Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-08-20

and strong enough to weather ven a
stem-Winding Southwestern.
Tha United States Spark Arrester
Manufacturing company one Of the
first to recognize the immense ad-
vantage OF locating their manufac-
| turing plant where cheap fuel can
be had-in the one town in North
Dakota where coal is really mined in
sufficient quantities to call it min
ing, The spark arrester is a mechan-
ical device to prevent sparks from
traction engines setting fire to neigh:
boring property, as is very often the
case in the %threshing season. Besides
this useful device. the company en-
cages in the manufacture Of water
tanks, stock tanks, gasoline and kero-
sene tanks, galvanized well curbing.
corrugated road cu!vert, silo and
grain tanks, heavy stove pipe, wind
mills and all kinds Of sheet metal
work. All of these products are in
demand in this state, and as time
goes OF will be used more and more,
The shipping distance is therefore
small and cost of maintenance of
plant as low as it could very we'll
be with coal fuel.
This firm has been in business in
Wilton since 1908, has a stock on
hand of about $4,000. and since April
I, this year, has put out over $4.000
work Of supplies. X. NJ. Colqqhoun
is the local agent.
II. Brownlee, hardware man. To-
Gated on the 500 line, Northern Pa
cfc. Western Express. Northern Elk
press and Brownlee Hardware line
the writer quotes from his letterhead
has a stock on hand OF about $4,000.
The amount of business his store did
in the past season was close to $4,000.
Mr.. Brownlee. who was formerly of
Rochester. Mimi. has been in bust
ness in With since 1907. He believes
in keeping a full stock OF all kinds
Of hardware. and his business seems
to show that a fully equipped store
IS appreciated.
In Gray's pharmacy Wilton has a
drug store that reaches out beyond |
where the usual drug store stops and
gives service, and the best Of every
hing in any line which a drug store
may properly handle. 1t is the best
in the county, and when the drug
stores OF the county seat. Wasl1burn,
ire taken into account, the statement |
carries a great deal of meaning.
Il. w. Gray is proprietor and has
been in business in Wilton for eight
&voorc un hoe n fcknDG u.Nrf1, n,,a,. !
eight thousand dollars. and has
turned the stock nearly four times
in the last year. He did a business
he same year of $4,000.
Gray's pharmacy has the larg-
est line OF cigars in that part of the
country, and makes a specially Of
iewelry. monographs. cameras. and
the Rexall line Of remedies. Not
satisfied merely with the town trade.
This pharmacy does an extensive mail
order business in the eastern mart. Of
The county. and the steady increase
in the amount Of stock carried insures
I successful extension in the field Of
it's mail order business.
Mr.. Gray is planning on extending |
the store. also, and Of fixing it in
first class shape. with full plate glass
front. When these changes are made !
Wilton will have reason to ,ha excep-
tionally proud of Gray's pharmacy.
The North Star Lumber company.
with headquarters at MINNEAPOLIS.
has q branch yard at Wilton, In
the charge of 0. M. Sherman. Nj.
Sherman has been in the employ of
the North Star Lumber company for
eight years and in Wilton for one and
a half. The Wilton yard has been
doing business for seven years. The
stock on hand amounts to s25. 900 and
business was done the past year to
the same amount. Mr.. Sherman. the
agent, expressed himself to the Over
landers as very much pleased with
the business given his yard. and be-
lieves implicitly in the commercial
future OF Wilton.
The Dakotah Hotel and Cafe-J. w.
Olson. proprietor-is a hotel which
aims to give the hest service they
can to transients. 1t is housed In a
good building, with good rooms. and
serves meals at all hours. Mr.. Olson
is a fairly old resident Of Wilton.