The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-22
XMAS SPIRIT
TO REACH ALL
HOMES IN CITY
''G0Od Fellows Respond
Handsomely and Announce.
ment is made of Success
Shoppers ThrOng Aisles of
Stores Today - $500
Christmas Trees Sold

Stores thronged with shoppers, pa
tient folk in lines at postofficc win
dOws, holly wreathes in windows,
twinkling lights on Christmas trees
all testified to the opening Of
Christmas Week in Bismarck today.
It will be merry Christmas for
Bismarck and western North Dakota,
perhaps the most satisfying Christ
mas to people in general in years.
The Christmas spirit will filter into
every home in the city, unless the
careful efforts of those in charge Of
the Community Christmas fail to dis
Germ a needy place that might be
reached.
The "Good Fellows" have respond
ed handsomely. Miss Mary Cashel of
the Red Cross said today that fol-
lowing the last call for volunteers to
be "Good Fellows" the list is now
full up. More "Good Fellows have
responded than are necessary to care
for the kiddies placed on the list of
the Social Registration Bureau after
a survey. There are 36 "Good Eel
lows" who will care for that number
of families, embracing 1876 children,
Miss Cashel said today. 1t is possi-
bic that few more needy cases will
be discovered in the next day or two,
and some of the "Good Fellows" on
the waiting list given a chance to do
their bit in the Community Christmas
effort.
Community Program
With this major activity of the
Community Christmas an assured
success, attention of other divisions
Of the organization is concentrated
on the Community Christmas pro-
gram to be given in the city Audi
torium at three o'clock Wednesday
afternoon. The lights of the big
Christmas tree in Northern Pacific
park probably shall twinkle tonight.
Jason Wait, organist at the Eltinge,
will throw his own Christmas party
Christmas noon when he entertains
20 children at dinner at the Grand
Pacific Hotel
Busy stores today testified to the
efforts of belated shoppers to COM
plete their Christmas buying. The
Christmas business throughout west
ern North Dakota is expected to sur
pass that of last year, although the
postoffice has not been overburden-
ed as yet. Early mailing was not in
order as much as desired by the pos
tai officials.
The postoffice today, however, was
piled high with packages, partly on
account Of the delay in train arri-
walls which knocked the regular SCH
edulc Of handling mails awry. Su-
,AperviSory officials put in lot of
time Sunday trying to help clear up
the mails.
Under the orders Of the postmas-
ter-general, employees Of pOstoffices
will quit work at IL O'Clock Christ.
mas morning. An attempt will be
made to complete one house delivery
in the city. and the postoffice win
dow probably will be open for an
hour for delivery Of mail.
1896 Xmas Trees Sold
Everybody almost, it seems, syants
Christmas tree this year. Two
wholesale houses here imported
Christmas trees form northern Mimi
esota. The two houses handled $500
Chistmas trees and reported all of
them taken. This is an increase Of
probably 1900 over last year. They
have been sent to many points in
western North Dakota. Three solid
carloads Of Christmas trees taken
from the northern Minnesota forests
were bought by the local houses.
Trains on the Northern Pacific,
though late, are crowded with pas
sengers, most of them bound for
home for Christmas. Many employees
Of the state capitol will leave Bis
marck for other points for Christmas
and Sunday trains brought many
students home to Bismarck