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As I look around and see the freedom from disease, the sturdy, well preserved people well advanced in life and realize what the glorious sunlight, the clear, dry, cool, vitalizing air and the clear sparkling water, a beverage prepared by God Himself, has done for them, I am inclined to place these health giving and health restoring properties in the first and highest place in all of God's gifts to man.
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CHAPTER XXI. EARLY HISTORY.
Robinson, in the History of South Dakota, Vol. 1, page 399, says:
"Faulk county was named after the third Governor of the territory, and dates from January 8, 1873. It was not organized until October 25th, 1883, when Governor Ord- way appointed commissioners for that purpose. The county seat was located at LaFoon but soon removed to Faulkton. The railroad reached the county in 1884 (evi- dently a misprint as Faulk county was without a railroad until the fall of 1886.) The earliest exploration of the county was probably by William Dixon, in one of his trips to the James river in 1828. The county is upon the line of travel from the Missouri to the Minnesota, and John C. Fremont and Joseph N. Nicollet passed through it in 1839, Dr. Stephen R. Riggs in 1840. James R. Brown made many trips through this section in the thirties. Scatter- wood lake in the northeastern portion, was a famous Indian camp. Faulkton is the chief town. John A. Pickler of this county was representative in congress from 1889 to 1896. Howard Fuller, judge of the supreme court. Major Humphrey, adjutant general from 1897 to 1901. Area 1016 square miles, population 3547."
We are under obligations to D. H. Latham, Esq. for the following interesting communication upon this interest- ing subject:
"General John C. Fremont and party visited what is now Faulk county in 1839.
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"Doane Robinson, our state historian, has discovered by delving into the records and reports of General Fremont on file in the war department at Washington, that General John C. Fremont and party traveled across what is now Faulk county in the year 1839, and no doubt was one of the first white people to visit this section.
"In 1839, Dr. Joseph N. Nicollet, the famous French scientist, came up the river to Fort Pierre, accompanied by General C. Fremont, then a young man. They were in the employ of the government and had been sent out to map the Dakota country, the first official action of this kind. They remained at Pierre for several weeks, prepar- ing for their work, and then set out for the James river and arrived at Medicine knoll, near Blunt, on the evening . of July 3. At midnight Fremont went to the top of Medi- cine knoll and fired guns and rockets in celebration of the national anniversary. After traveling part way to the James they stopped to fish at Scatterwood lake, Faulk county, finally reaching the river at Armadale grove in Spink county. This grove was a famous camping place for the Indians and early travelers. Thence they passed up the James and across to Devils lake, and thence back down the coteaux to Lake Traverse and Big Stone, whence they left the state, going down the Minnesota to St. Paul.
"In traveling across the country from Blunt to Scat- terwood lake, General Fremont and party must have crossed the Nixon river in the vicinity of Faulkton, about July 5th, 1839."
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CHAPTER XXII. TOWN ORGANIZATIONS IN FAULK COUNTY.
Town
Township
Range
Date of Organization
Arcade
117
68
July 15, 1908
Centerville
118
67
January, 1905
DeVoe
119
67
Spring of 1905
Emerson
120
68
May 15, 1900
Enterprise
120
70
July 20, 1901
Elroy
119
72
March 4, 1890
Fairview
120
67
March 7, 1893
Freedom
120
69
1896
Hillsdale
117
67
March 7, 1905
LaFoon
118
68
January, 1889
Latham
118
71
March 1, 1885
Myron
119
68
March 5, 1901
Orient
117
69
October 3, 1887
Pioneer
118
66
January 1, 1905
Pulaski
119
69
1891
Saratoga
119
70
July 27, 1891
Seneca
118
72
March 1, 1904
Sherman
120
72
February 23, 1892
Union
120
66
March 5, 1907
Wesley
119
66
May 20, 1905
Zell
117
66
1888
The seven remaining townships in the county, viz: Clark, Bryant, Ellisville, Irving, Tamworth, township 117, range 71 and township 119, range 71, without regard to township lines, are arranged into school townships, with the following officers:
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Clark school township, 120, range 71,
Joseph Heintzman, chairman.
Edward Ford, clerk.
Joseph Sahli, treasurer.
Bryant school township, part of township 118, range 70, with the most of township 119, range 71,
John Barrett, chairman.
J. H. Peck, clerk.
August Weyand, treasurer.
Irving school township, all of township 117, range 70, one-third of township 118, range 71 and one-half of town- ship 117, range 71:
O. M. Roberts, chairman.
P. J. Maloney, clerk.
Christ Hansen, treasurer.
Ellisville school township, township 117, range 72 and one-half of township 117, range 71:
Frank Arzt, chairman.
P. M. Christensen, clerk.
Adam Sangster, treasurer.
Tamworth school township, all of township 118, range 69, less the city of Faulkton, which is located upon sections fourteen and fifteen in this township.
The following are the school officers in Tamworth township:
Fred Kleeblatt, chairman.
F. A. Paugburn, clerk.
Emerson Thayer, treasurer.
The village and railroad station of Orient are in the town of Orient. The villages of Zell and Rockham on the Chicago & Northwestern railroad are both in the town of
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Zell. The village and railroad station of Miranda are on section 1, in the town of Arcade. The town and railroad station of Burkmere are on section 7, township 118, range 70.
The village of Seneca is an important and flourishing railroad center for western Faulk county and eastern Potter county. Millard station is ten miles north of Faulkton in the town of Pulaski on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad.
The following are the several railroad stations in Faulk county on the line of the Minneapolis & St. Louis railroad, viz: Chelsea in the town of Union; Cresbard in Emerson; Carlyle in Enterprise and Onaka in Sherman.
At the present time Cresbard has become an import- tant, flourishing business center.
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CHAPTER XXIII. TOWN OFFICERS.
ARCADE.
Oren Strevel, H. H. Metz, and W. A. Milligan, super- visors.
John Grau, clerk.
Sam Loy, treasurer.
John Noble and R. Alexander, justices of the peace.
CENTERVILLE.
The first town officers were: George M. Johnson, C. M. Hammond and Henry Nicholson, supervisors,
Victor Moberg, clerk.
R. E. Travis, treasurer.
C. O. Moberg, assessor.
D. W. Pillsbury, justice of the peace.
Officers for 1908: George M. Johnson, C. M. Ham- mond and Henry Moberg, Supervisors,
Victor Moberg, clerk.
R. E. Travis, treasurer.
A. W. Moberg, assessor.
DE VOE.
First town officers: Alex Miller, J. B. Devine and I. H. Lerew, Supervisors.
A. B. Clifford, clerk.
Lewis Severance, treasurer.
W. T. Jackman, assessor.
Officers for 1908: Alex Miller, S. W. Lerew and J. A. Devine, Supervisors.
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A. B. Clifford, clerk.
Frank Smith, treasurer.
W. T. Jackman, assessor.
EMERSON.
First board of town officers: Jacob Gabler, Mack Baker and Jasper Wakefield, supervisors.
Frank Currier, clerk.
J. A. Day, treasurer.
A. A. Andrews, assessor.
J. J. Price and J. F. Luke, justices of the peace.
Officers for 1908: Henry Thiede, chairman of the board of supervisors.
Frank Currier, clerk.
J. F. Luke, treasurer.
Jacob Fillbach, assessor.
ENTERPRISE.
First board of town officers: S. G. Akers, J. L. Ran- dall and W. A. Stephenson, supervisors.
L. W. Dawson, clerk.
Nels McClain, treasurer.
William Wade, assessor.
H. Y. Wallace and O. A. Olson, justices of the peace. Officers for 1908 :- T. P. Nestor, Allen Law and Ole Olson, supervisors.
W. O. Landon, clerk .
James F. Nestor, treasurer.
H. W. Ward, assessor.
E. F. Guernsey and Nels Olson, justices of the peace. ELROY.
Roland Hill, treasurer. William O. Lester, assessor. William Q. Lester, clerk.
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FAIRVIEW.
First board of town officers: P. Deitz, R. O. Thayer and John Younkin, supervisors.
J. T. Yates, clerk.
E. McComb, treasurer.
S. R. Ogden, assessor.
E. D. Eldred and E. G. Clizbe, justices of the peace. Officers for 1908: William Hunter, George Horen, and H. O. McComb, supervisors.
A. E. Jewell, clerk.
R. N. Styles, treasurer.
C. A. Thompson, assessor.
J. C. Hanson and D. W. Welton, justices of the peace. FREEDOM
W. W. Thomas, Henry F. Holden, and Ed. Bohnke, supervisors.
F. W. Holscher, clerk.
William Holscher, Jr., treasurer.
John Bohnke, assessor.
John C. Smith and John Witzel, justices of the peace. Officers for 1908: Henry F. Holscher, Herman Hols- cher and Henry F. Malts, supervisors.
F. W. Holscher, clerk.
William Holscher, Jr., treasurer.
John C. Smith, assessor.
Herman H. Holscher and John McIntyre, justices of the peace.
HILLSDALE.
Officers for 1908: M. Stammers, Chairman of the board of Supervisors.
B. F. Ruhlman, clerk.
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William Hogeboom, treasurer.
John Christianson, assessor.
LA FOON.
First town officers: A. M. Warner, Jacob Geist and L. L. Anderson, supervisors.
Soren Hansen clerk.
James Purdon, treasurer.
John Blair, assessor.
Samuel Purdon, justice of the peace.
Town officers for 1908: H. W. Simpson, J. E. Hutch-
inson and W. H. Smith, supervisors.
Charles S. Schenck, clerk.
Frank Schenck, treasurer.
Charles Hogg, assessor.
James Warner, justice of the peace.
LATHAM.
First town officers: J. S. Smith, A. J. Hagan and B. J. Finney, supervisors.
J. O. Johnson, clerk.
H. M. Dahl, treasurer.
T. J. Schomebem, assessor.
T. J. Potter, justice of peace.
Officers for 1908: A. J. Hagan, T. J. Potter and William Zellman, supervisors.
J. O. Johnson, clerk. H. M. Dalıl, treasurer.
Fred Kettleman, assessor.
T. J. Potter, justice of the peace. MYRON.
First town officers, J. H. Treat, Joseph Powell and William Blair, supervisors.
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C. E. Chapman, clerk.
W. H. Lehman, treasurer.
G. E. Frink, assessor.
W. H. Reinecke and Scott Demmery, justices of the peace.
Officers for 1908: John Younkin, C. H. Paul and W. A. Childs, supervisors.
C. E. Chapman, clerk.
A. J. Wakefield, treasurer.
G. E. Frink, assessor.
ORIENT.
First town officers: John J. Conway, Barney Deeney and David Mooney, supervisors.
Edward M. Hand, clerk.
Lewis J. Pratt, treasurer.
Samuel Downs, assessor.
John Reilly and Joseph B. Sprowles, justices of the peace.
Town officers for 1908: Albert Gooder, chairman of board of supervisors.
H. P. Weidman, clerk.
N. A. Gardner, treasurer.
J. W. Thomas, assessor.
A. H. Robbins, justice of the peace.
PIONEER.
First town officers: T. N. Brown, Robert Knapton and Lewis G. Reed, supervisors.
George Mead, clerk.
Oscar Babcock, treasurer.
Wilson Brown, assessor.
Town officers for 1908: Thomas N. Brown, William T. Loesch and Robert Knapton, supervisors.
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George Mead, clerk.
Joseph Kegler, treasurer.
Fred E. Clark, assessor.
PULASKI.
First town officers: W. H. Elliot, E. Thiede and Soren Hanson, supervisors.
E. B. Littlefield, clerk.
O. N. Beim, treasurer.
G. W. Hulet, assessor.
W. H. DuBois, justice of the peace.
Town officers for 1908: Hans L. Hanson. John Mc- Grath and H. Korrup, supervisors.
Nicholas Wik, clerk.
Andrew Seim, treasurer.
Elias Loken, assessor.
John McGrath, justice of the peace.
SARATOGA.
First town officers: John L. Robinson, Amos Voss and Henry Hazelhorst, supervisors.
Morgan G. Millard, clerk.
V. R. Freeman, treasurer.
G. P. Moberg, assessor.
George Wakefield and Morgan G. Millard, justices of the peace.
Town officers for 1908: A. C. Voss, William Haga- dorn and L. W. Freitag, supervisors ..
Henry Hazelhorst, clerk.
August Weyand, treasurer.
L. W. Freitag, assessor.
SENECA.
Town officers for 1908: M. Geiver, Adolph Reinecke and Elias Roseland, supervisors ..
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D. C. Hobart, clerk,
J. T. Snell, treasurer,
William Kellett, assessor,
A. Frayn and A. M, Thompson, justices of the peace, SHERMAN.
First town officers, J. S. Nevins, Martin Mickkelsen and Paul Linke, supervisors.
George McGraw, clerk,
Charles O'Neil, treasurer,
E, F. Schuler, assessor,
O, P. House, and F, H. Simmons, justices of the peace.
Town officers for 1908: James P, Paulson, Paul E. Berg and Henry Iverson, supervisors,
Knud Hanson, clerk,
Hans Hanson, treasurer,
Herman Berg, assessor,
L. C. Paulson and R. S. Patterson, justices of the peace,
UNION.
First town officers: H. F, Bittner, Harry Tinker and F. D. Persons, supervisors.
Elmer D. Evans, clerk,
A. A. Tracy, treasurer,
E. W. Ford, assessor.
R. W. Maxwell, justice of the peace,
Town officers for 1908: J. H. Finley, Uriah Tinker and E. P. Holland, supervisors. Howard Africa, clerk.
C. M. Mortensen, treasurer,
A. L: McWhinney, assessor.
R. W. Maxwell, justice of the peace,
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WESLEY.
First town officers: A. M. Strachan, John Sebring and Henry Benson, supervisors.
Henry Joynt, clerk.
August Koester. treasurer.
H. F. Reed, assessor.
Town officers for 1908: John Weiderhoft, H. J. Hunt and J. P. Joynt, supervisors.
Josiah Sensecal, clerk.
Fred Batteen, treasurer.
H. F. Reed, assessor.
ZELL.
First town officers: William Benworth, Christ Harder and Matt Keppler, supervisors.
John Tweed, clerk.
William Buss, Sr., treasurer.
Herman Pohl, assessor.
Henry Stemper, and F. M. Brown, justices of the peace.
Town officers for 1908: William Kinner, James H. Stemper and Frank Pentman, supervisors.
George H. Hermann, clerk.
Frank Bruggeman, treasurer.
P. S. Hand, assessor.
J. P. Smith and Henry Arms, justices of the peace.
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CHAPTER XXIV. THE COMING OF THE RAILROADS.
Among the early settlers the question of business cen= ters was a matter of no small interest. While LaFoon and Faulkton were struggling for county seat honors, DeVoe was looking on hoping their disagreement might redound to her benefit. With some, a division of the county be- came a matter for discussion. With the western part of the county especially it was difficult to see how anything was to be gained by such a move.
While a railroad survey had been made from Redfield through range 117, through the county, influences were being brought to bear to induce the Chicago & Northwest- ern railroad company to change their line. All were hope- ful, but none sure, as to what the final outcome would be. In fact it was not until the summer of 1886 when the final survey came to Faulkton and Seneca, leaving LaFoon and Ellisville out in the cold, that any definite calculations could be made. In October, 1886, Zell, Rockham, Miran- da, Faulkton, Burkmere and Seneca became railroad sta- tions and necessarily centers of business to the exclusion of other competing points; soon to be followed by Millard, Faulkton and Orient, stations on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad. In 1906 the survey of the Minneapo- lis & St. Louis added the five stations of Chelsea, Cresbard Wecota, Carlyle and Onaka, giving most desirable centers of trade to a large and much needing section of our county. By reason of the extensive breadths of country under culti-
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vation and the prosperous condition of the farming com- munity, these new stations may look for the rapid up- building of enterprising, prosperous towns, some of which are already discussing the question of city organization. The first to be reached by the traveler upon the Minneapo- lis & St. Paul railroad is the new and enterprising town of Chelsea.
CHELSEA.
The new town of Chelsea is located five and one-half miles from the Edmunds county line and about one mile from the Spink county line, in Union township and upon the new extension of the Minneapolis & St. Louis railway from Watertown to LaBeau.
It is surrounded by one of the richest settlements in this county if not in the state of South Dakota.
With their large and attractively built farm buildings and well tilled broad acres together with an abundance of artesian water for power and domestic purposes, assure the rapid building up of a prosperous and enterprising city. With two reliable banks doing an active but conservative business, enterprising and prosperous merchants, intelli- gent and industrious mechanics, a good start has already been made upon the road to its future greatness.
The Chelsea Herald, Howard Africa, editor and pub- lisher, a live and enterprising paper, speaks well through its list of advertisements for the intelligent business methods of its enterprising citizens.
While a home maker will give enlarged cultivation and increasing prosperity to a surrounding agricultural region it offers to the active up-to-date professional and business inan a most desirable location.
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A railroad ride of ten miles west through a well culti- vated, beautiful country dotted with fine farm buildings and pleasant homes, brings you to the rapidly growing town of Cresbard.
CRESBARD.
Cresbard is located eleven miles from the east line of Faulk county and five miles from the Edmunds county line in the town of Fairview, on the line of the Minneapo- lis & St. Louis railroad, and is surrounded with as fine, if not the finest body of land and best improved farms in Faulk county.
Here, as everywhere, the upbuilding and prosperity . of the town must depend upon the agricultural improve- ments of its immediate surroundings. In this particular direction, at the present time, Cresbard stands in the front rank among her sister villages in Faulk county, with a large class of independent farmers, with their many broad acres and fine farm buildings in their own and surround- ing towns. Located upon a line of railroad commanding a line of business second to none in the northwest, with a class of intelligent enterprising business men, second to none in the county, the future of this young and enter- prising town is already assured. To be more specific, neither climate, soil, or its adaptation to the various cereal crops of the great northwest is in an experimental stage, that has been completely and satisfactorially passed, not only all the small grains, but corn is as successful, as upon $125.00 per acre land in Illinois and Iowa and late practi- cal experiments assure us that the sugar beet will yield as large a per cent of sugar as in , any part of our common country. To the enterprising, practical farmer, the
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chance is yet open to exchange their $100.00, $150.00 and $200.00 land for these valuable and productive Faulk county farms, at a much lower price. The first twenty-five years of improvement and development in Faulk county has passed and with it has come wonderful changes, marked development, great prosperity; in place of the humble, de- pendent pioneers-the prosperous independent farmer with his hundreds of acres of improved land worth from $40.00 to $50.00 per acre.
With confidence looking into the near future when the lands shall not only double in value, but on every line the changes shall be greater with increased prosperity, accum- lated wealth shall make these homes second to none in the great northwest. With such surroundings and such de- mands for the necessities and luxutries of life, the advant- ages of a permanent location and successful business in the new and growing village of Cresbard must commend itself to every thinking progressive business man. The follow- ing is a list of business already in the new and enterprising town:
Cresbard Grain Co., grain, coal and flour, B. DeMersh- mann, manager.
Security Elevator Co., H. O. Hanson, manager.
Pacific Elevator Co., C. L. Gange, manager.
Eagle Roller Mills, C. Tenold, manager.
Imperial Lumber Yard, lumber, etc., S. W. Bakke, manager.
Central Lumber Co., George M. Tinker, manager.
Gange & Palmer, farm implements, etc.
G. Bruneau, blacksmith and machine shop.
City Livery Barn, livery, feed and sale barn, A. A. Thelan, proprietor ..
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Hotel Cresbard, F. H. Potter, proprietor.
C. Niemeyer, clothing and gents furnishings.
The Beacon, job work and printing, F. O. Mark, edi- tor and proprietor.
George Ham, barber shop, bath room.
Hotel Moliter, lunch counter in connection, A. D. Moliter, proprietor.
City Meat Market, Wm. Lockwood, proprietor and stock buyer.
Fountain & Chute, hardware.
Cresbard Mercantile Co., general merchandise, H. „R. Ives, manager.
E. Geist, hardware and furniture.
Wilson Bros., farm machinery, etc.
City Pool Hall, L. Deloy, proprietor.
Cresbard Land Co., real estate, J. B. Hein, manager.
Farmers State Bank, John A. Day, president; W. P. Holmes, cashier; C. H. McCoy, assistant cashier.
The Bank of Cresbard, A. M. Moore, president; P. H. O'Neil, vice president; P. W. Loomis, cashier.
T. F. Forsyth, general merchandise.
J. Bentson, drugs.
Mckay's, general merchandise and ladies furnishings.
City Restaurant, G. Cloutier, proprietor.
Home Bakery, Mrs. M. Moore, proprietor,
City Dray Line, B. Mosher, proprietor.
WECOTA ..
Wecota is a new town on the extension of the Minne- apolis & St. Louis railway, about 300 miles west of Minne- apolis and 65 miles east of the Missouri. It is located in the heart of the "New Empire," in a well settled farming
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and stock raising country. The farmers here are all well to do and independent, have fine homes, good outbuildings and good bank accounts.
The crops are always good here and this section has not had a crop failure in 12 years. Wecota has three large elevators, a state bank, grocery stores, general stores, drug store, hardware store, lumber yard, livery barn, implement and harness dealers, etc. A section house and stock yard are also located here. The business men who have located here are of the broad minded, enterprising sort such as are to be found.in the west, and they are enjoying a good trade and are glad they are here. Although not more than a year old, Wecota has a start in life that would take several years to accomplish in the states east of here and its citi- zens are of the kind that would make a town thrive and grow in a country that was not endowed by nature with an ideal climate and soil such as is found in this vicinity of the "New Empire." The town has no dead ones or croak- ers who are ever ready to belittle the efforts of its enter- prising citizens in making Wecota grow. It is bound to advance steadily. They have the soil, the climate and the push and energy to back it up and they invite the business mien, the farmers, laborers and mechanics who are strug- gling along in the stunted and over crowded communities east of us, to come here, acquire the western spirit and grow up with us.
Wecota is ten miles directly north of the county seat, with a beautiful stretch of farming land fast being put under cultivation, with the following well established places of business, viz:
Wecota State Bank, E. J. Levong, cashier.
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Archer's Merchandise Store, conducted by Frank Arch- er and his experienced wife.
Hardware store, G. P. Kakkan, proprietor.
Grocery store and postoffice, James McIntyre, post- master.
Wecota Independent, R. S. Holder, editor and pro- prietor.
Drug store and pool hall, J. W. Balsom, proprietor.
Livery stable and agricultural machinery, Lars Jacob- son, proprietor.
Wecota Hotel, E. A. Magnuson, proprietor.
Independent Elevator Co., James McIntyre, mana- ger.
Pacific Elevator Co., Peter Christensen, manager.
CARLYLE.
Carlyle is located on the Minneapolis & St. Louis rail- way in the town of Enterprise, eight miles west of Wecota.
On April 23d, 1907, the town was started by Mr. Peavey and Mr. Ward. Since then Mr. Peavey retired, selling his interest to T. R. Kenderdine; Messrs Ward and Kenderdine now own the townsite and while they are in the banking business, do not neglect their townsite and other interests. With the telephone and their general land business and the newspaper, ( The Carlyle Gazette) they find themselves among the busiest, men in Faulk county.
The following lines of business are represented in this new and lively town:
Central Lumber Company, E. A. Brewster, manager.
Dakota Town Lot Company, E. A. Magnussen, local manager.
The first and most important public building is a first
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class school house. Rapid improvements and rushing of business are the order of the day.
Banking and real estate, Messrs. Kenderdine & Ward, proprietors.
General store, Henze & Luscher, proprietors.
Hardware and farm implements, William Olson, proprietor.
Carlyle Hotel, Michael Gengler, proprietor.
Livery stable, T. R. Kenderdine, proprietor.
Pool and billard parlors, Michael Gengler, proprietor. Carlyle Gazette, Fred Linch, proprietor.
Blacksmith shop, P. G. Hancer, proprietor. Barber shop, Carl Jennings, proprietor. Meat market, Good Brothers, proprietors. Pacific Elevator Company, J. F. Nestor.
W. H. Henze, postmaster. .
ONAKA.
Onaka is located on the line of the Minneapolis & St. Louis railway, in the township of Sherman, six miles from the west line of Faulk county and four miles from the Ed- munds county line. The town is only one year old and has now about two hundred inhabitants, and is one of the best towns on the line of the Minneapolis & St. Louis rail- way in this county and has one of the best, if not the best, hotel in the county.
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