Show BIG BLEN BIEN IN SMALL TOWNS fred mann of devils lake north dakota has made his store a community center incidentally he has also made it the largest store in the entire state and one of tte the largest small town stores in america and the secret of this vast success le is not deep nor inscrutable table it is the old story ot of running a business well and taking an active part in every movement looking toward comm community un betterment As a natural result people from miles around like to trade at the mann store because they can get just what they want when they want it at a price they cart can afford and also because they like mann and the way he Is working tor for the welfare ot of all the people la in the community mul lity what he has haa done tor for his town and county would make an interesting book dut but his single greatest achieve ment has been to create a more friendly feeling between the people of the people of the country and the people of the town ile he has caused the people of devils lake to see that they have as much interest in the welfare of the farmers living around them as they have in progress ot of the city in tact fact that the prosperity ot of the entire community Is to an extent determined by the good will existing between all classes within its borders he has spent much time tn in assisting in the formation ot of community organizations throughout the county he has always appeared in persen at tho the meeting these theao local clubs has assisted in the business details of getting things going and has helped lay down a comprehensive hen sive sIvo platform leading to better merit ment ot of the locality and other business men ot of devils lake laka have followed his example with two great results one a county wide community organized to do things and two a feeling among the farmers that they and the business men of devils lake have a common interest eleven years ago mann built a store in devils lake that at the time was said to be the largest in the entire state people throughout the community regarded it as a monument to lolly and how manzi mann expected to need such a big store in a small town but mann seemed to know more than they did about the possibilities of the community he saw that the automobile was going to enlarge the business size of every tows town located in an agricultural community he also saw hundreds ol of thousands ot of dollars going out ot of the city and he felt that by careful study good management and advertising he could direct that flow of iu business siness through his own store and he was certainly right tor for today his store is too small it is impossible to convey a true idea ot of the extent ot of his success but incidentally we might add that merchants everywhere talk about mann and his great success tn in merchandising more than they talk about the founders most large city department stores |