Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-24
On the South Branch ofithe
500. A Dairying and
Farming Community
Lehr pruq Company.

handles drugs, drug sundries, candies.
cigars and maintains a modern soda
fountain. The postoffce is located in
the Lehr drug store, with !. r., Giedt,
as assistant cashier Of the bank, as
postmaster.
Cream Buyer.
A. D. Kritzman is cream buyer tor
/ the Ashley Creamery company. Tire
Lelr cream station for this outside
firm was opened the 18th of May Of
this year, and is already doing a good
amount of buying. The station pulls
cream from as far as eighteen miles
into the country. The cream is ship
ned from Lehr to Wishek and then
goes on down the other branch OF
the 500 south to Ashley. The whole
route is a matter Of thirty miles.
The Local North Star Co.
The olcal yard of the North Star
Lumber company is managed by A.
II. Bolton. The yards-there art Two
of the same company's-have been
in Lehr for nine years. and are very
orderly and we'll kept, in appearance.
The lumber business does not suffer
in tle vicinity of Lehr. for every
spring an epidemic of residence and
barn building btgins.
General Store.
John Rott is the proprietor Of "A.
lively and businesslike. general store
in Lehr, handling drygoods, groceries
and hardware. No machinery is
carried on hand, howevtr. Mr.. Rott
has been in business for ten years.
and is very well acquainted with the
territory from which he mu s. draw his
trade. Mr.. Rott is q man vjlO works
along his w convictions and a man
of firm beliefs. He is an ardent Zap.
fist. Tht ratio Of he two congrega-
tions in Lehr-the Methods. and the
Bap:ist-said Mr.. Rott, is about six
to one
Dealer In Grain And Feed.
Jacob Fl. Jenner is a dealer in grl!n
and feed. He is manager of he Old
est elevator in town, which vas built
by the Woodward Ele"csor company.
and has a capacity Of 10000 bushels.
Mr.. Jenner's grain business---so far as
relative amounts Of the different
grains is cUnsiiered--resOlves itself
into the following order: Barley, six
cars; fax, eighteen cars; wheat.
seventy.one cars; rye, one car. This
is his business for last year.
Farm machinery.
The firm of Nagel & Bitter is u first
class one to see for farm machinery.
cattle and land. Mr.. Na@ei has been
managing the firm for about ole year.
He was cashier il the bank 70: tlree.
and the business ia when he is low
engaged has been in existence for
about four. These two men have beer
in the ne%ighbOrhODd of Lehr ever since
the town was started but until re-
Gently were engaged in other work.
They report their business in farm
machinery, land and cattle to be good,
and seem we'll satisfied with their To-
cation.
Buys Cream.
Jacob Bowen is cream buyer for an
outside cream company, the name OF.
which our repO" er nnglects to state.
FMr. Bowen has been buying cream III
| Lehr for -four years, and his average
is about eight %10-gallOn cans daily.
He declares himself we'll satisfied at
this amount. s.
Another Cream Buyer.
William Kopplin is another cream
buyer stationed in the town of Lehr
for his share of the large quantity OF
cream produced in the community
Last month he bought Az 1O-gaiion
cans of cream, and he states t1at MS
cream buying business is growing
larger. He has been stationed mere
for over three years.
Braufman of Cash Store.
The Lehr Cash store, owned by Joe
Braufman. deals in general merchan.
disc of every description. He carries
absolutely a full line of everything the
nature Of his business calls for. ana
puts himself several PAGES ahead Oh
the mail order houses in price q
Mr.. Braufman established the 'bvs''
ness himself five years ago and has
built it up to wat it is 10y the hara.
est of work. He does - business or
probably $25, 900 every year. rs
U~p-to.date Harness Shop. 30
Adolph1 Jenner is the owner of&one
of the most up-tO-date and complete
harness shops to be fund in any town
in the state. He has a good line OF
everything in the way Of harness, brid.
+, les, pads. buckles and all the sundries
appersaining. Lehr people know they
can get nothing better than what Mr..
.Jenner has for sale, and others would
soon discover this by giving him u
trial.
Caters To Farmer Trade.
Another Of the stores which cater
to the farmer trade is the Lehr Far.
ner store. The owner are l.. Rubin
and Frank Rigler, and the stock hand
led includes lrygoods, clothing, boots
and shoes, crockery. hardware, fur
niture. groceries. etc. This firm is
i capitalized at 0,OOO-which is a
rpetty heavy capitalization in a
small town for a business only four
years old.
Spot Of Historic Interest.
A spot of historic interest to people
Of Lehr is the old church which stands
five miles out OF Lehr. 1t is the oldest
church built. having been erected in
1887. 1t measures 1880 feet, and at
present is t%hirty-fve miles from a
railroad.
Lehr is growing all the time. Its
ine soil IFS UOOd water its sturdy