Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-06-05
LINTON

sheep and 9,79l hogs. Inc Dutter
product of the county amounted to
$4,000 pounds. There are 10 eleva'
tors, with a capacity of 100000 bush
els; 10 lumber yards and n flour
mill, situated at Temvik. One Of the
chief and growing industries Of the
county is the production o., cream. s.
.Linton-A PreferabIa Location. -
Chief among. the. Influences instrpu-
mental in the s,up5uilding Of a com
munity with the exception of virgin
soil, are church and school influ-
ences. What Linton has to, offer. in
this direction is not a little s.. IL
The high high school, which Is, Of
the third grade, offers courses in "a.
nestle science and manual training
as well as a classical training. The
building was erected in the year 1904.
At present the total school enroll.
mept Is 1855. There is a school II
'brary, small, but growing rapidly.
The physical and chemical laboratory
is something new, these branches
having been taught only a few years,
but every effort is now used to in
crease it, and at the present time 1t
fits the needs admirably.
The high school principal is O. J..
Shefloe, from Forest City, Iowa. . \,
While n cannot judge the moral
status Of a town by the number OF.
churches 1t. possesses, il is only fall,
to reason that there is some sincerity
about a people that are, willing to
support six churches in a town Of less
than eight hundred citizens. Nv. y.
Among the places of worship that
dot the town of Linton are the fol.
lowing: The Episcopal church, OF
which Rev. MILFORD of Bismarck is
the head: the Methodist church, with
Rev. o. G. Ponath as pastor; the Ro-
man Catholic, looked after by Father
Speckmaier from Strasburg; the Ger
man Lutheran, where Rev. Henry
Tinincke occupies the pulpit; the
German Evangelical, Rev. Alex En-
mel, pastor; and the German Baptist,
of which Rev. A. II. Berndt is pastor.
These influences are a potent fac
tor in the u%prightness of the COM
munity, which is proven by the small
number OF entries on the court cal
endcr every year.
Banks and Bankers.
The First Bank of Linton was
founded by E. A. Crane, who is still
the president, in 1900. At that time
it was the only bank in the town. 1t
is now capitalized at $4,000, has a
surplus of $4,000, and a deposit of
$4,000. Besides a general banking
business, this firm makes farm loans
and does a large real estate business.
H.. q. Paul is the cashier.
The German4American Bank was
opened for business on Jan. 1, 1909.
1t has a capital stock of $4,000, a
surplus and undivided profit of $4,000.
and a deposit of $95 5000. Edward
Paddock is the president of the in
stitution and Reuel ]. Grain the cash.
Ter.
The First National Bank was organ.
lied April 25, 1903, as the Linton
State Bank. In October, 1909, it be.
came the First National Bank of Lin
ton. The firm does a real estate and
general banking business. The Off
GERS of the bank are: Frank Ches.
rown, president; C. Vorlander, vice.
president; F. ]. Pietz, cashier, and
John Meier, assistant cashier.
The three banking institutions
handle the business of the commun.
ity in good shape and are conducted
on sound business principles, which
command the confidence of the peo-
pie.
One Of the Oldest WeekIies.
The Emmons County Record was
started in 1888 by D. r. Streeter. who
came out from Chicago and helped
start the Bismarck Daily Tribune in
1881.
The Record was first printed at
Williamsport, and largely derived its
support from advertising Bismarck
firms. The railroads had not yet
built through the county and all of
the business Of the north half Of the
county went to Bismarck.
In 1898, when the county seat was
moved to Linton, the Record also
moved to the new town. Since that
time it has been published at Linton,
always having been n of the Off
cial county papers.
In January. 1912, F. B. Streeter
came from the Minneapolis Journal
and took an. interest in the paper, the
firm then becoming D. r. Streeter &
Son. After the first of the year l.. B.
Streeter will be the sole owner of the
paper. The Record is one of the old.
est papers in this section, of the state,
and few in the entire state can claim
q longer existence. There are few
editors in the state who have con
Quoted continuously for thirty years a
paper of which such editor was the
founder.
D. r. Streeter is at present a mem
Der of the lower branch of the legis-
lature from this district, and is the
Oldest member of the House in point
of continuous service, the present
term being his fifth. He perhaps has
been in active newspaper work long
er than any other man in the state,
or at least in this section. Mr.. Street
or is a staunch old man. yale and
hearty, whom everybody honors and
respects. He is a veteran of the civil
war, having served in the U. 8. navy.
We only repeat the sentiment of the
town when W. say, Good luck to him.
May he see many a Merry Xmas.
With the Merchantmen.
One of the largest and the oldest
business firms in the town is that OF
W. 10. Petrie. Here are sold general
merchandise, including shoes and fur
nishings, hardware, farm implements,
and gas engines. Resides the bnsi.