Des Moines and Polk County, Iowa, City Directory 1920, Part 1

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DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY

1867 1

Insurance

Company

1 54TH YEAR EQUITABLE LIFE OF IOWA

1920

Home Office Des Moines

PIONEER IOWA COMPANY

AND

OLDEST ACTIVE LIFE COMPANY ORGANIZED WEST OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER 1048 1

OVER $200,000,000.00 OF INSURANCE IN FORCE Having Doubled in Size In Less Than Four Years 1

- Liberal Policy Contracts Embodying Total Disability and Double Indemnity Benefits.

Reasonable Rates Combined with Large Annual Dividends have been responsible for a Remarkable Record for

LOW NET COST

FIRST Company in America to SECURE it promises to pay by Deposit of Securities equal to the Full Reserve upon ALL Policies in force with the Commissioner of Insurance of its Home State.

NO Greater Security has yet been devised than the FAMOUS IOWA DEPOSIT LAW

Originated by the EQUITABLE OF IOWA FIFTY-TWO YEARS AGO.

I! you WANT THE BEST Life Insurance or an Agency for the Company which sells it, Write the Company.

HOME OFFICE, DES MOINES, IOWA.

(1920) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

N. C. TOWNE REALTORS

& SON 1.

Improved Farms For Sale in Iowa, Minne- sota and North Dakota.

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Unimproved lands in Minnesota and North Dakota for sale at Bargain Prices on Easy Terms in tracts of from 40 to 5,000 acres in a body. These lands are well located, accessable to markets and adjacent to railroad stations.

INFORMATION, PLATS AND LITERATURE FURNISHED ON REQUEST.

420-421 Polk Bldg. -

Tel. Market 1612.

Des Moines, Iowa.

DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY (1920)

Willcox-Howell-Hopkins and Mulock

202 Central Life Building. Telephone Walnut 1082

The Oldest and Largest General Insurance Agency in the State ESTABLISHED 1865

We are Exceptionally Well Equipped to Serve You in The Following Lines:

Fire and Lightning High Winds, Cyclone, Tornado Use and Occupancy Rents

"Sprinkler Leakage

Plate Glass

Bank Burglary

Accident and Health

Workmen's Compensation

Resident Burglary and Theft Steam Boiler Open Stock Burglary Burglary, Safe and Show Case Fly Wheel Public and Elevator Liability Automobile Fire, Theft, Liability, Property Damage and Collision Insurance Fidelity and Surety Bonds

General Agents

GLOBE INDEMNITY CO. OF NEW YORK

"OUR FACILITIES ARE YOURS"

W. V. WILLCOX H. R. HOWELL

B. C. HOPKINS E. H. MULOCK

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(1920) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

ESTABLISHED 1847

Penn Mutual Life of Philadelphia

I Issues all forms of Life Insurance Policies, including Partnership, Corporation and Monthly Income Policies.

Compare our rates and values with those of any other company.

[ Specimen policies showing cost, values and privileges furnished on request without any obligation on your part.

Send us the date of your birth.

Over $11,000,000 carried by citizens of Des Moines, Iowa.

ANY INFORMATION, DESIRED WILL BE GIVEN BY

Rumsey Basham

General Agents

408-411 Crocker Building

Des Moines, Iowa

DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY (1920)

IOWA

BONDING&

LCASUALTY

,co.

Expert Safety Engineering and Inspection Service

rendered to policyholders of the Iowa Bonding and Casualty Company, together with prompt and satisfactory service in Underwriting and Claim departments, makes it worth while to instruct your agent to place your insurance with this strong and. aggressive Des Moines company in any of the following lines .:

Fidelity and Surety Bonds Burglary Insurance

Workman's Compensation Automobile and Public Liability Lines

All Des Moines Agents Represent This Company

[aquar Bundiny and [asualty Kompany;

CAPITAL ONE MILLION DOLLARS

EMORY H. ENGLISH, President JOEL TUTTLE, Secretary Home Office: 715 Locust Street, Des Moines

IOWA

BONDING-

CASUALTY

co.

(1920) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

Established 1872

Valley National Bank

DES MOINES, IOWA

Corner Walnut and Fourth Streets

United States Depositary

We invite accounts from busi- ness firms and individuals.

Our modern equipment and exceptional facilities are at your service.

Safety Deposit boxes for rent, $2.00 per year and upwards.

4 PER CENT INTEREST

PAID ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS IN THE

VALLEY SAVINGS BANK

Under Same Management.

Combined Capital

$ 350,000.00

Combined Surplus and Profits

950,000,00

Combined Deposits -

6,500,000.00

OFFICERS

R. A. CRAWFORD, President W. E. BARRETT, Cashier

D. S. CHAMBERLAIN, Vice President CLARENCE M. CORNWELL, Asst. Cash. JOHN H. GINSBERG, Asst. Cashier

C. T. COLE, JR., Vice President

DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY (1920)

THE

PEOPLE'S SAVINGS BANK Des Moines, Iowa

Capital $100,000.00 Surplus $200,000.00 Other Profits $50,000.00 Deposits $5,000,000.00

M. L. Sheuerman Frank P. Flynn

DIRECTORS

Dr. D. W. Smouse Chas. H. Martin

J. S. Carpenter R. J. Fleming

H. D. Thompson E. A. Slininger M. Mandelbaum

OFFICERS

CHAS. H. MARTIN, President FRANK P. FLYNN, Vice Pres. E. A. SLININGER, Cashier CARL W. MESMER, Asst. Cashier ROSCOE C. MORROW, WRAY BERTHOLF and E. R. MILLARD, Asstistant Cashiers

See Backbone

(1920) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

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Des Moines National Bank

Southeast Corner Sixth and Walnut Streets DES MOINES, JOWA

Cordially Invites You to Open Either a Checking or Savings Account, Offering Absolute Security for Your Funds, and Prompt, Accurate and Courteous Treatment

4% Interest on Savings Accounts

Finest Safe Deposit Vaults

Foreign Exchange and Travelers Checks Sold

Depository for the United States, State of Iowa, Polk County and City of Des Moines

ResourcesOver Eighteen Million Dollars

OFFICERS

JOHN A. CAVANAGH, President. H. R. HOWELL, Vice President. JOHN H. HOGAN, Cashier C. A. DIEHL, Assistant Cashier. HERBERT L. HORTON, Assistant Cashier.

GEORGE C. WILLIAMS, Asst. Cashier. OTIS L. JONES, Assistant Cashier. ANDREW J. HUGLIN, Asst. Cashier R. H. COLLINS, Assistant Cashier.

DIRECTORS

John A. Cavanagh H. B. Hawley John H. Hogan H. R. Howell

L. C. Kurtz Chas. A. Rawson Arthur Reynolds H. E. Rumsey

W. W. Sears C. S. Walker Fred W. Weitz N. M. Wilchinski

MOINES CITY DIRECTORY (1920)

DES

bitett

To Promote Our Better Acquaintance

W HEN you do business with us, we must know who you are, because confidence is a fundamental Inecessity in the banking business, and it springs only from thorough acquaintance.

For mutual advantage, we want you to know us as well as we know you. That is why when you come into our banking room you will see on the various desks and windows, bronze name-plates indicating who is at any particular desk or window.

There are no barriers of formality here. You will find a hearty welcome and a sincere desire to assist you' in any matter of banking or trust. Put us to the test.

FI IST

TRUST & SAVINGS BANK LOCUST-N. W. CORNER-SEVENTH

(1920) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

Iowa Trust & Savings Bank

TEACHOUT BUILDING, 500 EAST LOCUST STREET

WE DO A COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS BUSINESS

WE PAY 4 Per Cent Interest Compounded Semi-Annually on Savings Accounts SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT OUR POLICY Progressive Yet Conservative RESOURCES OVER $1,500,000.00 . 1

WE ARE AT HOME EVERY DAY

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

A. O. HAUGE, President JOHN A. BENSON, Vice Pres. L. M. BARLOW, Cashier C. B. HEXTELL, Vice Pres. CLARENCE MICKELSON, Asst. Cashier CHAS. E. LYNDE SOL PANOR A. C. HANGER L. O. LARSON O. K. OLSEN

CENTRAL TRUST COMPANY OF DES MOINES 316 FIFTH STREET CASH CAPITAL, $650,000.00 SURPLUS AND PROFITS, $520,000.00

Deals in First Mortgages and Investment Bonds. Acts as Executor, Administrator, Guardian and Trustee.

SCOTT RAWSON. President CHAS. L. GILCREST, Vice President L. M. GRIMES, V. Pres .- Trusts TAYLOR GRIMES, V. Pres .- Loans L. B. BARTHOLOMEW, Secretary GRANT McPHERRIN, Treasurer R. E. JACKSON, Assistant Secretary R. B. McCONLOQUE, Mgr. Bond Department

DIRECTORS

L. B. Bartholomew Simon Casady Charles L. Glicrest L. M. Grimes Taylor Grimes F. W. & Hubbell L. C. Kurtz H. 8. Nollen

Charles A. Rawson

Soott Rawson

H. E. Rumsey M. Samish W. E. Tone N. M. Wilchinski

CAPITOL HILL BANK

EAST SIXTEENTH AND GRAND AVENUE RESOURCES OVER $100,000 "A Convenient Bank for the Community" 4 Per Cent on Time Deposits Commercial and Personal Checking Accounts Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent First Mortgage Gold Bonds for sale on the installment plan.

DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY (1920)

Bankers Mortgage Company -

Capital Stock $2,000,000

We are in the market to purchase outright, entire issues of

County, City, Town,' School, Drainage, Road Bonds and Choice Iowa First Mortgages and solicit offerings of same by Public Officials.

Banks and others. Correspondence and interviews invited.

A selected list of Iowa Tax Free Municipal Bonds and Iowa Mortgages constantly carried on hand, suitable for conservative investors.

WE BUY AND SELL ALL ISSUES OF GOVERNMENT BONDS.

Bankers? Mortgage Co. -

Sixth and Walnut, Des Moines, Iowa

(1920) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

Iowa Securities Corporation

Incorporated Under Iowa Laws Capital $100,000

Iowa Securities a Specialty.

Do you know their Market value?

What Iowa Securities have You?

Write us for information free.

INVESTMENT BANKERS

Underwritings Commercial Paper

Farm Loans Listed and Unlisted Securities

Specializing in Business and corporate organizing New issues of reorganized companies

Dividend paying Preferred Stock of Iowa Corporations

We do not sell any new issue or recommend the purchase of stocks unless they have been in- vestigated and approved by our advisory board.

OFFICERS

G. Bruce Newcomb, President Myndert A. Vosburgh, Secretary E. I. Leighton, Vice President Kirk A. Boggs, Treasurer

Daniel G. Stiles, Chairman of Advisory Board Telephone Walnut 1973 Main Office, Second Floor Securities Bldg.

See top line Back Cover

Securities Building. 412-414-416 Seventh Street.

ATIER DUTLOW

MOINES CITY DIRECTORY (1920).

DES

THE BANKERS ALLIANCE

BUYS LIBERTY BONDS

Trade Acceptances

Commercial Paper

FARM MORTGAGES

Bonds of All Kinds 1

Acts as Trustee for Estates, .

and Commercial Enterprises

TRUSTEES

Ralph P. Bolton . C. A. Mains F. C. Waterbury Edw. Meents

H| M. Havner Adam Weir Wray Bertholf

321 to 325 IOWA' BUILDING DES MOINES, IOWA

(1920) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

J. W. GREGORY, President

F. I. GREGORY, Cashier

COTTAGE GROVE BANK LOANS

INVESTMENTS

SECURITIES

1911 Cottage Grove Avenue

Phone Drake 205

Jaeger Manufacturing Co.

GENERAL MILL WORK

Designers and Builders -of-

Store Fixtures, Soda Fountains, Cabinet Work, Office and Bank Furniture

Telephone, Walnut 770

Eighth and Vine Streets

DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY (1920)

Hotel Fort Des Moines

400 Rooms 400 Baths

Servidor Service

Popular Price Coffee Room

Permutit Softened Water

W. F. MILLER, President and Manager

R. M. FAWCETT, Assistant Manager

(1920) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

Hotel Savery

300 ROOMS 300 BATHS

Popular Price Coffee Room

Unique Chinese Tea Room

T. H. HOFFMAN, Manager

HAL W. MINTON, Assistant Manager

DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY (1920)

Hotel Wellington

EUROPEAN DES MOINES, IOWA

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IVYE LINC TINH

SWELLINGTORT

Hot and Cold Running Water and Telephone in Every Room. Hotel Centrally Located and Close to Wholesale and Retail District, Public Buildings and Theaters. Three Blocks from the Rock Island and Union Stations.

200 ROOMS -50 WITH PRIVATE BATH

Rooms Without Bath 75c to $1.75

Rooms With Bath $1.50 to $3.50 1

Our Elegant Cafeteria

Is Spacious, Beautiful and Artistically Decorated. The Service is the Best and the Cuisine of the Highest Standard and at Low Prices.

H. C. HANSEN, Proprietor H. W. NESTING, Manager

. (1920) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

Kirkwood Hotel

Corner Fourth and Walnut Streets Des Moines, Iowa

EUROPEAN PLAN

Remodeled and Newly Furnished Throughout

Excellent Cafe in Connection Sea Foods a Specialty

Business Men's Lunch, 75c ...

11:30 A. M. TO 2 P. M.

BAYFIELD & WARDEN, Props. J. C. VENABLE, Mgr.

MOINES CITY DIRECTORY (1920)

DES

HOTEL IR WIN

New (European) Absolutely Fireproof Most Popular Hotel in Iowa's Capital

HOTEL IRIWIIN

100 ROOMS, 90 WITH BATH, CIRCULATING ICE WATER IN ROOMS. CLOSE TO THEATERS, SHOPPING DISTRICTS, BOTH WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, AND COURT HOUSE.' ACROSS FROM UNION R. R. STATION AND ONLY ONE BLOCK FROM C. R. I. & P. DEPOT

W. T. IRWIN, Mgr. RATES $1.25 AND UP E. L. LLOYD, Sec.

(1920) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

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Stabilit yan Permanency

Do you realize that a City Directory advertisement is a testimonial to the per- manency, the stability, of the advertiser?

That's the sort of concern all of us want to patronize, because we know when they sell us merchandise they are behind it in every way, today, tomorrow, and for the years to come.

"Fly-by-night," "fire-sale" and other temporary or "get-rich-quick" concerns rarely appear in the City Direc- tory.

And it is a noteworthy fact that the concerns which advertise one year in the city directory are there again next year. 90% of directory advertising is renewed.

Directory advertising, is profitable. In connection with the class- ified business headings it is doubly effective.

May we explain how and why it will pay you? .. .

The Publishers of this Directory

DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY (1920)

Des Moines

Rubber Stamp Works FRANK CHILD, Proprietor

"Same Day Service" -Manufacturers of-

RUBBER STAMPS

STENCILS AND BADGES

NOTARIAL AND CORPORATION

SEALS ----

BUY FROM THE MANUFACTURER-PROMPT SERVICE

206 FIFTH STREET

DES MOINES

Loetscher & Burch Mfg. Co. SASH, DOORS, MOULDINGS, STAIR WORK, ETC.

MANUFACTURERS AND DESIGNERS OF

STORE, BANK 'AND OFFICE FIXTURES

MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF

Everything in Mill Work High-Grade Hardwood Interior Woodwork a Specialty

Office Corner East Fourth and Vine Streets Telephone Maple 250, 251

(1920) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

DES MOINES STEEL CO.

QUICK S E R

I C

1000 Tons Steel in Stock for Immediate Shipment STEEL FOR BUILDINGS BRIDGES

FIRE ESCAPES

ORNAMENTAL IRON

CONCRETE REINFORCING BARS

RANSOME CONCRETE MIXERS

QUICK

S E R V

I C E

DES MOINES STEEL CO.,

FIFTH AND TUTTLE STREETS, DES MOINES, IOWA

Phone Walnut 2400

J. E. VAN LIEW, President

Pittsburgh - Des Moines Steel Co.

Formerly Des Moines Bridge & Iron Co.

DES MOINES, IOWA

PITTSBURGH, PA.

Steel Bridges Roof Trusses Building Steel Concrete Steel Water Towers Fire Escapes Water Plants For Towns

Tel. Wal. 1800

SEESIDE LINES

EVERYTHING IN STEEL

R. L. POLK & CO.'S 11

DES MOINES

CITY AND VALLEY JUNCTION DIRECTORY 1920

VOLUME XXVIII

CONTAINING A MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORY OF STATE, COUNTY AND OITY GOVERN- MENTS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, CHURCHES, SECRET AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES, ETC., A STREET GUIDE AND HOUSEHOLDERS' DIRECTORY, AN ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED LIST OF BUSINESS HOUSES AND PRI- VATE CITIZENS, GIVING THEIR FULL NAMES, OCCUPATION . OR PURSUIT, AND ADDRESS. ALSO A COMPLETE

CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY "The Buyers' Guide"

PRICE

" The DIRECTORY IS THE COMMON INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN BUYI RAND SELLER"

$9.00

OFFICES

1717-718 Polk Bldg., Des Moines, Iowa

Member Association of North American

R. L. POLK & CO., Compilers and Publishers

(1920) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

F629 . 24 A18

(1920)

The Association of

North American

Directory Publishers

OFFICERS

H. J. Farnham, President

New Haven, Conn. Geo. W. Overton, 1st Vice-Pres. Chicago, I11.

J. Martin Gardner, 2d Vice-Pres. Toronto, Ont. Theo. F. Smith, Sec-Treasurer ' St. Paul, Minn.

TRUSTEES

A. V. Williams, Cincinnati R. L. Polk, Detroit

R. H. Donnelley, Chicago W. L. Richmond, Yonkers Alvin H. Boyd, Reading G. D'W. Marcy, Boston

Wm. G. Torchiana, Philadelphia B. D. Annewalt, Cleveland R. W. Lovell, Montreal

D. W. Bowman, Akron W. H. Lee, New Haven

Secretary's Office, Endicott Bldg., St. Paul, Minn.

The Association of North American Directory Publishers is composed of reputable City Directory Publishers, organized for the general ad- vancement of the Directory business. Any person, corporation or firm engaged in business as owner and publisher of a City Directory in the United States or Canada, who shall qualify as competent to gather in- formation and compile a City Directory and furnish satisfactory refer- ences, is eligible to membership.

The objects of the Association are:

First. The advancement of the Directory business and the improve- ment of Directories by the interchange of ideas and the exchange of ex- perienced employes.

Second. To provide protection to the public against fraudulent ad- vertising schemes which operate under the name of Directories, and to drive unprincipled promoters of the same out of business. .

Third. To provide permanent and profitable employment to compe- tent. industrious and honest Directory canvassers and compilers.

Fourth. For the mutual protection and advancement of the estab- lished and prospective interests of all who may become members, by personal advice and assistance of members as may be mutually satis- factory. desirable or advisable, and by such other means as may, from time to time. be shown to be wise proper and lawful.

$100.00 REWARD will be paid by the Association for the arrest, and conviction of any person or persons engaged in publishing; collecting or canvassing for any fraudulent or "fake" Directory.

ASSOCIATION

PA P. BONO PUBLICO

AMERICAN

DIRECTORY

PUBLISHERS X

... ........

REGISTERED

1899

Introductory

The twenty-eighth edition of R. L. Polk's Des Moines. City Directory is herewith presented with the assurance that it will be found as complete and accurate as have the previous editions, which have proven so satis- factory as meeting the requirements of patrons and citizens generally.

The Directory consists of four essential departments: The Miscel- laneous, the Alphabetical List of Names, the Street and Avenne Guide and Directory of Householders and the Classified Business Directory. The departments are compiled in the order stated. Persons not familiar with the compiled arrangement of information are referred to the Indexes on pages 30 to 35.

STATISTICAL FACTS CONCERNING DES MOINES. POPULATION OF GREATER DES MOINES.

The total number of names in the present Des Moines City Directory is 55,273. In this number is included no firm name, church, school, insti- tution nor anything else which does not stand for the' name of an indi- vidual. Using the multiple of 21/2-to allow for the names of women and children not represented in its columns-we have 138,182 as the estimated population for the territory covered by the Directory canvass.

Area, 56 square miles; altitude, 810 feet above sea level; assessed valuation, $150,327,060.00; bonded debt, $7,645,972.06; tax rate, 13.6 per $1,000; miles of streets, 500; miles of paving, 179; miles of public sewers, 206; miles of electric street railway, 100; miles of gas mains laid, 250.

PARKS AND PARKWAYS.

Number of parks, 30; number of acres, 800; value, $2,004,450.00.

WATER WORKS.

Capacity, 30,000,000 gallons daily; daily average number of gallons pumped, 9,500,000; miles of water mains, 205; value of plant, $3,475,000.00.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Number of men, 199; number of station houses, 15; number of automo- biles (28 combination trucks) ; value of buildings and lots, $237,693.00; value of apparatus, $122,471.00.

' POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Number of men, 131; number of stations, 1.

BANKS AND TRUST COMPANIES.

Number, 21; deposits

$85,000,000.00; clearings 1918, $500,000,-

000.00.

BUILDING.

Value of building permits 1919, $5,266,185.00. 1

HOSPITALS. ---

Eight-1 General; 7 Private.

- HOTELS.

Thirty (accredited) with 4,000 rooms.

(1920) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

MANUFACTURING.

Number of factories, 417; operatives, 11,600; wages paid annually, $S,700,000.00; value of annual output; $60,000,000.00.

PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Number of volumes, 106,282.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Number of schools, 56; number of teachers, 840; number of pupils, 22,089; value of property, $4,399,280.89.

THEATRES.

Theatres and motion pictures houses, 25.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CITY OF CERTAINTIES.

Interurbans bring over 2,500 shoppers to Des Moines daily. Over 1,000,000 people live within five hours by rail of Des Moines.

Jobbing 1919 (including machinery business), $150,000,000.

Transportation -- Burlington Route; Chicago Great Western; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Fort Dodge,; Des Moines & Southern; Minneapolis & St. Louis; Chicago & Northwestern, and the Wabash. Sixty electric interurban trains in and out daily.

Des Moines Courthouse cost $$00,000, and has the finest interior marbles in the West.

Des Moines has the finest electrolier lighting system in the country.

Over 70 per cent of Des Moines' citizens own their own homes.

Des Moines farm and agricultural journals have a circulation of over 1.500,000.

The average outside attendance at the; lowa State 175,000 persons annually.

Fair exceeds

Over 100 conventions meet in Des Moines annually.

Des Moines is one of the largest United States.

machinery distributing points in the

The railroad payroll in Des Moines averages $500,000.00 monthly.

Des Moines pays over 20 million dollars annually for freight charges.

Des Moines ships 60,000 cars of way freight annually.

Des Moines is the largest coal-producing district in the state.

Des Moines makes a quarter million bricks daily.

Shipments of clay products-including underground electric conduits, fireproofing brick, hollow wall tile, vitrified paving tile, floor wainscoting and roofing tile, fancy facial brick, etc .- ; over 20,000 cars annually.

Des Moines has the largest stave silo manufacturing plant in the United States.

Des Moines has the largest independent cement plant in the country.

Des Moines has the largest plant for the manufacturing of women's ready-to-wear wool garments in the United States.

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Des Moines has one of the largest roofing tile plants in the United States.

Des Moines makes 5 per cent of the proprietary medicine in the world.

DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY (1920)

Des Moines has the largest millinery jobbing house in America,

Des Moines has the largest convention building in Iowa, and one of the largest in the West. The Coliseum has an arena with seating capacity for 9,000 persons. This may be converted into an exhibit hall with a level and unobstructed floor space, 104x197 feet. There is a small assembly hall in the building seating 900 persons and there are also several committee rooms.

Des Moines has also the Auditorium, a large and comfortable public meeting place, controlled by the Chamber of Commerce.

Des Moines is the capital of Iowa. The State has here a capitol cost- ing $3,000,000; historical building costing $500,000; State Fair grounds representing $2,500,000 invested. All of the department of the State gov- ernment and headquarters of all the State institutions are in Des Moines.

Des Moines is governed by the Des Moines Plan. Five councilmen are elected at large, are assigned to departments and like the directory board of a bank, direct its affairs.

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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

. The Chamber of Commerce is a live organization of business and pro- fessional men whose main efforts are devoted to the advancement of the civic interests and material prosperity of the municipality.

One of its important functions is to encourage the establishment of industries. Its chief activities are directed toward making Des Moines a bigger, better and sturdier city commercially and industrially. Inquiries regarding the city and its interests are invited by the Chamber.

DIRECTORY LIBRARY.

` A library of City and County Directories and State Gazetteers has been installed by us in the offices of the Chamber of Commerce in the Savery Hotel for the free use of our patrons. As the latest Directories are issued they will be added to the Library, thereby keeping it up to date from year to year. We extend a cordial invitation to each and every one of our subscribers to make frequent use of the Library and to consult the Directories on file as often as desired, when information in regard to any individual, firm, corporation or institution' located in other cities is desired. Copies of this Directory are placed by the publishers in Directory Libraries, which are maintained in all the larger cities of the country, where they are readily

available for reference use by the public. There they serve as perpetual advertisements of Des Moines, for business men the country over realize the City Directory represents the community as it really is.

R. L. POLK & CO., Compilers and Publishers.

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(1920) R. L. POLK & CO.'S.

GENERAL INDEX

Abbreviations

Advertisements, Index to

Alphabetical List of Names. . . 73-1385

Automobile Dept, opp page

16SS

Alterations, Removals, etc

Business Directory

1667

Contractors Dept opp page. .1728 Legal Dept opp page .. 1842 Miscellaneous information 37 Street and Avenue Guide. 1415 Valley Junction Residence and 1386-1413 Business Directory . .

INDEX TO MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

Alarm of Fire. Directions for

Giving 38

Asylums and Hospitals 50

Banks and Trust Cos

Cemeteries

Churches

City Government 37

Clubs and Societies 60

Colleges and Schools

County and Township Officers 47

Courts 57

Department of Health 37

Federal Officers

Fire Alarm Stations

Fire Department

Government of the State of lowa. . 49

Grand Army of the Republic 59

Hospitals and Asylums

Insurance Companies

Labor Union 09

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