The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1884-04-25
A Review.

upon its third year of publication. During the
first three months OF the PIONEERS existence
it was printed entirely at Minneapolis. When
the first issue came to Hope for distribution,
the Hope House was notyet completed, though
open to the public with Mr.. john Mooers as
mine host. The building now occupied by D.
P. Baldwin and the PIONEER was under con-
struction, but not occupied. Aside from these
three there was the school house, Luce & Co.'S.
warehouse James Ellsbury's blacksmith shop,
Ward Il Sons stables and the postoffice build
ing. The business then represented was Luce
d Co., agricultural implements; H. L. Smith,
lumber; 0. H. Quinly, agricultural imple-
ments; James Ellsbury, blacksmithng; E. K
Smart d Son, law and real estate; 4. S.
Seymour, real estate and insurance. July IA,
1852, three months later, we find the following
| branches of industry represented, and in good,
substantial buildings: In. S. D. Humphrey,
| drugs and medicines; D. P. Baldwin, general
| merchandise; McAahon g. Thomas, law and
| real estate; Montgomery & Black, contractors
and builders; Hill & Hosford, livery stable;
E. K. Smart & Son, law and real estate; Thos.
Ward, real estate; Paul Il Kellogg, law and
real estate; Geo. j. Betzler, meat market; N
H. Emmans, real estate; C. A. Renwick, lum-
ber; Merriell Bros & Luce, agricultural i'm
plements; E. S. Seymour, real estate and in
| surance; James Muir, contractor and builder;
| Beidler & Robinson, lumber. To enumerate
all the changes and new business enterprises
| that have since sprung up in our vnterprisng
| little borough, and to name the improvements
that have been made in that brief period
would require siXteen-page supplement-
However, we may mention some of them.
| The hardware business is represented by Mer-
riell Bros. Il Luce, and l.. N. Wood 4 Co.. the
former doing an extraordinarily large business
in agricultural implements Of every description,
and the members of both firms are rustlers.
In general merchandise there are three firms;
D. P. Baldwin, in the large block opposite and
east of the Hope House, has undoubtedly one
of the largest stocks Of general merchandise in
the territory, and by this we mean that almost
anything may be found in his store, and at
prices to suit everybody. Wamberg g. Jacob
son, and H. H. Waseln, both owning and oc-
cupying fine, substantial buildings OH south
Third street. The former have fine stock of
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| good business in each of their several branches.
The firms of c. A. Renwick and Beidler &
Robinson have been established about two
years. and both have been and are doing u-
crative business, and their yards are always
well filled with the best of pine lumber as
well' as building material, which they sell at
very reasonable figures. The firms in law and
| buc Z,
Hulme & Worth, w. P. Miller, E. S. Seymour
and G. j. Paul, all Of whom seem to be chock
full of business just now, and ready for more.
OF hotels, we have the Hope House, CONNER
cial hotel, the Ontario stnd Montgomery, all of
which are doing f1ourishing business and the
first mentioned is one of the grandest establish
nents in the territory. There are numerous
carpenters and builders, amorg which we
would mention John j. Padden, c. R. Black
and c. w. Knapp. Two billiard parors, C.
H. Browns ''New Idea' and 0. P. Olsons.
The livery business is still carried on by the
pioneers, Hill & Hosford. c. R. blacks fur
niture store has been established about year
and half, and settlers coming in, rush there
for what they want in that line. George j.
Betzer, still slices tender lOins at the old stand
P. P. Rice, Oh north Third street. keeps a
very choice selection of groceries, and grinds
and sells feed that can't be beat, at prices
which cannot be "kicked" at. f. P Wright
& Co. are turning out fine and durable harness,
and keep a well selected stock of everything
usually handled in irst-class saddlery. Dr.
w. H. NJ. Philip, who has rooms at the Hope
House, is graduate Of Rush Medical College,
Chicago, and is able to supply the demand and
do it well. DR.. F. E. McCutchins, our dentist,
is equal to the best Of them, and with his oc-
casional visits of a weeks duration at Portland
and Cooperstown, commands good business
The Steele County Bank, established last
summer, is one Of the very necessary institu-
tions of Hope. 1t is owned by L. E. Booker,
president, and J. K. Musselman, cashier
These gentlemen also have bank at Pembna
D. T. R. johnson, the barber, is always in
readiness at the Hope House to shave or sham
poo. The hlacksmithing is attended to in first
class shape by James Ellsbury, the pioneer,
and John Henricy. The bakery and confec-
tionery store of A. S. Burrows is a new acqui-
sition, and seems to be a long felt want we'll
supplied. The Hope Laundry, by John Mooers,
is an institution that will succeed in any Da-
kota town. The Cargill elevator of $4,000
bushels capacity, was large enough for last
years crop, but cannot handle this years crop
without dozens of "elnpties'' per day when
the golden No. hard begins to pour into it's
immense bins. The PIONEER was purchased
of the Red River Land Co. last August by its
present publisher, and manages to keep up
with the procession" as one Of our legal lights
Of the past would say. In conclusion, we
would add that were we asked to express our
opinion of Hope, we would answer by asking
the question, where is there another town in
Dakota that one of our bona 1ide citizens had
rather live in, and where is the town to-day
that can produce finer class Of citizens, and
one that has made equal progress without some
sort of "boom' attachment? We believe it
can be asserted, without contradiction, that
every man, woman and child will join with us
in saying, "with all thy faults love thee STILL"
En- Jail.
Last December an item appeared in the
PIONEER to the effect that a farmer in remote
quarter of the county had given mortgage Oh
a ayoke Of oxen belonging to another man, etc.
The farmers name is G. F. Bolt, aud lie Ian
guisheth in the Fargo jail. He removed with
his family to Casselton last fall, and what he
did to aggravate the law while there, we have
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