BISMARCK, N. D., capital city of North Dakota, county-seat of Burleigh county, on the Missouri River, on the main transconti nental line of the Northern Pacific; division point on the Minneapolis, Saint Paul and S. Ste. Marie Railway; terminal for the Chicago Mil waukee & Saint Paul Railway, 194 miles west of Fargo, 12 hours from Minneapolis and Saint Paul, 24 hours from Chicago. Notable insti tutions are the State capital buildings, costing $1,000,000; Fort Abraham Lincoln, modern mil itary post, costing $1,000,000, last command of Custer; united States Indian School; $150,000 Federal building, housing department of Jus tice; district offices of department of animal husbandry; United States land office; local and district postal service heads; Burleigh county court-house; municipal auditorium erected by people at cost of $75,000, finest theatre be tween Minneapolis and Helena, Mont.; Bis marck and Saint Alexius hospitals; two largest sanatoriums in State, with more than 200 pri vate guest rooms; seven-story hotel McKenzie, largest between Twin Cities and coast; four story Grand Pacific hotel, covering quarter block; State armory of national guard; Carne gie library costing, with site, $40,000; State library and historical museum; proposed site of large German Evangelical and Methodist Episcopal colleges. Bismarck is base of Mis souri River navigation for distance of 1,500 miles and is home of a modern fleet of a dozen packet steamers. The Missouri River is spanned at this point by the only bridge over that stream in North Dakota, costing $1,500,000; counties of Morton and Burleigh are now bonding for third of million for construction of a wagon bridge. City has unlimited supply of pure, soft water, pumped from Missouri river and clari fied; several miles of handsome, boulevard °White Way,* has 9 miles of paving under way; adequate sewer and storm drainage sys tems; gas and electricity for cooking and lighting, with electric cooking rate equivalent to dollar gas; street railway service; taxi service ; co-operative merchants' delivery. As
sessed valuation of $2,500,000; city tax rate of 18.4 mills, lowest of any incorporated town in North Dakota. Industries include immense flour mills, elevators, stone and brick and pot tery works; flax fibre mill; stock-food manu factories; largest greenhouses and nurseries in the State; oldest seedhouse in North Dakota; large packing plants. Is publishing centre for Jim Jam Jems, the Northern Farmer, Public Opinion and other periodicals of large general circulation; has three daily and weekly news papers and number of monthly technical and secular publications. Trading centre for area 200 miles square; jobbing centre for dis trict extending west into Montana; has 50 large wholesale and jobbing houses; distributes more automobiles and more farm implements than any other city but one in North Dakota. Three national banks with resources of $4,500, 000; substantial building and loan association; home office of the Provident Insurance Com pany of North Dakota. In 1883 it was made the capital of Dakota Territory and in 1889 became the capital of North Dakota. Bis marck adopted the commission form of govern ment. in 1913. The North Dakota Industrial Exposition is held in Bismarck' in October of each year. Pop. (1910) 5,443; (1915) 7,246.