11 Oct 1906
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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1906
Page
1
The article underscores Williston North Dakota as a progressive county seat of Williams County on the Missouri River. It notes the Great Northern Railway main line and round house with well equipped shops. It mentions a monthly payroll for permanent residents exceeding 40 000 dollars.
Williston North Dakota, a booming hub in Williams County, is described as a metropolitan city with thriving retail trade, strong banks, and expanding real estate. The piece highlights soil diversity, irrigation prospects, and a new commercial club pushing development including government irrigation projects and a senator visit.
Williston displays growing prosperity with banks and merchants expanding. Citizens National Bank holds 50 000 capital. First National Bank and Williams County Bank each 25 000. A Scandinavian bank is forming. Bruegger Mercantile and G M Hedderick Co rank among top traders. multiple stores, hotels, and services sustain a busy regional market. A wholesale ice cream plant ships 1400 gallons weekly. two grain elevators near capacity. a bottling works serves Missouri River beverages.
President Toonevelt praised the Reclamation Act at a Washington gathering, noting its broad funding for western arid lands. Three Williams County projects Buford Trenton, Williston, and Nelson Valley would irrigate about 35 000 to 40 000 acres each from Missouri River canals, using a main power plant near Williston and barges for pumping water. payments to the Reclamation fund are made over ten years with no interest.
North Dakota report highlights twenty year irrigation success in the Red River region, with Halvor Thornon and H A Nelson on a 2000 acre farm producing 53 bushels of blue stem wheat and 46 bushels of white Russian oats in 1905. Oats reach 40 to 94 bushels, flax 10 to 22, and corn up to 62 bushels per acre. Building activity in Williston surges with fifty new residences and about 70,000 for business blocks, totaling around 150,000 in improvements this year.
In a special graphic issue the paper urges readers to support Williston home businesses including banks manufacturers and professions. It argues foreign merchants profit from the town but contribute nothing to local schools roads or government and asks readers to consider local offers and support.
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