give him a chair in front of his barn
in the cool of the evening after his
work is done, a pipe packed with old
p. A.-the national joy smoke (adv.)
and he never lacks a subject.
J. J.. Ryan. the real estate man.
came to Braddock Is years ago, and
thus established himself as one of
the real old-timers of the county.
When Mr.. Ryan came to Braddock,
land could be had for from 81 to 50
an acre; now the same land brings
from SIS to $50 an acre. always de-
pending on its distance from a town
and the nature of the land itself.
In addition to his real estate bust
ness, Mr.. Ryan handles fire and hail
insurance, loans money on farm mort
cages, is sales solicitor for the Hack
ney Land company and Carlos N.
Boynton, and keeps for sale or rent
wild lands and improved arms in the
vicinity of Braddock. Mr.. Ryan is
also a registered attorney before the
United States land office and interior
department.
Joseph e. Fitzgibbons is the pro
prietor of the neat little drug store in
Braddock, coming to this town three
years ago. Already he carries a stock
above the average in towns o. this
size, but disclaims any risk what
ever, his business showing during the
three years that the town was well
able to support an up to date drug
store.
The agent for the Osborne-McMil-
Ian Elevator company at Braddock is
Gottlieb Fercho, who has held this
position two years. Mr.. Fercho
states that his elevator shipped last
year over 100,O thousand bushels of
grain. Mr.. FerCho was formerly in
the lumber business, and at one time
operated a store.
The Northumberland Lumber
company is represented at Braddock
in common with three other points,
Napoleon, Hazelton and Regent.
Frank Haines is the agent of the To-
Cal yard, coming from experience in
the same line in Minneapolis. He has
had charge for d year. Mr.. Haines
likes the work and is we'll pleased at
the business he is getting. Almost