Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-08-21
tiers. at Edgeley. The proprietors are
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Sydney, this state. AZ the three lat
ter places. their business IS mostly
confined to the sale OF lumber but in
Edgeley yard implements are handled
with good success. Taking It all In
kail, this firm declares that It's busl-
ness has been ssteadiIy good, and they
have no complaint to register against
their head city.
A pool hall and restaurant. hand
ling cigars and tobaccOs, soft drinks,
and confectionery Is conducted by
D. L. Weller, who succeeds the firm
Of Good 4 Weller.
Mr.. Weller states that he has been
In business in Edseley for about five
years, and Is doing a monthly busi.
ness Of over a thousand dollars a
month. He added equipment IS his
business warranted, until now he has
four pool tables, and his lunch room
large, and np-to,date-and we'll used.
A. C. Brodtkorb. independent deal
err In lumber, wood and coal, Is en-
t~husiastic concerning the business
life Of Edgeley and the country
around, and says his business for the
past year has been fine. Mr.. Brodt-
korb has been in business In this
town for twenty-siX years, III differ
ent lines, and In the lumber business
FOR sixteen Of these years.
Ben Decker is the owner of m Of
Edgeley's modernly conducted barber
shops. He has a good equipment, too,
of three chairs and his shop Is clean
and tastefully decorated. Gle shaved
! Johnson Of the Overlanders-and
Johnson was smiling when he got to
La Moure.)
Charles J. Sturgeon, pharmacist. is
an old resident OF the county and has
built up a steady trade among the
many who know him to be a cOmpe-
tent and capable druggist. He has
been here for twenty-five years, hand
ling drugs, toilet articles, and all the
auxiliary lines carried by drug stores
the country over. His long residence
has given him extensive practice in
filling prescriptions and many Of the
best doctors give him that part of
their worh. Among them, Dr.. How
ard w. Barbour, physician and sur,
geon, is prominent. DR.. Barbour is
one OF the board of physicians con-
nected with the Edgeley hospital, and
has more work than he can himself
perform. Nothing else need be said
the faith of his patients In him is
more powerful to work In his favor
than anything else.
From the report Of the First Ma
) ~tional bank Of Edgeley, Of June 4
1913, the resurces OF the bank are
$a67, 561. O6; its deposits r $3.50, 277,
70; surplus and undivided profits S14,
2S3. SO and its capital stock $4,000
The officers Of the bank are as fol.
lows: President, w. r. Martin; vice
president, C. H. Shells; cashier, a,
Kessler; assistant cashier, Geo,
Bulmner. Directors: W. T. Martin, G.
Fl. Shells, AL. Brodtkorb.., F. B. Oak
ley and Chas. Gunthrop. The First
National is q United States %depcsitory
and is a strong and conservative
bank, and loans its money to the up
building Of the community, rather
! than to aid in any speculative ven
lures. .E..
J. M. Plat Is the proprietor of a
small. clean and homelike hotel in
Edgeley. He is an old-timer in the
state, having been in the county thir.
ty years and in Edgeley for the last
ten. He reports business Just as good
as It ever was, and If anything, gain
ing in volume.
Edgeley's painter and paperhanger,
Leroy Clifford, enjoys plenty Of work
and he gets it; consequently he is
seldom unhappy. He keeps a full line
Of wall paper, and says he has more
business than he can take care of.
w. E. Barber,f civil engineer, is en-
gineer of Edgeley. His duties not be
ing so very ardous, he has accepted
the office of police magistrate besides.
Nven the later office dosen't keep him
buAy, for people are generally good In
Edg&ley. Un to the fourth, he Tad
only two cases to hear since January,
which was slow going--bu the Glor-
ious Fourth never failed of its crop
Of delinquents, and the "jedge" dis.
posed of three the very next day.
Rev. B. A. Burns is the pastor OF
TIC NJ. z. church ii f%!;clcy. Mr.
Bars is anotha old:timers IN the
state having been in nearly every
.ecticn of the sta. FOR thirty years
he les followed lis calling, where
ever his conference sent him. He
has preached In Mandan, Bismarck.
Glen Ullin, Cakes. Betune, Fargo.
Sims, New Salem, Devils Lake, Nor
den. Taylor and Lisbon-coming to
Edgeley two years ago. Mr.. Burns
recollects seeing thirty thousand
sheep sent into the state-fve thou
sand of them to New Salem, where
he then was. Sheep at that time
lS91-sold for five dollars q head.
but shortly afterward the CLEVELAND
administration caused a slump in
prices so that they sold for only two
dollars a head.
&C. E. Erickson and Chas. Gunth0rD
are the leading spirits composing the
firm OF, the Erickson-Gunthrop Hard;
ware company, handling hardware.
stoves, paints, oils and doing steem
and hot water heating, and making .
speciality Of plumbing. This firm has
been in business for six years, and
has a stock on hand worth well over
twelve thousand dollars. Some idea
can be gained of the amount Of bust
ness done tie last year when II is
remembered that this enormous stock
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