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CHURCH OF CHRIST. - As a result of Kreul. The membership in 1902 in- a protracted meeting, held by Rev cluded fifteen families, representing Bruce Brown, the Church of Christ seventy-three souls,
congregation of Laurens was orgau-
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Rev. J. Pless also serves the St. fred Darnell were elected a board of Peter's Evangelical Lutheran church directors; and a tax of $300 was levied at Pocahontas. This congregation to complete the two upper rooms of was organized in Lincoln township in the school building.
1893 by Rev. O. Stachling, of Lizard
March 16th 1891, the board organized township, who, in 1896, was succeeded by the election of Daniel Davis, presi- by Rev. Wm. Weltner. In 1900, when dent; W. E. Caswell. secretary; and the railroad came, the place of meet- W. A. McNee, treasurer. A teachers' ing was changed to Pocahontas and fund of $1200 was levied and the that fall this congregation became a school terin increased to nine months. part of the pastorate of J. Piess, of The first school in Laurens was Laurens. The next year a church, taught by L. M. Starr during the win- 32×48 feet and costing $2,400, was ter of 1882-83. It was held in the built and dedicated Sept. 14, 1901. second story of Shoemakers' hardware This congregation includes twenty- store and was attended by six pupils, six families, 140 souls. The officers in two each from the families of Dr. 1902 were J. De Wall, J. H. De Wall, Carroll, Joseph Cranton and Hiram F. Weltner, Wm. Boog, H. De Wall, G. Bottin, and G. Aden.
Herrold. Jared Hughes was elected the director that year.
The first building had only one room
SWEDISH LUTHERAN: The Swedish Lutherans are quite numerous in the and was built in 1883. In 1889 a four vicinity of Laurens, and, during the room frame building was built at a early 90's, they secured the erection cost of $3000. Only the two lower of a church building. costing about rooms were completed and during the $1,800, at Laurens. They have a resi- next two years it continued to be used dent pastor, Rev. R. Beckstrom, who as a township building. In 1891, when has served them a long time in the the independent district was estab- pastorate. Their house of worship is lished, the building- was completed used also by the German Lutherans. and two additional teachers employ-
CATHOLIC: Catholic services have ed. In 1896 the fifth teacher was add- been maintained at Laurens several ed. In 1900 the building was enlarged years by Rev. P. H. McCauley and and improved at a cost of $7000. In Rev. Joseph Murtagh, successive pas- 1902 seven teachers were employed tors, of the Rolfe Catholic church. In and 300 scholars were enrolled. 1901 a neat church building was built at Laurens at a cost of $1,800.
THE HIGH SCHOOL.
The school building, a large frame structure, is located on the summit north of the C. & N. W. depot where
The Independent school district of it towers in bold relief at the north Laurens was established Feb. 14, 1891, end of Third street. It is a credit to including the south half of sections the town and its rooms are open to 21 and 22, the north half of sections 33 pupils from the township. The course and 34 and all of sections 27 and 28; of study is equal to any in the public and this act of the township school
schools of Northwest Iowa and par- board received public approval Feb. 25 ents find here the facilities for giving following, by a vote of 29 to 3.
their children a good education.
In October 1900, in response to a proposition made by Hon. Geo. W.
The first election in this district was held March 9, 1891, in the office of Beardsley & Allen. W. E. Caswell Schce, of Primghar, to donate $100 for served as chairman of the town meet- a library the school children raised ing and Jesse Clifton as secretary. $50, the citizens $160 and a library Daniel Davis, W. E. Caswell and Al- costing $300 was put in the high school.
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Mr. Schee has helped many poor boys and 50 for young people. This library" to obtain a good education by putting was placed iu the store of Stacy & them in a position to help themselves. Weaver and it was open to all appli- It is his desire by means of libraries of this sort to aid as many children as possible of Northwest lowa.
Louie E. Lange taught the school four years, 1886-89, in the one room building. In the new building he was succeeded by Prof. Gates and Myra Steward in 1889 and 1890, who had as assistants respectively, Viola Eaton and Anna L. Shoemaker. .
The succession of principals since the establishment of the independent district has been as follows: Gilger E. Mckinnon, 1891; Jesse Gates, G. A. Emery, W. P. Fobes, Lillian L. Crissley, C. C. Hodges, '96-97; E. L. Grout, '98-1902: W. H. Reever.
The assistants have been Myra Steward, Ida M. Moore, Ida M. Bar- rett, Anna L. Shoemaker, Grace M. Roewe, Minnie E. Curtis, Kate L. Se. right, '93-96; Julia A. Riddle, Cora Montgomery, Mrs. G. E. Mckinnon, Jessie B. Lawson, '95-97; J. J. Lynch, Carrie E. Carrick, Lillian Wheeler, Bessie B. Arnold, Cora A. Hall, '97- 1902; Clara E. Boothroyd, '98-1900; Bessie B. Osnald, Marie Vance, Anna Fouche, '99-1900; Jessie Campbell, '99-1900; Mrs. Kate Melson, Flora V. Noble, '99-02; Dence Braley, Tessa Douglass, Alice McDougall, Altha Curry.
The high school was organized in 1897 and the following classes have graduated from it.
May Galleher, Daniel W. Bovee.
1899, Maud Allen, Ethel Saum, Lena Hughes, Orin Nelson.
cants free of charge from 3 to 5 o'clock every Saturday afternoon beginning April 20th, for a short time.
NOBLE OPERA HOUSE .- One of the recent improvements worthy of spec- ial mention is the opera house built in 1902 by V. A. Noble. He was the owner of the Commercial House, built by Robert Houst in 1883, and, removing it to another part of the town to be used as a dwelling house, he erected in its place a double brick block, the lower story of which is used for store rooms and the upper one for an opera house. This hall is 60x80 feet and has a plat- form 30x40 feet, thatis furnished with elaborate and artistic scenic effects. The auditorium will seat 537 persons and its acoustic properties are excel- lent. The formal opening Oct. 16, 1902 was the occasion of an important society event. The house was crowd- with the best people of the commun- ity and many visitors from neighbor- ing towns, to witness the performance of the play entitled, "The Wrong Mr. Wright." Many of the ladies wore beautiful gowas prepared for the oc- casion, and the receipts were nearly $1000. It is a commodious and beau- tiful auditorium and the citizens gave Mr. Noble a bonus of $1500 to encour- age him to build it.
G A. R., LAURENS.
The G. A. R. Post of Laurens was 1898, Flora Carroll, Roy Hunter, organized on the evening of Jan, 29, 1884, by Comrade A. L. Burnell, of Patterson ville, assisted by C. L. Davi- son, L. V. C. of the department of Allen; L. V. C., Philip Herrold; J. V.
In 1901 the course of study was ex- Iowa, as follows: Commander, B. E. tended to twelve years.
1902, Albert H. Kreul, Bernice Ole- C., Jared Hughes; Adjt., Stephen son, Vira V. Davis, Elizabeth Allen, Sturdivan; Searg., Geo. W. Proctor; Oliver E. Atkinson.
Chap., J. Brown; Q. M., Robert C.
In 1901 the ladies of the Mother's Jones; O. D., Nelson Parker; S. M , Club secured the loan of 100 volumes Daniel Pew; Q. M. S., Peter Urban; from the State Library-50 for adults Comrades, Albert L. Wood, Edward
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Burke, J. B. Gifford, Robert Frost, cessers of (A. J.) Wilson & De Wolf as John Pettit, C. W. Bahm.
LAURENS SCHOOL OFFICERS.
school officers has been as follows:
PRESIDENTS OF THE BOARD: Daniel Davis, 1891-92; M. M. Noah, '93-96; C. J. Bovee, '97; C. F Kreul, '98-99; W. F. Crowder, 1900; M. M. Noah, '01 02.
The succession of the Laurens rina, Albert Cityand Webb, and a bank business at Curlew, with the princi- pal office at Laurens. The firm of Wilson & DeWolf was formed in 1895, when they bought elevators at Lau- rens and Havelock. In 1899 they built elevators at Albert City, Varina, SECRETARIES: W. E. Caswell, '91- Webb and Marathon. In 1901 they Geo. H. Bunton, Laurens, and in the
92; H. O. Austin, Jesse Clifton, '93- became the owners of the elevator of 1901; E. E Narey, E. G. Cool.
TREASURERS: W. A. McN e, '[1-92; spring of 1902, in place of the two B. L. Allen, '93-1902.
elevators then owned, they built a Others that served as members of large one at Laurens, that has a the board were W. E Caswell, Alfred
capacity of 60,000 bushels, modern Darnell, W. V. Moore, F. O. Nicho's, hopper bins, conveniences for ele- J. N. Furness, Geo. T. Johnson, '93-
vating corn in the ear and a sheller 99; J. J. Lynch, R. C. Hall, '95-1902; that can shell 500 bushels of corn J. E. Peterson, O. M. Murphy, Hon. in an hour. M. E . De Wolf.
LEADING BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
On Oct. 1, 1902, Anson E. Wells of Laurens, who had previously disposed of his elevator interests at Laurens This bank was established as a pri- and Havelock to the Wells-Hood vate institution in 1889 and in Sep- Grain Co , of Central City, Neb , pur- tember 1892 was incorporated as a chased the elevator interests of Hon. National bank. Its officers from the A. J. Wilson and thus became a mem- first have been F. H. Helsell, presi- ber of the firm of De Wolf & Wells dent; J. P. Farmer, vice-president; Thebanking business at Curlew, that W. A. McNee, cashier, L. D. Beards- was included in the deal, was soon ley and G. E. Mckinnon, assistant disposed of and the new firm, with its cashiers a few years ago, have been succeeded by C. E. Narey, capital stock is $50.000.
headquarters at Laurens, is devoting The its sole attention to the work of its line of elevators located at the six
This bank is located on the corner other towns above named. This south of the depot and is provided firm does a vast amount of business- with a fire proof vault, burglar proof and is the disburser of a large amount safes and the Diebold automatic time of money. They ship annually more device. than 1,000 cars of grain that average 1,000 bushels to the car.
The officers of this bank are pro prietors of several others in the vicin- ity of Laurens, and have a high stand- ing in commercial circles. They are
WELLS BROS.
Wells Bros, Anson E. and A. A., grain buyers at Havelock, in 1897 pur- careful, conservative men, and are chased an elevator at Laurens and endeavoring to extend to their located there. They had been en- patrons all the advantages of a safe gaged in the grain business since banking institution.
1888 and had become familiar with all DEWOLF & WELLS. its details. They secured the man- M. E De Wolf and Anson E. Wells, agement of elevators at Laurens, in the fall of 1902, became the suc- Havelock and Curlew, a bank at
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proprietors of a line of elevators at Laurens, Havelock, Marathon, Va-
DANIEL J. ALLEN, LAURENS. 1832-1897.
M. E. DE WOLF, REPRESENTATIVE, 1898-99.
FRED. C. GILCHRIST, REPRESENTATIVE, 1902-03.
CHARLES S. ALLEN. BANKER.
MONTAGUE HAKES, REPRESENTATIVE, 1904-05.
LAURENS.
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Curlew, and had the principal office at the business interests established by Laurens since 1897.
D. J. Allen & Sons, now Allen Bros.,
June 1, 1902, this firm of Wells bankers and dealers in real estate and Bros. sold their elevators at Laurens, live stock. The rapid growth and ex- Havelock and Curlew to the Wells- pansion of their business enterprises Hood Grain Co., of Central City, Neb. is almost without a parallel in the Oct. 1, following, Anson E. Wells history of Pocahontas county.
bought the elevator interests of
These men, now occupying a lead- Hon. A. J. Wilson and thus became a ing place in the business interests of member of the new firm of De Wolf & Laurens, Ware and Pocahontas, were Wells, who are the proprietors of a first represented in this county in the half dozen elevators in the vicinity of year 1886. In February 1886, tv.o Laurens and haye their principal brothers, Charles S. and Benjamin L., Office at that place. A. A. Wells has sons of D. J. Allen of Marshall coun- become a resident of Marathon. The ty, having previously obtained posses- firm of Wells Bros. for several years sion of several thousand acres of un- was a yery prominent one in this improved land in this vicinity, came county and its proprietors were al- to Laurens with a capital of $35,000 ways ready to do their share toward and, purchasing the two private the upbuilding of the towns in which banks of Geo. W. Leverich and M. B.
their elevators were located.
WHEELER GRAIN & COAL CO.
Caswell, united them and established in their place the Exchange Bank of
The Wheeler Grain & Coal Co , with Laurens. They also at the same time headquarters at Laurens, is one of and place established a Land & Loan the new enterprises established in Agency. D. J. Allen & Sons were the this county, as a result of the con- sole proprietors of both of these in- struction of the new railway-the C. stitutions, and they were personally R. I. & P .- in 1900. This company conducted by Charles S. and Benja- was incorporated Aug. 15, 1900 with min L. Allen. Later they established a paid up capital stock of $20.000. a loan agency at Pocahontas. In 1887 They own and operate elevators at they were joined by their brother, Pocahontas, Ware, Laurens and Byron J. Allen, an attorney, who Leverett, Iowa, that are unsurpassed located at Pocahontas and took in their facilities for handling grain. charge of the office at that place.
They have low driveways, patent con-
In 1890 D. J. Allen, their father, trollable dumps. Fairbank's Standard became a resident of Laurens, and in scales and the machinery is propelled 1891 another bank was established at in each by gasoline engines.
L. W. Pocahontas under the management Wheeler, the president and general of Byron J. Allen, president.
manager of the company came from July 1, 1892 the business interests Kankakee, Ill., where for several of D. J. Allen & Sons were re-organ- years he was assistant cashier of the ized and their scope greatly er larged. City National bank. The other stock- The capital of the Exchange Bank at
holders and directors are H. H. Laurens was increased to $50,000, and · Wheeler, vice-president, and W. S. it was incorporated as the State Bank Wheeler, secretary.
of Laurens under the following ALLEN BROS., BANKERS AND LOAN directors, D. J. Allen, Frank Deklotz,
AGENTS. Eri D. Anderson, G. H. Bunton, The history of Laurens would not be complete, if it did not include an Louie E. Lange, S. F. Sturdivan and C. S. Allen. The officers then chosen account of the rise and progress of were C. S. Allen, president, Frank
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Deklotz, vice-president and B. L. N. Carlson, cashier, with a capital of Allen, cashier. The Land & Loan $10,000. Agency was reorganized as the Allen
With the progress of years some
Land & Loan Company, and its capi- changes have taken place in the per- tal stock was increased to $136,400. sonnel of the State Bank at Laurens. The new officers were D. J. Allen, D. J. Allen died in 1897, Charles L. president, C. S. Allen, secretary and Allen continues to be president and treasurer, and B. L. Allen, assistant M. T. Nilsson is cashier. It is now one secretary. That same year a double of the most popular and successful two story brick building, costing $11,- banking institutions of northwest 000, was built for the bank at Laurens. Iowa and enjoys fully the confidence This building is provided with a fire of the people. Its constant aim is to proof vault, burglar proof chests and serve its patrons faithfully and afford all possible safe-guards.
them every facility and convenience consistent with safe and conservative
January 24, 1893, the other bank was reorganized as the State Bank of banking.
Pocahontas and its capital increased During the years that have passed, the Allen Bros. have permanently in- vested many thousands of dollars, to $25,000. The officers then chosen were O. S. Allen, president, Terrence Doyle, vice-president and T. F. Mc- in the erection of some of the finest Cartan, cashier. buildings in Laurens and Poca-
Utilizing their lands for
In 1893 they had the Iowa Publish- hontas. ing Co., of Dubuque, prepare and raising print for free distribution, a large have
and feeding stock, they
become leaders in that edition of a seventy page pamphlet, business, carrying each year several that gave an excellent account of the thousand sheep, hogs and cattle. agricultural resources, manufacturing Under their skillful management industries and business interests of their capital has rapidly increased. Pocahontas county. They endeavor- If however they have reaped boun- ed to attract to this locality new tifully during the recent years of unrivaled prosperity, it is be- settlers and outside capital, by mak- ing known through this excellent cause they had previously sown with advertising publication the oppor- a liberal hand. The times have been tunities for safe and profitable in- prosperous and they were in a posi- vestment, in the rich and productive tion to ride upon the crest of the lands of Pocahontas county.
wave. Their names have become in-
December 31, 1896 the charter of seperably connected with the growth the State Bank at Pocahontas was and prosperity of this county, espec- surrendered and the business there ially of the cities of Laurens, Poca- sold to Heald, Stegge & McCartan; hontas and Ware.
but January 1, 1900 the bank of
The banking institutions of a com- "Allen Bros." was re-established munity indicate the character or there with a capital of $10,000 under development of its commercial inter- the management of J. H. Allen, presi- ests better than any other, because, dent, C. S. Allen, vice-president, .F. they constitute the medium of ex- W. Lindeman, cashier, and B. L. change, that supplies the life cur- Allen, assistant cashier. They also rents to business enterprises. They established the same year (1900) the are as serviceable and indispensable Savings Bank at Ware under the to commercial life as the veins and management of B. L. Allen, president, arteries, through which the blood M. T. Nilsson, vice-president, and C. circulates, are to the animal organism.
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The people of Laurens are to be con-
Harry K. Squires, who raises a good gratulated on the solid and substan- grade of Plymouth Rocks, sold the tial character of their banking insti- first year 23 capons that averaged 8} tutions and the constant increase in pounds and four of them brought $1.00 the amount of their deposits.
HAKES BROS., MONTAGUE AND JAMES R., POULTRY DEALERS.
each. In 1901 Squires delivered 36 capons. Two averaged 13 pounds and brought $1.30 each; 18 averaged 10
Hakes Bros., merchants and poultry pounds and brought $1.00 each; and dealers, who used to make the sale of 16 averaged 8 pounds. Benjamin general merchandise their principal Ritters delivered 14 capons and re- business, have made it easy for the ceived $14.00. W. S. Butler delivered farmers of Pocahontas county to 50 capons and received an average of realize a handsome profit raising 80 cents. James Cunningham, who poultry. They have studied the east- raised 200, Frank De Wolf, Robert ern markets and learned what is want- Roy and Claus Johnson received simi- ed. They have also learned how to liar prices for their fowls. These re- dress, pack and ship poultry so as to sults can be duplicated by any careful receive for it the highest price.
farmer who raises the larger breeds Wyandottes, Brahmas or Langshans.
Perceiving that capons brought the of fowls, such as Plymouth Rocks, highest price paid for chickens, they were not deterred by the difficulties Caponizing has the effect of extend- incident to raising them and; believ- ing the period of growth and increas- ing that Pocahontas county could ing the size. Capons therefore re- produce the best, in the summer of quire a little more time for full 1894 they secured a man familiar with development than roosters.
the art of caponizing roosters and The number of capons handled by sent him through the country to do this firm is steadily increasing. From this work for all their customers free five to seven thousand are annually of charge, the only condition being caponized at Laurens. About 5,000 that they be allowed to handle their are annually caponized in the vicinity surplus poultry paying for it the high- of Rolfe and at a number of the other towns where they purchase
est market price.
This experiment proved so satis- poultry.
factory that a large majority of the The annual income of the farmers in the north part of this county from poultry raisers in the vicinity of Laurens adopted this method of rais- poultry and their product is much ing poultry and the Hakes Bros. in larger than many suppose and capon- 1897 and 1900 extended their trade to izing tends to greatly increase it with- Rolfe, Marathon and many other out any extra expense to the producer. localities on the two lines of railway During the first season centering at Laurens.
caponizing was a difficult undertaking. The
The price paid for capons varies ac- idea was new to the farmers and they cording to the weight of the fowl, the looked upon the stranger with sus- heaviest ones bringing the highest picion. Some feared his contract would later appear as a promissory price per pound. The following illus- trations, showing the experience of note, and others told him, "they several of their customers living in would wiggle along the old way and the vicinity of Rolfe, have been noted let their roosters do the same."
It is altogether different now. They
by the Reveille and much of this article has been taken from the col- have become acquainted with M. & umns of that excellent paper. J. R. Hakes and learned the value of
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their work. They know what it nection with the shipment of live means to receive 50 cents to $1.25 each birds, through the neglect of some of for their roosters instead of the old their patrons to deliver their poultry price, 25 to 50 cents a head.
on the appointed day. This seems a In 1900 Hakes Bros. erected at small matter, but it usually deter- Laurens a two story building, 40x96 mines whether the dealer shall have feet, for dressing and packing poul- a profit or sustain a loss on that ship- try. This is a substantial building ment. The dealer has secured a car that rests on a brick foundation, and for a certain date and contracted for adjoining it are large and commodious the delivery of enough fowls to fill it sheds and yards for live poultry.
that day, but a few farmers are either
During the year ending June 30, busy or negligent, and the car has to 1900 they paid to the farmers in the be shipped with a partial instead of a vicinity of Laurens $17,000 for poultry full load. The expense of buying and and to patrons at Havelock, Rolfe hauling and also of freight, is as and other towns $40,000 more, making great as if the full amount had been an aggregate of $57,000 for that year. received, and the commission is about On one day in December 1902 they as great, so that in frequent instances · paid $5,000 for the live poultry de- the shortage in delivery changes the livered to them by wagon and rail expectation of profit to a realization at Laurens that day, and nearly of loss.
It has been truthfully said, that he
$100,000 for the entire amount of it handled by them that year. who makes two blades of grass grow There is perhaps not another town in the state that gives the farmers so much clear cash for poultry as this one firm pays its patrons at Laurens. During the packing period each year people of a community as the poultry their establishment is a very busy place. Twenty-five men are employ- the Hakes Bros., they merit recogni- ed in it. . Thousands of chickens, tion and public patronage. Such men are public benefactors. None have in the yards and sheds around it; also been more grateful for the public a procession of loaded wagons moving patronage accorded to them than these turkeys, ducks and geese may be seen where only one grew before, is a bene- factor to his race. When men of en- terprise build up a business, that brings clear profit to so many of the business under the management of men who have made Laurens the at- tractive center of the largest poultry
towards it, and on the side track car loads of live or dressed fowls arriving or ready for departure. In the spring trade in Northwest Iowa. of 1902 they had at one time twenty car loads, 225 tons, of dressed poultry In cold storage at Laurens and New York City.
'HINN BROS., W. & J. G.
Hinn Bros,, millers and butter manufacturers, Laurens, are men whose cleverness and ambition have
All the dressed fowls are assorted enabled them to attain an enviable A leadership in the lines of business
and graded as they are packed. careful record is kept so that at any they represent.
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