Ethan, Davison 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 ETHAN. Pop 375. Davison county. An incorporated town on the C M & St P Ry 12 miles s of Mitchell the county seat. Has Methodist and Catholic churches, 2 banks, a hotel and 3 grain elevators. A weekly newspaper the Enterprise is published. Land is worth $50 to $90 per acre. Ships grain, live stock and produce. Exp W F & Co. Tel W U. J L Donohue P M. Last Name First Name Business Bauer Aug. G. ins agt Bauer Chas. O. restaurant Bauer Geo. gen store Bauer Lena (Mrs.) milliner Branson O. L. pres, Ethan Drug Co. Breckenridge C. L. cashr, Security State Bank Burns Lumber Co. Robert Sollie I Nolt mngr Carlton Wm. agt, Farmers Elevator Co. Cermak Jos. shoemkr Commercial Hotel Jos J Scheich propr, rates $2.00 per day. We cater to the traveling public Donohue Jno L. pub Ethan Enterprise Enright Chas. P. grain elevator Ethan Drug Co. O L Branson, pres; F M Hammer, sec Ethan Enterprise, The Jno L Donohue pub Ethan State Bank (capital $10,000, surplus $5,000), J D Welch, pres; G E Welch, vice pres; F J Welch, cashr; A J Krier, asst cashr. (See adv) Ethan Telephone Co. Jno W Tyler mngr Farmers Elevator Co. Wm Carlton agt Fullerton Lumber Co. Leo Trentz agt Green Orange F. livery Grosz Geo. P. blksmith Hammer F. M. sec, Ethan Drug Co. Hohn & Stoffer (Wm J Hohn and Henry Stoffer), saloon Krier A. J. asst cashr, Ethan State Bank Laufenberg Severan F. see Naven & Laufenberg McDonnell Jas. E. drugs Naven & Laufenberg (Thos P Naven, Severan F Laufenberg), saloon Nolt Sollie I. mngr, Robert Burns Lumber Co. Plumb Chas. r r, exp and tel agt Rivin Isaac gen store Rosenquist Ole M. (Mrs.) gen store Scheich Jos. J. propr Commercial Hotel Schlick & Tifft (Jacob A Schlick, Thos Tifft), barbers Schurz Conrad hardware Security State Bank (capital $10,000),W H Shaw pres; C L Breckenridge, cashr Setterstrom Leverett blksmith Shaw W. H. pres, Security State Bank Smith Summer A. agt, South Dakota Grain Co. Smith Wm. P. garage South Dakota Grain Co. Summer A Smith agt, grain elevator Stockdale C. P. phys Stoffer Henry see Hohn & Stoffer Sullivan Danl meats Tifft Thos. see Schlick & Tifft Tobey Fred W. restaurant Trentz Leo agt, Fullerton Lumber Co. Tyler Jno W. mngr, Ethan Telephone Co. Tyler Wm. feed barn Welch Frank J. ins agt and cashr Ethan State Bank Welch G. E. vice pres, Ethan State Bank Welch J. D. pres, Ethan State Bank Zehnpfennig Edw. pool Zehnpfennig Harry F. hardware