JOHN D. ALLEN, leading taxidermist of North Dakota, is a resident and business man of Mandan, where he has resided for many years, and has a fine establishment, with a valuable collection of curios.

Mr. Allen was born in Steuben county, New York, April 20, 1851. His father, M. P. Allen, was a furniture dealer and cabinet maker, and spent the first twenty-eight years of his life in the state of New York. .He went to Ohio in 1853, and thence to Michigan and engaged in the furniture business, where he still resides. The mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Nancy K. Cook, was born in New York, where her marriage occurred. She died when our subject was but seven years of age.

John D. Allen was the eldest in a family of three children. He grew to manhood in the village of Paw Paw. Michigan, and attended the public schools. At the age of twenty-one years he entered into partnership with his father in the furniture business. This connection continued one year, when, in 1873, he opened a taxidermist's shop in Paw Paw. The business grew steadily until he left Paw Paw in 1877. He then located in Denver, Colorado, and continued the taxidermist business for three years there. He then went to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he took a position as stenographer for the general manager of the Northern Pacific Railway, General H. E. Sargent, and continued in that position until the spring of 1881. In May of that year he came to Mandan as timekeeper for the railway shops. This position he resigned about the middle of the summer. He was relieved in the autumn, and then, after spending some time in exploring Indian mounds and gathering curios, went east on a visit, returning to Mandan in the fall of 1882, when he established his present business. He owns a fine residence in the best part of the city. His workshops adjacent are commodious and well arranged, consisting of three floors, each 20x40 feet. His collections of birds and Indian curios are very valuable and the most extensive in the country. His acquaintance with trappers and hunters throughout the west and northwest enables him to secure the best specimens extant. W. S. Barrows was associated with him for some time. They made an extensive exhibit at the New Orleans exposition and at the Yellowstone National Park. They also conducted branch stores at St. Paul, Minnesota, and at Dickinson, North Dakota, for several years.

Mr. Allen was married, February 3, 1890, to Nellie A. Wilson. Mrs. Allen is a native of the state of New York and is of English descent. Mr. and Mrs. Allen have one child, a daughter, Ila K., born May 21, 1891. Mr. Allen is a Republican in political views, and is a member of four fraternal organizations : The Independent Order of Foresters, Knights of the Maccabees, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Brotherhood of American Yeomen.

ALBERT H. CHASE, is one of the well-to-do farmers of Morton county and has gained his possessions by honest industry and judicious management. He was born in Lewiston, Maine, April 2, 1858, and makes his home in township 140, range 90, in Morton county.

Our subject's father, E. H. Chase, was a carpenter most of his life and the family came to America about 1637 and settled at New Hampton, Massachusetts. The father served four years in the Civil war and saw active service and was the only man of his company who escaped wounds during the service. The grandfather of our subject, Ezekiel Chase, was a lumberman and died early in life. The mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Mary Ricker, was born and reared in Maine, and the parents were married in that state and reared a family of eight children, of whom our subject was the third in order of birth. When he was two years of age the family moved to Boston and lived there eight years and in 1867 removed to Wisconsin and settled in Jackson county. The father followed farming and there our subject grew to manhood and was educated there. He began for himself at the age of twenty-one and worked at the carpenter's trade some time and in the spring of 1883 went to Hebron, North Dakota, and took government land in Morton county and built a claim shanty thereon and his first team was oxen, with which he farmed two years. His first crop was good and then followed numerous experiences with hail and failure of crops and he resided on the farm until 1897, when he took up his residence in Mandan. He has a farm of three hundred and twenty acres and has all necessary buildings and machinery thereon and has made a success of his vocation.

Our subject was married, in 1887, to Miss Jennie Green, who was born in the state of New York and was a daughter of Harry Green, who ran a stage and freight line near Watertown. New York. Mrs. Chase is of English descent and she was a teacher in New York state six years. Mr. and Mrs. Chase are the parents of four children, named as follows: George, born in 1888: Ethel, born in 1890; Susie, born in 1892. and Mary. born in 1894. Mr. Chase was elected register of deeds in Morton county in 1896 and re-elected in 1898. He is now serving his second term in that capacity and has also secured the nomination for the third term. He is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Knights of the Maccabees and politically he is a Republican and an earnest worker for party principles.

HON. WILLIAM ENGELTER. In the list of pioneers of Morton county, who are identified with her progress and up building, may be noted the name of William Engelter. He resides on his fine estate in township 139, range 85, and has a thoroughly improved farm and is surrounded by all that goes to make country life pleasant.

Our subject was born on a farm near Darmstadt, Germany, May 22, 1836. His father, William Engelter, was a stone mason and farmer, and our subject was raised in Germany and in 1852 came to America with an older brother. He landed at New York and went to Buffalo and there worked in a shoe store to learn the trade and remained four years, and then went to Chicago in 1856 and entered the employ of a commission firm, remaining in their employ until the breaking out of the war. In 1862 he enlisted in the Seventy-second Illinois Infantry, and was a member of Company A. and was sent south and joined Grant's army. He was engaged at Champion Hill, Vicksburg, Spanish Fort, Nashville and Franklin, Tennessee, and was a member of the Seventeenth Corps. He was mustered out at Vicksburg, Mississippi, August 11, 1865, after over three years of active service, and received but one wound, and that was through an accident at the hands of a comrade. After the war he returned to Chicago and entered upon his former duties with the commission firm and was general manager and purchaser for them and in their employ many years. He went to New Salem in the spring of 1884, and entered claim to government land near the town, and thereon began farming and placing improvements. The family soon joined him, and he built a small house, and engaged in agriculture and made a success of the same. He started on raw prairie and now has a farm of eight hundred and eighty acres, a set of good buildings, grove, plenty of small fruits, all machinery necessary, and keeps from fifty to eighty head of cattle, and has met with success in stock raising and general farming, and is one of the substantial men of his township.

Our subject .was married, in Chicago, May 3, 1868, to Miss Christena Prebeck, who was born in Germany, and came to America with her brother in 1861. Mr. and Mrs. Engelter are the parents of five children, as follows: George, manager of Mandan Mercantile Company's business at New Salem, was born February, 1869; William, born in October, 1871, manager for the same company at Richardson ; Charles, born in September, 1873, now residing at home; Annie, born in February, 1875, and Henry, born in March, 1877, is the present postmaster of New Salem, North Dakota.

Our subject was elected school officer and township officer in the early days, and was county commissioner eight years. He has served one term as representative in North Dakota, and is an efficient and popular officer. He is a Republican politically and has attended county and state conventions as a delegate and is active in party affairs. He holds membership in the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

C. F. EWALD, ranks among the foremost merchants of Hebron, North Dakota, and is entitled to much credit for the share he has borne in the up building of that locality. He went to North Dakota without means and braved the dangers of life in the Northwest in the early days and endured the hardships of pioneer life and is now one of the substantial and prosperous men of his community.

Mr. Ewald was born on a farm in the southern par Mr. Ewald was born on a farm in the southern part of Germany, June 27. 1859. and lost his father, George Ewald, when he was but nine years of age. His mother bore the maiden name of Katie Ruff. Of a family of six children he was the youngest and he was raised on a farm and at the age of seventeen years began to learn the machinist's trade and when nineteen years of age started for himself. He worked in the largest cities of Germany, and at the age of twenty-two years entered the army and served in the artillery service three years and was then discharged with the rank of corporal. He followed railroad work six months in the shops and six months as fireman and in 1885 came to America, landing at New York. He visited his brother three months at St. Joe. Michigan, and in August, 1885, arrived at Hebron. North Dakota. He at once entered claim to government land and erected a frame shanty and with a team of oxen, which he took from Chicago, the largest team in the county, he began farming. His brother, Fred Ewald, was active in the establishment of the Hebron colony.

C. F. Ewald lived alone on the farm one year and in the spring of 1886 established a blacksmith shop in the town and followed the same there two years and then moved the businesses to his farm two miles north of Hebron and continued his trade and farming there. He followed grain farming six years, with little success, and in i8gi began stock raising on a ranch thirty-five miles north of Hebron and was there engage north of Hebron and was there engaged two years. He moved to Hebron in 1893 and conducted a hotel there six and a half years and then disposed of the business and in the fall of 1899 bought an interest in H. Halst Lumber Company, and is now manager of the business and handles lumber, grain and machinery. The business has proven a success and he has an office and three warehouses. During the early days he barely made a living and in 1887 he went to Bismarck and worked a few months on the Missouri river. The only team he had was mortgaged and one of them was killed by lightning. The Indian scare of that locality in 1890 also interfered with his business, when he took his wife to Hebron and there they and all the neighbors of that locality built a sod fort and remained until the excitement subsided.

Mr. Ewald was married, in August, 1886, to Miss Dora Pforr, who was born in northern Germany and came to America alone in 1883. Her father. Andreas Pforr, was a mason by trade. Mr. and Mrs. Ewald visited their native land in 1897 and spent six months abroad. Mr. Ewald is a member of the Evangelical church and in political sentiment is a Republican and prominent in party affairs. affairs.

JOHN FORAN, deputy county treasurer ot Morton county, is one of the best known men of that locality, and has been identified with the advancement and growth of his locality. He was actively engaged in mercantile pursuits in Mandan for many years and is a man of good business ability and honest dealings.

Our subject was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1852, and was a son of John Foran. His parents died when our subject was a child and he was raised by a cousin of his father, Patrick Foran, who was an American by birth. Mr. Foran was reared on a farm in Ontario, Canada, and received a limited education. When he was twenty years of age his foster parents died and he went to Pembrook, Ontario, and was employed as clerk in a store there two years, and then secured a position as chief clerk on a steam boat and held the position two years, after which he worked for different firms two years on the Ottawa river, and in 1878 went to Minnesota, and finally settled at Granite Falls, that state. During the winter of 1878 and 1879 he was in the employ of B. F. Pillsbury, and in the spring following went to the Red River Valley and took government land in Richland county, and also worked in the office of register of deeds in Wilkin county, Minnesota, and in January, 1879, went to Bismarck, North Dakota, and accepted a position as carpenter for the Northern Pacific Railroad at Mandan, and was in the employ of the company two years, the last year having charge of the carpenter crew. He then followed his trade in Mandan one year and in 1882 assumed charge of the lumber yard in Mandan for Hagar Brothers, and was thus engaged four years. He was employed in a dry goods store in the winter of 1883-84, and then conducted the Inter Ocean Hotel one year, and in 1885 established a grocery store in Mandan and continued the business until January, 1888, when he disposed of the store and spent some time in the employ of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. He was elected county auditor of Morton county in the fall of 1888, and was twice reelected to the office, serving three terms in succession, holding the same on the Democratic ticket. He now has charge of the county treasurer's office as deputy, and ably and faithfully discharges his duties in that capacity. While acting as county auditor. Governor Briggs, now deceased, was treasurer, and our subject and Mr. Briggs became strong personal friends.

Our subject was married, in the spring of 1885, to Miss Mary McGowen, who was born in Wabasha, Minnesota , and was a daughter of Hugh McGowen. Her father was a pioneer of Minnesota and was actively interested in the settlement of Wabasha county, Minnesota . He was of Scotch birth. Mrs. Foran was engaged in teaching in Wabasha county for some time and is a lady of refinement and culture. Mr. and Mrs. Foran are the parents of three children, as follows: Agnes, who was born in Madison, Wisconsin; Robert, born in North Dakota and Margarette, born in North Dakota . Mr. Foran is a wide-awake citizen of active public spirit and well merits his popularity.

JOHN FRANZEN, For many years this gentleman was identified with the farming and stock raising interests of Morton county, and he now owns a well improved estate near New Salem, and makes his home in the town and deals in grain. He was born on a farm in Holstein, Germany, in 1854.

Our subject's father. F. K. Franzen. was a farmer and also a brick manufacturer during his career, and the grandfather of our subject. F. K. Franzen, was a school teacher. Our subject's mother bore the maiden name of A. V. Aronsdorph. Her people were farmers by occupation.

Mr. Franzen was the youngest in a family of eight children, and was raised on a farm and at the age of twenty years joined the German army and served three years, the last year of which time he was an under officer. The father died before our subject entered the army, and after he returned from the service Mr. Franzen operated the home farm for four years and after the mother's death came to America. He landed at New York and went direct to St. Paul, Minnesota, and worked on a farm in Ramsey county one year and then went to North Dakota in 1883. He took government land near New Salem, and worked on a farm in the eastern part of the state during the summer, and in 1884 began the improvement of his farm. He built a shanty and his sister kept house for him, and the first crop raised on the land was in 1884 and yielded well. He had many experiences with prairie fire in early days and often fought fire night and day. He has a farm of two hundred and eighty acres, with one hundred and thirty acres under cultivation and has one hundred acres in pasture. On his home farm he has a complete set of farm buildings of substantial construction and good design, and he engaged in diversified farming there until 1899, when he rented the land and sold the chattel property and all machinery, and has since engaged in grain buying. He contemplates entering into the real estate business, and will also make a journey to Germany in the fall of 1900.

Mr. Franzen served as assessor two years, and has been school treasurer for the past ten years, and has taken an active interest in public affairs of local importance. He is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Politically he is a Democrat. He is progressive and energetic and well merits his success and good reputation.

HENRY F. GEWEKE, a pioneer of Morton county. North Dakota, now has his home in Hebron, where he has proven himself an excellent business man in the mercantile line, and also capable of conducting farming and stock raising with success at the same time.

Mr. Geweke was born in Des Plaines. Illinois. March 5, 1872. His father. J. H. Geweke. was foreman of the Chicago White Lead & Oil Company for many years, and was a native of Germany. He came to America in 1869. He was married in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, his wife being Catherine Hinrich, who was also a native of Germany.

Henry F. Geweke was the eldest in a family of three children, and was reared in Illinois, and received a preliminary education in the schools of Des Plaines. In 1885 the family removed to Dakota and located on a farm two miles south of the village of Hebron. The father took up land and put up farm buildings, and proceeded to improve his land. They experienced all the severe trials of the early settler in North Dakota, including the scarcity of food and sufficient shelter, the difficulty of reaching market, the terrible prairie fires, and crop failures through drought, storms and hail. However, the father worked part of the time at other employment, being in the employ of the oil companies at St. Paul a portion of the time. They finally began to prosper, and when the father died, in 1896, the farm had been brought to a high state of cultivation, and was yielding handsome returns annually. At that time the farm was turned over to the management of our subject, and he has proven his ability as an agriculturist from the time he took charge of affairs. He now owns three hundred and twenty acres of excellent land, two hundred and twenty-five acres of which are under cultivation and the rest devoted to pasture. Stock and grain receive about equal attention. He has an excellent set of farm buildings, including a fine barn, and comfortable residence, with all the needed improvements, including a windmill which is utilized for various farm purposes. In 1898 the family removed to the village of Hebron, and Mr. Geweke opened a general store, which has also proven successful.

Mr. Geweke was one of the earliest settlers in the region of Hebron. On the arrival of the family in that vicinity the only sign of civilization was a large emigrant house, 50x80 feet. In this nine families were sheltered, the family of our subject having a place therein assigned to them. The rains and wind came in without interruption, and the hardships they endured are little appreciated by later settlers in the Northwest.

In political faith Mr. Geweke is a Republican, while his father was a Democrat. The father was always active in political matters, and served as constable and deputy sheriff for six years in Morton county. He was well known and esteemed throughout the county, and did a great deal toward the development and advancement of his community and county to the end of his days. He deserves a prominent place in the history of the times. Our subject has also been active in public affairs, and has attended many of the county conventions of his party, and is a recognized worker in the interest of good government, both local and national. He is a member of the Order of Foresters.

HON. J. S. GREEN, ranchman and business man ofMandan, enjoys to an unusual extent the respect and esteem of the people of his community for the great aid he has given in the material development of Mandan and Morton county. Few men in the state are so well known as Mr. Green.

J. S. Green was born near Kansas City, Missouri, in 1860, and received his education in Quincy. Illinois. He came to North Dakota in 1888 as representative of the Riverside Ranch Company, and took charge of their business at Mandan. However, the greater part of his life had been spent in the west, and he was thoroughly acquainted with the cattle business. He operated the company's ranch at Mandan for four years, then resigned and went into the business on his own account. Since that time he has continuously raised, bought and sold cattle, horses and sheep. He owns several different ranches in various parts of Morton county. During the summer of 1896 he and his partner, W. C. Badger, handled over forty thousand head of cattle and a proportionately large number of sheep. Since November 1, 1899, Mr. Green has handled over twelve thousand head of cattle, and since January, 1900. has handled three thousand horses.

Mr. Green organized the North Dakota Stock Growers Association, and was seven years its secretary and treasurer. He resigned because of the great extent of his own business. He built the largest creamery west of the Missouri river in 1899, and is now the largest stockholder in the company. Their famous brand of butter, "The Little Hearts," has become known in every first-class market. The business has been very prosperous, and is now being enlarged to a one-thousand-cow creamery. Mr. Green has had the management of this business since its organization, and its success is due to his energy and business management. He says "The possibilities of North Dakota as a dairy state are beyond the imagination. The wild grass that is a natural growth all over the state, produces milk in greater quantity and of better quality than any of the tame grasses of the eastern and southern states, the milk containing a higher per cent of butter fat."

Mrs. Green, whose maiden name was Miss Margaret Bernhard, is a native of Michigan, born in Saginaw, of that state. She is the daughter of one of the pioneer merchants of Saginaw. She is a lady of culture and refinement, having finished her education in Europe, and she is a most interesting conversationalist, and speaks German. French and English. She is president of the Library Association of Mandan, and is a most popular social leader. Mr. and Mrs. Green have two children. Their home is elegant and refined, and a cordial welcome is extended to all who find themselves within its doors.

Mr. Green is a Republican in political faith, and has taken an active and influential part in the politics of the state. He has attended practically every state convention, and was elected to the state senate in 1896 and served one term. It was through his influence that the state fair was located at Mandan and an appropriation secured for its establishment. He is a Mason, and has taken the higher degrees of that order. He is also a member of the I. O. O. F.

He is a great traveler, having crossed the Pacific ocean several times. He does not like in-door life, and his home and office are principally in the saddle or on the trains. He is liberal, kind-hearted and always ready to help a friend in need. His popularity among the people is well deserved, not only for these qualities, but for the energy and public spirit he has always displayed in behalf of his community and county.

ADOLPH  F. ITRICH. As one of the early settlers of New Salem, North Dakota, who went to that thriving town as one of the German colonists, the gentleman above named takes a foremost place. He has prospered in his business affairs, and is now proprietor of an extensive harness store there, and also conducts a saloon, and has a good farm near the town.

Our subject was born in Prussia, in 1854. His father owned a store and saloon in Germany, and came to America about 1874. Our subject was reared near Danzig, and attended the city schools, and in 1868 began to learn the harness and upholstering business and spent three years as an apprentice. He went into the army at the age of twenty years, and served three years and was an officer in the service. He came to America in 1878, and landed at New York, and from there went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and there followed his trade five years. He joined a colony for settlement at New Salem in 1883 and upon his arrival there did any work which fell to his lot to earn an honest dollar, and in 1884, entered a homestead claim to land, whereon he built a shanty and continued farming until 1889. In that year he started his farm and a small harness shop in New Salem, and he has increased the business, and now occupies a good sized building, 16x48 feet, with an addition 9x24 feet which is used for a barber shop. He started a saloon in 1895, and the same year bought a square of land, 300x400 feet, in partnership with his father and erected a residence thereon, and the store building, residence and farm are all now cleared of indebtedness, and Mr. Itrich has funds at interest. He has a complete stock of harness amounting to one thousand two hundred dollars, and does a good business in that line.

Our subject was married, in 1880, to Miss Carrie Kranish. Mrs. Itrich was born in Milwaukee, and her father, Fred Kranish, was a shoemaker and shoe dealer in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and was of German birth. Mrs. Itrich died from the effects of a burn February 8, 1899. Mr. Itrich and daughter Elsie, were badly burned in attempting to, save the mother's life. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Itrich, who are named as follows: Ida, Elsie, Max, Edwin, Waldemar, Selma and Adolph A. Mr. Itrich is treasurer of the village, and treasurer of the town hall association, and president of the school board, and has taken an active part in local affairs. He holds membership in the German Mutual Benefit Association, and politically is a Republican and prominent in party matters.

HON.  HERMAN KROEGER. As an ex-soldier and pioneer settler of New Salem, this gentleman is well known in Morton county. He has a fine farm in township 140, range 85, and has gathered around him the comforts of rural life. He is a native of Germany, and was born in Westphalen January 4, 1841.

The father of our subject, Herman Kroeger, was a farmer, and the mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Margaret Vieker. In a family of six children our subject was the eldest and he was raised on a farm and attended the public school, and in 1857 came to America. He landed at New Orleans and went direct to Iowa, and learned the cooper's trade at Burlington, that state, and in 1859 went to St. Louis. He worked there six months at his trade, and in the fall of 1859 went to Randolph county, Illinois, and worked on a farm there until 1861. He enlisted in Company M, Seventh Illinois Cavalry, September 3, 1861, and served under General Pope in Missouri, and General Halleck in Mississippi, and later under Grant in northern Mississippi and western Tennessee. He was engaged at the siege of New Madrid, Island No. 10, Farmington, Mississippi, Boonville, luka, Coffeyville, Palo Alto, Birmingham, and the celebrated Grierson raid. He re-enlisted in 1864 and resisted, Hood's advance to Nashville, at the battles of Franklin and Nashville. He participated in over sixty engagements and missed but one engagement in which his company participated. He was discharged from the service in November, 1865, after something over four long years of active service.

After the war Mr. Kroeger returned to Illinois and in 1866 went to Burlington, Iowa, where he followed farming, and continued there until 1883, when he joined the New Salem colony and went to North Dakota. He took government land in township 140, range 85, and settled on the southeast quarter of section 28. He had good crops the first year and engages in diversified farming with much success. He has a tract of four hundred and eighty acres, with all good buildings, machinery, and improvements, and keeps from seventy to eighty head of cattle and has a well stocked and well equipped farm.

Our subject was married, in 1868, to Miss Louisa Ellerhoff, a native of the same town as our subject. Her father, Charles Ellerhoff, was a farmer, and her three brothers served in the German army. Mrs. Kroeger came to America in 1868. Nine children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Kroeger, and are as follows: Louisa, Herman, Anna, Carrie, William, Fred, Charlie, deceased, and Martha. Mr. Kroeger was elected state representative in 1894 and re-elected in 1896 and served two terms and did very efficient work for the welfare of his community. He has held numerous township, civil and school offices, and is the present chairman of the school board. He is a Republican in political faith and attends county conventions of his party. He is a member of the Evangelical church and the G. A. R.

WILLIAM H. MANN, is one of the leading merchants of New Salem, North Dakota, where he conducts a general store and furniture business, and is actively interested in various other financial enterprises in the township and vicinity. He is well known as a pioneer business man of that locality and has aided more than any other one man in producing the present prosperity enjoyed by the town.

Our subject was born on a farm near Liegnitz, Germany, November 5, 1857. His father, George F. Mann, was a farmer and died in Germany in 1870, and the maternal grandfather of our subject, F. Lange, was also a farmer. The parents were married in Germany, and of their seven children our subject was the youngest. He was raised on the home farm and at the age of thirteen and a half years began to learn the cabinetmaker's trade, and owing to his father's death the same year he was dependent upon himself for a living, and at the age of seventeen years he started as a journeyman and traveled over Germany, working in the principal cities, and at the age of twenty years he was drafted into the German navy. He spent three years in the service and was with the admiral's squadron part of the time and served as orderly for Admiral Stosh and also Admiral Kinderling. He then spent three or more months ill with malarial fever, and emigrated to America to regain his health, and landed at New York City. He went direct to .Chicago, and there was employed in building billiard tables and followed his trade, and in the spring of 1883 went to New Salem, North Dakota. He began work at carpentering and also took land on which he began farming, and built a claim shanty and moved to the farm in the spring of 1884. The wife resided on the homestead while our subject followed his trade in the town and in 1888 they proved the claim and the following year Mr. Mann established a general store on Main street. New Salem, and in 1891 removed to his present location, corner North and Main streets, the best location in the town. He carries a complete stock of general merchandise and has good and commodious store buildings, and also conducts the furniture business and has prospered in that line. He established a store in Manhaven in i8y6, in Mercer county, and with several others conducted the store there three years, when our subject sold his interests to the Manhaven Mercantile & Transportation Company. Mr. Mann is assisted in his work in his store by his sons and daughter, and he has telephone connection between his residence and store. He also conducts the real estate business, and is agent for the Northern Pacific Railroad land, and during the spring of 1900 sold over thirty-three thousand dollars' worth of land. He is interested in three creameries in the county, and was one of the originators of that industry, and he is also interested in stock raising and .in the town site of New Salem.

Our subject was married in Germany, in 1879, to Miss Anna Lange. who was born in Leipsig. Germany, and was a daughter of a baker. She came to America about three months after our subject emigrated to this country. The following children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Mann: Henry, born in Germany; Otto, born in Chicago; Annie, born in Dakota; Paul, Lena, Amanda, deceased; Fritz and Ella. Henry is a graduate from Curtiss Business College at Minneapolis, and is a bookkeeper for his father and takes a good share of the responsibility upon himself. Otto is also a graduate of the Curtiss Business College, completing the course in 1898, and he has charge of the grocery department, while the eldest daughter, Anne, has charge of the dry goods department.

HON. WILLIAM McKENDRY, one of the men who have made Dakota famous, is now a resident of Mandan, where he conducts a blacksmithing business, and lives the life of a model citizen and member of his community.

Mr. McKendry was born in Scotland, in April, 1852. His father, James McKendry, was a contractor by trade, and came to America in 1874. The mother of our subject died when he was but five years of age. He grew to manhood in his native land, and learned the trade of blacksmith. At the age of twenty years he came to America, landing in New York in July, 1872. He first located at Rochester, New York, where he followed his trade until 1882. In that year he went to Fargo, North Dakota, and entered the employ of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company as blacksmith. He left its employ in 1888 and took up land and farmed to some extent. During the first year he and present Governor Fancher batched together in a shanty on our subject's farm near Jamestown. In 1888 he went to Mandan to take charge of the Northern Pacific blacksmith shops at that point. He remained there in that capacity for four years, during which time he spent two months in Helena, Montana, in the interest of the railway company. In the fall of 1892 he returned to Mandan and formed a partnership with George Kemper in the blacksmithing business. The partnership was soon dissolved, since which time Mr. McKendry has carried on the business alone. It has grown steadily, and is now the most extensive in Mandan. His great experience has made Mr. McKendry thoroughly familiar with every detail of the trade, and few workmen have had the opportunities for observation and practice that he has, and the workmanlike products of his shop proves with what thoroughness he improved his opportunities.

Mr. McKendry was married, in 1876, to Miss Emma E. Podger. Mrs. McKendry was born in England, and was the daughter of James Podger, who was formerly a farmer, but is now hotel proprietor in Buffalo, New York . The family came to America when Airs. McKendry was an infant. Mr. and Mrs. McKendry are the parents of three children, named in the order of their birth, as follows : Fred W., J. T., and Esther, deceased. Mr. McKendry is a Republican in political faith, and has been an active worker for his party. He has served one term of two years as representative on the state legislature, having been elected in 1890. He was police magistrate in Mandan for several years, and in 1898 was elected county judge of Alorton county, and is now serving in that capacity. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Woodmen of the World. Mrs. McKendry as ever been an able second to his undertakings, and has aided greatly in his progress. She now oversees all his office work, and is a lady of good executive ability. Mr. McKendry is well known throughout the county, and is highly respected and esteemed for his sterling worth and genuine integrity.

ANDREW O. MORCK. one of the pioneers of Morton county, North Dakota, enjoys prosperity and a comfortable home near Mandan and has been identified with the up building of that locality. He has a good farm and also follows carpenter work in the town, and is widely known as a man of energetic spirit and honest industry

Our subject was born on a farm nearChristiania, August 27, 1842. His father, Ole Aass, was foreman in the pineries and had charge of several sawmills there. The mother was of Norwegian parentage. When our subject was three years of age the family moved to about three miles west of Christiania. and there our subject grew to manhood and attended the country schools and received a good education. He assumed charge of a large farm adjoining the farm on which he was born when he was seventeen years of age and made a success of his work there and remained six years. He came to America in 1866, landing at Québec, and then went to Chicago and began carpenter work and remained in Chicago one year and then went to Rochester, Minnesota, where he followed his trade one and a half years. He then went to Randivohi county. Minnesota, and there engaged in farming about six years, taking a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres and followed grain raising. He then returned to Christiania, Norway, on a visit, but on account of settlement of property there remained six years and then returned to America in the spring of 1881 and went direct to Morton county, North Dakota, and worked at his trade in Mandan and soon afterward began farming. His sons were soon large enough to assist on the farm while he followed his trade in the town of Mandan. the family residing in the town or on the farm as was necessary for the work.

Our subject was married, in 1865, to Miss Mary B Jahr, who was born and raised on a farm. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Morck, who are as follows : O. J., deceased: Edward, Oscar, Minnie M. and Hilda R. The youngest child was born in Christiania, Norway, and the other children are of American birth. Mr. Morck was elected clerk of courts in 1896 and re-elected in 1898 and is now serving in that capacity. He is prominent in local affairs and well merits his high standing and success in North Dakota.