Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-12-26
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The Havlich Dray
Havlich Brothers are proprietors Of
the Havlich Dray and Transfer Line.
This firm has been in Wishek Tor
four years, and has acquired 9 good
equipment. 1t owns several WAGONS.
five horses. and employs q number OF
men the year through. The business
OF this firm iscompOsed mOatly OF
humber hauled from the two yards OF
cream from four stations, OF freight
and express. Both brothers are hare
workers and have managed to build
up their trade in the last year or two.
Dockter & Schmitt, dealers In fur.
niture, caskets, wall paper, -four and
feed, have been established In btsi-
ness In Wishek for four years. Betne
themselves German, they have even a
stronger pull on the country trade
than they might otherwise have.
They are in Wishek with the inten.
ti0n OF making it their permanent
home, and they are always the first
to aid anything tending to improve
that town. A pair Of better boosters
could not be found.
The German.l lutheran.
Rev. John Willms, the pastor Of the
German Lutheran church, and Rev.
Aug. Herring, pastor OF the Baptist
church, of Wishek, are two Of the
most optimistic Of Wishck's citizen
ry. Rev. Willms has been in the
town for two years and has found
| Wishek very much to his liking. Rev.
Herring has been In the town one
year, and Is equally satisfied that the
town is all it could be-.
j. w. Hofer, registered pharmacist,
is "the man behind" in the Wishek
Drug company. DR.. G. Grant, whose
name appears on the letter head OF
the Arm, is one OF Wishek's doctors
who has been in the town for many
years, and has had time to find out
where he can get the most satisfac-
tory prescriping-flling service. This
drug store was started twelve years
ago, when the town was two years
old. 1t is konwn as of the best
on that line of the 500. It's stock
is up.t0.date-drugs, drug sundries,
fresh candies, cigars, iobaccos, etc,
etc, in an endless variety.
First State Bank.
The First State bank has q capital
and sulplus of twelve thousand dol
lars. 1t was established in 1898, and
has grown TO be one OF the best on
the line. j. H. Wishek, for whom
the town was named, and who now re.
sides at Ashley, is president and n
of the old-timers Of North Dakota.
| w. l.. johnson is vice president, +.
N. Gillis, cashier and H. r. Timm,
assistant cashier. U.s.
One of the most optimistic of the
attorneys at Wishek is Harvey w.
Plat, attorney at law and notary
public, with practice in state and fed.
eral courts. Mr.. Plat has been prac-
ticing in Wishek for a matter of five
years, and wouldn't leave for the
world. He advises unhappy residents
Of other towns to "come to Wishek,
drink the good. water and grow fat"
When the first train dumped its
load of mail consisting ow two papers
and a sure-cure circular at Wishek,
N. E. Pratt vas on hand to take care
of it. That was the year '9S, and Mr..
Pratt has been postmaster ever since.
S. A. Pratt is clerk in the Office. The
mail to Wishek Is something over
what 1t was when the first mail ar
rived, and keeps both of them busy
distributing and reading the cards.
Security State Bank.
The Security State bank has a cap
ital Of SIS, 900, and was established
the same year the town was started,
which, Of course, you know by this
time, was the year '9S. Its surplus
and undivided profits are large
$4,128. The bank is housed in q fine
brick building and is equipped with
the latest fixtures and most modern
accounting machines. j. J, Doyle zig
president of the Security State. John
Kuiper, cashier, and Geo. Grant, vice
president.
Daniel Nickish is another old resi-
dent of the town. He came eleven
years ago, and was sure from the
| start that Wishek would be = good
town some day. and It certainly has
borne Mr.. Nickish out in that. Mt.
Nickish engages in the handling Of
improved and unimproved lands, and
holds the office of justice Of the peace
He is also a notary public.
North Star Lumber Co.
The North Star Lumber company
branch yard at Wishek is managed
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