Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-16
PLAZA essrns IN 4 GsH see s's1

the rush Of a full,fedged city when
the road arrived. late In December.
And Plaza has W retraced 2
step.
The maiden year of this end city Of
the 500 was a period Of speed. The
population was q class Of people that
take chances and do things. They
played Plaza with big stakes and
won. Today the newcomers wonder
how men could put the energy into q
proposition like those pioneers did
at Plaza, how they could make a city
that was no boom town, but a real
progressive commercial exchange, in
thes$short period OF twelve months.
At the close of the first, year there
were three banks, three general
stores, q newspaper, q drug store, two
lumber yards, a first-class hotel, and
d half dozen other businesses that 60
to make q real city. Plaza was =
winner. B,
The. anniversary of the beginning
OF the town was celebrated July ~
and 20, 1897. by a general get-togeth-
er meeting. There were two days Of
excitement. in which nobody slept.
They told how Mr. Dosseth OF the
Pioneer State bank, during the tent
days, carried his bank around in his
pocket; how v. l.. Shaw hauled the
lumber to build his first store from
Rerthold, and hundreds of other lit
tie tales that 60 to show the develop
ment OF this little city of the South
Country. They were surprised with
the size of the recently built CONNER.
cial exchange. and there voiced the
movement that has made Plaza a
leader-in their words of co-opera,
ton, plaza for Plazaites, one and
ALL
From July 20, 1907, until today it
has undergone q remarkable but sta
BILE growth! It has expanded into a
city of many merits, q city thas
knows few disappointments, few fail.
ures, and many successes Men have
been made and marred within ito
limits; it has had its tragedies and
eras Of happiness. But the business
men have broken down the wall OF in
~dividualism, and today they are cog.
ged into n powerful machine, tina,
is destined to make this thriving com.
munity a metropolis Of the Slope
Country.
Educational.
Plaza High school is one of the
merits of the city. The building is
a modern brick structure, three sto-
ries high, with four we'll lighted
rooms on each floor. The courses o.
study are we'll adapted to the con.
ditions Of education in and ,abous
Plaza and consist of the regular eigh:
years of grade work and two years
of high school, which will be extend
ed to the full four years of high
school work as soon as the advance
is demanded. =
The city supports three churches, a
Catholic, a Congregational and a, Nor.
wegian Lutheran. All three denom-
nations are we'll represented an0
work in harmony with each other
There are five ~fraternal orders, en-
joying an unusually large member
ship. They are the NJ. w. A., Yeo.
men, Modern Brotherhood Of Amer
lea, the Royal Neighbors and the Fort
Berthold Improvement association.
The City Park.
The business section OF the city is
built around a square, which is called
the park. A fine band stand has been
erected in the center of this public
gathering place, where the local band
holds concerts three times a week.
A large number of shade trees have
been planted throughout the park and
bid fair to soon make the place nor
attractive. 1t is q public playground
for the children, where they. e to
play games OF various kinds. Here,
too are lured the lovers when the day
Is spent, to whisper their fondest de-
sire, and the gray head and bent back
pioneer, the f%Orerlnner of progress
and sacrifice to humanity, smokes his
last days away, relating yarns OF a
yesterday SO strange TO the bare
headed youth that struggles for tho
inside Of the circle that he may hear
all of the story told about that for
gotten man, the Indian. Plaza may
well be proud Of its park.
The Business Firms.
Citizens OF this state who have tho
public welfare at heart, we want to
put before you a panoramic view or
Plaza, point out what Plaza. has done
for a greater North Dakota, then,
profitfng by others losses, let us ali
get OFF the band wagon and push.
Here are the business firms. Though
We may have overlooked some, not
intentionally, the list is representa-.
tive: t4
The Currency Dealers.
The First National bank of Plaza
Is capitalized at $25,O and the sur
plus and undivided profits amount to
over $4,000. The men behind the
cage in this institution are: l.. z.
Linder, cashier; Anton Jensta, as
sistant cashier; Robert W. Akin Q,
Anoka, MIMI. is president, and Aug.
Peterson OF Harvey, N. D., is vice
president. Straight dealing and guar
anteed investments make the First
National a commercial stronghold.
The bank also deals in real estate
and insurance.
The Pioneer State bank is also a
thorough institution, which merits it's
share Of the business.
General Merchant
Plaza has four general merchants
who boast of an ever INCREASING bust.
ness.
Sinonson. Ames Co., or sometimes