Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-11-04

EAeAAs AAS S@k~~Ass W sAA~
Is $4,000 bushels,
At the head Of this company we
have Chas. Chalmers, president; Mar
tin Rieder, vice president, and L.. b.
Sell, secretary and treasurer. There
is also board of directors composed
of five. .s.
The St. Anthony and Dakota Ele'
vator Co., of Minneapolis. have q
branch here, with A. B. Hall, Jr., as
manager. Mr.. Hall has been here for
about five years and is buying about
1885, 900 bushels yearsly This con-
Germs also handles wood and coal.
Everything for the Farm.
A. L. Stewart is The dealer in farm
machinery, buvgies, wind mills, gas
engines and, in shors, anything that
you want for the farm except glass
eggs and q talking machine. Mr..
Stewart mas been in business here
since 1906 and in that time has built
up Il large retail trade.
If You Build.
The Interior Lumber Co.. Of Fargo,
has II branch Office here, with Ole
Martinson as the manager. Mr.. Mar
iinson has been here for six years.
The yard handles both hard and soft
lumber, also lime, cement plaster,
and posts This Of course if a small
yard but has a fine variety Of CON.
modities.
A General Commodity Store.
General merchandise, hardware,
and real estate are sold by A. l.. Holt
Mr.. Holt has a complete line of the
most generally used commodities IN
merchandise, hardware and grocery
line. He has a nice place OF n"si
ness and boasts Of a good trade.
Holt Starts Town.
Mr., HOlt came to BlabOn twelve
years ago, and started store. Grau,
ually the settlement grew around
him until he had the nucieous Tor
the town of BlabOn. Mr.. Holt Is sun
the most prominent business man or
the town he founded.
A Minnesota Settler.
Some wears ago !. B. Beringer
came to Elabon from Otter Tail
county. Minnesota. Mr.. Beringer is
q harness maker by trade but he is
now running livery and feed barn.
The barn is clean and first class in
every respect The proprietor thinks
this is better place than Otter
Tail county so guess he is going 10
stay
Born in Steele County.
We are pleased to note that o. ii.
Brager, proprietor of the City Meat
Market. is one Of the few men born
in Steele county thirty-three years
ago. Mr.. Brager sells from che block
but a big business is done in ship.
ping. He has been in Ela5on for five
years.
Also a Bank.
The Blabon State bank is capital
ICED at $4,000. 1t has s5S,S93 Oh &c
post, and loans and discounts to the
amount Of $5S.735. The building IL
a fine structure and is elegantly fur
nished.
A Happy Combination.
Frank Johnson runs pool hall and
restaurant, where he sells cigars, to-
baccO, confectionery, and soft
drinks. This is good combination
and johnson is doing we'll at the bust
ness.
Cream, is Shipped.
Mr.. Johnson also buys cream for,
r. E. Cobb of st. Paul. The cream
output of this vicinity has doubled
in the last two years. People are
fast going into dairying and most OF
the farmers are convinced that d.
versilied farming is the most profit
able. During the summer the cream
exported has been about 1870 cans per
month.
In Conclusion.
Thus the Uverlanders found Blab-
on-a small town of some two hun
dred inhabitants, exporting over 300,-
600 bushels Of grain yearly, with one
Of the finest machine shops in the
state Of North Dakota, shipping out
1870 cans of cream every month; and
better yet, all are loyal citizens
boosting for Blabon and the vicinity.
We say boost, boys, boost. You
have a town that is worth boosting.