Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-15
the General W. Dr.
M| Tx M One of the Leading Com
VVAJl INA mercia Cities Of the North 500 Line

ing of a wealthy Washburn and sur
rounding community.
Fire Protection.
The city boasts Of efficient and Ell:
fective fire protection, and has one OF
the finest water systems to be fuond
anywhere on the whole Missouri
slope district. The same system OF
filtration as is employed in Bismarck
and Mandan is employed here. The
water is pumped from the river, put
through a number OF filters and
tanks. and then forced; to a large
standpipe overlooking the city.
Plan New School Building.
At the present time plans are under
way whereby Washburn will have a
new $4,000 school building. The
structure is to be a three.story brick
building, equipped with all the re-
quirements of first class school, in
Guiding a gymnasium, manual train
ing domestic science departments, as
we'll as experimental laboratories.
When this building becomes a reality,
whether it is this year or next, the
schools Of Mclean county and OF
Washburn, especially, will be equal
to any in the state. ~
A Pioneer Newspaper.
Thirty years ago Washburn consist
Ell of two or three shacks, one OF which
was newspaper office. The Wash.
burn Times, which afterwards be-
came the Leader. Hon. John Satter-
land hauled the equipment for this
Office mere with an OK team across the
prairie and through the sloughs from
Bismarck. He is at present one of the
prominent citizens OF Washburn, and
ore of the still active pioneers of Nc
Lean county. And the Leader is one
OF the most modern country shops in
this section of the state.
King john" the founder and pro-
p:ietor, is still editor.
Now City of Prominence.
Washbura has now advanced to a
county seat of consequence, with a
population of over 1000 persons. Last
year a system of water works was
installed and sewer and o'ectric sys-
tenn is planned for the near future.
There is a complete list of stores
carrying a full line Of merchandise,
hardware, machinery, ETC, and in fact,
most every line of business is we'll
represented. We list here with the
business firms as they were supplied
to us.
With the Merchantmen.
The Holtan Mercantile company, in
corporated, is among the leading re-
tailers of the city. The officers are
Henry Holtaa, president, Geo. L..
Yackey, vice president. and Martin
Hcltan, secretary and treasurer. The
firm Is a member of the Retailers
Commercial union, and was known
from 1901 to 1912 as Hans Holtan &
Sons, but at that time became the pres
eat firm. They carry large stock
of dependable goods.
The Mandan Mercantile Co., Min
neapolis concern, handles lumber,
building material, farm machinery,
wagons, buggies, harness, etc. P. NJ.
Ferguson is the local manager, a man
who has been serving in the present
capacity for the past twelve years.
Mr.. Ferguson reports business good
for this time of the year.
A. Schultz & Son handle complete
liae Of dry goods clothing, shoes, etc.
Z. |. Schultz is the, acting manager.
The business is about eight years
old. Their line of goods is neatly ar.
ranged and their watchword is "Sat-
|isfaction."
General Iner handise has been sold
to satisfied customers since 1888 by
Theo. J. Haugeberg-a he is still
doing business. What better recon-
meldation could we ask?