The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-06-08
Minneapolis J0BBERS
VISIT WONDER CITY
Train Stopped Here One Hour-Met
bv Town Criers-Addresses and
Band Concert.

The special train carrying 125 Min
neapolis jobbers arrived in Minot at
l o'clock Tuesday, remaining here for
one hour. The guests were met at the
G. n. station by members of the Town
Criers club, who escorted them to the
business district. The visitors were
accompanied by the First Regiment
band of Minnesota, which organiza-
ton gave very pleasing concert.
Atty. Ben Lesk introduced President
A. G. Crane of the Minot Normal, who
welcomed the visitors on the part of
the great empire of the northwest.
President Crane fancifully likened
the visitors from the commercial agen-
cies of Minnesota to the scouts sent
out from the wilderness by the Chill
dren of Israel when they wished to
spy out the Promised Land. He thus
showed how the Promised Land Of
Dakota was a land Astounding in good
things. great cities, limitless opportun-
tiles and a progressive people, giants
in accomplishment. The scouts Of old
found physical giants, sons of Anak,
while here people great in vision,
courage and industry. While the Is
raelites found grapes so luxuriant
that single bunch was burden for
two men, so these modern scouts will
find country taxing the comprehen-
sion and challenging the efforts of a
great people to complete its develop
ment.
We greet you cordially. We are
pleased to see you. We appreciate our
mutual dependence. You send US the
goods we need and in exchange re-
ceive the products you must have. In
fifteen minutes it is my task to intro
duce you to an empire. 1t is not only
Minot that we represent, but the terri
tory Of which it is the center.
Our city, like this territory, has
grown steadily but rapidly, not spas
medically or by artificial boom. Post
Office receipts have steadily and con-
sistently mounted from S5,467 in 1901
to S54,313 in 1915. The population has
increased from 500 in 1889 to over H.
900 in 1915. The present year will
grading, sewer and water mains, hun
dreds of houses, several Office build
ings and apartment houses. Building
permits for May reached S350,O00 and
| the years total will reach S1,00O,000.
Our railroads received in freight and
passenger receipts 100000 in 1915,
and will probably reach 100000 in
1916. Our dairy produce houses
bought $150,000 worth of cream in
1915. Our elevators and mills bought
S1,270,354 worth of grain in 1915,
with one-third of last years crop still
in the farmers hands. Our flour mills
made from some of this 246,383
barrels of flour.
Our banks on March 7, 1916, showed
100000 in loans and discounts and
100000 in deposits. Though not
sons Of Anak, yet as true sons of pio-
neers we believe that sons of Minot
are Trojans of accomplishment.
AS school teacher the speaker rep
resents not organized business but
plain consumers, really the people
whom / presume you are hunting for.
| We represent the consumers, that
army of men and women, boys and
girls who are devouring Minneapolis
groceries, wearing out Minneapolis
shoes, outgrowing Minneapolis clothes,
building houses of Minneapolis lum-
| DcI. we d1c IlC pcOplS "HooS 41AcHu-
ship and acquaintance you want You
will be glad to learn there are so many
of us. Our three and one-half million
bank deposits shows that our credit is
good. Dakota's per capita wealth, be-
ing the third largest of any state in
the union, speaks we'll for future buy
ing power. Last years grain crops
averaged $1.00 for every man, woman
and child in the state for every day in
the year. Tho a state of diversified
farming, we shipped three times as
many carloads of live stock in 1915 as
in the balmiest booming days of the
open range. This young prairie state
led last year all states in the union in
per capita production Of agricultural
products at 1892 per capita
If there be men of vision among you
the possibilities of $4,000 square miles
of coal lands with two billion tons of
coal should afford you inspiration
Power unlimited, clays unsurpassed
agricultural productions not yet
scratched, afford material for the most
roseate visions of wealth and develop
ment.
In our own northwest new race of
consumers is arising that will need
much for future growth and develop
ment. $1,000 children in our north
west Dakota empire are attending as
good schools as the nation possesses
are learning higher standards Of liv-
ing and at the same time acquiring
the power for satisfying these new
needs. Our own city boasts a new
state normal school for training our
own young people to become efficient
instructors in these same schools. Tho
not yet thru its third ear this new