Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-12-26
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Lake lDrAIlcu, tlleEe Ou Suo vow
Of the Red River. valley, you VIII n
the city of Page. 1t is n of the pig
gest towns of It's size In the state,
and does more business than many
place Of twice its inhabitance.
Early Landmarks.
The first man to come to Page was
W.. n. Dainwood. The first railroad
was built from Casselton to Hope IN
1880. and the first agent at Page was
r. r.. Harvey. George Cooke and
Chas. Sturr started the town III lSS2.
The first bank was started by l.. 3.
Hanna in 1883. The city was called
Page after Morten Page. The first
pastor OF the city was Rev. H. b. Har
dy.
Big School. !.
Educational institutions are looked
upon as the uplifting power Of the
state, the enemy OF the pail and work
house, and the building of society.
The citizens of Page have construct.
ed a two-story brick school building
at a cost OF $1,000. For devotional
service the city has three churches.
The Proof Of Prosperity. !,
The staple grain shipped from Page
Is wheat. More wheat has been
shipped from here than from any
other district of its size in the state
since 1880. During the last year
about one, million bushels went east
from this place.
A Big Elevator.
The Page Farmers Elevator Co.,
under the management OF J. G. Mil.
Ter, has shipped out over 10000
bushels Of wheat In the last year.
This house was established in 1909
and has been doing a big business
as a grain market since that time.
Besides buying grain this company
handles lumber, all kinds Of building
material, and fuel. S. B. Bjerken Is
the manager of this department. At
For the Traveller.
r. j. Love keeps a first class hotel
called the Page House. The rooms
are large and sanitary, and Mr.. Love
secs to it that you get a good meal.
Besides Loves house, F.. L.. Melton
keeps the New Restaurant, where
you can also get soda water and ice
cream. This is a new place, having
been running but eight months.
The City Restaurant, Frank Hesse,
proprietor, erves short orders, also
sells confectionery, cigars, ice cream,
soft drinks, tobacco and fruits. TINS
is also a new place, having been doing
business since December.
They Make Pills.
At the Page pharmacy you can buy
pills, drugs, perfumes, and sundry
articles. Holiday goods in season
are made a specially. This is a nice
store, modern and up-to-date in all
respects.
Large Dealers.
The firm of J. J. Murphy & co.
handles groceries, shoes, gents fur
nishings, etc. Both Of these men
are heavily interested in farm lands
in the state. They have a farm OF
1860 acres at Edmond, also three sec
lions near Page. Mr.. Murphy also
has a farm of four and three quarter
sections near Page. Business is re
ported good bith in the store and on
the farm. However, the new Great
Northern cutoff has broken up the ter.
ritory to some extent. There has
been a big shortage in both butter
and eggs, and both have brought a
good price during all the year.
q Combination Store.
r. G. Lindsey 4 Co. handle general
merchandise, also hardware and cloth
ing. Here you buy the Keen Cutter
line of hardware, the Iowa cream
separator, and the Gordon hat. This
concern has been in existence fol
seven years and in this time has built
up a large trade, which is held more
or less to themselves. because they
handle a most complete line.
A Good Harnessmaker.
F.. L. Davis handles harness and
hardware. He carries a complete
line of harness and leather goods
Mr.. Davis has been in business here
for three years. He also has a large
farm of 1000 acres near here. Mr.
Davis people came to this country II
1882, and he is now n Of the oldest
settlers, having lived here aver since
This concern does a $4,000 business
yearly.
Its a Big Bank.
The First National Bank of Page
is capitalized at $4,000. l.. B. Han
ma is the president Of this bank, ane
w. L. Daniels is the cashier. The
deposits with the First Nationa
amount to s171,727.65. Money de
posted in the savings department
draws five per cent interest. and is
compounded quarterly. The bank
also writes life, fire and hail insur
ance.
There is also the Farmers State
Bank of Page, capitalized at $4,000
T. A. TOmpson is the cashier.
A Local Paper.
The Page Pioneer is a local week
~ paper with a circulation OF ovel
1000. 1t furnishes the news of the
county every week, together with the
local happenings and social doings.
Crop Conditions.
The crop conditions are much bet
ter at this place than anticipated
Wheat is running about u to II
bushels to the acre Corn is a good
cropfi and most Of the fodder Is cut
for, feed Land in this vicinity is
selling from As to $65 per acre.
In a Dairy Way.
Diversified farming is fast being in
troduced. In the past year over three
times as much cream was shipped
out of the place as ever has been In
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