Clear Lake, Deuel 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, http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00001.html#0000031 . 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 CLEAR LAKE. Pop 804. Deuel county. An incorporated city and the county seat on the C R I & P Ry 24 miles s e of Watertown. Has Methodist, Baptist, Congregational, German Methodist and Catholic churches, a city hall costing $10,000, a hotel, 2 banks occupying new buildings, the First National erected at a cost of about $20,000, a commercial club, 3 grain elevators, an opera house, an electric light plant and water works. Two weekly newspapers the Deuel County Advocate and the Courier are published. Land is worth $60 to $100 per acre. Ships grain and live stock. Exp Am. Tel W U. Jno Knuckey P M. Last Name First Name Business Almond & Hagne (Geo L Almond, Henry Hagne), farm impts Amundsen Halfdan jeweler Anderson Saml E. clothing Arnold W. G. pres, Clear Lake Realty Co. Artus Geo. Electric Light Plant, Auto garage, first class repairing and supplies Bank of Clear Lake (capital $25,000), A J Lockhart, pres; L F Hanley, cashr Bates Jno D. phys Borne Robt mngr, Clear Lake Farmers Elevator Co. Brown Edw. A. Frank Kreger agt, grain elevator Burns Leo A. lawyer Carlson Frank O. meats Carlson see Coffey & Carlson Carman J. C. pres, Clear Lake Cemetery Assn City Water Works (municipal), Wm Palmer mngr Clear Lake Cement Block Co. (Wm F Woolworth) Clear Lake Cemetery Assn J C Carman, pres; A G Warner, sec Clear Lake Commercial Club W W Knight, pres; J E Walseth, sec Clear Lake Courier Chas J Ronald pub Clear Lake Farmers Elevator Co. C G St John, pres; J A Thronson, sec; Robt Borne, mngr Clear Lake Lumber Co. A J Lockhart, pres; L T Vought, sec; H J Konold, mngr Clear Lake Opera House P E Pierce mngr Clear Lake Realty Co. W G Arnold, pres; A W Law, sec and treas Clear Lake Telephone Co. C G St John, pres; W L Nevill sec and mngr Coffey & Carlson (Jno P Coffey, Oscar Carlson), grain elevator Commercial Hotel Danl J Sullivan propr, rates $1.50 to $2 per day Cook & Son W. A. (Wert A amd Warren), grocers Cordiner Jas. drugs Crawford & Bro. J. M. (Jas M and Guy), hardware Daine Ernest W. agt, Hagna Lumber Co. Darling Colonel E. restaurant, short orders a specialty Deuel County Advocate Alf G Warner pub Deuel County Fair Assn W I Noble sec Deuel County Land Co. W I Noble mngr Dunn Le Roy J. cementwkr Eastern Investment Co. A J Lockhart, pres; L T Vought, sec; A D Williams, treas; real est Eichenger Geo. M. blksmith Engebretson Engebret A. drugs English & Towers (Melvin L English, Jno Towers), gen store Ennis J. B. gen store First National Bank (Capital $25,000, surplus $15,000), J A Thronson, pres; J E Walseth, vice pres; e e Walseth, cashr (see adv) Force & Force (Geo E and Clifford), gen store Gardner Chas. E. dentist Green & Yahn (Clyde R Green, Orrin G Yahn), garage Hagna Lumber Co. Ernest W Daine agt Hagne see Almond & Hagne Hanley L. F. cashr, Bank of Clear Lake Hanley Louis F. ins agt Helland Martin O. blksmith Henrichsen Marguerite A. milliner Jackson Fay F. vet surgeon Kahn Frank gen store Kilpatrick Maggie shoes Kilpatrick Wm. mngr, Pipestone Produce Co. Kinyon Oren K. restaurant Kittleson Chris harness Knight Elmer G. cementwkr Knight W. W. pres, Clear Lake Commercial Club Knight Wiley W. states atty Kohnke Ernest F. grocer Konold H. J. mngr, Clear Lake Lumber Co. Kreger Frank agt, Edw A Brown Kreger J. Alb. r r, exp and tel agt Law A. W. sec and treas, Clear Lake Realty Co. Law T. J. pres, Polo Pneumatic Alarm Mnfg Co. Law Thos. J. lawyer Lockhart A. J. pres, Bank of Clear Lake Lockhart A. J. pres, Clear Lake Lumber Co. Lockhart A. J. pres, Eastern Investment Co. May Dell tailor McDowell Lloyd E. barber Mead Cecil A. lawyer Mead Paul H. county surveyor Mintener Lumber Co. Peter I Thos Wright agt Mitchell Frank J. pool Nevill W. L. sec and mngr, Clear Lake Telephone Co. Noble W. I. mngr, Deuel County Land Co. Noble W. I. sec, Deuel County Fair Assn Noble Wm. L. real est Palmer Wm. mngr, City Water Works Paulson Jno A. barber Pierce P. E. mngr, Clear Lake Opera House Pipestone Produce Co. Wm Kilpatrick mngr Polo Pneumatic Alarm Mnfg Co. T J Law, pres; E E Walseth, sec Ramharter Anth. F. hardware Richards Geo. H. phys Ronald Chas. J. pub Clear Lake Courier Sanborn Tracy E. abstractor Schaefer Chas. shoes Solem & Storry (Ole O Solem, Ole J Storry), real est St. John C. G. pres, Clear Lake Farmers Elevator Co. St. John C. G. pres, Clear Lake Telephone Co. Staley J. Melroy photogr Storry Ole J. see Solem & Storry Sullivan Danl J. propr Commercial Hotel and Pool Hall Sykes Chas. E. livery Tall & Son P. E. real est Thronson J. A. pres, First National Bank Thronson J. A. sec, Clear Lake Farmers Elevator Co. Towers Jno see English & Towers Vought L. T. sec, Clear Lake Lumber Co. Vought L. T. sec, Eastern Investment Co. Walseth E. E. cashr, First National Bank Walseth E. E. sec, Polo Pneumatic Alarm Mnfg Co. Walseth J. E. sec, Clear Lake Commercial Club Walseth Jno E. vice pres First National Bank, real estate loans and insurance (see adv) Warner A. G. sec, Clear Lake Cemetery Assn Warner Alf. G. pub Deuel County Advocate Williams A. D. treas, Eastern Investment Co. Woolworth Wm. F. see Clear Lake Cement Block Co. Wright I. Thos. agt, Peter Mintener Lumber Co. Wright Auction Sale Co. (I Thos and Elliott W Wright) Yahn Orrin G. see Green & Yahn