Elk Point, Union 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 ELK POINT. Pop 1,625. Union county. An incorporated city and the county seat on the C M & St P Ry 70 miles s of Sioux Falls and40 s e of Yankton. Has Episcopal, Baptist, Congregational, Lutheran, Catholic, Adventist and Methodist churches, 3 banks, 3 hotels, an opera house, 4 grain elevators, a commercial club, electric light plant and water works. Two weekly newspapers the Union County Herald and the Leader- Courier are published. Ships grain and live stock. Land is worth $100 to $175 per acre. Exp W F & Co. Tel W U. Thos H Ryan P M. Last Name First Name Business Asmussen Oscar restaurant Authier Laurence ins agt Authier Lawrence cashr, Farmers State Bank Barr Major H. restaurant Bovee Chas. propr Florence Theatre Brownell N. R. chiropractor Bullis Jno R. photogr Bushnell Wm. F. phys Callahan Fred meats Christenson Guy E. harness Coates Guy R. clothes clnr Commercial Club Leonard Johnson, pres; A H Ringsrud, sec Conley Wm. J. phys Coursey David H. barber Crause G. H. & L. M. (Geo H and Lillian M), pubs Union County Herald Crill Celina (Mrs.) gen store (Richland) Crill & Co. L. N. Louis N Crill mngr, seeds (Richland) Cunningham Jno P. pool Depot Hotel Chas H Harter propr Douglas Chester H. mngr, Pioneer Drug Co. Dow Bros. (Fred and Lon), harness Dyer Frank M. grocer Elk Point Electric Light & Power Co. (municipal), Hary H Walters supt Elk Point Elevator Co. (Louis N Lewison and Peter Simonson) Elk Point Opera House Michael H Hoffman mngr Elk Point Telephone Exchange Chester H Main, mngr Elk Point Water Works (municipal), Harry H Walters supt Ellis Jno W. phys Ellis Ray W. see Gantt & Ellis Ellis Ray W. states atty Farmers State Bank (capital $20,000), J V Gill, pres; Lawrence Authier, cashr Farmers Union Elevator Co. Chas Gill mngr Fields & Slaughter P C Peterson agt, grain elevator First National Bank (capital $25,000, surplus and undivided profits $25,000. Deposits $375,000), Oluf Johnson, pres; Donald Grant, vice pres; G W Freeman, cashr; M E Johnson, asst cashr Flannery & Son Thos. (Thos and Wm), bakers Flannery Bros. (Jno W and Chas), drugs Florence Theatre Chas Bovee propr, moving pictures Fowler Burt pool Freeman G. W. cashr, First National Bank Freeman & Johnson (G Wm Freeman, Oluf Johnson), ins agts Gantt & Ellis (Wm E Gantt, Ray W Ellis), lawyers Gardner Victor housemover Gill Chas. mngr, Farmers Union Elevator Co. Gill J. V. pres, Farmers State Bank Gore Irvine barber Grant Donald vice pres, First National Bank Guillaume Le Roy pool Guillaume Wesley W. saloon Halverson & McCoy (Geo L Halverson, J Ray McCoy), hardware Harter Chas. H. propr Depot Hotel Harter Frank E. see Paramount Drug Co. Hasson Geo. undertaker Hatter Wesley G. (Mrs.) milliner Hayes Geo. optician Hendrix M Reiman dentist Henkin & Son (Henry and Ona J), gen store Herring Saml cementwkr Hoffman Michael (Jr.) agt, F M Slagle & Co. Hoffman Michael H. ice Hoffman Michael H. mngr, Elk Point Opera House Johnson Gertrude (Mrs.) propr New Iler Grand Hotel Johnson Leonard pres, Commercial Club Johnson M. E. asst cashr, First National Bank Johnson Oluf pres, First National Bank Johnson Oluf see Freeman & Johnson Kelley Patrick L. saloon Kessler Marion junk Kimmel Alb. J. dentist Kimmel G. C. cashr, Union County Bank Krause Chas. E. farm impts Leader-Courier Thos H Ryan pub Lewison Louis N. see Elk Point Elevator Co. Main Chester H. mngr, Elk Point Telephone Exchange McCaull-Webster Elevator Co. A R McKenzie agt McConnell Thos. P. livery McCoy J. Ray see Halverson & McCoy McInerny Thos. lawyer McKenzie A. R. agt, McCaull-Webster Elevator Co. McLain & Rust (Henry T McLain, L T Rust), ice Mitchell Chas. C. blksmith Mohler Geo. W. livery Moore Lumber Co. H L Moore mngr Murray Jas. G. auctioneer Murray Peter feed New Iler Grand Hotel Mrs Gertrude Johnson propr, rate $1.50 per day; 1 block from post office New Tremont Hotel Edw D Walker propr Nichols Alb. barber Oxley Will E. baker Paramount Drug Co. (Asa King, Frank E Harter) Peterson P. C. agt, Fields & Slaughter Phillips Arthur C. phys Pioneer Drug Co. Chester H Douglas mngr Reid J. F. sec and treas, Ringsrud Mercantile Co. Ricard Jos. tailor Ringsrud A. H sec, Commercial Club Ringsrud Alf. H. garage Ringsrud Mercantile Co. A O Ringsrud, pres; J F Reid, sec and treas; gen store Rust L. T. see McLain & Rust Ryan Thos. H. pub Leader-Courier Ryan & Son J. (Jeremiah and Thos), real est Schlaetzel W. A. pres, Union County Bank Seff Morris E. men's furnishings Severson Sidney lawyer Sherman Elmer E. farm impts Silverburg Bros. (Abraham and Marcus), gen store Simonson Peter see Elk Point Elevator Co. Slagle & Co. F. M. Michael Hoffman Jr agt, lumber Slaughter see Fields & Slaughter Smith Emanuel (Mrs.) restaurant Smith Jas. L. (Mrs.) milliner Smythe Bros. (Frank D and Antoine A), gen store Stewart Arthur garage Stickney Chas. attorney at law Strobel Arthur meats Strobel Thos. r r and tel agt Sylvester Oscar farm impts Tedrow Michael W. vet surgeon Thornton Sherman G. gen store Timmins Matthew A. cigar mnfr Troskey Jno P. saloon Union County Bank (capital $20,000), W A Schlaetzel, pres; G C Kimmel, cashr Union County Herald G H & L M Crause pubs Vassar Anna clothes clnr Vinson Wm. M. county surveyor Walker Edw. D. propr New Tremont Hotel Walsh Jas. abstracter Walters Harry H. supt, Elk Point Water Works Walters Hary H. supt, Elk Point Electric Light & Power Co. Walters Oliver M. hardware Watson Thos. A. blksmith (Richland) Webster Foss agt, Wells Fargo & Co. Express Weise Peter wagonmkr Wells Fargo & Co. Express Foss Webster agt Willmarth J. Burt barber Wolf Wm. A. shoemkr