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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1911
Page
4
Rates listed include fifteen cents per inch per insertion with 1200 inch contracts. Reading notices cost five cents per line per issue. One cent per word for want ads. Professional cards seventy-five cents per inch per month or 87.60 per year if prepaid.
A commemorative essay extols George Washington for unselfishness, retiring from salary after eight years as Commander in Chief and declining honors. It contrasts his selflessness with today’s commercialism, urges坚持 to peace and vigilance in foreign affairs, and credits American industrial and agricultural growth to his legacy.
The Time The Town And Way The book is the personal undertaking of the undersigned with endorsement from business people. It will be 8x11 inches, mailed cheaply, with color plates, three color cover, and many illustrations. Includes a detailed three color map of Willis ton, pages with wash drawings, and text outlining the city’s resources and future. Reclamation, dry farming, and agricultural letters will be included. Booklet price details incomplete.
Publisher C. L. Marshart urges a wide distribution of an attractively printed illustrated booklet about Williston. The 10 cent per copy flat price aims to maximize patronage as the town seeks home seekers and investors amid a recovering northwest economy. Orders for 26 to 1000 copies encouraged with distribution planned over the coming weeks.
Trade figures show Hawaii Porto Rico and the Philippines exporting sugar hemp and tobacco to the United States. Hawaii shipped over 1 billion pounds of sugar valued at 394 million dollars. Porto Rico 626 million pounds worth 26 million. the Philippines 218 million pounds worth 64 million. Manila hemp reached about 8.6 million dollars. Alaska sent fish mainly salmon valued at 112 million, furs 0.5 million, and copper about 0.25 million.
The Star presents another delightful sacred concert next Sunday afternoon. Miss Florence M. Wheeler performs a piano solo Volse by Moszkowski and an intermezzo. The program includes Sounds from France and the march Greater America by Pearson.
H V Smith the land man predicts a brisk spring with extensive building and many sales in city and surrounding farms. Read as creditable winter despite scarcity as Smith reports numerous transfers including 160 acre parcels near Pt Angeles Spring Brook Williston Park Rapids and a house lot in LeDosquet addition with further loans and insurance activity noted.
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