Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-04-20
Passenger Train May
Be Placed in Running
On the kilLdeer Line
President Hannaod Has Written He Hopes to Accomplish
the Work of Extending Daily Service to the North
Branch Out of Mandan

overdone. A good friend of the Com
mercial club mailed in this week 4
list of Burleigh county patrons Of a
certain mechanical device marketed
| by Sears-ROebuck. The list is woe
fully, or wonderfully small, and by nc
! means indicates that we are going &c
! the demnition bow-woWs in regard &c
| home trade.
Trade Extension Tours.
The 500 Line has come TO the
scratch with an offer to run a special
| train for the Bismarck trade boosters
| without guaranty, which is about as
| liberal a proposition as could be offer.
| ed. The regular fare will be charged
and it is expected that at least 100
| bismarck business men will pariicl-
pate in the first junket, which will be
| over the South 500 to Napoleon, Kuhn
and Ashley. The total cost of the trip
| will be in the neiGhborhOOd Of $1,000,
which is expected to prove a lucky
number for the livr-wires who partici-
! pate. The junkelerS will dine at
Ashley and sup at Wishek, or vice
| versa, being assured of a good meal
| both times, either way. II is hoped
that the Bismarck Elks' band can be
induced to join the expedition in the
| interest of harmony.
Another popular junket will be to
| Stanton and Kildeer, in celebration of
| the inauguration of the daily passen'
! ger service over the kildeer branch of
the Northern Pacific. The CONNER
| cial club has asked for the privilege
of chartering the first passenger train
run over this line, and if its request
is granted, there should be no difficult
ty in getting a representative delega-
| ton together.
Flax Fibre Project.
The farmers are taking very kindly
to the flax fibre project which Alfred
Andersen, president of the Baker Flax
! Products Co., has submitted to the
Commercial club. A progressive meet.
ing of Burleigh county agriculturists
was held in the Commercial club
rooms last Saturday afternoon, and
: every farmer present spoke favorably
of Mr.. Andresen's proposition; eX-
pressed hope that he may be able to
make good on his plans to establish
mill here, and announced their in
tention of planting more flax if mar
ket for the straw is assured.
Mr.. Andersen has presented def,
mite proposition in black and white to
| the Commercial club. 1t looks good
on its face, and prominent Bismarck
| financiers have expressed a tentative
approval of the plan of organization
The club will 90 slow in the matter,
| however, and will endeavOr to make
sure that it is right before it pro,
| ceedS.
Must Have Athletic Park.
The general sentiment about the
| city seems toibe that Bismarck must
have an adequate athletic park this
summer. We have here an unlimited
supply of mighty good material for a
crackerjack baseball team. In fact,
there is sufficient good stuff to war
rant the organization OF an inter-city
league, for twilight games, at least
Mandan has already written fol
games, and with the visit Of the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin team in view for
June '22, it is apparent that something
must be done. The Commercial club
recreation committee has been work
ing for some time on very attract
i've proposition, but it has been unable
to date to get a definite reply from
the owners. If nothing develops
within the next week, the club will
look elsewhere, for it is felt that il
would be mistake to let another sea.
son pass without the capital city well
represented on the diamond.
Sterling Pledges Big Acreage.
Secretary H. E. Wildfang of the en-
terprising Commercial club recently
organized at Sterling advises that his
organization will pledge 10000 acres
of flax in the vicinity of Sterling, if
Bismarck goes through with its fibre
mill proposition. Mr.. Wildfang will
visit Bismarck for a conference with
Alfred Andersen, the flax man, next
Sunday.
Missourian Likes Idea.
L. r. Bever, proprietor Of the Bever
greenhouses at Excelsior Springs, Mo-,
writes this week promising the flax
mill projece his long distance support
Mr.. BeVer says:
81 saw in the Bismarck Tribune that
there was proposition on foot to
start a flax fibre mill in Burleigh
county. This is move in the right
direction. l expect to have three or
four hundred acres in flax this season,
and it looked like criminal waste to
burn all the straw. My land is about
eighteen miles from Bismarck, and
you will have my hearty support"
Will Ask City to Join.
The Commercial club will ask the
city to join in the Cleanup and Paint
up campaign next week removing the
boxes which were placed around hy-
drants last fall for their protection
during cold weather. These protect
ors have now served their purpose.
and they do not add to the beauty of
the landscape.
Efforts may also be made to enforce
city ordinances prohibiting the OBJ
struction of sidewalks with signs,
packing boxes, displays and various
other etceteras. There are still some
old.fashioned people who cling to the
belief that sidewalks were created for
the benefit of pedestrians.
Count of Fort Yates Mail.
The count of the mail leaving this
city for Fort Yates, ordered by the
railway mail service in response to a
request from the Commercial club for
a better routing between this city and
the reservation agency, has been COM
pleted at the local postoffice and he
report mailed in. 1t is feared that
Bismarck did not show up as well as
II would have done at another season.