The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-06-21

Thayer, one of the leading insurance
experts Of the city.
The offices of the company is locat-
ed in the Ball Watson building, where
lit has been for a number OF years.
During that time it has built up a bus
mess in the state which 1t maintains
with credit.
The Travellers and Chance Companies.
Two leading old line insurance COM
panies is handled by Thos. Baker, jr.,
& Co. These are the Travellers of
Hartford and the Chance Insurance Co.
Both Of these companies are doing
big business over the state through
the efficient work of the local agents
and the reputation and stability Of the
companies themselves.
The Thos. Baker, jr., & Co. Is one
of the largest insurance agencies of
the northwest and handles the business
In this territory of large number of
fire insurance companies, This firm
is composed of Thos. Baker, jr, and
Fred o. SchIipf This firm recently
occupied a fine set of quarters in the
Loyal knights building.
The Security Mutual.
]. d. Carpenter is agent for the Sc
curity Mutual Insurance Co. of Bing
hampton, N. Y. Through the efforts
of Mr.. Carpenter and a number of spe
cial agents over the state good bust
ness has been established. All busi-
ness is handled through the. Fargo Of
flee which is located in the Hunting
ton block on Broadway.
The Aetna Life Company.
Headed in this district by James
Dorr as general agent for this state
the /! etna Life Insurance Co. has done
very good business in North Dakota.
This is one of the old standby COM
panies of the country which has a
good reputation. The offices of the
company in Fargo are located in the
rear of the Commercial bank at the
corner of Front street and Broadway.
Mr.. Dorr is one of the leading insur-
ance men Of the city and he and his
agents over the state have built up
big business over the territory assign
ed to them.
The National Life.
The National Life Insurance Co. of
Montpelier also has a general agent
located in Fargo. He is F. w. Pearson,
another Of the thriving insurance men
OF the city. The Offices of this company
are located above the Northern Trust
Co, where the business OF the state
is handled.
This company is among the staple
life insurance concerns of the country
and has issued aklarge number of pol
t0fe a., TNnIx .fn hoe hnn
established here.
The Union Central Life.
Among the other large companies
represented in Fargo and doing a good
business over the state is the Union
Central Life Insurance Co. Of Cincin-
natl, o. w. r. Fitzpatrick is general
agent for the concern. He has his Gf-
fees in the Edwards building. Several
agents are employed over the state
writing insurance. They have done a
good business.
United States Annuity g. Life.
]. p. Graber is general agent for
another of the leading companies of
the country. This is the United
States Annuity & Life Co Of Chicago.
Mr.. Graber has his offices at Broad
way, where he handles the business of
the state of North Dakota. This com
pany is thriving. having written
large number of policies in this dis
trict
All of these insurance companies
add materially to the financial business
of the city OF Fargo. Most of the bus
mess is transacted through the local
banks while the business in this en-
tire territory is transacted through the
Fargo agencies The agents and their
assistants are all residents of Fargo
and the greater portion of them own
their homes here. In this and other
ways they contribute materially to
the prosperity Of the city and are fac
tors In the business circles of Fargo
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