Fairfax, Gregory 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 FAIRFAX. Pop 450. Gregory county. An incorporated town and the county seat on the C & N W Ry 95 miles w of Yankton. Has English and German Baptist, Catholic, English and German Congregational, Evangelical and Lutheran churches, a flour mill, 2 banks, 2 hotels, an opera house, 3 grain elevators and an electric light plant. A weekly newspaper the Advertiser is published. Land is worth $75 to $125 per acre. Principal shipments are grain, live stock and produce. Exp Am. Tel W U. W M Walters P M. Last name First Name Business Anderson Wm. F. mngr, Fairfax Milling Co. Baker Geo. W. blksmith Beechel Phil harness Christian Ralph R. tailor Clagett M. H. sec, Farmers Mutual Telephone Co. Clagett Moses H. phys Coffey D. E. cashr, Gregory County State Bank Coffey Danl E. real est Commercial Hotel Chas W Geyer propr Cook Jas. O. phys Cox Walter H. pub Fairfax Advertiser Crowe Jno W. drugs Davis Chas. A. lawyer Davis Geo. W. hardware Davis Wm. A. ins agt Debolt Stephen pool Donovan Michael D. dentist Ellerman J. N. sec, Johnson Farm Loan Co. Ellerman Jno N. vice pres, First National Bank Emme Herman agt, Torrence-Glynn Co. Fairfax Advertiser Walter H Cox pub Fairfax Milling Co. C A Johnson, pres; Alb Mason, sec; Wm F Anderson mngr Farmers Mutual Telephone Co. Chas Woerpel, pres; M H Clagett, sec Ferguson Louis automobiles First National Bank (capital $25,000, surplus $20,000), C A Johnson, pres; Jno N Ellerman, vice pres; U G Stevenson, cashr; Chet Johnson and Alb Scheinost, asst cashrs Ford Frank conf Ford O. E. states atty Fowler see Nye-Schneider-Fowler Co. Geyer Chas. W. propr Commercial Hotel Glynn see Torrence-Glynn Co. Goettsch see Harkey & Goettsch Gregory County State Bank (capital $25,000), F W Woods, pres; D E Coffey, cashr Hansen Nels D. farm impts Harkey & Goettsch (Chas Harkey, Edw Goettsch), saloon Hertz Fred gen store Hewitt I. L. county surveyor Irwin Harry barber Johnson C. A. pres, Fairfax Milling Co. Johnson C. A. pres, First National Bank Johnson Chet asst cashr, First National Bank Johnson Farm Loan Co. C A Johnson, pres; J N Ellerman, sec Johnson Realty Co. C. A. C A Johnson, pres; H M Vallette, sec; abstracters Mason Alb. sec, Fairfax Milling Co. Milner Bertha (Mrs.) notions Morris Robt. F. meats Nohava Jos. blksmith Nye-Schneider-Fowler Co. Henry Sauber agt, grain elevator Parchen Geo. F. agt, Trans-Mississippi Grain Co. Parish L. E. sec, Starcher Abstract Co. Parish M. L. pres, Starcher Abstract Co. Parish Martin L. lawyer Parish & Trautmann (M L Parish, Ludwig Trautmann), real est Porter J. Carl pool Porter Rhoda B. (Mrs.) milliner Roberts Benj. A. nursery Sauber Henry agt, Nye-Schneider-Fowler Co. Scheinost Alb. asst cashr, First National Bank Scheinost Emil J. saloon Schneider see Nye-Schneider-Fowler Co. Schoenrogge & Son C. (Chas and Ernest), painters St. Charles Hotel Jno L Swarner propr (See adv.) Starcher Abstract Co. M L Parish, pres; L E Parish, sec Stevenson Ulysses G. cashr, First National Bank, real estate, loans and insurance Stranne Jno O. jeweler Superior Coal & Lumber Co. Ferd Wiebeljus agt Swarner Jno L. propr St Charles Hotel (See adv.) Thomas Wm. J. r r, exp and tel agt Thompson Tobias J. hardware Torrence-Glynn Co. Herman Emme agt, grain elevator Trans-Mississippi Grain Co. Geo F Parchen agt Trautmann Ludwig real est Trautmann Ludwig see Parish & Trautmann Wiebeljus Ferd agt, Superior Coal & Lumber Co. Wilson Bros. & Co. (Saml T, Austin M and Mary M Wilson), Mary M Wilson mngr, gen store Woerpel Chas. pres, Farmers Mutual Telephone Co. Woods F. W. pres, Gregory County State Bank Z. C. B. J. Opera House E J Scheinost mngr