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population figures for 1900 showed
quite uniform distribution of people,
the only township in forty-five when
the enumeration was taken that went
above 500 people, except Valley City
where the figures were 2,446, was Oak
vile. In 1900 the county cast 1924
votes for Mckinley, LOTS for Bryan, 80
Tor Woolley, Prohibitionist; IL for
Debs, Socialist, and for Barker. Peo-
pies In 1902 it cast 1868 votes for
Frank White, Republican candidate for
governor, to 437 for Cronan, Democrat.
MAJ. White IS citizen of Barnes coun-
ty He was an officer in the North Da-
skota regiment in the Philippines, where
ne distinguished himself. He is now in
his second term, and it is reported that
ne1expectS to be candidate before the
convention this year for a third term.
The pioneer newspaper man Of Val
ley city, g. b. Vallandigham, is still in
business. In early days of the city's
career he. printed a daily. There are
now three papers, the Times Record.
py 3. A. Nye, one of the terse and
forceful writer's of the state; the ALI
ance, by G. <. Bassett, and the Citizen.
by Mr.. Vallandigham. The latter was
out of the harness for a While and is
at work again to rebuild a business
that others had allowed to run down.
The papers are all credit to the city.
The normal school also issues a very
neat publication.
Nothing perhaps illustrates the
financial strength of the county than
to notes.-the growth of the banking bus
mess. Five years ago there was one
bank in the county, the First National,
of Valley City, and it had $310,901 in
deposits. Now there are twelve banks
in the county, with $1,199,324 deposits,
an increase in five years of $8SS, 423.
There are now two banks in Valley
City, two at Wimbledon, two at Litch-
vile and one each at Ffngal, Darcy,
Kathryn, Nome, Sanborn and Oriska.
The bank deposits represent $50 each
for every man, woman and child in the
county, or $500 for each family. This
would be hard to match elsewhere in
the Northwest.
The First National Bank of Valley
City is the oldest of the twelve finan-
cial institutions in Barnes county.
John Russell, head of the most impor-
tant milling industry in the state, is
president, and John Tracy, model
officer is cashier. Its deposits run
well up to $4,000 and it is found in
the roll of honor list of national banks.
It's management needs no commenda
ton.
1854 was originally the Valley City
State bank The last annual report
shows business of $239,S29. The
president is A. H. Gray, who came
quarter Of century ago from Michi-
gan. Mr.. Gray is closely Identified with
the best interests of the city, and his
block, in which the bank is located, is
one of the largest and finest in the
county. James Grady is cashier.
Maj. John D. Black, abstractor, is
is one of the prominent citizens of the
city, coming in 1880. He is a native of
Meadville Pa, and was in the Civil
war from that state, serving for a time
on the staff of Gen. F. G. Barlow and
later with Gen. N A. Miles, with the
latter at Fortress Monroe, when Jeff
Davis was a prisoner there. Gen.
Miles has visited him several times at
Valley City, and during the Spanish
Cuban war he was chief Of commisSary
on the generals staff and was active
in opposition to feeding the boys on
embalmed beef which resulted in one
of the. sensations of the war. His son,
Nelson Miles Black, was assistant sur
geon of the North Dakota regiment in
the Philippines, and is now in private
practice in Milwaukee, having de-
clined the offer Of the position of sur
geon in the regular army.
, William Mckinney came to Valley
City in 1898, having been with the
Brooks Bros Elevator and Lumber
company for twenty years at Grand
Forks and other points in the North
west. In 1898 he decided Valley City
was in need of first class dry goods
house, and one only needs to visit the
store to see that he has filled the BILL
for no place in the state has a finer
establishment; there may be larger
| stocks, but in none is there a better
display. Besides staple and fancy dry
goods he has millinery, carpets and
ladies' shoes. His cloak and millinery
department is on the second floor and
the arrangement of goods and the
lighting throughout has been reduced
to a science.
Herman and Edward Winterer are
brothers and attorneys at-law. The
former has been in the state since 1888
and the latter came five years later
from LIE Sueur, MINI. The former was
constructing engineer on the 500 Line,
and the latter was city superintendent
of schools. The present partnership
was formed in 1900 and is one of the
strong legal firms in the state. They
are attorneys for the First National
bank, Of which the former Is vice
president. They are enthusiastic
North Dalkotans and give good reasons
| for being So
One of the important concerns of
Valley City is the firm of Briggs &
! DE Lancey, importers and breeders OF
| Percheron and Belgian horses. The
| junior member is one of the we'll
known De Lancey firm of horse deal
ers, of Mortified, MINI. Mr.. Briggs
is a Wisconsin man. The firm has
sold a good many fine animals
/ throughout the state, and an interest
/ in breeding good horses is rapidly
! growing. The hester farm in this
county recently shipped a car of horses
that averaged $3.50 each in market, and
now instead of going out of the county
to buy farm stock the farmers are
/ beginning to attract outside buyers.
Darby O'Malley came twenty-four
years ago and engaged first in farming.
| Was postmaster from 1896 to 1900, and
| two years ago was elected mayor, as a
| gold Democrat, and looks carefully
] after municipal affairs. He Is direc-
tor of the First National bank, and as
| the soil of Barnes county has put him
! we'll on his feet in a financial way is a
great believer in its future. He says
land sells in Iowa and Illinois for about
four times the price in Barnes county,
and Barnes county land is every whit
as good.