The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-31
POPULATION IS
OVER 10000;
BUSINESS GOOD
60 New Homes Built During
Ycar-Sevcral New Whole.
salers and Retailers
1923 OUTLOOK IS GOOD
2,696 Autos Sold Here in Last
Year - Farm Implement
Business Excellent
1923 OUTLOOK IS GOOD

Despite the fact that the early
advent of, winter and its attendant
severe weather and blockaded roads,
which held both retail and whole
sale business far below normal
during December, the year 1927 was
q very prosperous one in this vicin-
lty, a survey made from q number
OF sources reveals.
Several new wholesale concerns
and number of new retail stores
have been established in Bismarck
during the year and with but few
exceptions all lines of business re-
port satisfactory returns. Busi-
ness was not up to its usual stand.
ard during the spring of the year
and the early summer, due TO the
poor crops Of the previous year and
the shortage of ready cash which
followed, but trade responded quick
~ when it was evident by mid-sum-
mer that the state would harvest one
OF its largest crops and business
during the latter part of the sum-
mer, fall and early winter was ex-
cellent.
Information CLEANED in talks with
various merchants in the city leads
to the belief that retail trade in Bis,
marck for 1927 shows an increase Of
from seven to 10 per cent over the
previous year.
1896 Autos Sold Here
A survey of the automobile busi-
ness in Bismarck for 1927 shows
that there were almost as many cars
sold during this year as during 1926,
which broke all records for new car
sales. The 1927 total is 1856 cars,
as compared with 2,71O for 1925. The
total volume of sales is somewhat
less but this is due principally to
the fact that the price Of all lines
of automobiles was materially re-
duce6 early in 1927. Motor car
sales for 1927 in this city totalcd
$2,O97,675, as compared with ST.
36l.O97 for the year before.
An increase of mere -tha.. 9lRQ.~
600 in automobile accessory sales
was shown during 1927, the total
for this year being $658,849 while
that for 1926 was only $555,411.
The jobbing and manufacturing
business, including the sale Of farm
machinery and equipment, took q big
jump in 1927, figures showing that
the total jobbing and manufacturing
business for 1927, exclusive of the
implement business, was S6,187,221.
while that for 1926 was but $4.612,-
600. In the implement jobbing
alone, the 1927 total was $3,2OO,OOO
as compared with 81 SOC, O,OOO-an in
crease of more than 100 per cent.
Hide and Fur Business Grows
Purchase of hides, fur and wool is
becoming quite an item in itself in
this vicinity, the total value of such
commodities shipped from Bismarck
during 1927 being $350,OOO.
In gathering figures from which
this business summary was compiled
it was learned that one Bismarck
bakery alone made over 100000
loaves of bread during the past year.
Figures covering the jobbing bus
mess done here during 1927 do not
include the huge volume of business
resulting here from the sale Of gaso-
line and oil, nor the money which
was paid out to farmers in this vi
clnity for butter, eggs, poultry, and
other farm produce.
Population Well Over 10000
Bismarck continued it's steady
growth of the past several years
during 1927, and it is estimated that
its population at the close of this
year is 1926 as compared with T.
1872 in 1920, when the last govern
mcnt census was taken. At the close
of 1926 the city's population was
Iyo1n of eli irv6
present estimate gives the city a
population increase Of AZ per cent
during the last eight year period.
It is estimated that there are
now 2,l33 families in the city, as
compared with 1,4S1 in 1920. The
census showed Bismarck as having
3.549 males and 1873 females, while
the present survey places the fig
ures at Sill males and 5,145 fe-
males. For persons over 81 years
of age, the 1920 census showed
2,115 males and 2,O62 females, while
at the present time it is estimated
that there are 3,046 males and 2,070
females over the age Of 81 here.
Statistics on which the present
population survey is based include
the following:
Excess Of births over deaths since
1920, numbering $50.
Increase Of 40 per cent II the num-
Der of qualified voters.
Increase Of 81 per cent in the NUM-
Der Of youths Of school age.
Increase Of 4S per cent IN the
number Of active domestic city VA
ter connections.
Estimates for residents Of Bis~
marck engaged in the principal gain-
ful occupations, based On the pop.
ulation gain, follow:
Males Females
Persons over 10 years 400 Ans
All occupations ..... 8,203 1Nc4
Manufactures ....... 1850 -
Transportation 800. 3l6
Trade ............. 876 161
Professional services. 1oO III
Domestic services. lo2 4f1
Clerical service 1850. IA 4@&
/ New ConatrNet3no
| While new constructive work fns
Bismarck during 1897 wi1 totnl os
about half that Tor 194e, Wt3ci ~ s
lproximated one million 6o1lar1, =