Highmore, Hyde 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 HIGHMORE. Pop 900. Hyde county. An incorporated city and the county seat on the C & N W Ry 62 miles w of Huron. Has Catholic, Congregational, Christian and Methodist churches, 3 banks, 2 hotel, a courthouse costing $60,000, a commercial club, an opera house, 3 grain elevators, electric light plant and municipal water works. Live stock breeding is the principal industry. Two newspapers the Herald and the Hyde County Bulletin are published. Ships grain and live stock. Land is worth $25 to $60 per acre. Exp Am. Tel W U. Lewis E Whitcher P M. Last Name First Name Business Atlas Lumber Co. Edw Dudrey agt Bank of Highmore (Capital $10,000, Surplus $10,000, Undivided profits $4,000), Socrates Drew, pres; Frank Drew, vice pres; C H Drew, cashr Barnes & Gray Abstract Co. F M Barnes, pres; C H Gray, sec and treas Baughman Geo. W. propr Hotel West Black & Yellow Trail Garage John A Silvernail propr (see adv) Bornholdt Louis L. propr Red City Garage Burnside & Langsdale (Isaac M Burnside, Guy W Langsdale), phys Button Mary E. (Mrs.) restaurant Byerly Jno tailor Campbell & Musser (Jno E Campbell, Edgar C Musser), jewelers Carlson Nels R. barber Clark Reuben meats Cornell Erastus official abstracter, lands and loans (see adv) Cunningham Jas. restaurant Cunningham Matthew C. states attorney Derck Alb. harness Drake & Ballard Investment Co. A N Drake, pres; G C Jones, sec and treas; real est Drew C. H. cashr, Bank of Highmore Drew Frank vice pres, Bank of Highmore Drew Socrates pres, Bank of Highmore Eernisse Peter A. dentist Enstad Bros. (Carl J and Alb), painters First National Bank (capital $25,000, Surplus and Undivided profits $50,000), F D Greene, pres; W D McDonald, vice pres; C P Swanson, cashr, F W Pierce, asst cashr; general banking business Gerhart Augustus N. lumber Gray sec and treas, Barnes & Gray Abstract Co. Gray's Investment Co. (Chas A and Justus L Gray), real est Greene F. D. pres, First National Bank Hague Grant M. agt, G W Van Dusen & Co. Harris & Hays (Henry C Harris, Chas H Hays), drugs Hays Chas. H. see Harris & Hays Hemmingson Hemming P. drugs Hemmingson Hemming P. see Tosh & Hemmingson Highmore Commercial Club M H O'Brien, pres; J B Perkins, sec Highmore Electric Light Co. Wm A Lawrence mngr Jones G. C. sec and treas, Drake & Ballard Investment Co. Langsdale Guy W. see Burnside & Langsdale Lawrence Wm. A. mngr, Highmore Electric Light Co. Lee & Son (Arthur and Wm A), gen store Lewis Susie (Mrs.) milliner Markley Martin grain elevator McDonald W. D. vice pres, First National Bank McGlinchy House Theo Wittenmeyer propr McLaughlin Co. G W McLaughlin, pres; J C McLaughlin, sec; gen store McWhorter Arno L. propr Highmore Opera House Meek Jno shoemkr Miller & Traver (Raymond E Miller, E Clifton Traver), feed Musser Edgar C. see Campbell & Musser Noel Chas. E. lawyer O'Brien M. H. pres, Highmore Commercial Club O'Brien M. Harry lawyer Paul Henry L. r r, exp and tel agt Perkins J. B. sec, Highmore Commercial Club Perkins Jno B. pub Highmore Herald Perry R. Wm. gen store Pierce F. W. asst cashr, First National Bank Quirk Elmer meats Reah Jno pool Red City Garage Louis L Bornholdt propr, auto garage and livery (see adv) Rockwell Robt. B. pub Hyde County Bulletin Rossman Wm. E. plumber Rowley Benj. pool Sherer Louis A. ins agt Sigler Geo. V. phys Silvernail John A. propr Black & Yellow Trail Garage Studt Theo. H. J. lawyer Swanson C. P. cashr, First National Bank Syverud Herman A. photogr Taylor Jas. cementwkr Timm & Son R. (Reimer and Henry R), hardware Tomter Theo. H. restaurant Tosh & Hemmingson (Geo A Tosh, Hemming P Hemmingson), conf Traver E. Clifton see Miller & Traver Van Abel Jno livery Van Camp Abram E. real est Van Camp Andr. N. lawyer Van Dusen & Co. G. W. Grant M Hague agt, grain elevator Winaus Alphonso D. livery Wittenmeyer Theo propr McGlinchy House Yeandle Wm. W. blksmith