ANTON ERICKSON TAKES CHARGE OF POSTOFFICE (1908)
New Postmaster Assumed Position Last Night. Will Make No Change in Present Corps of Employees. Office Is in Excellent Condition.
ANTON R. ERICKSON (Sept 30, 1862 – Sept 11, 1922)
Anton Erickson worked three years for W. T. Sampson, when he was appointed deputy sheriff, under Sheriff Paulsrud of Polk county. Mr. Erickson served three years as deputy sheriff and was very prominent in the workings of the republican party in Polk county.
Mr. Erickson owned several stores in Polk county, one being located at Mentor, another at Crookston and a third at Thief River Falls. He was president of the Knute Nelson club the first year that the present senator ran for governor.
Mr. Erickson moved to Bemidji in 1898. He served two years as deputy sheriff under Thomas Bailey, the sheriff of Beltrami county, and he also served as deputy auditor here under County Auditor David Sylvester.
In 1903 Mr. Erickson started a store at Rosby, five miles east of Bemidji, which was one-fourth mile over the Beltrami county line in Hubbard county. Mr. Erickson remained at Rosby until 1906, when he returned to Bemidji and has made his home in this city ever since.
Mr. Erickson has always been an active republican, and wherever he has lived has been prominently identified with the counsels of the party. (April 1, 1908)
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Anton Erickson was killed Monday night when the car in which he was riding with three others left the pavement this side of Nymore and went over a steep embankment. Dislocation or fracture of the neck was given as the cause of Mr. Erickson’s death. The accident occurred at 10:30 and it was several minutes or more before the car could be lifted from the victims.
Funeral services were held Sunday at the First Lutheran church, Rev. L. J. Jerdee officiating. Interment made at Greenwood cemetery. The funeral was delayed until Sunday to allow Mrs. Arthur Jorgenson of San Francisco, a daughter, to attend. The Bemidji lodge of Elks attended the service in a body.