Bottineau illustrated, 1901-2

• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Library of Congress
• Subjects: Canada; Ferguson; Grand Forks; Homestead; Kil; Northwest Territories
• Online Access: https://archive.org/details/bottineauillustr00mcph; http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ndsl-books/id/51079

J. S. O'BRIEN. Bottineau has no more active citizen than John Sidney O'Brien, contractor and builder. He was born in the Ould Sod, and llie good King Brin Baru has no more worthy descendant. He came to Ot-tawa. Canada, many years ago. From Ottawa he went to Winnipeg in the early eighties, where he remained some years, and then went to Killarney, Man., wliere he resided for a number of years, employed as homestead inspector by the Dominion government. From Kil-larney he drifted over to St. Johns, North Dakota, and a few years ago took up his residence in Bottineau. Since coming here he has followed his business as contractor, and has constructed a number of buildings in Bottineau and vicinity, among them the public school and the Catholic church at Tarsus. Though he has reached four score years, he is still a hard worker and bids fair to live many years yet. \V. D. SA\VVF.R, the genial owner of the Blue Barn, came hero from Renville. Minn., last spring, where he was engaged in the livery business, and bought out Nelson Bros., proprietors of one of the oldest liveries in Botti-neau. Naturally such an old established business must we widely known and of large proportions, and Mr. Sawyer is the man not only to retain its prestige but to add thereto. CTTY JUSTICE W. H. KIRK was born near Port Rowan, Ontario, Canada, about 50 years ago. He went to college in Quebec a coujile of years, and was employed for some time on the Intercolonial Railway in construction work. He afterw-ards drifted to Winnipeg with the tide of fortune seekers who swept that way in the early seventies, and during the construction of the Pembina branch of the C. P. R. had the contract for unloading rails from the river steamboats. He remained in the prairie capital until after the boom of 1882, when he left, a little the worse for his experiences during that wild period, coming to Bottineau. He was appointed collector of customs at this place in 1883 and held that post for two years. He then took up a homestead three miles southeast of Bottineau, where he resided up to 1885, when he returned to Bottineau and engaged in business. He was elected city justice in 1896 and has held the ofiice ever since, with the exception of a short term when he was county justice. He built the Lake View Hotel, Lake Mctigo-she, in 1889. He is a brother of Jas. J. Kirk, janitor of the public school, who is also one of the pioneers of this district, and the original owner of the land on which the Lake View Hotel, Lake Metigoshe, now stands, now the property of Archie McArlliur, of Bottineau. SLATTERY BROS. (Wm., L. v. and S. C). general merchants, commenced business here in 1900, in premises erected and owned by themselves on Main street, one door north of the Courant office. Though their experi-ence has only been a short one, it has been most encouraging. They carry a large stock in their lines and are strong on a cash business. Wm. Slattery formerly was engaged in the ranching business near Prince Albert, Canadian Northwest Territories. L. E. Slattery is from Minneapolis, and S. E. still resides there and is engaged in the board-ing house and canning business. FERGUSON BROS., hardware merchants, Thompson street, commenced business in 1896, in the premises now occupied by them, though it has undergone sev-eral changes in that time, made necessary by the rapid growth of their trade. They carry everything in the hardware line and also do a general tinsmithing business and repair bicycles. The firm consists of Peter B. and John S. They are natives of Canada. H. w. holtCh, postot'tice confectioner, came to Bottineau from Grand Forks in 1900, and commenced business in the postotlice building. He carries a stock of stationery, cigars, tobacco and fruits, and docs a large busi-ness. His native state is New 'York. LESCAULT BROS. Lescault Bros., cigar manufacturers, established themselves in Bot-tineau in 1898. and their reputation for turning out a good article has become so widely known that they are unable to fill orders fast enough to supply their customers. The lA-scaults are from Minnesota, G. F. coming here as far back as 1888 and taking up a claim in the Turtle Mountains, near Cordelia. 85 Internet Archive