The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 8, 1919, Page 2

ee ere a different building than FIRST NATIONAL BANK RECEIVES THIRD CHARTER Comptroller of Currency Re-ex- tends Permission for An- other Twenty Years swept Bismarck in: August, starte ouses Fourth the railroad property. The ruins had hardly The charter’ of the First National | /),¢ bank of this e¢ity; which automatically |)" expires ‘this.year; ‘was re-extended by the comptroller:of currency at Wash- ington for ‘another twenty years, ex- piring September: 2, 1 This:is ‘the third time the First Na- tional ‘bank hasbeen: given a charter, the firstoone being:in February, 1879, wher the bank‘was first’organized and the jsecond aicre-extension in 1899 Under; the federal law national banks are’ granted charters for only twenty- yean) periods; ‘at sthe expiration of which they, must be‘ extended or the company goes.out of existence. Mann First: President. The first president of the First Na- tional bank, when the bank was organ- ized in 1879, was Walter Mann of St. |} Paul, but:he only filled ‘thé ‘position temporarily pending the completion of all the details attendant to the bank’s first steps inthe world: George H. Fairchild, who acted as cashier during | this period, was then named president | of the bank. i When >the bank first ‘started’ is was capitalized’for $50,000. “It was located | on the’north side of Main street. be- tween Third and Fourth streets i little frame one-story building «com- men in Bismarck when this ¢ It 1 bank in the sta’ ing proceeded :by two ot three m by the First National bank of Fargo. In Present Home Since 1884. ands the En In T884 the bank was moved to the | init fhat when it said the 1 t 3 In 1884 the bank’s dep had & charge, its dep $70,000. Mr. e head of the First. * | th do anything.” All people in Bismarck who have one or. more rooms that they could rent for the convenience of visitors attending Wilson Day here for Tuesday and Wednesday. nights are requested to communi- cate immediately with the. Com- mercial. club, phone 313, giving the number, of rooms available, the price charged, the number of persons .they will -accommodate and,,whether meals can be ob- tained also. .. It.is to, be hoped that-house owners of this city will‘co-eperate so thatthe city’s, guests will have ample opportunity to secure suffi- cient - sleeping - accommodations. the ak. its ¢orner where it is now located, ‘but in! advise it -méa nt eivise” and not com- present pcl. He characterized as “the only pos- that ; whieh in the Northern Pacific ware- then on Main street between and Third streets, abutting The fire com- | pletely destroyed the building, but the | vaults with their treasure stored in them were not harmed in the slightest. cooled off | , |when plans for the present building |, eve drawn up and before the-end ‘of | year the building which now I 's the First National bank was started and completed, The bank only owned 2 portion of the “building that was destroyed by fire at first, two- thirds of the seventy-five foot front being acquired at a latter date. Presidency. of C. B. Little. amount- fed to about $300,000 and in 1895, when | C. B. Little, its present head, took shrunk to sident of. the Capitol National and that bank. was merged into the} First’ National bank ‘when: he ‘became | sl tle had been the pre- | bank Since that time, the bank-has grown steadily and now ranks’as one of the strongest and. most conserv: tive banking institutions in the state. ent capitalization is $200,00 $200,000; total assets, $2,800, which $2,250,000 represen Take It or Leave ItPeace Treaty Cannot Be ReWritten, Pres. Wilson Assures Crowds | (Continued From Page One) will take the United States senate to | Quoting article 10 of the covenant Mr, Wilson said anyone Who under- ish Janguage must ad- ue could z AB a i Fm one. The building was a three story sible guaranty structure with stores on the street le would feel recriant to those floor and offices and rooms on the fought the war if he did ‘not secure two upper floors. ‘This was one of the main buildings in Bismarck that time but was destroyed in the fire against wer”-and said who. |its adoption. Mr. Wilson urged prompt acceptance. of the treaty so that uncertainties in por conditions thrvout the world may be cleared up. ‘ ‘ International. Labor The international labor organization to -be set up under .the treaty he ‘ would give to labor a new bil of rights, Re Coe and Towans which filled y corner -of the auditorium said to seat 7,500 persons. Wonren Drive ‘Cars He was taken for an 8-mile automo- bile ride.on the way to the hall, women Ea “Wilson spoke 6 a. crowd of! i Wednesday, Committees Declare one Avho had read "he treaty declared tne president, agreed that it contained a “complete settlement. of the mat- ters that left to. this war” and that it contained the smachinery by which they shall: stay settled. Emphasizing the arbitration features of the league, he said in case those processes failed the result would, be not war but an economic boycott and isolation under ‘which the strongest nations in Europe could not stand for six months, After that he predicted “they will have no stomach for war.” Fifteen Thousand People Coming to Bismarck to Greet Wilson on (Continued From Page One) eastern part of the state to the capital city without stopping. _ The committee handling the admis- sion to the auditorium where President Wilson: will deliver his speech an- nounced this morning that no children wenld be permitted to enter the build- ng. The: reception committee, composed of citizens from all over the state-will have approximately 500 seats resezved for their use and another 100 seats will be set apart for the members of. he presidential party. The. members of the senior class of the high school will be the only non-adults permitted to hear the president’s speech inside the auditorium. “Wo sincerely. trust that the people of Bismarck ‘wll not act selfish in the matter,” said: ofie | of? the committee- men this mornfng, “and will give the Phone 189 for Beulah coal tf Big dance in Armory Tuesday night. O’Connor’s Orchestra. B MAY FEVER @.spoon.and inhale the vapors, x MACKS AF We are now taking orders forse 293 GP Gee Wyoming Lump Coal to be delivered from the car 0. E. Anderson YOU MUST BE SATISFIED Scores of satisfied patients bear witness to the wonderful benefits they have receiv- ed from taking CHIROPRACTIC ADJUST- MENTS. Our policy is to give our very visitors an oppertunity to attend the ccremonies at the auditorium and hear the president’s message.” _—————————} of the Red Cross motor corps driving | morning that Lieut. J.C. Cameron will the party. leave Minneapolis this afternoon for On the downtown’ portions of the | Bismarck arriving here Tuesday w@Qn- ride there were crowds which cheered |jyg and that Chester Jacobson will the president and an the residential | fly his “ship” from Minot tomorrow sections all crowds had gathered. also, arriving in the afternoon. Altho the presidential special had} Roth Lieut. Cameron and Aviator t Des Moines at midnight, it was) Jacobson will give a number of exhi- side. ked for several hours among the Iowa corn fields, pear Underwood, sv that those-on board could complete a full night’s’ rest, It was o'clock before *the* train’ rolled: into Omaha. Leaving immediately after his address, the’ president was to speak to- t at Sioux Falls, S. D. There were cheers when Mr, Wilson arose to-speak, Mrs, Wilson Was on the platform. ‘ Happy To Appeal To Peopte Mr. Wilson said he was happy to appeal for acceptance of the treaty not as a representative of a party but as the representative of the whole people saying he believed the people had been ted to think that there were only four or five clauses in the peace treaty. The president showed ‘to the atidience a bulky volume containing the treaty text, Those who picked the little flaws in it, he declared, had no conception about 0) bitions an Wilson Day. The first flights will be made, according to present ar- Tangements in the morning, the fliers going out along the Northern Pacific right-of-way to Welcome the presiden- tain special an@ guide it to Bismarck. In the afternoon, following the pres- Ident’s speech and his departure from the city, the airplanes will be in the air constantly, the committee promises. Lieut, Cameron, who was an instructor in the army air service, will perform all of the tricks of his profession from tail spins and nose dives, to loops and falling leafs. On their flights to this city this af- ternoon” and tomorrow, both aviators will drop aerial messages from their muchines inviting the people along their routes to attend the Wilson Day celebration at Bi k Tuesday. Lieut, Cameron, it is understood in- tends to. stop en route, probably at of the majesty of the document, E Fargo, making the journey from the| unfailing dependability. HOUSE BARGAINS House of. eight rvoms and bath, lot 100x150 feet. Garage. Trees. Location, one of the best in the city. This house could not be built today for less than $7000.00. For quick sale only $5000. $1800 cash. Fifty feet of this lot can be sold for $800, which will bring the price of the corner lot and house to $4200. This is a real bargain. Nice bungalow of five rooms and bath. Price $3000. 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