The year 1917 also saw the death of Fred

for a ball room as well as dining room, with a splendid soda fountain in the front end.

Dix The town of Dix was laid out on the land of Margaret Robertson and was later moved to a point south of the railroad station where it was platted by D. H. Shultz. The original town was laid out by C. T. Robertson and secured its name from Dixon, Illinois, the

HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA

former home of Margaret Robertson. The first building" in the town was a store built by Henry Vogler. Fritz Dachtler built the first few houses. Then followed the original store and house of Voglers. Philip Nelson built the next business building. Following Henry Vogler, the proprietorship of the first store passed on to C. H. Randall, and later to Julius Johnson, C. E. Birt, Philip Nelson, and recently has been the Farmers Store.

Later stores were started by Gus Linn who put in a hardware store, the Dix Mercantile Company, by E. E. Goding, and (.thers; the Farmers Union Store by Philip Nelson and others. The present business houses of Dix are the Dix Mercantile, Farmers Union, E. O. Houghtaling, and Guss Linn. In addition the community has the elevators started by the Farmers Shipping Association and the Dix Grain Company,

tw> restaurants, one hotel, Foster Lumber Company, two garages, a meat market, telephone exchange, municipally owned water and light plant, an enterprising newspaper, the Dix Tribune, published by E. K. Goding and L. F. Price, one drug store, one millinery store, Gunderson livery stable, Citizens State Bank, started in 1919, of which George W. Winkleman is president, E. E. Goding, W. R. Ehlers, cashiers. In 1921 the officers of this bank are. W. R. Ehlers, president : E.