The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1891-04-02
wahpeton Rchand Thursday, April 1891

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Order Of the Eastern Star, and the
10. S. 2. S., a Bohemian benevolent
society. And in connection with st.
Johns church isan auxiliary society
composed of young men as is also in
connection with st. Adalbert's
church. These societies are all we'll
officered and are in a fourishing con.
dition. Three banks are kept busy
looking after the financial interest of
the city, to-wit: The Peoples Bank,
r. L. French, president and w. D.
Henry, cashier The Citizens National
Bank, F. E. Kenaston, president and
Don r. Davidson, cashier; and the
National Bank of Wahpeton, Daniel
Patterson, president and w. L. Car.
ter, cashier. The N. P. Elevator
company has steam elevator here
as has the National elevator company.
and Mr.. French has flat house, and
deals in grain. Last October Braun
Brothers & Eckes opened for business
one of. the finest 100 barrel Touring
mills ever put up. These gentlemen
have spared neither pains, time or
money to erect and establish at Wah-
peton Touring mill second to none
on earth, so far as superior machinery
for the manufacture of flour is con-
cerned, costing them $4,000.
Wahpeton is well supplied with
hotels, to-wit: The Commercial,
Bauer & Sauer, proprietors (; The
Merchants, j. E. Milton & Son, pro-
prietors; The Windsor, G. II. Smith,
proprietor The Wahpeton House,
Joseph Schmitt, proprietor The ST..
James, j. w. Robinson, proprietor
and innumerable boarding houses.
The professions are we'll repre-
resented, viz: Doctors, Quick,
O'Brien, Triplett, and Franklin.
And the lawyers are /: S. II. Snyder,
w. E. and r. r.. Purcell, McCumber
& Bogart. Frank Gray and Gustave
Schuler and Judge Lauder Of the
Fourth judicial district of state,
residing here.
In the matter of railway facilities,
ours are second to none, having the
Great Northern, Milwaukee and Nor
thern Pacific, the first named stretch
ing away out through the Missouri
Missouri river valley country and her
coal fields and the mines of Montana,
on its way to the Pacific coast; and
the latter is soon to be extended into
the Black Hills country,-while it is
predicted that the Milwaukee will
yet find it's way to Dulnth via Wah-
peton. And lastly there are three
newspapers in the city, TIE WAnpE-
TON TINES, Richiand County Gazette,
and Dakota G
An estimate places one fourth Of
the rich lands within radius of ten
miles of Wahpeton under cultivation,
producing annually, for instance, two
million bushels of wheat, which be-
ing largely marketed would indicate
the amount of money that should
circulate in our community, yearly,
not to mention the various other
products which may be produced here
simply including all farm products
with the constantly increasing acre
age. In fact the country being only
in its infancy, its status to-day indi-
Gates what may be expected in the
near future, tending to carry convic-
ton when we assure the reader that
although Wahpeton has always en-
joyed steady growth, she is just
now gathering renewed strength and
is about entering upon long lease
of substantial prosperity.
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PUBLIC SCHOOL.
Wahpeton has first rate
graded school and high school depart
ment, Prof. NJ. III. Robinson being
the efficient principal. Miss Lucy
Purdon conducting the grammar de-
partment, Miss Mary A. frost the
intermediate department and Miss
Mamie Aspinwall the primary de-
partment, t,-aggregating an attend
ance of nearly 200 pupils.
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THE PAROCHIAL SCHOOL.
This school began with the
Catholic church organization here,
and is now under the direction of the
Benedictine Sisters, with some 1875
pupils, and occupies the fine brick
school house, erected for this pur-
pose by St. Johns society. led by
Rev FIR A Utrecht last fall