For over 35 years, since 1885, the products of the New England Steam Bakery have been eaten by people of Sioux City. The bakery was started by Wm. Maxeiner, who has been in active charge since that time. There are 20 employees in the plant which does mostly a wholesale business in Sioux City and the surrounding territory, They reach out for 60 miles in every direction of the city. "Holsum Bread" is the principal product.

Among the smaller but progressive packing plants in Sioux City is that of Smith Bros. The company was formed in 1913, for slaughtering and wholesaleing meats. Since that time a sausage making department has been installed, making it a complete plant. Fifteen employees are used turning out over $300,000 worth of food products annually. With two salesmen they cover Sioux City and northwest Iowa, making no. attempt to go farther with their sales. Fresh dressed meats and sausages are their specialties. This plant is located in the stock yards district and takes its place along side of the larger plants. C. C. Smith is the manager of the organization.

Following the trend of development in the territory it covers, The Sioux City Iron Company has grown from a supply house for the blacksmith only, to a source of supply for the implement dealer and garageman as well. Established in 1892, in a small way as jobbers of blacksmiths' supplies, it has gradually broadened its lines until at the present time it occupies a most enviable position with the various classes of trade to which it caters. For the past 20 years the business has been under the management of H. A. Sadler, assisted by George C. Bergtholdt. They employ 40 people with 10 men on the road, covering northwest Iowa, southwest Minnesota, all of South Dakota and the north half of Nebraska. The offices and principal warehouse of the company are in the Plymouth' Block, with lumber sheds and additional storage on the quarter block adjoining.

WM. WARNOCK CO.
Manufacturers, Jobbers and Distributors

Starting in Sioux City with a retail hardware store and gradually building up, Wm. Warnock has built one of the largest businesses in the city owned by one man. The business now consists of manufacturing sheet metal farm products, wholesaling automotive supplies and accessories and running a large office building. The automotive business grew from a Ford agency accepted by Mr. Warnock in 1903. At one time he was credited with being one of the largest Ford dealers in the West. With a steady growth they built up a business in equipment and parts that made it necessary to practically discontinue handling cars, this being after they had sold thousands of cars in the territory.

The tank factory makes practically every sheet metal product known on the farm. A force of from 25 to 50 men is employed here turning out daily hundreds of articles ranging in size from chicken waterers to large tanks. This factory also makes furnaces and heating equipment for homes, commercial buildings and industries. Hog houses, poultry farms and barns are equipped with all metal parts and equipment from this plant.

The sales end requires 75 employees with 20 on the road selling the products they manufacture and job. They cover a radius of 250 miles of Sioux City in Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wyoming, making every town. They sell only to dealers. The home office is in the Warnock building, now considered one of Sioux City's finest office buildings. The building was so erected as to give a large number of light airy offices and giant store rooms, neither interfering with the other. It is a building being frequently modeled after and is considered one of the best automobile buildings in the state.

The Electric Contractors Supply Co., started here in 1919, as a branch of the Des Moines company by the same name, but became an independent organization the following year. The local corporation is controlled by G. R. Warren, president and secretary; Roger M. Carlson, vice president, and George Wissing, treasurer. They are distributors for such nationally known lines as Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co. equipment, Fostoria National Mazda Lamps, M. B. Austin Safety Wire and Cable, Duncan Meters, V. V. Fittings, X-Ray Reflectors, Crosley Radio Equipment, French Battery and Carbon Co. Batteries, Vac Vacuum Cleaners, Weber Wiring Devices, Wurdack Co. Panels and other equipment.

The Provident Loan Association was organized in 1912, as the Remedial Loan Association, under the plan of the Russell Sage Foundation. Today it is one of the largest small loan businesses in the state lending to industrial borrowers amounts from $10 to $300, which are repaid in monthly payments. It is the only one of the small loan businesses in Iowa, according to the manager, that does not charge the maximum rate of interest as specified in the uniform rate law of Iowa, the law that put "loan sharks" out of business. The Provident was organized by Leslie Whitmer, who is the head of the institution. Many of Sioux City's business and professional men are owners of stock in the association, which pays seven per cent and has never missed a dividend.

From a repair shop containing 40 square feet to the present wholesale and retail business occupying 15,000 square feet is the story of the Olson Sporting Goods Co., as it is known today. The repair business was started by R. S. Phillips, on Pearl street, in 1895, and purchased by G. Adolph Olson in the fall of 1914. The present business is housed in a modern business block at 315-317 Fourth street, and is the center for many sporting activities. The most complete line of sporting goods and athletic supplies in the northwest is carried by Mr. Olson, which supplies parts of seven surrounding states. A large volume of business comes from mail orders and from one regular traveling salesman and two who carry the line as a sideline. The retail business is no small part with the athletic activities of the schools and colleges in the city and immediate territory. Mr. Olson is a fisherman and hunter of note and is considered an authority on sports and athletics. This personality has added greatly to the business. Eleven employees help to serve the sport loving public at the store.

The Sioux City Stock Yards Company began business 36 years ago in 1887. For a number of years market facilities were very limited and receipts small; about 54,000 cattle, 431,000 hogs, 5,400 sheep and 600 horses were received the second year. In 1892, the big flood that hit Sioux City wiped out the stock yards. This, together with the financial panic of about the same time, made things look blue and for a time receipts fell off. However, as the country began to come out from under the strain, the market began to improve and there has been a steady increase until it now ranks as one of the leading live stock markets of the world.

The Sioux City stock yards at this time covers more than 80 acres and contains modern facilities for handling all kinds of live stock quickly and on a large scale. The hog house is a two-story reinforced concrete structure, rated one of the finest, if not the finest, of its kind in the world. Additions recently completed have increased the capacity of the hog house more than 50 per cent. The cattle and sheep divisions are commodious and complete in all details. The horse barns and sales pavilion are unexcelled at any market. The entire equipment of the Stock Yards Company, from the unloading chutes to the scales, are the best that can be obtained for the purpose. The unloading and reloading chutes were increased 50 per cent this year. More than $200,000.00 has been expended by the Stock Yards Company this year for various improvements to give still better service in the handling of live stock.

The delivery of live stock by motor truck also forms a very important part of the stock yard's business. More hogs are received by truck at Sioux City than at any other western market. Last year a new reinforced concrete unloading dock was erected at a location adjacent to the main highway to accommodate this steadily increasing business. Over $35,000.00 was spent in improving this truck division so that any live stock brought in day or night is handled promptly.

The picture is an aeroplane view of the Sioux City stock yards as it now appears.

With 23 years of service in handling automobiles and accessories, the Barish Bros. company is one of the best known in the automobile trade circles. In addition to the large plant in Sioux City retailing and wholesaling all kinds of accessories, they operate a Chevrolet sales agency at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Norfolk, Nebraska. They are as well known in the territory as they are in Sioux City. The Sioux City house has successfully handled Fords and Dodges, and at the same time have operated one of the largest service garages in the city. Their building is located in a very convenient part of the business district. Max Barish, well known in the state and city motor trades organizations, is in charge of the Sioux City house of Barish Bros.

SIOUX CITY PAPER CO.
Wholesale Paper Products

The Sioux City Paper Co. recently moved into larger quarters at 205-207-209 Pearl street to enable them to handle their fast increasing business. The company was organized in 1912, by V. E. Wadhams, who is secretary and, treasurer of the company. They handle wrapping paper, twine, notions, woodenware, roofing, Congoleum, tissue paper, toilet paper, stationery and paper bags. In addition to their local jobbing the firm does a large business in Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and South Dakota. The large stock carried at the Sioux City warehouse enables them to give quick service.

The success of the Weinberg Co. is the result of absolute faith in Sioux City and its surrounding territory. Established in 1915, by Lipman Weinberg, who felt that the territory promised much in his line, the Weinberg company has grown into one of the finest ladies' ready to wear stores west of Chicago. The territory covered is as large as any retail store in the city due to the reputation of the service and quality of products. Mr. Lipman Weinberg devotes most of his time between New York and Sioux City keeping constantly on the lookout for better clothes and prices to offer the Sioux City women. Mr. Nathan C. Weinberg, who is manager of the local store, devotes his time to serving the customers. The company employs 30 to 35 people in various capacities and is growing rapidly with the growth of the city.

Albertson & Co., now maintaining the largest factory in the world devoted exclusively to the manufacture of valve grinding tools, was established in 1914, by O. Albertson and H. A. Jacobsen. At the beginning the business was mainly general repair work, but at the present time the famous "Sioux" line of tools is known and sold throughout the civilized world. Valve grinders, valve lathes, valve seat reamers, flexible shafts and valve face grinding machines are among the products bearing the "Sioux" trade mark of Albertson & Co. The factory, in which are employed 100 skilled mechanics, is a modern daylight structure located on the Leeds road. The plant is kept running at capacity speed at all times, to fill the orders which pour in from the jobbers located in Europe, Australia, Canada and the United States. An idea of the volume of business handled may be gathered from the fact that over 100,000 valve grinders and several times that number of valve seat reamers, were shipped the past year.