Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-03-18
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Northern Pacific Town.

NUl lllIIu oLIlII IuWu.
is sure that some day it will regal
what It lost by fire and will becom
q town Of statewide Importance
The junction of the Northern Pac'
hc branch road az that place bear
out his hope.
Mr.. Mexican Us the Oldest news
paper man in the state. He estat
lished the Sanb0rn Enterprise Il
1881, coming to Dakota in 1879. HI
was 20 years old them and had al
ready been fifteen years in the news
paper game.
Had Brother Editor.
Mr.. Mexican came from an editor
ial family. His brother. Robert
started a paper at La Moure and pub
llshed it for many years. He alst
came to Dakota in the very early
eighties, taking a leading part in sc
curing settlers for the new town o.
La Moure as against the efforts o.
the settlers of the only other town
in the vicinity-Grand Rapids.
Change IN Affairs. 4
OF late years, Mr.. Mexican has
been assisted In his office work by
his son, Ralph, until recently, when
the latter left to take charge Of an
other state paper and MI. McKean.
engaging q printer, retired from the
active management OF the paper,
The people of Sanborn give their
concerted support to the Enterprise
and the Sanborn paper, unlike many
Of its contemporaries, never fell up
on very lean days.
It's Founder and Godfather.
Sanborn was founded by ]. w.
Barnum, a brother. Of the celebrated
circus man, and 1t received its name
from a director Of the Northern Pa
cific railway company at that time.
Good Commercial Club.
The Sanborn Commercial club is
one of the strongest organizations to
be found in any little town in the
state. 1t was organized in 1908 and
has thirty members. Under its
urging, the principal street and ali
the side streets have been graveled.
A city hall is to be eretcd at a cost
Of $4,000. 1t will hav a fire depart
ment and a council chamber. The
material is to be North Dakota brio
from Hebron. Z
Has Many Mails Daily.
Sanborn is well among the leading
towns of the state in the matter OF
mail service. It has five mails i'll
and out, which doesn't include the
mail to and from Cooperstown on
the northbound branch.
The Sanborn Bank.
The Bank of Sanborn is the last
bank to start in Sanborn. 1t was
started in June of this year, with a
capital Of 10000, and is doing a very
successful business. The gentlemen
in charge Of this 1aak have been in
charge 81 q bank at, Valley City.
They still hold it and have good
backing behind both. The bank does
a tremendous business in the way Of
cream checks, much Of the cream
being shipped to Valley City and on
to the Twin Cities.
The officers Of the bank-Jas. J.
Farley, president; Walter Coop. vice
president; G. l.. lsensee, cashier
are all local men and have the inter.
ests OF the town thoroughly at heart.
Good Public Schools.
SanbOrn has a fine public school
system. It has a remOdelled school
building costing more than the aver.
age town OF the size can afford. Eight
teachers and the principal compose
the faculty and two teachers do
high school work, another doing
special work, The enrolment is one
hundred and fifty.
intend to Enlarge Course.
It is planned to extend the high
school work to four years and engage
more teachers. If this Is done this
year, as is contemplated, 1t will make
Sanborn a distinctive school town in
the state, a town Of 600 having a four
year course.
The superintendent, j. w. HUFF,
has been in CHARGE for nearly two
years. He is an attorney and while
experimenting the work of the
schools with the greatest Of care,
practices at his profession to some
extent.
As to Churches.
Sanborn has two churches-Cath0-
lie, and Congregational. The Catho,
lie church is one gof the finest in the
state and the congregation Us very
proud OF It. The CONGREGATIONAL
bulldog has BEEN remOdelied from
time to tine, and iitsj large congre.
cation have plans for erecting an
other edilce in The future.
The Experimenter:5
]. F. Jaberg runs the experimental
farm. He Is one OF the oldest old
timers iii ,Sanbo-n, having come in
1880, at the time the town was plat
ted. He ran a hardware store Until
1902, when he moved to his farm G
half mile from town.
Nj. Jaberg has been q county com.
missioner for eleven years. He has
also been Iii the responsible position
Of school clerk for years. The farm
he Is now ii charge elisa good guide
to the farmers Of that part OF the,
county and helps thbtn n ways in,
numbered.
strong sanboFhs ank.
The FIRST Natfonal bank Of San,
born is capitalized a 3e5,Oo0. and Is
one Of the strongeSs financial insti.
tutiOns iii the state. f1ts tIhs resources;
slightly q oyef siss.sel % lts deposits
atnOut to. over $142y06s aid 1t has I'M