. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history . f the VanDuzen elevator. Subsequently he returned to Minnesota and bought an interest in a store inDennison and also managed the elevator for W. h. Luce, a prominent grain and commissionman of Minneapolis. After two years he removed to Edgeley in 1887 for the purpose oftaking charge of the Bagley & Cargill elevator, which he managed for four or five years, butambitious to engage in business on his own account, he then built an elevator for himself andoperated it for three years, at the end of which time he sold out. During that
. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history . f the VanDuzen elevator. Subsequently he returned to Minnesota and bought an interest in a store inDennison and also managed the elevator for W. h. Luce, a prominent grain and commissionman of Minneapolis. After two years he removed to Edgeley in 1887 for the purpose oftaking charge of the Bagley & Cargill elevator, which he managed for four or five years, butambitious to engage in business on his own account, he then built an elevator for himself andoperated it for three years, at the end of which time he sold out. During that period he wasalso engaged in the farm implement business and owned the controlling interest in theEdgeley Mail, a weekly newspaper. He likewise owned a butcher shop and was proprietor ofa hotel, continuing actively in all these lines of business at the same time. About 1900 hejoined George F. Weaver in the real estate business, with which he has since been prominentlyidentified, and in the intervening years has negotiated many extensive and important realty. HON. CHESTER H. SHEH^S HISTORY OF NORTH DAKOTA 847 transfers. In 1905, when the State Bank was reorganized, becoming the First National Bankof Edgeley, he purchased stock in the institution and was made its vice president, in whichcapacity he has since continued, his sound business judgment and energy constituting a salientfeature in the growing success of tlie bank. He was also one of the organizers of the PomonaValley Telephone Company, of which he is now president, and he is the owner of large tractsof Minnesota and North Dakota farm lands, having made judicious investment in realty, whichthe economists tell us is the safest of all investments. In 1892 Mr. Shells was united in marriage to Miss Martha Schatz, of Edgeley, by whomlie lias one child, Isley May. In politics a republican, Mr. Shells is a recognized leader of hisparty in the southeastern section of the state and indeed has had marked influence in shapingthe pol
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