The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1907-10-24
BURNED DISTRICT
TO BE REBUILT
Victims Of Last Weeks Fire Show,
True Oakes Spirit.
Already Plan. Are Under Way to Put in Solid
Brick Blocks-New Locations Of
the Business Firms.

Brick Blocks-New Locations Of
the Business Firms.
The fire of lastweek was not as bad as
first figured. The losses will foot
up about $105, 900, while the insurance
carried amounts to about SAC, 900. Many
of the losses have already been ad-
justed and in few days more the peo-
pie who suffered losses will know where
they are at. As soon as everything is
fixed up with the insurance companies
the owners Of the lots will get their
heads together and new and uniform
buildings will take the places of the
ones that went up in smoke.
The Times gave very good account
Of the losses and insurance carried in
the short time it had last week, and
will merely note some corrections in
this issue.
E. A. Noes building was worth
$500. with insurance Of $1,000. Stock
and fixtures worth 5000 with no insur-
ance. Considerable of the stock and
furniture was carried out.
C. L. Marshall, stock and fixtures
valued at $4,000, insurance $2676.
DR.. M. E. Gale was left out of report
last week through slipup. His loss
was $1,000, insurance $1,000. The doc
tor was down to the cities the past
week and has set of new fixtures on
the way, and expects to open his Of
flee in the K. & S. block.
The Locke building was badly dam
aged, but is fully covered by insurance.
The masons and carpenters are al
ready at work in reconstructing.
The offices of Wickersham & Graham
and ]. w. Phifer were damaged much
by heat and smoke, with no insurance
on fixtures. Books were carried out.
The Palace Clothing House carried q
$4,000 stock with 5000 insurance.
The loss was adjusted at 80 per cent
for damage by smoke and water and
the net loss will not exceed $50.
w. M. Locke carried out the goods
from his hardware store and valued his
loss at $500, which was covered by in
surance. "f'
w. H. Watts, q guest of Hotel
Argyle, left his room in a hurry for
getting to take $65 in bills from under
his pillow. It went skyward.
Klein and Sutmar's building was
damaged to extent of $1,000 or more,
which is covered by insurance. The
heavy explosion at the Corner Hard
ware broke about all the glass that
faced east and the brick work at the
topFis badly bulged.
Manager Hemenway, of the Dakota
Central Telephone Co., was the first to
get busy after the fire. A special
crew of men were at work Friday
morning and the bad tangle of wires
is already Strengthened out.
The First National Bank had it's
glass on the east side shattered and
the woodwork was badly: blistered in
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insurance companies pay the loss.
S. L. Harris had the east plate glass
window knocked to smithereens in his
building.
Fred Voight was the first man to
have his loss adjusted. He got $500.
Ramharter Bros. are without a plate
glass front these days and the roof of
their building was burned through in
several places. Damage covered by
insurance.
All the business places as far east as
Third street were getting their goods
out and were damaged by removal of
goods out and back. It looked for awhile
as if all tlA brick blocks in close prox-
unity had to go.
Both banks came nicely to the rescue
and those who were burned out are
replenishing and restocking for heavy
trade yet this winter. The fire caught
the merchants with the heaviest stocks
they had ever carried.