S. R. DAY, One of the foremost business men of McKenzie is S. R. Day. proprietor of a general store at that place. He is one of Burleigh county’s native sons, his birth occurring eleven miles from McKenzie on the 13th of January 1889. His parents, George J. and Willametta (Smith) Day, were born in Knox City, Missouri, but were married after their removal to North Dakota. It was in 1881 that the father came to this state and took up government land eleven miles south of McKenzie, and to the development and cultivation of that farm he has since devoted his attention. He has also engaged in stock raising to some extent and has met with well deserved success in his operations. His wife is also living as are their three sons: S. R., of this review; Robert, now a resident of Bismarck; and Richard, at home.

S. R. Day began his education in the district school of McKenzie and later attended the high school of Bismarck. After putting aside his textbooks he entered the City National Bank of Bismarck, with which he was connected for five years, starting at the bottom and advancing step by step until he became assistant cashier of that institution. On resigning that position in 1912 he removed to McKenzie and bought out the McKenzie Mercantile Company, which had been incorporated in 1905 and continued business under that name until Mr. Day became proprietor. He was appointed postmaster of McKenzie by the civil service and is still holding that position. The office has one rural route operated three times a week and one star route twice a week. Mr. Day not only deals in all kinds of general merchandise but in machinery as well and has secured an excellent patronage.

On the 9th of August 1910, Mr. Day was united in marriage to Miss Gladys Falconer, who was born in Bismarck, May 8, 1891, and resided there until after her marriage. They have two children: Raymond, born March 5, 1912; and Robert, born October 5, 1915. In religious faith they are Presbyterians, belonging to a church in Bismarck, and Mr. Day is also a member of the Masonic lodge in that city. He is past grand of the Odd Fellows lodge at McKenzie and is a democrat in politics. He has been called upon to fill local offices, serving as justice of the peace, president of the school board and in other positions. He is vice president and a director of the Sibley Rural Telephone Company and is interested in farming around McKenzie. Success has attended his business efforts along various lines and he is today numbered among the substantia! as well as the representative citizens of his community.