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VICE CONDITIONS .*
Des Moines has no district peopled by the vicious. The streets are well lighted by an extensive electrolier system. The percentage of float- ing population is small. Illiteracy is insignificant. The surrounding tribu- tary country is peopled by thrifty, intelligent, law abiding people.
POSTAL RECEIPTS.
Postal receipts in 1911 were $826,032.18, in 1920 they were $2,146,381.72.
BANKS AND TRUST COMPANIES.
Des Moines has twenty-one banks and trust companies with capital of over $7,000,000 and deposits in 1920 of $85,000,000. Bank clearings for the same year were $641,737,319.62.
MANUFACTURERS.
Manufacturing establishments 1920, 475; distinctive products made, 300; value of annual output, $75,000,000; number of operatives, 12,000.
WHOLESALE TRADE.
Des Moines is a leading jobbing center, trade in this line totaled $150,000,000 in 1920.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Des Moines has 53 home insurance companies, with capital and sur- plus, exclusive of mutual companies, of $12,500,000. Total combined assets are $102,000,000.
TRANSPORTATION.
Seven of the large railway systems of the country enter Des Moines; it is not only the logical distribution center for the State of Iowa, but for
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the mid-west. Des Moines reaches 9,376 miles of Iowa's railroad points (approximately 88 per cent) by a one-road haul, which is not approached , by any other point. The systems and the number of radiating ' lines operated by each are as named below:
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry., 2; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry., 7; Chicago & Northwestern Ry., 1; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Ry., 2; Chicago Great Western Ry., 2; Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry .; 1; Wabash Ry., 1; Ft. Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Ry., 1; Inter- urban |Ry., 2. There are 8 freight depots and four passenger stations. Plans are under way to consolidate into a new and extensive passenger terminal; at the same time devising a union freight terminal.
TAXATION.
The actual valuation of Des Moines property for taxation purposes in 1920 was $177,452,980; the tax rate on a 25 per cent valuation which prevails in Iowa, totalled 157 mills on the dollar. This was divided as fol- lows: State, 7.5; County, .20; Municipal, 57.7; special water and light, .10; school district, 61.8. . Moneys and credits amounting to over $25,000,- 000 are not included in taxable valuation shown above. They are taxed at the rate of 5 mills on actual worth. Corporation stock is taxed on one- fifth instead of one-fourth vaulation and is included in taxable valuation as noted above.
THE DES MOINES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
The Des Moines Chamber of Commerce stands today, not as a new organization, not as the successor of old ones, not founded upon wreck- age, not the result of spasmodic and intermittent organization, but as a consistent and potential civic factor dating back to 1888; it has kept pace with the times; it is an ancient and honorable body, and has pride in its heritage as well as in its visions of future possibilities. It is essen- tially democratic-as any civic and commercial organization must be. It has wisely and constantly widened its horizon, and has been helpful of every phase and factor in city life. It has assisted the women and the boys in their work; it has not forgotten labor; and it has cultivated every putlying nook and corner of the municipal corporation, that there might be known of all citizens that the Chamber of Commerce existed for 'the general good. It has maintained that hospitality and courtesy, in an
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organized and distinct fashion, are community assets. service. The motto of the Chamber of Commerce is this: "To Pro- mote the Welfare of Des Moines and of Iowa." It inclines to the theory that people who are brought to sober thought, and who are wisely led, and whose public conscience is quickened, will make a better citizen- ship. | The Chamber of Commerce is a public forum. It is a clearing house. It is a business organization, a civic body, and a social club. It seeks to put into men the very best of thought and zeal and motives, that the outcome may represent the sum total of achievement. It seeks to be a leader only in that it masses the groups of individual leaders and may perhaps make cumulative the value and strength of their leadership. 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.
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Abbreviations 69
Advertisements, Index to 29
Alphabetical List of Names 69-1439
Automobile Dept, opp page. 1750
Alterations, Removals, etc.
34
Business Directory
1725
Contractors Dept opp page. 1794 Legal Dept opp page 1904 Miscellaneous Information 35 Street and Avenue Guide. 1469
Valley Junction Residence
and
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1440-1468
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Index to Miscellaneous Information
Page
Alarm of Fire, Directions for
Giving
36
Asylums and Hospitals 48
Banks and Trust Cos 48
50
Post Office 61
Public Schools, Officers, Inde- dependent School District 37
- Rates of Fare for Public Car- riages
36
Rural Routes
61
Schools
37
Secret Societies 62
1
Fire Alarm Stations 35
Fire Department 35
Government of the State of Iowa 47
Grand Army of the Republic 57
Hospitals and Asylums 48
Insurance Companies 55
Introductory 25
Labor Unions 67
Libraries 56
Medical Societies 57
Military Societies
57
Miscellaneous Clubs and Societies 57
Missions 54
Newspapers and Publications 60 Police Department 35
Churches 50
35
Clubs and Societies
57
Colleges and Schools 54
County and Township Officers. 45
Courts 55
Department of Health
35
Federal Officers 55
State Board of Control. 47
State Board of Health
47
State Board of Medical Examiners 47 State Board of Commissioners
47 47
Town Assessors 46
Township Assessors 46
Township Clerks 46
Township Constables 47
Township Justices of the Peace .47 Township Trustees
46
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Cemeteries 1
City Government
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INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS
Page
Voting Precincts
39
Ward Boundaries
38
:
Acme Sand and Material Co.
.1770
Adams Theatres Co.
16
Advance Rumely Thresher Co 75, 1728
Aetna Life Ins Co right top cor
cards
Aetna Life Ins Co (Accident and
Liability Dept)
1859
Allen Clark L Co.
1792
Alpha Floral Co. front cover American Bankers Securities Co .... 1755 American Life Ins Co right top cor ner cards
American Lithographing & Print- ing Co. 1951
Amodeo Tony
1985
Anderson Mnfg Co left side lines
and
1801
Anderson Roy M.
1948
Apperson Iowa Motor .Co. Auto
Dept
Associated Business Counsellors .... 1953 Auto Salvage and Exchange Co,
Auto Dept
Auto Sheet Metal & Radiator Auto Dept
Co,
Backman Sheet Metal Works.
1976
Badgley U S G.
1794
Bailey
The Dentist.
1805
Bair & Freeman left bottom
cor
cards
Baird-Taylor-Crawford-Lewis do, · right top cor cards Bankers Accident Ins Co, right top cor cards Bankers Life Co, right top lines Bankers Mortgage Co backbone .
and
13
Bankers Trust Co top edge and opp 126 Barrick & Son left bottom lines
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and 1967 Beamer & Wissler, Auto Dept Beck Realty Service 1957
Beckman Bros 1896
Benson J A |Construction Co right top lines and Contrs Dept Bernhard & Turner Auto Co, Auto Dept
Bianco J. 1786
Billings, Prouty & Tompkins, back cover
Bilz Sign Co left bottom cor cards Bissing & Kullander 1897 Blackman-Barbee Auto Co, Auto Dept Blue Line Transfer & Storage Co 1997 Boggs Paint & Top Shop, Auto opp Dept
Bond & Mortgage Co, left top cor cards and 1828
Boston Market
Co right bottom
Page
cor cards
Boyer F H.
1820
Bragg Rubber
Brainard J E
Co, Auto Dept
1844
Brammer Seevers & Hurlburt
1734
Brett & Griswold, Legal Dept
Brewbaker J M.
1833
Brinsmaid & Co
1778
Brown Auto Supply Co, Auto Dept Brown-Camp Hardware Co opp ...... 1849 Brown Garage The back cover and Auto Dept
Brown Hotel
1855
Brunswick-Balke Collender Co
1760
Buck Tyne M Co opp
222
Bullard Optical Co
224
Burke J S right bottom cor cards
and
1779
:
Burns Bros Co right and left side
lines and
15
Burns Sam & Co.
1787
Burns Wm J Int Detective Agency .. 1807
Cahill Annette
1780
Caldbeck Tool & Mnfg Co
1996
Canfield Bros
1842
Canfield Engineering Co.
1822
Capital Battery
& Electric Co;
Auto Dept
Capital City Commercial College
left top cor cards
Capital City Nurseries
.1930
Capital City Printing Plate Co ...... 1925
Capital City State Bank left top
lines
Capital Clay Co
The left top cor
cards and
1765
Carbon Coal Co.
1788
Carlsons . Furniture Shop.
1838
Carr & Baal Co inside front cover and index Streets
Cascade Laundry
Co right bottom
lines and
1901
Cavanagh B J
cards .
left bottom cor
Ceilly W W Optical Co.
.1936
Central Auto Market right top
lines and Auto Dept
Central Battery
Auto Dept
& Electric
Co
Central Cleaners
& Dyers.
1786
Central Land Co.
1958
Central Life Assurance Society of
the U S.
270
Central National Fire Ins Co ..
1876
Central Trust Co
12
.Central Wire & Iron Works
1896
Century Garage Co, Auto Dept
Century Lumber Co left bottom
lines and
1909
Chambers & Chambers left side
lines and Auto Dept
Chase I E & Son.
1834
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Chase & West right bottom cor cards
Chevrolet Motor Co, Auto Dept
Christensen Engineering Co. 1784 Citizens Electric Co right bottom lines City Cut Price Furniture Co. 1837 Claiborne-Reno Co, Auto Dept
Clancy P J & Co front cover and 1877
Clary Co The
1773
Clemens Auto Co, Auto Dept Clergy Auto Co, Auto Dept Cleveland Metal Products Co 1935
Colton Co Inc right side lines Commercial Addressing and Mail- i. ing Co 1727
Commercial Building & Securities
Co
1854
Concolino Wm D
1899
Conklin & Shanley Plumbing &
Heating Co
1948
Consigny Motor Truck Co, Auto Dept
Consumers Consolidated Coal Co, right side lines
Continental Mortgage & Loan Co 1828
Coon River Sand Co
1770
Corsaut John D & Co
1934
Corwin's Master Cleansing Serv-
ice
1786
Cram Frank & Sons
:1771
Crown Oil & Gas Co
1936
Dahlberg C L & Co 1985
Dairy Market The
1804
Daniels Preston
1851
Darwin Co The
1892
Davis & Davis
1780
De Brown Auto & Sales Co, Auto Dept
Deckas Poultry Farm.
1950
Dempster Mnfg & Supply Co
1955
Denny Wall Paper & Coal Co.
1892
Derr A C Company
1924
Des Moines Accessories & Vulcan-
izing Co, Auto Dept
.
Des Moines Auto Co, Auto Dept
Des Moines Auto Exchange, right bottom lines
Des Moines Blue Print Co
1761
Des Moines Buick Auto Co, Auto
Dept
Des Moines Building Material Cq 1771
Des Moines Clay Co.
1766
Des Moines Cycle Co
1759
Des Moines Dairy Co
1802
Des Moines Exide Battery & Sup-
ply Co, Auto Dept
Des Moines Foundry & Machine Co 1833
Des Moines Ice & Fuel Co.
1789
Des Moines Life & Annuity Co left top cor cards
Des Moines Machinery Exchange 1911 Des Moines Marble & Mantel Co left bottom lines
Des Moines Morris Plan Co.
1907
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Des Moines Motor Car Co, Auto Dept
Des Moines Motor Sales Co, Auto Dept
Des Moines National Bank front edge and 10
Des Moines
Pattern
&
Model
Works
1941
Des Moines Rubber Stamp Co
1970
Des Moines Sand & Fuel Co.
1973
Des Moines Sheet Metal Co.
1977
Des Moines Silo & Mnfg Co
1981
Des Moines Steel Co.
22
Des Moines Steel Tank Co
1992
Des Moines Stock Exchange.
1986
Des Moines! Storage Battery Co, Auto Dept
Des Moines Tent & Awning Co ..... .1993
Des Moines Title Co.
1725
Des Moines Trust Co.
1756
Des Moines Wholesale Janitor
Supplies Co
1897
Dewey R L.
1988
Dickson Mercantile Agency
1790
Domback & Engleman right top lines
Domm-Neal Co left top lines and .... 1958 Drake Auto Service Station, Auto Dept
Dudley
M L Agency left top cor
cards and
1858
Dyer-Martin Inv Co (Inc)
1895
E & W Clothing House right side lines
Eagle Coal Co left bottom lines .
Eagle Iron Works
1767
Economy Fuel & Sand Co.
1789
Economy Garage, Auto Dept
Electric Equipment Co right side
lines
1
Electric Service Co.
1819
Electrical Service & Sales , Co,
Auto Dept
Elimino Medicine Co.
1
1916
Employers Mutual Casualty Assn
of Iowa
1870
Equitable Life Ins Co of Iowa
3
Evans Robt M Ins Agency
1858
Fair Lawn Milk Products Co.
1803
Farmers Bond & Mortgage
Co
right bottom cor cards
Farmers Live Stock Ins Co.
1886
Federal Printing Co.
1953
First Trust & Savings Bank left
top cor cards and
11
First Mortgage Corp left side lines
Fletcher & Co (Inc) left side lines
Flint Brick Co The
1766
Flynn Dairy Co
1803
Ford Insurance Agency.
1877
Fort Des Moines Garage, Auto Dept
Fort Des Moines Hotel
17
Franklin Hotel Co right top cor
cards
Franklin Motor Co, Auto Dept
.
Franz F W
485
Furlong Boiler & Iron Works
1762
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Furman W O Co, Contrs Dept Garlock-Stutz Co, Auto Dept Garmer-Stiles Co, Contrs Dept Gibbs Welding Co, Auto Dept Gilcrest J K & W H right top lines Ginsberg . Auto Salvage Co, Auto Dept
Glasgow Woolen Mills, right top-
lines and
1991
Globe Machinery & Supply Co.
1920
Glyde & .McNamara, Auto Dept
Gordon Wm
1731
Grain Belt Ins Co.
1882
Granette Products Co.
1921-
Grant & Ross, Auto Dept
Great Western Accident Ins Co right top cor cards Green Foundry & Furnace Works, front cover
Guthrie C P
1959
Haddorff Music House
1946
Hamilton Hardware Co.
1835
Hanger
A C opp.
574
Hansen & Wooden, Legal Dept
Harper & Sons left top lines
Harris & Friar
1959
Harropp W C & Co
1953
Hast Thurza left bottom cor cards
and
1959
Hawkeye Auto Salvage Co, Auto Dept
Hawkeye Electric Co.
1813
Hawkeye Securities Fire Ins Co.
.. 1878
Highland Park Lumber Co. 1910
Hill & Sweeney, Auto Dept
Hippee-States Co, Auto Dept Hoff & Co right side lines Holly L"W & Son.
1970
Hollister & Hollister
1780
Holmes Motor Car Co, Auto Dept Homestead Co left bottom lines Hopkins Bros Co right' bottom lines and 1983
Hotel Irvin : 20
Hudson-Jones Auto Co, Auto Dept Hulse W E & Co. 1731
Iltis H M
1911
Independent Sand & Gravel Co .. 1972
Indiana Silo & Tractor Co. 1981 Integrity Mutual Casualty Co. 1862 International Bond & Guaranty Co 1755 Inter-State Business Men's Assn inside back cover Iowa Auto Salvage Co, Auto Dept Iowa Auto & Supply Co right top lines and Auto Dept Iowa Boiler Works 1762
Iowa Building & Mortgage Co.
1783 .
Iowa Electric Appliance Co.
2004
Iowa Farm Land Co.
1826
Iowa Guarantee Mortgage Corp.
1922
Iowa Mastic Roofing Co.
1966
Iowa Multigraphing Co.
1925
Iowa National Fire Ins Co
1879
Iowa Packing Co
1938:
Iowa Securities Corporation back . cover and 14 Iowa Seed Co. 1975
Page
Iowa Storage Battery Co, Auto
Dept
lowa Trust & Savings Bank front cover and 12
Iowa Vulvanizing
Co,: Auto Dept
Jacobs J E Company
1807
Jaeger Mnfg Co back cover and
16
Jansen T W Machine Co.
1913
Jeffrey Auto Tire Co, Auto Dept
Jewett Lumber Co right bot cor cards
Jones Piano Co right top cor cards
Julander & Julander
1781
Keffer & Jones
1732
Keith Furnace Service
1836
Kelchner John W. Co.
.1756
Kellogg & Kellog
1791 and 1955
:
Kendall Harriett M
1791
Kenyon Co (Inc) The opp
742 .
King "8" Motor Car Distributing
Co, Auto Dept
Kinney Charles Noyes
1778
Kirch Hermann
1897
Kirsher Joe .& Co.
1922
Kivits Dry Cleaners & Dyers
1812
Koch Bros (Inc)
1934
Koss Construction Co, Contrs Dept Kratzer Carriage Co, Auto Dept Kruidenier Cadillac Co, Auto Dept Kurtz L H & Co 1849
La Forge John T & Sons .... 774 and 1853 Lagerquist Carriage & Auto : Co right bottom lines and Auto Dept Lambert Geo F & Co, Contrs Dept Laster Motor Co, Auto Dept Latcham C A. 1779
Lauer J J & Co.
1954
Legg Printing Co opp
794
Lenning Realty Go
1960
Lentz Nathan B.
1941
.
Leslie Electric Co
1815
Levitt Real Estate Co left bottom
cor cards and
1960
Lockard Lumber Co left side lines Loetscher & Burch Mnfg Co. 22 Lorenz Motor Truck Co, Auto Dept Lowe Wm M Barber Supply Co .... 1758 Loyer H W, Contrs Dept
Lozier Auto Exchange, Auto Dept
Luce John W
1779
McClure Realty Co, left bottom lines
Mccutchen & Standring Co ..........
.1923
McCutchen & Verran Co left top
cor cards
McDonald Herbert 1792
Mckinney-Lantz & Co
1860
Maine James & Sons Co left side lines and Contrs Dept
Mann Ben E Co
1966
Marker Machinery Co
1912
Marxer Ed Co left top lines Master Truck & Tractor Co left bottom cor cards Mechanics Savings Bank right top cor cards
Mefford & McGuire
1967
Merchants Loan & Investment Co 1923
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Merchants Transfer & Storage Co, left-top lines and. 1824
Meredith F.L, Legal Dept Mid-West Auto Sales Co, Auto Dept
Mid-West Tire & Supply Co, Auto Dept
Midwestern Marble & Tile Co 1914
Miller Dentists The
1806
Miller, H Jesse 921
Montrose J P
1860
Motor Finance Co right top lines
Muehle L J .& Co
1726
Munger's European Hotel
1856
Neiman & Winans, Legal Dept
Neumann Arthur H & Co left bot-
. tom lines
Newen's Sanitary Dairy Co.
1804
Newton's Auto Salvage, Auto Dept
Nichols Roofing Co
1968
North American Natl Ins Co
1879
Northern Artificial Limb Co.
1732
Northwestern Laundry back cover
and pages
1785, 1902
Q'Rourke Engineering Co, Contrs
, Dept
Office Equipment Co 2000
Oldsmobile Motor Co, Auto Dept
Orwig & Hague, Legal Dept
Patzig ML left top cor cards and 1784
Payne Motor Co, Auto Dept
Penn Mutual Life Ins Co front
cover and
6
Peoples Abstract & Security Co .... 1725
Peoples Savings Bank, backbone and 9
Percival C L Co 1773
Perkins Builders Supply & Fuel Co, right top lines
Perkins Electric Co 1818
Pittsburgh-Des
Moines
Steel
Co
right side lines and.
1990
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
1841
Polk Jefferson H opp
1054
Poncele Water Co
1764
:Porter Ross E
1781
Porter-Tidrick Co, Auto Dept
Poster Sho-Card Studio
1980
Potwin Irving A
1726
Pratt L W
1961
Premier Service Co 1813
Putnam J B Land Co
1962
Randall E G & Co.
1763
Randall. Lumber Co
1910
Randolph Studios
1943
Rasck Auto Pilot Co.
1752
Rector Burial Vault Co 1772 . Red Line Transfer & Storage Co .. 1997 Reel Auto Service Co ribbon book- mark
Rehmann Bros
1962
Reliable Rug & Carpet Cleaning
Co 1775 Reliable Shoe Stores 1979 Reliance Brick Co 1767
Reliance Mutual Ins Assn
1866
Reliance Tailors The
1900
Retreat Inc The
1973
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Ringheim Wheelock & Co.
.1764
Rippey Arthur G, Legal Dept. w/\
Robinson E E CO.
1898
Rogg Chas W Co The
1810
Rood Garage Co, Auto Dept
Rowat Cut Stone Co 1802
Royal Union Mutual Life Ins Co front cover
Royer Sales Co
1817
Rumsey Hugh E front cover
St Catherine's Hall opp inside
back cover
St Joseph Academy opp
1791
Savery Hotel
18
Schlampp Frank Co (Inc)
1898
Schlater Bros
1995
Schooler Rubber Co, Auto Dept
Sears Auto Co left bottom lines and. Auto Dept
.
Senate Hotel
1856
Shaffer Oil & Refining Co.
1935
Sherriff-Blair Motor Co right bot- tom cor cards and Auto Dept Shinn & Lorenzen. 1849
Sixth Avenue Garage, Auto Dept {
Smith's Auto Paint Shop, Auto : Dept
Solidarity
Finance Corp
1861
Spencer Sign Service
1980
Spry & MacArthur Co, Auto Dept
Spurrier W A Jr & Co back cover
Square Deal Auto Service, Auto Dept
Standard Chemical Co (Inc)
1943
Standard Glass & Paint Co
1939
Standard Marble & Tile Co.
1915
State Auto Radiator Repair Co,
Auto Dept
State Automobile Ins Assn right bottom cor cards
State Life Ins Co of Iowa
1885
Steele Jay P
1849
Stellmacher W H
1826
Stevenson Jesse F & Co (Inc)
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.1827
Stock Exchange (Inc) The
1987
Stoner-McCray System
1937
Sundell Plumbing: Co
.1849
Swarzman I J right bottom cor cards .
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Systematic Rug Cleaning Co
1971
Thompson-Forbes Transfer & Stor-
age Co
1998
Thor Electric Shop
1814
Tower Weatherproofs Co, Contrs Dept
Towne N C & Son backbone and ..... 4 Turner. J W Improvement Co, Contrs Dept Tuttles Letter Shop right bottom lines
Twentieth Century Cafe left side lines
Union Mutual Casualty Co .1863 United Cattle Loan & Live Stock .. 1776 United State Bank back cover and 7 United States Automobile Ins Co right side lines
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Upham Bros Co front cover and .... 1862 Utility Battery Service Co, Auto Dept
Valley National Bank.
8
Vecchi Emile
1900
Walker Plumbing & Heating Co .. 1851
Ware Transfer & Storage Co.
1998
Watson Bros
1885
Weldrest Tailors opp
1367
19
Wellington Hotel
Wessels & Wessels, Legal Dept
Western Life Ins Co left bottom
cor cards
Weston Plumbing & Electric Co ....
1815
Whalen Electric Co. 1821
Wheatcraft F E
1954
Wheaton Express & Transfer Co. 1999
Wheeler Lumber, Bridge & Sup-
· ply Co right bottom lines
White' Way Garage, Auto Dept
Willcox-Howwell-Hopkins
Mu-
lock bottom edge and
5
Williamson-Ziska Co, Auto Dept
Wilson Rubber Co The, Auto Dept
Witmer-Kauffman Co
1861, 1875
Wolf & Co
1954
Worthington E C
1777
Yarham Garage, Auto Dept
1830
Yawman & Erbe Mnfg Co
Young Motor Cartage Co
1853
Zaiser Will H Specialty Co right
bottom lines and !
1900
Zeuch Herman F, Legal Dept
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Carmody Drug Co 1444
Des Moines Ice & Coal Co. 1442
Donahey H M
1444
First National Bank 1440
Garlick F S
1444
Iltis H M
1440
Jacobson M L
1442
Leland Cafe
1442
Lyric Cafe
1444
Vandenburg Drug Co.
1442
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Phillips J W 1466
Scheuer M M 1440
Schultz Henry 1442
Security Savings Bank
1444
Spencer Elmer Co 1440
Thornton F E 1440
Valley Junction Drug Co
1440
Valley Junction Savings Bank.
1442
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Alterations, Removals, Etc.
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Ailes E J mtrmn res 3024 Garfield Alexander Chas L slsmn John Morrell & Co res 3116 Garfield
Alpha Investment Co F E Wetherell pres, M A Hall sec, J E Morton treas 810-812 S & L bldg
Alpha Trust Estate, F E Wetherell chairman, Mark A Hall sec, J E Mor- ton sec, 810-812 S & L bldgl ARTS STUDIO
(J A Shepherd, B L Ogden) Photog- raphere and Artists, 258-260 : Arts Bldg, 1024 Grand av Tel Walnut 2488 AVERILL, YOUNG & CO
(T M Averill, E L Young) General Insurance, 603 Observatory Bldg, Tel Market 1791
Beck Wm R pres Valley Junction Sav- ings Bank res 536 40th
Beebe Chauncy A miner res 3117 Gar- field
Benson Percy S time kpr res 3018 State av
Bittle Jos J jr (The Master Crafts- men) res 903 31st
Black Frank M (The Car Shop) res 2916 Brattleboro av
Boudewyns Geo F horseshoer res 3030 e University av
Brilliant Cut Glass Co, W R Dredge pres, R C Jaehnert sec, H S Dredge treas, 210 Court av
Car Shop The (F M Black, J T Nutt) automobiles, 916 Walnut
Chavannes Francis E lino opr The Homestead res 3301 2d
Day School for the Deaf Clarkson Bldg 6th av sw cor Boston av
Gettys Vernon E mngr Economy Mar- ket res Clarkson apts
Hall J Dillard mngr U S Fidelity and Guarantee .Co
HALL MARK A,
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Lawyer, 810-811-812 S & L Bldg, Tel Walnut 4114, res 1056 30th, Tel Drake 3360-W
IOWA BUILDING & MORTGAGE CO, C F Wade Pres, J O Woltz V-Pres, G P Comfort Sec and Treas, T J Nolan Mngr, Real Estate Dept 713 Hippee Bldg, Tel Market 287 (See Classified City Real Estate)
JAMES JOHN P,
Lawyer, 810-811-812 S & L Bldg, Tel Walnut 4114, res 1136 Oak Park av Longley Alice S (wid Benj F) res 532 46th
McDONALD HERBERT
(McDonald Studio) Commercial Art- ist, Advertising |Illustrations, 1511 Locust (See page 1792)
McDONALD STUDIO
(Herbert McDonald) Commercial Artists, Advertising Illustrations, 1511 Locust (See page 1792)
Master Craftsmen The (J J Bittle, J. W Russell) jewelry mnfrs, 203 Shops MILLER HARLAN S
Sunday Commercial Editor : D M Register res 361 School
Nutt John T (The Car Shop) res 3914 Kingman boul
PANTAGES THEATRE
4.10-414 8th (See page 16)
Russell John W (The Master Crafts- men) res 2001 York Scott Robt clk Cargill Hotel
United States Fidelity and Guarantee Co J D Hall mngr 5th fl Hippee Bldg
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Des Moines City Directory
1921
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
CITY GOVERNMENT. .
Election March, even year. Council meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday of each week at 9 a. m., at City Hall, Locust nw cor East First.
Mayor -- Hardy H. Barton. Secretary-Arthur Feyer.
Councilmen-E. A. Elliott, H. B. Frase, J. W. Budd, Marshall Miller. License Collector __. Geo. C. Burnett. Auditor-C. C: Koons. Deputy .C. .W. Mccurdy,
City Engineer-Karl Kastberg; Asst., J. M. Tippee.
City Assessor-C. W Schram, Court House. City Clerk-Elvin E. McGlothlen.
Asst. City | Clerk-M. T. Scanlon. Corporation Counsel-C. W. Lyon. City Solicitor-E. J. Frisk. City Claim Agent-Wm. Kern. City Plumbing Inspectors-C. W. Shepard, W. R. Elder.
Police Judge- Jos. Meyer. Police Clerk-J. T. Genevay. Supt, of Fire and |Police Alarms-, E. C. Hodgson:
Supt. of Markets-S. D. Tungate.
City | Health Center-Dr. R. H. Syl- vester director, basement City Hall. Dept of Public Affairs-Hardy H. Barton, Mayor.
Dept. of Streets and Public Imps .- J. W. Budd, Supt.
Dept. of Acct. and Finances-E. A. Elliott, Supt.
Dept. of Parks and Public Property -H. B. Frase, Supt .; Mary ;F. Frase, Sec.
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