1911 Colorado Business Directory, Olathe, Montrose County http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/montrose/directories/1911-olathe.txt Transcribed by Joy Fisher December 11, 2004 This file was extracted from: 37th Annual Volume The Colorado State Business Directory WITH A Complete Classified Directory of the Entire State, Including Mines, Reduction Works, Etc. 1911 DENVER, COLORADO THE GAZETTEER PUBLISHING CO. ESTABLISHED 1871 JAMES JR. IVES, MANAGER 1911 ================================================= OLATHE. A prosperous and growing town in Montrose county on the Denver & Rio Grande railroad. Located in the heart of the lands irrigated *by the great Gunnison tunnel. A very profitable farming section. Population 500. Acme Land & Inv Co, S C Davidson mgr. Adler Robt V, dentist. Applegate R D, livery. Baptist Church, Rev R D Brownell pastor. Bishop 0 L, plasterer. Black Canon Plaster & Cement Co, W C Hanes see. BURNES & HAWLEY, undertakers. Burns Mrs Mattie A, town clerk: music teacher, BURNS THOS, mgr Olathe Storage & Commission Co, postmaster. Byler James B, street commissr. Central Hotel, Geo H Ripley prop Chapel C C, barber. COERVER H J, cash First Nat Bank; notary public. Coffman Clark, painter. Colo Tel Co, Miss M Wansgang ex mgr. Cottage Hotel, A J Harris prop. Crandell Hardware & Merc Co, L F Crandell mgr. Dawson C D, cement block mfr. Dickerson Miss Azel, town treas. Ellensworth A M, men's furnishings; barber. Episcopal Church, Jno W Heal rector. Farmers Realty Co, D B Wood ruff mgr. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Gordon Jones pres, B P Smith vice-pres, C P Foster vice-pres, H J Coerver cash. FOSTER C P, vice-pres First Nat Bank. Foster & Leitch, carpenters. Frary E E, grocer. Freese Grover C, dentist. French & Mathews, real estate. Frost Bros, harness. GAINES W S, police magistrate, real estate; justice peace. Gee J A, blacksmith. Gibson Lumber & Merc Co, E B Faus mgr. Graham & Goode, meat market. Groves D C, town physician. GUNNISON TUNNEL REALTY CO (W S Gaines and C W Bragg), real estate. HANES W C, ed and publr Western Slope Criterion. Hawkyard A T, blacksmith. Horton 0 H, onion grower. Independent Lmbr Co, C R Smith mgr. Kauffman C F, auctioneer. Leitch W D, dairy. Lockwood Chas E. phys; health officer. McClelland Wm, carpenter. McGregor & Hersum, carpenters. McKay J M, blacksmith. Maynihan C J, town atty. Methodist Episcopal Church, Rev J J Giblon pastor. Mills R P, genl mdse. Munder Fred, steam thresher. NILES A M, mgr Western Land & Investment Co; atty-at-law; notary public. OLATHE BANKING CO, T B Townsend pres, C B Akard vice-pres, E L Osborn cash, G L Osborn asst cash. Olathe Bottling Works, M L Williams prop. Olathe Chamber of Commerce, W J Horton pres, F F Elicker sec. Olathe Hardware Co, W F Shields mgr. Olathe Jewelry Co, H Gerstenlauer mgr. OLATHE MERCANTILE CO, W C Holman pres and mgr; genl mdse, wh fruit and produce, hay and grain. Olathe Opera House; Casner, Horton & Nowell props. Olathe Pharmacy, F M Scheck prop and mgr. Olathe Realty Co, B A Casner mgr OLATHE STORAGE & COMMISSION CO, Ed De Guelle pres-treas, A De Guelle vice-pres, Thos Burns mgr; wh produce, hay, grain and fruits. Olathe Transfer Co, Harry J W & Oscar Roatcap props. OSBORN G L, asst cash Olathe Banking Co. Packer W R, prin school. Pedicord W H, ice. PEOPLE'S PIPE LINE & TELEPHONE CO, B H Blowers pres, D B Woodruff vice-pres and supt, F F Elicker sec and adv mgr, H J Coerver treas, W P Crose genl atty. Peterson & Son J F, genl mdse. Phile Jacob, billiards. Picker & Son B M, real estate. RAWSON A J, carpenter, contractor and builder. Rawson E A, marshal. Ripley G H. blacksmith. Rittman B D, bakery. Scheck F M, drugs. Smith W A, jeweler. Thompson E A, B R and Exp agt Waters Chas, painter WESTERN LAND & INVESTMENT CO, A M Niles mgr. WESTERN SLOPE CRITERION (w), W C Hanes ed and pub. Wortman & Dickerson, machine shop. Wortman & Son N C, real estate Young Elmer E, fruits. ================================================================= All files are contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archives Project (http://www.usgwarchives.net/). USGenWeb Archives Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial researchers, as long as the source and contributor name remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for presentation in any form by any other organization or individual without the express written permission from the author/contributor.