History of the great Northwest and its men of progress : a select list of biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, professional and official life . s per year. Insteadof losing, it gained new subscribers, wasplaced on a paying basis, and the followingspring was enlarged to a six-column 1878 the Enterj)rise moved into new of-fices, and Mr. Halvorsen purchased a powercylinder press, the first brought to Albei-tLea. In 1883 he formed a partnershij) withClint L. Luce, which was continued until1897, when he bought out Mr. Luces interestand became sole owner. In 1899
History of the great Northwest and its men of progress : a select list of biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, professional and official life . s per year. Insteadof losing, it gained new subscribers, wasplaced on a paying basis, and the followingspring was enlarged to a six-column 1878 the Enterj)rise moved into new of-fices, and Mr. Halvorsen purchased a powercylinder press, the first brought to Albei-tLea. In 1883 he formed a partnershij) withClint L. Luce, which was continued until1897, when he bought out Mr. Luces interestand became sole owner. In 1899 he movedthe plant to a large two-story brick buildingon Clark street, and has associated with him-self his son, A. S. Halvorsen. The Enter-prise enjoys the largest actual and paid cir-culation of any paper published in Freeborncounty. In politics Mr. Halvorsen is a Re-publican. He was a delegate to the Repub-lican state convention of Iowa when onlyseventeen 3ears of age. In 1880 he was elect-ed state senator by a thousand majority overDr. Ballard and D. N. Gates, opposition can-didates, both older and highly esteemed made an excellent record in the JIAHLELLUS serving on the judiciary, j)ublic lands, print-ing, road and bridge and engrossed billscommittees. He introduced several important measures, and succeeded in g^ingthrough a resolution dismissing sixteen sen-ate employes. He could easily have been re-nominated in 1890, and elected, if he hadtaken any personal interest in his own cam-](aign. Mr. Halvorsen is a member of theI. O. O. F., the M. W. A. and the M. 15. 15, 187(t, he was married to MildredA. Salsiih, at Hail land. Wis. Three childrenwere born to tlieiu: Alexander S., associatedwith his father, and Hope, attending the juib-lic schools. One, a son, is dead. AVILLIAMS, Erastus A., U. S. SurveyorGeneral of North Dakota, came to Yankton,Dakota Territory—now South Dakota—inMay, 1871, and came to the settlement thenwithout name
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