The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-26
BISMARCK
LANDS A
LIVE WIRE
George N. Remission, Well
Known Booster, Heads
Commercial Club
BEGINS DUTIES At ONCE
Gained Fame for Construc-
tive Work in Two Auto
Trail Routes

| Bismarck. N. d. Jan. 2s.-The Bis
EnlarcR Commercial club executed &
lnaasteR STROKE last evening when 4
EprocuHed faoaf George N. Remission Of
Beach his acceptance of the secretary
lship of the Organization Mr. Remission
one of the MOST successful promoters
Of big development projects the north
vest has produced, had been under
consideration by the directors for
held last evening was Definite assur-
ance received that he wound accept.
/ Everybody i'm North Dakota knows
kepiston. During his ten years resi-
bdence i'm this state be has put across
more big, things than any other one
citizen He it was who did the initial
| publicity work for the, Yellowstone
trail and who as travelling Representa-: :.
tive Of that highway was Instrumental
| in obtaining from congress a federal
appropriations Of $59!00 FOR the con-
structiom Of the trail through the
Standing Rock indian reservation,
When the Red Trail association de-
cided to attempt the impossible and
bridge the Little Missouri, at Medera
through private subscriptions from
towns and individuals along the trail
Kenisten of Beach Was the one man
hit upon to put the project through
And be did put it through. conducting
from Faltpn, Mont. to Fargo q cam
paigp without precedent in the annals
of tnonsaoBtiaentaf highway building
and which netted In subscriptions
much, more than the amount really
Required. The bridge that was built
monies attended by notables from
three states. e..
Keniston's latest achievement was a
seven weeks whirlwind campaign of
information in behalf Of the Dickinson
normal school project, Remission car
.ried the message Of the slope county
into every town and hamlet in North
Dakota: he told them what the slope
wanted in the way of educational
and why it was needed, with the re-
suit that the people in November by
a. majoritX Of more than 10000 told
Remission that he had again made
good
Biographical.
George N. Keniston was born in
Keokuk, Ia. After graduating from the
local high school be studied In the
University of Chicago and then went
to old Heidelberg, for his masters de-
gree, interspersing his { studies with
long tramps over the highways and
by ways of the fatherland. in which
he imbibed the gospel of good roads,
On his return to America he be-
came associated with a number" of in-
portant promotional projects of state
and Interstate scope, very naturally
ultimately grayitatfng to North pa-
kota., where he has lived for the last
ten years.
Gets on Job at Once.
Secretary Remission is now on the
job. This evening he goes to Relheld
to- assist i'm the reorganization of the
commercial club there. At the same
time he will naake, arrangements Tor
the removal Of hts faIAihy from Beach
to bismarck, Mrs. Remission is now In
California. while the two daughters
are i'm normal schools. at Dillon. Mont.
and Valley City.
RsorgaRSzed Milss City,
-Four, years ago the Miles City
chamber OF commerce, ftndlnsc itself
IN financial straits recognized the
need of q doctor. Remission was called
i'm; he properly diagnosed the malady
and proceeded to. apply the remedy,
The result was a reoPsanized. fe1uv-
enated chamber OF commerce with an
annual budget of &30s909, and a plan
which. is still IN uae and accomplish
ing results.