Clark, Clark Co., SD - 1916 Business Directory This information extracted from the "Northwestern Gazetteer and Business Directory", vol. XX (1916-1917), published by R. L. Polk & Co. Data transcribed by Joy Fisher, sdgenweb@yahoo.com. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the SDGENWEB Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://usgwarchives.net/sd/sdfiles.htm CLARK. Pop 1,220. Clark county. An incorporated city and the county seat on the C & N W Ry 31 miles w of Watertown. Has Catholic, Congregational, Lutheran and Methodist churches, 3 banks, 2 hotels, a commercial club, an opera house, a feed mill, a creamery, 4 grain elevators, a gas plant and water works. Two weekly newspapers the Pilot-Review and the Clark County Courier are published. Ships grain, livestock and produuce. Land is worth $45 to $100 per acre. Exp Am. Tel W U. Homer B. Brown P M. Last Name First Name Business Adams Edmund D. propr Adams Hotel (See adv) Adams Hotel Edmund D Adams propr (See adv) Alexander Mercantile Co. Lauren S. Alexander mngr, gen store Ames Oliver H. Attorney at Law (See adv) Anderson Earl W. farm impts Anderson Sylvia notions Anderson Victor A. grain elevator Arpin W. M. asst cashr, The Ware & Griffin Bank Ausman L. V. county agt, Clark County Agricultural Extension Assn Austin Glenn D. garage Austin Land Agency Frank P Austin, propr, farm lands and city property, resident in Clark for over 30 years Baarsch Otto see McGann-Baarsch-Ware Co. Baker S. Walter produce Bascomb Burt D. grain elevator Bedell Forris F. see Sharp & Bedell Beebe M. P. pres, South Dakota Bankers Assn Bennett H. Judson dentist Bennett Horace M. plumber Bisel Geo. E. restaurant Bockoven H. C. pres, Clark Publishing Co. Bockoven Bros. (wm H and Frank S), drugs Bohri Frank G. lawyer Brower Watson C. lawyer Brown Bros. (Max R and Homer B), hardware Carpenter Chas. cashr, Clark County National Bank Carpenter Chas. ins agt Castle Horatio N. propr Hotel Conklin (see adv) Christensen A. Herluf phys City Gas & Water Works (municipal), J E Smith mngr Clark Abstract & Title Co. A D Warner, pres; K O Strand, sec and treas (see adv) Clark Co-operative Creamery Co. L L Kloster, pres; Fred Hess, sec and mngr Clark Commercial Club G C Griffin, pres; J E Platte, sec Clark County Agricultural Extension Assn K H Dubach, pres; G B Otte, sec; L V Ausman, county agt Clark County Agricultural Fair Assn Fred Hess, pres; G B Otte, sec Clark County Courier Erdon A Silfies pub Clark County Farmers Elevator Co. E J Keenan mngr Clark County National Bank (capital $25,000), R J Mann, pres; Chas Carpenter cashr Clark Pilot-Review Clark Publishing Co pubs Clark Publishing Co. H C Bockoven, pres; G C Griffin, sec, pubs Clark Pilot-Review Cradit Jno W. see Huyck & Cradit Desnoyers Henry hardware Dubach K. H. pres, Clark County Agricultural Extension Assn Dunham Ralph A. lawyer Dunlap Wm. gen store Dunlop Arch restaurant Elrod Saml H. lawyer Elrod & Henry (Saml H Elrod, Wm E Henry), feed mill Elton M. pres, The Ware & Griffin Bank Foss Lumber Co. L. E. Perry W Jostad mngr Frederickson Jas. A. r r, exp and tel agt Gale Edwin jeweler Gale Henry R. grocer Geise Oscar agt, Jno W. Tuthill Lumber Co. Gem Theatre Wm H White propr George Arthur A. tailor Griffin G. C. cashr, The Ware & Griffin Bank Griffin G. C. pres, Clark Commercial Club Griffin G. C. sec, Clark Publishing Co. Griffin Geo. C. ins agt Harris Frank M. real est Hayes-Lucas Lumber Co. Wm C La Craft agt Headley Edwin E. undertaker Henry Wm. E. see Elrod & Henry Hess Fred pres, Clark County Agricultural Fair Assn Hess Fred sec and mngr, Clark Co-operative Creamery Co. Hilgert Wm. F. meats Hopkins H. L. vice pres, The Security Bank Hotel Conklin Horatio N Castle propr (see adv) Huyck & Cradit (Wm Huyck, Jno W Cradit), blksmiths Idle Hour Theatre Jas Leslie propr, moving pictures Johnson Rosamond A. (Mrs.) clothing Jones Bros. (Evan M and Wm A), drugs Jostad Perry W. mngr, L E Foss Lumber Co. Keenan E. J. mngr, Clark County Farmers Elevator Co. Kelner Robt W. jeweler Kloster L. L. pres, Clark Co-operative Creamery Co. Krapf Geo. C. pool La Craft Wm. C. agt, Hayes-Lucas Lumber Co. Leslie Jas. propr Idle Hour Theatre Lien Henry grocer Lucas see Hayes-Lucas Lumber Co. Mann R. J. pres, Clark County National Bank McClelland Clarence D. farm impts McClelland Opera House Clarence D. McClelland mngr McEown Edsal restaurant McGann-Baarsch-Ware Co. (Wm McGann, Otto Baarsch, Wm Ware), gen sttore McGillivray John A. cashr, The Security Bank McGinness Geo. V. feed barn Miller Clinton H. photogr Mills Frank notions Otte G. B. sec, Clark County Agricultural Extension Assn Otte G. B. sec, Clark County Agricultural Fair Assn Otte Geo. B. lawyer Parson Newton W. blksmith Pederson Knude shoes peterson Chas. J. shoemkr Platt J. E. sec and treas, Security Investment Co. Platt J. E. sec, South Dakota Bankers Assn Platt J. Ernest pres, The Security Bank Platt L. S. pres, Security Investment Co. Platte J. E. sec, Clark Commercial Club Quinn Danl J. grocer Ramsey Edwin T. phys Redmond Bros (Peter L and Thos U), expmen Riley Roy restaurant Schneck Jno M. gen store Scidmore Bros. (Warren J and G Alb), hardware Security Bank, The (capital $26,000, surplus $15,000), J Ernest Platt, pres; H L Hopkins, vice pres; John A McGillivray, cashr. (See adv) Security Investment Co. L S Platt, pres; J E Platt, sec and treas, loans Sharp Wm. A. real est Sharp & Bedell (Wm A Sharp, Forris F Bedell), gen store Sherwood Geo. F. states attorney Silfides Erdon A. pub Clark County Courier Smith Arch O. tailor Smith J. E. mngr, City Gas & Water Works South Dakota Bankers Assn M P Beebe, pres; J E Platt sec Steger Eva milliner Stewart & McKinnie (Geo H Stewart, Max R McKinnie), blksmiths Strand K. O. sec and treas, Clark Abstract & Title Co. Thompson Ole T. garage Thoreson Glenn E. barber Titus Ellis P. The Land Man, the cheapest and best lands in the county Tuthill Lumber Co. Jno W. Oscar Geise agt Ullyot Benj. J. livery Ullyot Fred E. livery Urdahl Magne J. real est Van Dusen & Co. G. W. Jno E Hyde agt Vilas Elbert E. harness Ware Wm. see McGann-Baarsch-Ware Co. Ware & Griffin Bank, The (capital $25,000, surplus $15,000), M Elton, pres; M L Yeamans, vice pres; G C Griffin, cashr; W M Arpin, asst cashr, general banking business Warner A. D. pres, Clark Abstract & Title Co. Wasen Jno C. pool Westaby Jno R. phys White Wm. H. propr Gem Theatre Wood Merritt D. garage Wood Michael pool Yeamans M. L. vice pres, The Ware & Griffin Bank Zukschwert Geo. barber