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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1906
Page
4
The city shows a summer real estate surge with lots sold up to ten to twelve blocks from Mui street. Growth is rapid and planned to outpace rivals like Grand Forks and Fargo, with new industries and coal mines nearby fueling expansion within two or three miles. The motto is Ten Thousand in Ten Years, aiming to exceed that target before the decade ends.
The Philharmonic Concert Company, once the Philharmonic Ladies Quarette of Chicago, re organized into a concert group to meet public demand. They will perform Friday evening November 28 at the Methodist church, after touring twelve years.
Jacobson and another man were in the city for material to build a new school near Alexander. On crossing Raum's ferry the wagon and heavy lumber load sank, tipping the team and wagon into the water. Jacobson saved himself clinging to the ferry edge, losing his team wagon and entire load.
The Williston Land Company acquired 200 acres of coal land including the Bryn mine in North Dakota. Geological experts deem the lignite the best quality mined in the United States with two coal veins, 12 feet and 7 feet thick, the former already being worked with a 400 foot shaft and cross openings.
Ten miners produce about fifty tons of coal daily but demand far exceeds output. The Williston Land Company plans to develop the Black Diamond Coal mine using modern machinery and improved methods. The coal’s high merit has drawn strong outside demand, with owners aiming to fill orders and boost Williston’s reputation and regional resources.
The Ladies Aid of the M. E. Church will hold an exchange at the SirCormick store the day before Thanksgiving. Ladies will offer homemade pies such as mince, berry, and apple and cakes available for purchase. Arrive soon after noon to have first choice. Remember Wednesday November 21.
We wish to heartily thank our many friends who aided us during illness and death of our beloved. Thanks to those who furnished music and floral decorations. We deeply appreciate all deeds of kindness to us and ours and will never forget them. Mr. and Mrs. Win. Gibb.
A baby show hosted by the Ladies Aid Society at the M. E. Church invites babies aged 6 months to 2 years and their mothers. Admission is 10 cents. A warm supper and a serial bazaar and sale of work will be held in the basement at 2.30 p.m. The event promises a good time and funds support.
Judge Knauf tendered his resignation as associate justice of the supreme court to Governor Sarles and it was accepted. He had stated prior to the election that if Judge Fisk was elected he would resign, and he congratulated Fisk, asking to administer the oath. Governor Sarles is expected to appoint Fisk to the vacancy.
A Washington DC project near the Capitol laid 11,000,000 bricks in 1906, a record likely unmatched in the US and perhaps the world. The unusually open winter of 1905 06 kept bricklayers on site with only about two weeks lost to weather.
The Imperial News reports on Crosby with editor W F Snyder and owner John W Schnitgler. An outstanding first edition shows 43 percent advertising. Wishing success to the new enterprise.
The article extols soil wealth over mining and industry, noting the 1905 farm output estimated by the government at over six billion dollars while railway gross receipts barely reach four billion. It contrasts agricultural abundance with mining and factory sectors amid fluctuating commerce and a 35 million figure amid prosperity or downturn.
The text argues that people must be fed and clothed and that national progress depends on productivity. It predicts populations of 130 million in twenty years and 200 million in forty, noting the soil’s current productivity cannot meet rising demand without improved cultivation, fertilization, and irrigation.
In New Haven Conn during a football game a foot ball exploded. Player Burt L Brown was knocked unconscious and left on the field in a soaking rain. Spectators chased the rival fullback into a tearby swamp before realizing Brown was alive after several minutes.
Notice is hereby given that witnesses will appear to prove up on land claim at the land office in Williston North Dakota. Alexander Shanny, H M Shanvony, A B Yuill, J B Yuill of Baqual ND, 205 jou W Wilson, Register. Crewe Attorney.
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