Schultz was manager of the
Bank until- 1915. He was succeeded by Mr. J. A. Mitchell as acting
manager. In 1916, Mr. E. H. Bally was appointed manager and when the
Union Bank was taken over by the Royal Bank in 1925, he continued as
manager until 1927. Mr. Bally was replaced by Mr. R. S. Hodge until
1934 when he was retired on pension. Mr. T. W. Cancannon succeeded him
until 1936, when he was pensioned. Mr. F. H. Bridge succeeded Mr.
Cancannon.
Mr. John Dew, owner of the Northern Pacific hotel, traded his hotel for
the hotel in Pilot Mound, owned by Mr. Carruthers in 1900, rented it
for two years to Sidney Martin, then he sold the building to Thomas
Sexsmith in 1902, who rented it to Joseph Scott for two years. Since
that time Mr. Sexsmith used it for his dwelling. He also runs a dray
and feed business at the back of the building.
The railroad station agents who have held positions in Baldur since the
road came through, are as follows: Messrs. Jess Munn, Snydal, Seucy,
Gonder, D. K. Arnold, then his son, and McDonald.
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name them. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Webb with son Bruce, 18-4-12; John Croften,
29-3-13. John was a veteran in the Boer war. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Brown
4-4-13, Alex is another old timer arriving from the old country
around1880; residing-in 9 and 4 of 4-13 and is well versed in the early
days and we are indebted to him for much valuable information regarding
the old pioneers of the district. His brother Frank lives on a farm
near Ninette. Roger, who lived in the early days on 10-4-13, now
resides in Belmont and Oliver, who came out later settled at the east
end of Rock Lake and later moved out of the district.
Mr. Alex Brown gave a fine recital of the path of the old pioneers at
an old timers gathering at Avery's Park which was greatly enjoyed. Mr.
Arthur Burnett, 16-3-13 and Noble Lawrence, 35-3-13; W. Gray in
Glenora; Mrs. Wm. Lawrence in Glenora.
This concludes all the old timers that we know of that are living in
the District.
The Preston Bros. and Herman Davis opened the first lime kiln at the
west end of Rock Lake. It was here that the pioneers purchased their
lime to plaster their log houses. The lime was also used to white wash
the interior of their dwellings to make them cleaner and lighter.
The late Jas. McClellan homesteaded on 18-4-13 and purchased a quarter
from Roger Dakotah and later bought the N hf of 4-4-13 from W. Fisher
including one yoke of oxen and plow for $600 and the first crop paid
for this land. The grain was hauled to Emerson, about 80 miles distant.
The late William Clark and Jas. McLellan went to Emerson in the same
fall of 1880 for flour and no flour was available so they brought back
bran and shorts and a supply of groceries, including the above menu
'till spring. It took over a week to make the trip.
Jas. McClellan purchased the first steam outfit in his district. This
outfit was hauled from Pilot Mound with oxen.
The late Arthur Burnett and Bob McKnight had a Waterbury horse power
and a Climax separator in 1882. Mrs. Arthur Burnett is now living in
Chigwell Alta., with her son Gleig.
The Lawrence Bros., Noble and George purchased the first binder in the
district, a Harris wire binder. A number of the binders came in later
in the northern area. The straw was dangerous to feed to stock owing to
the knots in the wire which caused the loss of some cattle.
P. O'Dell purchased a Waterloo outfit in 1905 and in 1911 bought a 30
HP. Engine and 40-62 separator from agent Jim McClellan. One of the
largest outfits in the district with a 10-furrow engine gang, the
equipment did a large amount of threshing for a long number of years.
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