Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-03
PROMINENT
bAukERDIED
YESTERDAY
6. 1. Ad1ldlaERMAN, OF NAN
DAN, PASSED AWAY AT
u ], sHosP1TAL. AMI
FUNERAL MONDAY
was one Of best. known
business men and financiers
Of the northw est.
FUNERAL MONDAY

Of The northwe est.
C. L. Zimmerman, prominent veal.
thy banker of Mandan, and nj of the
best known business men Of the
Northwest, died last night in the hos.
pital at Mandan, following a long i'll.
ness from Bright's disease. The fun
eral will be held at Mandan al 4
O'Clock Monday afternoon, and inter.
ment will be made there.
. Showed Improvement.
Mr.. Zimmerman showed q decided
improvement in his condition last
week, and friends hoped that the pa
tient vas on the road to recovery.
But a relapse came, and the best eff.
forts Of the physicians were unavaii.
ing to save his life.
III For Long Time.
He had been suffering from his NAL
ady for a long time in January he
went to Florida in hoDes that the
change Of climate wou::ss prove ben
eficial. In May, he returned to the
north, and stayed for a considerable
time at the home of H. r. Lyon, the
Minneapolis banker. On July 18th he
returned to Mandan, and was taken to
the hospital. His condition grew
steadily worse, from that time on,
except for q brief interval when he
seemed to rally.
Prominent Banker.
Charles L. Zimmerman was one Of
the wealthiest bankers CT the north
west, his fortune being estimated at
more than $250,Ooo. He has been ac-
lively in the banking business for
many years, and at the time OF his
death was connected with a string
Of banks in Hebron, New Salem, Glen
Ullin, Richardton, Flasher, Elgin,
Center, Oliver, Golden Valley, and
others. He was vice president of the
First National bank at Mandan.
He was unmarried, and is surviv-
ed by his father, who is in Germany
two brothers, August Zimmerman,
Of Almont and Henry, Zimmerman,
of New England, and a sister, Mrs.
Martin Larson, Of Mandan. a
sM 3MaSs Big Factor. ]
Mr.. Zimmerman has been one Of
the biggest factors in the develop
ment of the western part of the
state, cattleman, banker, land
owner and man of affairs, he dis
played the most tremendous activ-
tiles in performing the first duties
Of citizen in a now county,
putting settlers on the land, and
helping to make them prosperous
and satisfied. He game fairly up
from the ranks himself and was
justice Q fsthe peace at Sims at a time
when the country was wild and I'M
developed. He had since then con-
verified cattle ranges into farms, and
put people on them; started cream
cries and taught the people their val
ue; started and maintained banks and
proved their utility to a new coun-
try. His interests wero broad and
varied, and he earned the right to
the title of one of the biggest North
Dakotans west. of the Missouri Riv-
er. ~
Born In Germany.
Mr.. Zimmerman was born in Ger.
many. and received his education in
the common schools Of that country.
He came to the United States when
he was IA years Of age, and lived
in Baltimore until he was %, coming
to this section ROT Dakota territory
in 1883.
Began As Clerk.
He began life in the new u
try in a clerical capacity, and was,
in turn, school teacher. Justice and
ranchman. He was paymaster1 Of the
Northern Pacifica Coal company at
Timberline, Mont:;ein 1Sa6-7.8 and
started a store at Sims in 1889. He
established a ranch in Oliver county
in 1887, and Center, the county seat
Of Oliver county, is now located or
his original rangesahe2 having sold
IOuttin 1891. sFag 9l i5% 3AfM2s1t [
Wtatif Established Ranch ~
He established the Big DOgtooth
ranch on Dogtooth Greek, So miles.
southwest of Mandan in 1896, Gand:
sold the land to settlers in 1904 He
was one Of the men who started the,
great movement into western, North.
Dakota, when the Mercer county
Land company, Of which he was
treasurer bought. large areas of lanc
west of the river from the Northern
Pacific railroad and4opened ythemsup
He, was treasurer of the Morton
county Land CO.; which did "a great
work in bringing In settlers.
flrst4e Instituted c%reaneries. I ~
Heawas president Of the Hanover
Creamery company, the first cream
cry established In Oliver county, and
president of tire Blue Grass Creamery
company, the first creamery in Nor
ton county outside Of New Salem. He
taught, by practice and precept, that
IT. vas more profitable to till the
lands and milk the COWS than to
range cattle. He did things instead
of sending other peopls to do them.
Master Of. Finance. ss8
He had a positive genius for fin
anCe and not the least Of the serv-
ice he performed for the new coun.
trycthe did SO much to open Up was
in, establishing banks. He has been
vice president Of the First National
bank of Mandan since 1894, besides
being actively connected with the
of hanks mentioned above, |