Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-08-21
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! real estate and insurance. Judged ~
try ahstnaaaiis Iptooputiation " heeAtowfTs MT
I Gunthorp is receiving an unusually
good salary, but his compensation is
regulated by the business done by his
Office, which far exceeds the usual
business done ~ an Office in a town
of the same size. A dray load OF
mail Is handled on every train, and
there are many mails q day into Edge
ley, which, is fact taking its proper
place as d railroad town.. The post
masters salary'is 81, 70o-fgure it out
on a basis of a thousand population
and find out how Edgelev compares
with your own town.
One of the best livery and feed
stables Is owned by +. J. Noyes. An
auto livery is run In connection. Mr..
Noyes has been in business for nine
years, has a. stock Of twenty head
/ Of horses and two automobiles, and
has been doing a monthly business
around the $500 a month mark. The
only ones who are not surprised are
his patrons. A
I. c. Doane, who is city attorney
of Edgeley, is associated with Walter
Fl. Murfn, states attorney of La
Moure county, in the law partnership
Of Murfln & Doane, attorneys at law.
The fact that each holds a public
office-one by election, the other by
appointment-speaks we'll for the le-
gal future Of the firm.
! Edgeley citizens never hesitate
, when they want anything at all In
the way of general merchandise, hard
} ware, cheese, toothpscks ar nails.
They go to Magnuson Bros, for this
firm has been in business in their
town for eleven years, and they are
too we'll known to need any induce
ment save their goods and service.
Magnuson Bros. have done and are
doing a good business. Their stock
turned twice in the past year, and
considering the size Of the stock, this
IS exceptionally good. Magnuson
Eros. have no reason to complain OF
Edgeley.
The Citizens State bank is a strong
and conservatively managed institu
ton, with deposits aggregating $3.50,
600, and capital and surplus amount
ing to $4,000. The ocicers are Her
man p. Sox, president; w. Pepper
vice president; F. B. Peek vice presi
dent; Henry ]. Buscher, cashier;
Ralph w. Hall, assistant cashier. AL
are local men. The amount OF the
cream checks which passed through
the Citizens State bank totalled
$4,000 per month.
Another OF the firms handling gen
eral merchandise in Edgeley is tina
Of Bowen Bros.--J. E.. Bowen ant
re-. w. Bowen. They have kept /,
fresh stock of groceries, all the nev
things, in the way of shelf mad heavy
hardware and are fully stocked tt
supply any purchaser of anything ii
their line. "&i .A"'
Grady 4 Kaut, Of the Edgeley Bot
ting works, are working up a goot
trade in Edgeley and surrounding
towns. They started the business the
first Of June Of the present year, ant
itself on the location Of such an up
to:date plant in that town.
Charles Gunthory is at present post
master Of the Edgeley postoffice. He
has held the position Of the pas
eight years, and is in his second term
Mr.. Gunthorp has been in business ir
Edgeley for many years, and handles
are now putting out one hundred and
fifty cases a day. Their power is
furnished by a six horse power en-
CINE. They confine their products
exclusively to carbohated waters ani
cider. ~ f..s = A&
rKath Bros.-being A. =. and r. L
Kath-are clotheirs for men ant
young men, ladies and children" This
partnership has been in Edgeley five
years, and has a stock OF $1,000
which they have turned three times
within the past -ear. The firms spe
cialty is the Hart, Schaffner & Marx
brand Of clothing. '
.. A. White is the mar to see fol
shelf and heavy hardware, plumbing
steam and hot water heating. He is
an old ,N0fth Dakotan, being a resi-
dent Of the state thirty-one years
and the last eight of those in Edge
ley. He has been a farmer, but now
owns n of the best equipped stores
in his line to be found. =
NJ. Bentson-the Ready-to Wear
Store-with headquarters at Lidge
wood, established the Edgeley branch
store in 1911. 1t is a complete out
fitting place for men, women and
children in%everything re%ady-to-wear
The store carries on hand a stock Of
$4,000. A specially is made in the
clothing. of the Kaufman Honse, Chi
cage.
A new drug store is just starting in
Edgeley which is certain to be 4
credit to the town. II is owned BY
G.. d. McMasters and w. L. Sackett.
Not long ago the drug store, which
stood next door to THIS, was burned
down, and the new one is built en-.
tirely new from the ground up New
fixtures, new stock-new everything.
II you ever forsook an old plaYthing
for one with the "boughten" appear.
ahce still on, you will want to inspect
this new store, to look at the interior,
all tremendously rendered in mission
oak-the partition behind, the drug
cases along the walls and the show
cases. The building is 25xS0 feet,
with a full basement and another
story above the ground floor. Mr..
McMasters is not unknown to Edge
ley, having come two wears ago. and