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the Commercial Club and is actively
boosting for the town.
Killer Brothers & Company have
extensive business interests in the
village in addition to their general
store.
A. F. Mischel's general store occupies
one of the few original buildings of the
village. MI. Mischief is also president
of the board of village trustees.
There are four elevators in the town.
They are owned by Henry Pathmann,
The Richardton Milling Company, the
Farmers Elevator company and the
Occident Elevator Company.
OTHER BUSINESS HOUSES
There are two drug stores in Richard
ton. The Red Cross Drug Store is owned
by H. w. Gray and is managed by
Charles McWold. George Norm owns
the second drug store.
There is one store which handles hard
ware exclusively. 1t is owned by R. P.
Gress, who. in addition, does a general
plumbing and heating business.
There are three real estate firms in the
village. The business interests of the
companies are looked after by John
Breum, Edmund Mottershead, and 7. j:
Holmes.
NEWSPAPERS
There are two good papers at Richard
ton, n of them English and The other
German. The English paper is the Rich
ardton News. which was established in
1904 by D. P. Abbey. 1t was published
by Abbey until January, 1907, when it
was sold to John G. Quinlivan of Dick
inson. and thereafter published by the
News Publishing Company until Sep
TENDER Of the same year, when it was
bought out by Perry F. Close and is
still published by him.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Richardton is fortunate in having
two sound banking institutions. One
is the Merchants State Bank and the
Other, is the Richardton State Bank.
HOTEL FACILITIES
Richardt0n is the equal of its siste,
towns in respect to its hotels. 1t boasts
Of three hostelries. Two of these, the
Commercial hotel and the Richardton,
are owned and managed by William
Johnstone. The third is the Windsor.
Richardton also has a creamery,
started a year ago.
ROLLER MILLS
The Richardton Roller Mills are owned
and operated by the Richardton Milling
company and the mills have a capacity
Of over 100 barrels q day.
PROFESSIONAL MEN
There are a number Of professional
men located at Richardton. They are
mostly young college mlesul.laslnld they have
chosen q good field for Getting q start In
their chosen professions. r. N. Yaeci
is an attorney at law. He is one Of the
graduates Of the University of the North
Dakota law school. He is secretary OF
the Commercial Club and is one of the
active workers Of the village.
There are two doctors and one dentist
who have Offices in the town.
EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES
Richardson is n of the educational
centers Of the slope country. In addi-
tion to the college which is maintained
BY thesBenedictine Fathers. there are
two eopd schools. One is the Sisters,
school. conducted BY the Sisters of ST.
Benedict, and the other is the public
high school.
Richardton has thing to be thank
full fol, which should rank above many
of the; other points in which it surpassel
its sister towns, and that is the faci
that II HAS one OF the liyeliest CONNER
cial Clubs on the slope. President.
Henry Klein: vice president "A. T..
Faber secretary. +. q. Yaeck;; treasurer,
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