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CHARLES McCARTHY, of the firm of Dennett & McCarthy, publishers of the "Milton Globe," is one of the rising young business men of the thriving town ofMilton. He has been identified with tile paper in that village for the past ten years, and under his efficient management the work has prospered and the paper is now one of the well-known and oft-quoted exchanges of the newspaper world of North
Dakota.
Mr. McCarthy was born in Madison, Wisconsin, April 27, 1864, and was reared at Menomonie, Wisconsin, and received a common-school education. He followed farming in Wisconsin until 1886, when he went to Park
River, North Dakota, and remained about a year and a half, and in the fall of 1887 went to Milton, and in April, 1891, formed the partnership with Mr. Dennett which has since existed, Mr. .McCarthy having the management of the business since that date. The "Milton Globe" was established in 1888 by Fred Dennett and operated by him until Mr. McCarthy became a partner in the business. It is a Republican paper, and has a circulation of about seven hundred and fifty copies each issue, and is rated among the bright and newsy papers of the state.
Mr. McCarthy was married, in Grand Forks, North Dakota, to Miss Stella Carr, of Crystal, Pembina county, North Dakota . Mrs. McCarthy is a refined and cultured lady and is a native of Illinois . One son has been born to bless the home of Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy, upon whom they have bestowed the name of Lynden Charles. Our subject is a gentleman of broad mind and good executive ability and in political sentiment is identified with the Republican party, and by voice and pen stands firmly for the principles of his party. He is well informed on all current events and is fast taking his place among the prominent men of his calling. As a business man he is esteemed for his integrity and as a citizen occupies a high position in the minds of those among whom he resides.
 JOHN McGAUVRAN, treasurer of Cavalier county, is one of the early settlers of Cavalier county, and has been a resident of Langdon since 1894. Mr. McGauvran was born in L'Original, County Prescott, Ontario, Canada, December 17, 1855. He was reared and educated in the common schools of his native county, and then attended St. Gabriel College of Montreal, from which institution he graduated. He then engaged in the lumber business with his father for a number of years. In 1882 he came to what is now Cavalier county, North Dakota, filed a claim to land in Loam township and engaged in farming until 1894. At that time he removed to Langdon, and has resided there since.
In the fall of 1894 Mr. McGauvran was elected sheriff of Cavalier county, and two years later was re-elected to the same office, and served a second term. In the fall of 1898 he was elected to the office of county treasurer of Cavalier county, and he is the present incumbent of that office.
Mr. McGauvran was married in Ontario in 1874, to Miss Sarah Flynn, who is also a native of Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. McGauvran are the parents of eight living children, named as follows : Catherine, now the wife of Robert McGrath; Mary, wife of A. F. Gardner; Edgar, Frank, Bertha, Leslie, Fred and Gertrude. They have lost three children: Harvey, who was accidentally killed by being run over in Langdon by a wagon loaded with grain, when he was nine years old; Horace, who died in Langdon at the age of nine years, and one daughter who died in Ontario, at the age of three years.
Mr. McGauvran has been prominent in local politics, and has twice been a candidate for the legislature on the Republican ticket, but each ticket, but each time was defeated by his Democratic opponent. He is a genial and popular citizen, and a most efficient official. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Knights of Pythias. He is the owner of six hundred and forty acres of valuable lands, and is one of the substantial business men and esteemed citizens of the county.
HON. PATRICK McHUGH. postmaster of Langdon and a citizen of prominence in Cavalier county, has been identified with the history and growth of the county since its organization. Mr. McHugh is a native of Victoria county, Ontario, Canada, and was born September 21, 1846. His boyhood days were spent in his native county, but at the age of sixteen years he shipped aboard a lake vessel and followed the coasting and lake trade for about six years. He then went to Omaha, Nebraska, and was engaged in the grocery business, and where he also served as chief of police of that city for about two years. In 1876 he went to the Black Hills and opened a hotel in Deadwood, and also engaged in mining. He remained there until 1882, when he came to North Dakota, first locating at Grafton and taking up land in Walsh county. In 1884 he came to Cavalier county, and has since been a resident of this county. He was first appointed county commissioner by Governor Ordway, and held this position until the organization of the county, when he resigned to accept the office of register of deeds (and ex-officio county clerk). He served in this capacity for five years. In the meantime, in the fall of 1884, he was elected to the territorial legislature, serving one term. In the autumn of 1888 he was re-elected to the legislature and served a second term. He was also chosen a member of the constitutional convention, and was Langdon's first mayor, having been elected to that office in the spring of 1888. He was one of the organizers of Cavalier county, and has had much to do with the public affairs of that part of the state.
Mr. McHugh was married, in Omaha, Nebraska, June 30, 1872, to Miss Rose Welch, a native of the state of New Hampshire. They are the parents of six living children, named as follows: Anna, who is known as Sister Antonia, of St. Joseph's Academy, of St. Paul; Robert E.; George F.; John B.; Rodger K.; Rose G. Patrick Henry McHugh, another son born to Mr. and Mrs. McHugh, died in infancy.
Mr. McHugh was appointed postmaster at Langdon by President McKinley in October, 1897. He has always been identified with the Republican party and is a prominent party worker in the county. He is a thorough business man, and has been among the originators of many of the enterprises that have served to develop the resources of Cavalier county. He is president of the North Dakota Land and Townsite Company of the towns of Langdon, Osnabrook, Milton and Edinburgh. He is interested with George A. Gardner, of Duluth, in elevators at Langdon, Conway, Voss, Forest River, North Dakota, and Felton, Minnesota, and was formerly a member of the firm of McHugh & Kelly, clothing merchants, of Langdon. He is president of the Agricultural and Driving Association of Langdon, and is largely interested in real estate and buildings, his landed interests aggregating some two thousand acres.
Mr. McHugh is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Elks. He is a genial and courteous man and has a host of friends throughout Cavalier and adjoining counties.
 HON. FREDERICK W. McLEAN. This gentleman is one of the leading attorneys of Langdon, North Dakota, and is serving as United States court commissioner. He is a young man of intelligence and true worth as a citizen and member of the legal fraternity and is rapidly rising to prominence in North Dakota.
Mr. McLean was born in Nova Scotia, May 18, 1869, and passed his early boyhood days there and at the age of ten years removed with his parents to North Dakota. His father, William McLean, formerly was engaged in mercantile pursuits in Bathgate, Pembina county. North Dakota.
Our subject was reared in Bathgate and received his education there and came to Langdon, Cavalier county, in the spring of 1888, and engaged in the newspaper business. He formed a partnership with A. I. Koehmstedt, and continued in business until the spring of 1893, when he disposed of his newspaper interests and the following year began the study of law. He graduated from the National University, at Washington, D. C, in 1897, and was admitted to the bar in September of the same year, and at once began the practice of his profession in Langdon, where he has since followed a general practice and has built up an extensive and remunerative business. He was appointed by ex-Senator Roach as his private secretary, and acted in that capacity about four years.
Our subject was married in Langdon, North Dakota, to Miss Ellen Orton. a native of Ontario. Mr. McLean was elected to the North Dakota legislature in the fall of 1892 on the Democratic ticket. and served one term. In September, 1897, he was appointed United States court commissioner by Judge Amidon, of Fargo, in which capacity he now serves. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Knights of Pythias and Independent Order of Foresters and is prominent in social and business circles and has attained a standing in legal circles seldom reached by one of his years. July 19, 1900, Mr. McLean was nominated for lieutenant governor of North Dakota on the Independent Democratic ticket.
HON. HENRY McLEAN, residing on section 35, Cypress township, Cavalier county, has been for many years an influential citizen and public-spirited member of the community in which he has resided since coming to North Dakota. He has served his county and state in many important capacities, and has always discharged his duties with a fidelity and conscientiousness that have won him the esteem of all good citizens regardless of political faith.
Mr. McLean was born in Scotland December 5, 1847. When he was about three years of age he accompanied his parents to America, and they settled on a farm in Huron county, Canada, where our subject grew to manhood. He received his education in the common schools, and supplemented it by reading and observation. In 1882 he emigrated to Dakota and took up lands under the pre-emption laws, locating first in Harvey township, Cavalier county, but later removed to Cypress township, and located on section 35, where he still resides. He is the owner of six hundred and forty acres of valuable lands, which he has improved by the addition of convenient buildings and other appurtenances to a well conducted farm.
Mr. McLean was married in Huron county, Ontario, to Miss Margaret Work. Mrs. McLean was born and raised in Huron county. They are the parents of eight children, namely: Elizabeth, Annie, Agnes, Sarah, Norman, Alexander, Margaret and Robert.
Since coming to Cavalier county Mr. McLean has taken an active interest in affairs of a public nature and has been honored by election to a number of important positions. He was the first clerk of Harvey township, was assessor of Cypress township, was a justice of the peace and school director. He served two terms as a member of the board of county commissioners, and was its presiding officer. In 1898 he was elected to the legislature on the Republican ticket and is now a member of the house. His affability, together with his faithfulness to duty and strict integrity, have won him a host of friends.
CHARLES B. McMILLAN, cashier of the State Bank of Hannah, and postmaster of Hannah. Cavalier county, is one of the prominent business men of that locality. He possesses many excellent traits of character, is endowed with activity, persistence and a good capacity for well directed labor, and the institution with which he is connected is well managed and is one of the solid financial institutions of Cavalier county.
Our subject was born in the eastern part of Ontario, Canada. December 9. 1872. He went to Manitoba with his parents when he was about three years of age, and remained there until the spring of 1880, when he again removed with the family and located in North Dakota, settling on a farm near Hamilton, Pembina county. He lived in Hamilton until April. 1891, and then came to Langdon. Cavalier county, and was engaged by McMillan & Laidlaw in the farm machinery business until January. 1893. He served as deputy county treasurer two years, and then was engaged as deputy clerk of court until September. 1897, when the town of Hannah was started. He soon afterward went to Hannah and has been engaged in the banking business there since that time. He was appointed postmaster of Hannah in February, 1898, and is an efficient and popular officer.
Our subject was married in Langdon. North Dakota, to Miss Minnie Rose, a native of Ontario. Mr. McMillan is keenly alive to the interests of his community, and does all in his power to push all schemes forward that will in any way enhance its growth or elevate its status.
 DONALD H. McMILLAN. Among the leading men who have contributed to the development and prosperity of Cavalier county, none is more worthy of a place in the history of the county than Donald H. McMillan of Langdon.
Mr. McMillan is a native of Glengarry county,. Ontario, Canada, and was born February 8, 1849. He was reared in that county and vicinity to the age of seventeen years, and then went to Pennsylvanian. He remained there about one year, when he returned to Ontario. He there engaged in lumbering for a number of years, and in 1873 went to the Pacific coast. He remained in the far west until 1883, being chiefly engaged in mining. In February, 1883, he came to Dakota, and located in Pembina county, at Hamilton, where he engaged in farming. He conducted farming four years, and in 1878 he came to Langdon and engaged in the farm machinery business in which business he has since continued. He is also extensively interested in farming operations, and has met with success in both lines. He was one of the organizers of the Citizens' State Bank of Langdon in 1893, of which he is now vice-president.
Mr. McMillan has always taken an active interest in public affairs, and filled a number of important offices. He was elected in 1890 to the office of treasurer of Cavalier county, and served one term. He was appointed deputy revenue collector for North Dakota in 1898, but resigned that office in April, 1899. He also served as mayor of Langdon from 1898 to 1900. He was a candidate for the office of commissioner of land and labor on the Republican ticket in 1892, but was defeated by the Democratic candidate.
Mr. McMillan was married in Cavalier county., in 1889, to Miss Agnes Gordon, who was also born in Ontario, Canada. They have a pleasant and hospitable home, and enjoy the respect and esteem of a host of warm friends. Mr. McMillan is a strong advocate of education and has done much for the schools of the city and county. He owns and operates over one thousand acres of land, and is regarded as one of the substantial citizens of the county. July 11, 1900, he was nominated upon the Republican ticket for state treasurer of North Dakota.
 HON. WILLIAM J. MOONEY, one of the organizers of Cavalier county, is a resident of Langdon, and has been one of the most active promoters of the welfare of both the city and the county.
Mr. Mooney was born in Watertown, Wisconsin, September 29, 1858. He was reared and received his preliminary education in his native county, and graduated from the College of the Sacred Heart in 1875. He taught school at Concord, in Jefferson county, Wisconsin, and then, after two years at this work, he took a two-years' course in advanced studies. After that he went to Moorhead, Minnesota, and engaged in the real-estate, law and loan business with R. W. Coleman. One year later, in 1882, he located at Bathgate, Pembina county. North Dakota, and formed a partnership with John D. Stack in the real-estate, law and collection business, handling the town site of Bathgate for Comstock & White. He was admitted to the bar in Pembina county in 1882. After two years in Pembina county, he came to Cavalier county and was one of the chief instigators of the movement for county organization. He received the appointment of probate judge and clerk of the district court, and was elected county judge in the fall of 1884. He resigned the office of clerk of the district court, but served as probate judge for the full term.
Mr. Mooney has been connected with the leading enterprises that have developed the resources of Cavalier county since its organization. With Hon. Patrick McHugh, he was instrumental in having the railroad brought to Langdon, they furnishing the right of way from Park River to Langdon. He also, in company with Mr. McHugh and W. F. Winter, brother of George F. Winter, who was at that time county treasurer, organized the Cavalier County Bank, at Langdon, which was later consolidated with the Bank of Langdon. In 1893 the First National Bank was organized, with Mr. Mooney as president and principal stockholder. In 1896 he sold his interest in the First National Bank, and the same year organized the W. J. Mooney State Bank. He is also interested in the town site of Langdon and the North Dakota Land & Townsite Company, and is one of the principal stockholders of the Linden Investment Company.
Mr. Mooney was married in Chicago, Illinois, in December, 1883, to Miss Elizabeth Manning, a native of Dodge county, Wisconsin. To Mr. and Mrs. Mooney three children have been born. John is a student at St. John's University, of Collegeville, Minnesota. William J., Jr., died at the age of four years. Charles F. died at the age of eight months. Mrs. Mooney departed this life October 31, 1888.
In all matters of a public nature, and all enterprises tending to advance the interests of Cavalier county, Mr. Mooney has always been an active leader. He has been intimately connected with its history from' the first, and the story of the development of Langdon and Cavalier county cannot be told without frequent reference to his name and deeds. Above is a portrait of Mr. Mooney and his son.
 JOSEPH POWLES. This gentleman is one of the old settlers of Cavalier county. North Dakota, and is widely known as the efficient and popular postmaster of Milton. He has acted in that capacity for the past thirteen years, and prior to this was engaged in improving one of the fertile farms of that region, his land being near the present town site of Milton. He now owns eight hundred acres of land in Cavalier county and is one of the solid men of the community.
Our subject was born in Herefordshire, England, December 6, 1848. He was reared in his native isle and after attaining his majority was employed as clerk by the Great Western Railroad of England and remained in their employ as such until 1883. Late in the summer of that year he emigrated to America and at once went to North Dakota, and upon his arrival there he entered a claim to land near where Milton now stands. He resided on his claim about three years and was then appointed postmaster of Milton under the first administration of President Cleveland in 1887, and has held the office continuously since that date.
Mr. Powles was married, in Hereford, England, to Miss Eliza Heins, a native of London, England. Two daughters have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Powles, named Margaret M. and Fanny E. Our subject and wife are members of the Episcopal church and Mr. Powles holds membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias, and is past noble grand of Milton Lodge, No. 29. Politically he is a stanch Republican and an earnest worker for party principles. He was a member of the constitutional convention in 1889, and has always taken an active interest in the welfare of his adopted country and especially in local affairs, and has served as justice of the peace of Milton and clerk of the village. He is a man of strict integrity and his public spirit has never been called in question, and he is an influence for good in his community, with whose highest interests his name is associated. He keeps pace with the times and has made many friends in North Dakota.
 HON. CHARLES W. PLAIN, proprietor of one of the most extensive and carefully-cultivated farms of Cavalier county, is also engaged in the machinery business in Milton, and enjoys a large trade. He is a man of mark in his community, and his standing as a good citizen is irreproachable. Several important offices have been entrusted to his care, and he has never failed to justify the confidence placed in him by the people.
Our subject was born in Aurora, Kane county, Illinois, March 10, 1858, and was reared in his native place, and there received a good education and assisted with the work on the home farm. He later learned the machinist's trade and followed the same in Illinois for some years, and in February, 1888, came to North Dakota and located in Milton, and proved his claim to land on which he had filed papers the previous year. He engaged in the farm machinery business in 1888, and has continued thus, and now conducts an extensive business and is well known for his integrity in his business deals. He owns some four thousand acres of choice land in Cavalier county, and operates the same successfully, and is one of the solid men of his locality.
Mr. Plain was elected a member of the state legislature in the fall of 1892 on the Democratic ticket, and served one term, and his efficient work and popularity are best evidenced by the fact that in 1894 he was elected to the state senate, his term of office expiring January 1, 1899. He has served his city as its chief executive for several terms, and is keenly awake to every need of his community, and in every way possible furthers the growth of his adopted county and state. He is a man who is determined in his adherence to the right, and to his friends, and is one of the important factors in the development and growth of the social and financial interests of Milton.
 BRYNJOLF PROM, cashier of the State Bank of Milton, is one of the prominent business men of Cavalier county, and is well known as a worthy citizen. He has been identified with the financial interests of that locality for the past fifteen years and the success attendant on the State Bank of Milton is due in a great measure to his ability and faithful service. He thoroughly understands and carefully conducts the details of the institution with which he is connected and has also interested himself largely in other financial enterprises and has purchased more less real estate in Cavalier county, and he has made many friends by his push and energy.
Our subject was born in Bergen, Norway, March 19, 1857, and was reared in his native land and completed his education in Munich, Bavaria. He followed civil engineering in Germany until 1880, when he emigrated to America and at once came to North Dakota and was engaged in government survey work until 1885. He then accepted a position in the Park River Bank (now the First National Bank of Park River) as bookkeeper and assistant cashier and remained in that capacity until 1888, when he accepted the management of the State Bank of Milton, and has since acted in the capacity of cashier of that institution. The State Bank of Milton is the successor of the Farmers & Merchants' Bank, which was organized in 1887 and was purchased by D. H. Beecher, Sidney Clarke and B. Prom in 1888. They continued business under the name of the Bank of Milton until 1890, when the institution was incorporated under the name of the State Bank of Milton.
Mr. Prom was married in Park River, North Dakota, to Miss Anna Aslakson, a native of Carver, Minnesota. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Prom, named as follows: Hazel and Rolf. Mr. Prom holds membership in the Masonic fraternity and is a gentleman of excellent characteristics. He is active in public affairs of local importance and has always been identified with the Republican party in political faith.
JOHN L. ROBERTSON, sheriff of Cavalier county, has been for many years one of the most prominent and influential citizens of the county. His home is at Langdon, but he is a large land-, holder, and has been one of the foremost men in the work of developing the natural wealth and resources of this section of the state.
Mr. Robertson was born in Scotland, January 7, 1861. He was reared to manhood in his native land, living on a farm until the age of nineteen years. Pie then came to America and located in Frontenac county, Ontario, Canada, and engaged at farming near Kingston. There he remained until 1882, when he emigrated to Dakota territory and began farming in Walsh county. In 1884 he came to Cavalier county, and took up land in Hope township, and the following year made his residence upon his land. He continued to reside there until 1894, when he was elected to the office of county treasurer of Cavalier county. He assumed the duties of that office January 1, 1895, and so efficiently and satisfactorily did he perform the important duties devolving upon him the people chose him to the same office for a second term. At the close of his second term he was elected, in the fall of 1898, to the office of sheriff of Cavalier county, and he is now performing the duties of that position.
Mr. Robertson was married in Scotland, April 2, 1885, to Miss Maggie Stewart, who is also a native of Scotland, they are the parents of ten children, named as follows: Charles, Annie, Robert, Jennie, Bella, Alexander, Mary, John, Alice and David. Mr. Robertson is an active worker in the Presbyterian church, and has always lent his influence to the advancement of the educational and moral interests of the community. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of Pythias and A. O. U. W. In addition to the high county offices he has been elected to, he has served three successive terms as assessor of his township, and has always taken a commendable interest in the welfare of his own township. In politics he is an earnest supporter of the principles of the Democratic party. He is the owner of twelve hundred and eighty acres of land in Cavalier county, and has been successful in all his important undertakings.
PROF. THOMAS SHEEHAN. Cavalier county has been fortunate in the selection of her public men, and none has discharged the duties of the office with greater fidelity and satisfaction than the worthy superintendent of schools of Langdon, Mr. Thomas Sheehan.
Mr. Sheehan was born in Simcoe county, Ontario, Canada, September 2. 1860. He was reared and given a preliminary education in Bruce county, Ontario, after which he attended St. Catherine's Collegiate Institute, and later, the Normal School at Ottawa, from which he graduated in i88r. He then was engaged in teaching in Bruce and Gray counties, Ontario, until 1889. In that year he came to Cavalier county. North Dakota, and engaged in teaching in Olga township. He was a conscientious teacher, and his work attracted attention. He continued to teach in Olga township until 1893, when he was elected superintendent of schools of Langdon. Since that time he has made many important improvements in the system of the city schools and his work is thorough and in every way practical.
Mr. Sheehan was married in Langdon, North Dakota, in 1897, to Mrs. Belle O. O'Shaugnessy-Murnane. They are the parents of two children, Mary and Robert John.
Mr. Sheehan is a close student and with a knowledge of practical life that is of great value in the work of his profession. He has enjoyed the confidence of the public from the time he began school work in this county and is earnestly interested in the work of education, and has done much for the advancement of schools in this part of North Dakota.
 MICHAEL L. SULLIVAN, a well-known and prosperous citizen of Langdon, Cavalier county, North Dakota, deserves special mention for the worthy manner in which he has lent his aid and influence to the up building of better conditions, both material and educational, in Cavalier county.
Mr. Sullivan was born in Winneshiek county, Iowa, March 13, 1858. When he was about eight years of age his family moved to Webster county, in the same state, and there our subject grew to manhood, and received his education in the public schools, and worked on the farm during the summer seasons. In 1880, being then about twenty-two years of age, he moved to Dakota territory, and took up land in Grand Forks county and engaged in farming. His land afterwards became the town site of the village of Mekinock. In 1883 he went to Ramsey county, and there prosecuted farming until 1887, when he came to Langdon and opened up his present business, that of meat market and live stock. He has been successful, and is the owner of six hundred and forty acres of excellent lands in Cavalier county, though his attention is given chiefly to his meat and live stock business in Langdon.
Mr. Sullivan was married in Ramsey county, North Dakota, to Miss Mary A. Baker, who is a native of Whitewater, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan are the parents of four children, named as follows: Helen J., Albert J., Frank H. and Lucille M. Mr. Sullivan has taken an active interest in local public affairs, and has been instrumental in advancement of the city and its varied interests. He has served three terms as alderman, and has been chairman of the school board for two years. He is one of the directors of the school board for two years. He is one of the directors of the First National Bank, and since his location in Langdon he has identified himself thoroughly with all public enterprises that promised practical good for his city and county. He has a host of warm friends, and is respected and esteemed throughout the county. In his political affiliations he has been a life-long Democrat.
 JOHN E. TRUAX, clerk of the district court, is one of the prominent officials of Cavalier county, and has resided in Langdon for the past thirteen years, in which time he has gained a host of friends and the highest esteem of his fellows.
Our subject was born in Miami county, Indiana, March 31. 1851, and at the age of five years moved to Scott county. Minnesota, where he was reared and educated. He was then employed as clerk in a store in Le Sueur county, Minnesota, for about five years and in 1876 was appointed deputy auditor of Le Sueur county, which office he held until May, 1882. He was then appointed register's clerk in the United
States land office at Grand
Forks. North Dakota, and remained in that office until January, 1886, at which time he was appointed deputy auditor of Grand
Forks county. He held the position until January 1. 1888, and at that time was appointed clerk of the district court of Cavalier county, by Judge McConnell, of Fargo, and has held the office continuously since that date. He took up his residence in Langdon early in January, 1888, and has lived here since and taken an active interest in the up building of the town.
Our subject was married in Le Sueur county, Minnesota . in 1874, to Miss Mary Travis, who died in Le Sueur in November, 1875. One son was born to this union, named Robert E. Mr. Truax was married to Miss Clara V. Stiles in 1880 and January 25, 1897, he was again called upon to mourn the loss of his life companion. Mr. and Mrs. Truax were the parents of two children, Viola C. and Constance A. Our subject is a stanch advocate of Democratic principles and an earnest worker for his party, with which he has always been identified, and he wields a wide influence. His reputation for integrity and uprightness is without a flaw and he is one of the most highly-reputed men of the county and enjoys the confidence of all. He is a thirty-second-degree Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine and Elzagel Temple of Fargo, member of Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, and has passed all the chairs in the subordinate lodge of this order. He is one of the oldest Knights of Pvthias in the West, having joined the order in 1874. He is also a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and Independent Order of Foresters.
WILLIAM F. WINTER, vice-president of the First National Bank of Langdon. is one of the well-known business men of Cavalier county, and has been identified with the growth and development of that locality and is entitled to special mention in the annals of North Dakota. He is a man of good executive ability and forethought and is earnest and practical in his business and possessed of active public spirit and to him tlie community owes a debt of gratitude.
Our subject was born in Kingston, Ontario, September 18, 1857, and was reared in his native place and received a liberal education, graduating from the Kingston high school. He went to St. Paul. Minnesota, in 1872, and was connected with a wholesale dry-goods house for two years as traveling salesman. He went to North Dakota in 1880 and resided in Pembina a short time and was employed as clerk in a mercantile establishment and then went to Olga, Cavalier county, in the fall of 1883, and there engaged in the real estate and loan business, and remained there until 1887, when he removed to Langdon and has resided there since that date. He served as county treasurer in 1889 and 1890 in Cavalier county, and gained the confidence of the people by his faithful and efficient work. In company with P. McHugh and W. J. Mooney. he organized the Cavalier County Bank, in 1887 and was cashier of the institution from 1891-1893, until it was organized as the First National Bank, and remained cashier of the National until 1898. He then resigned his office and has since been engaged in the real estate and loan business. He formed a partnership with H. D. Allert, in the real estate and loan business and the firm now conducts a good business under the firm name of Allert & Winter. Mr. Winter owns several thousand acres of land in the vicinity of Langdon and has been instrumental in building up the town.
Our subject was married in Langdon, Cavalier county, to Miss Ida Orton, a native of Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Winter have one son. named Morris Orton. Our subject is a thirty-second-degree Mason and a member of the Commandery and Mystic Shrine and was master of Lebanon Lodge, No. 34. of Langdon, for three years and is active in social affairs.
SIMON A. WROOLIE, of the firm of Johnson & Wroolie, hardware and lumber merchants of Milton. North Dakota, is one of the wide-awake and successful business men of that locality. He has been identified with the financial growth of Milton and the country surrounding for many years, and is widely and favorably known as an able business man and citizen of true worth.
Our subject was born in Norway, October 8, 1854, and left his native country when a child with his parents and settled in Wisconsin. He assisted with the farm work in Dane county, that state, and after two years there removed to Faribault county, Minnesota, where he resided until 1882, in which year he removed to Crookston, Minnesota, and remained there until he came to Park River, North Dakota, in 1885. He was then engaged in the general merchandise business about three years, and then came to Milton in 1888 and began the mercantile business. He formed a partnership with Morns Johnson in Park River, and this partnership has continued to the present time. They are largely interested in the hardware and lumber trade, and also own about two sections of land in that region. Mr. Wroolie was married in Milton, North Dakota, to Lena Taarud, a native of Pope county, Minnesota. Mrs. Wroolie died early in the '90s. One son was born to this union, named Vernon O. Mr. Wroolie was married in Milton, North Dakota, to Mrs. Bertha Hougan. Our subject is a gentleman of excellent executive ability and has prospered in his business pursuits, and in all matters of a public nature takes a hearty interest, and well merits his high standing.
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