The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-12-07
DEATH OF FRANK PIPER
Well Known Man Was Interested In
Many Enterprises.

| Well Known Man Was Interested In
Many Enterprises.
! The Minneapolis Journal referred to
! the death of George Frank Piper, ST.,
as follows:
George Frank Piper, Sr., for many
years one of the best known business
men in Minneapolis, died early today
at his home, 1000 Pleasant avenue,
after a brief illness. Mr.. Piper has
! been in poor health for more than
year, but it was not until about two
weeks ago that he contracted bronchi-
al trouble which last Wednesday de-
veloped into pneumonia. Yesterday his
condition became serious, and he died
at $50 a. m. today
Mr.. Piper, who was siXty-one Years
old, was native of Minneapolis, hav-
ing been born here, April II, 1856.
With the exception of few years
spent on his fathers farm, near Man
kato, and ten years in the oil business
there, he lived in Minneapolis contin-
uously He was educated in the Min
neapolis public schools, Mankato nor
NAL school and the University of Min
nesota.
He organized the Midland Linseed
Products company, and was treasurer
of the concern until his death. He also
was director in number of other
Minneapolis concerns.
For many years Mr.. Piper was di-
rector of the Minneapolis Chamber of
Commerce, was president of the
chamber for one year and vice presi-
dent two years. He was prominently
associated with a number of grain
companies in Canada which control
large part of the grain yield of the
dominion, and was known throughout
the northwest for his grain, lumber
and oil interests.
He returned to Minneapolis from
Mankato in 1873 and entered the Uni
versity of Minnesota. After one year,
however, he decided that he preferred
to start in business Immediately, rath-
er than wait until after finishing his
college course. He began as manu-
facturer of linseed oil, in which he
has been most prominently engaged.
He returned to Mankato and was
engaged in the linseed Oil manufactur-
ing busiess there for ten years.
In 1881 he married Grace Brett at
Mankato. He returned to Minneapolis
again in 1894 and established the oil
plant here that supplied 90 per cent of
the linseed oil used in the United
States.
Mr. Piper did not confine himself to
the production of linseed oil, however.
Many years ago he and some associ-
ates purchased more than 100000
acres of land in Canada, and it was
through his efforts that the part of
Canada in which his land was located
was developed into a grain producing
country He was also extensively in
terested in the lumber business in
Canada For years he was treasurer
and director of the Saskatchewan VAL
ley Land company and the Canadian
Elevator company, two of the largest
land and grain companies in Canada.
He was a director of the Security
National bank, and when that institu-
ton merged with the First National
bank, was named director of the new
institution Mr. Piper also was a d.
rector of the Minneapolis Trust COM
pany, and had been prominent in
financial circles of Minneapolis for
many years.
He is survived by his widow, four
sons, Clarence B.; Louis H.; Harry C..
and George F. Piper, Jr.; two sisters,
Mrs. A. L. Warner, Duluth and Miss
Clara A. Piper, Seattle, Wash, and
one brother, Charles w. Piper, Minot,
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