Butler, Day 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://www.usgwarchives.net/sd/sdfiles.htm BUTLER. Pop 200. Day county. A village on the C M & St P Ry 14 miles s w of Webster the county seat. Has Methodist, German Evangelical and German Lutheran churches, 2 banks, a hotel and 3 grain elevators. Exp W F Co. Tel W U. H C Sherin P M. Last Name First Name Business Ash C. H. pres, Farmers State Bank Ashbaugh S. T. r r, exp and tel agt Bagley Elevator Co. Geo. C. Barry J. L. farm impts Bjerke N. E. cashr, State Bank Butler Geo. W. hotel Butler Mercantile Co. gen store Butler Telephone Co. Empire Elevator Co. Farmers Elevator Co. Farmers State Bank (capital $5,000), C H Ash, pres; T N Strandness, cashr Hills Edw. L. phys Knott C. B. pres, State Bank Langager Jno T. meats Moen Gust O. gen store Snipstad Ole farm impts State Bank (capital $10,000), C B Knott, pres; N E Bjerke, cashr Stewart C. barber Strandness T. N. cashr, Farmers State Bank Telfair B. A. gen store