Anton Runbeck Biography


	This biography appears on page 581 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				ANTON RUNBECK. 

	Anton Runbeck, editor and publisher of the Bulletin of Mobridge, 
was born in Sweden, April 22, 1885, a son of P. J. and Hannah (Johnson) 
Runbeck. They were also natives of Sweden and never left that country. 
Their son was there reared and acquired his education in the public 
schools, supplemented by a course in a business college. He was a young 
man of eighteen when he bade adieu to his native land and sailed for 
the new world in 1903, for he was attracted by the reports which had 
reached him concerning the opportunities offered in this country. He 
settled at Elk Point, in Union county, South Dakota, and for two years 
was employed at farm labor. He next entered the employ of Carl 
Gunderson as surveyor, continuing with him for six years on the Rosebud 
and Standing Rock reservations. He next engaged with the Harris Land 
Company of Mobridge, with which concern he was identified for two 
years, and on the expiration of that period he purchased the Bulletin, 
of which he is now editor. He publishes a bright, newsy paper devoted 
to the dissemination of matters of general and local interest and has 
won for the paper a good circulation and a large advertising patronage. 
He is likewise engaged in the real-estate business and is the owner of 
three hundred and twenty acres of excellent land seven miles west of 
Mobridge. 

	In politics Mr. Runbeck is independent and champions a measure 
because he believes in its efficacy as a factor in good government or 
in public progress, while his support of any candidate is an indication 
of his belief in the ability of the man to perform the duties of the 
office. Fraternally he is connected with Mobridge Lodge, No. 205, I. O. 
O. F., in which he has filled all of the offices. He has never had 
occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world, for he 
here found the chance for which he sought and has worked his way 
steadily upward, proceeding continuously along the path of steady 
progression.