Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-12-31
PIONEER MIN!0N
MAN IS BURIED
Special 10 the Herald

Special 10 the Herald
MINTON. Sask.-Death came to
]. A. Englund. prominent resident
of this section last Tuesday, follow
ing an extended illness.
j. A. Englund, born at Millisvik.
Sweden. May 26, 1868. educated in
the common schools OF that country
was brought up in the Lutheran re-
ligion. He left Sweden at the age OF
10 years, came TO West sweden,
Wis. whre he lived and worked W
wears. Then he began working his
way westward to Red River valley,
N. D., obtained a position on a large
ranch as foreman. and also farmed
for himself for a couple or years.
He then returned to Minneapolis,
Mimi. where he took a position as
street car conductor for three years.
In the spring of 1898 he left for
N. D., took up a home
stead five miles from there, when
was at tina thine a small frontier
town, acquiring more land until he
finally owned 1900 cares in the IA
NOUS Des Lake Valley, and called
il Central Lane stock farm where
he developed one of the most mod
ern and up 10 date grain and live
stock institutions. shipping regis
tered seed grain all over the north
western state. He also raised FER
cheron horses, Red Pole cattle and
Poland China hogs, shipping them
over the middle states and part of
Canada.
In the spring of 1898 he started
an implement business in kenmare,
but in the spring of 1899 lost his
buildings and spring stock by fire,
which destroyed the west side of
town.
Using a temporary building for
an implement and machinery ware
house and one-half from the front
corner he erected a 25X50 foot stone
building in which he handed a stock
Of furniture, harness and undertake
ing supplies. Within a few years he
built up the largest implement re-
tail business state, even TO the ex-
tent of buying implements by the
train-load and harness by the car
load. But owing to three years of
crop failures he had to gradually
reduce his business.
In the summer of 1911 he en-
tered politics, was elected to the
legislature for the term of two
years, and to the state senate for
years. successive times. He was
deputy state bank examiner for two
years. editor of the Kenmare News
for one and one-half years.
Owing to continuous crop fall
ures and being unable TO raise feed
feer the stock, he moved to what
was then a wilderness where he To-
Gated plenty of water and hay and
4 good chance to build flood dams
0 store water for growing hay. He
called it the Fort Comfort ranch,
which is now located near the town
of Minton, Sask.
He was twice elected Reeve of
the rural municipality of Surprise
Valley No. 8. He was always ready
and willing to lend a helping hand
to the needy. He had many activ-
tiles. He always worked hard for
the community in which he lived
and was a great booster for the lit
tie hamlet of Minton.
He was taken sick last spring.
gas ailing for some time, and fin
ally went to Rochester where he
had a surgical operation for remov-
al of a tumor. For a time he felt
much improved, but again failing,
ne went to the Grey Nuns hospital
t Regina, where he gradually be-
came weaker from what the doctors
said was cancer of the liver. He
passed away on December Is.
brothers, four sisters adm two ne
He leaves to mourn him two
phews; Dan r. Englund of Barnum,
Mimi, and William Englund of
Kenmare, N. D.; Mrs, Knute Arne-
SON.; Miss Ada Englund, a mission
AIRY in China; two sisters in Sweden; !,
Ewald Englund of Minton and Carl /
(. Englund of st. Paul, nephews.
Also a host of friends both in Can
ada and the United States who
his death.