The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-23

three years, his Photographic studio on
N. P. avenue showing many fine sam
pies Of portraits and views He has
had experience in the business at Du-
luth, Ashland and Little Falls.
William Johnson is a native of Cot
tonwood county, Minnesota, but To-
catel in Fargo nine years ago, in the
barber trade. He runs five chairs, fur
nishes baths and is a busy man.
Maj. 6. I. Foster. engaged in the In
surance business, came to Dakota in
1864, serving as United States mar
shall and clerk of the United States
courts. He went to Pembina in 1871,
before Fargo had existence, and three
years later made the then young town
of Fargo his home.
Ferris & Grady are the principal
cigar dealers of the city. They also
have billiard rooms, in charge of
Charles G. Peterson. one of the expert
fancy-shot players of the country.
T he Globe representative had the
pleasure of seeing him play game
where he made a run of 1877.
John G. Olson is state agent for Neii
]. Sorensen & Co., Sumpter. Or, own
ers Of the famous Highland and Friday
mines. He has already sold much
stock, and pays the way there of par
ties willing to invest certain sums. He
has proposition that stands careful
investigation. ls.s,
William J. Hey, expert matchmaker
with E. P. Sundberg, has been in Far
go a couple Of years, coming from
Preston, MINI.
DR.. Paul Sorkness, a graduate of the
medical department of the Minnesota
university, Is local surgeon for the
Northern Pacific and Milwaukee rail-
ways, and also county physician, and
takes time to read T h e G. o b e and
care for the wants of many patrons.
A. G. Whitney and G. A. Wheelock
have been associated for six years in
real estate and loan business, and en-
joy the confidence that comes from
faithful consideration to the wants of
patrons.
The department store of o. j. de
Lendrecie is one of the institutions of
Fargo. 1t began IN small way TWEEN
ty-five years ago. and now employs
about fifty persons.
The clothing store Of Alex Stems &
Co. (the company being Maurice Kauf-
MANI is one of the chief establish>
ments of the kind in the state.
Denis Bros, fur dealers and manu-
facturers, have been In business six
years and employ about forty people.
Their hat factory is the only one in the
Northwest.
c. G. Nickells has been in Fargo two
years and runs an "open all night drug
store" and one of the most attractive
ly furnished stores of the city. He al
so opened a store in Moorhead recently,
and Is arranging to engage in the man
ufacture of a line of patent medicines
on large scale. Mr.. Nickells lived for
twelves years at Wahpeton. He is
wholesale agent for Scobey's Rocky
Mountain remedies, and of the prod
oP fho or
Co.
Green & Eggert are dealers in meats
and game. The senior member of the
| firm Is an old-timer, his father j. u.
| Green, having long been U. S. collector
+, at st. Vincent, having come to the
Minnesota side of the Red river
in 1875. Mr.. G. E. Green came to
Fargo in 1888, was on the police force
for a time, and then "got busy" on his
own account and is doing fine BUSH
| ness. at4}es D3oA - ~
| Louis Hotop come to Fargo in, 1880
and began his present calling as en-
,, ployment agent fifteen years ago, max
! ing a speciality of supplying laborers to
the railroads and farms. He also col
| lects rents and pays taxes for nom
residents. He says there is a scarcity
| of domestics for Homework and has
suggested to President Worst of the
agricultural college that some sort of
inducement should be held out to boys
! to take course in the cooking school
so that they could go into the kitchen
! in emergencies.
E. H. Probstfield is the new general
| agent of the Geiser Manufacturing Co..
vice A. w. Martin. promoted to general
| collector. Mr.. Probstfield is not new
| to the business, having been with the
present firm for eleven years, after a
service of seven years with the J. 1.
Case Co. His father, r. M. Probstfield,
came to what Is now Georgetown,
across the river in Clay county, Mimi,
in 1859, having served the county in
! the state senate and is still an hon.
ored resident of that county. The son,
on the west side of the Red river is
making a record worthy of the father.
| E. c. Kinnear, Deacon" as he Is
known, has been In the shoe business
| for twenty years. He is a native Of
| Dover, N. H, where he was engaged in
| the manufacture Of shoes for many
years before coming here.
| William D. Hodgson Is one of the re-
liable real estate men of Fargo. He Is
| native of Ontario and since his resi-
dence here has served as deputy
United States marshal, had charge OF
the collection department of the First