The Grange advance., 1874-02-14

: u strict industry. udsase and eeonsny
have finally suoceed( in establishing them.
selves In : large huee eess. RANKING with the
very first merehantd in the city. We do
not know better i1ltance Of what perse-
verance and industry will do. Mr: HeenS
is one Of our oldest I'D most respected cit
liens. He WAS elect@ Treasurer Of Good
hue County in 1869, ind re-sieoted in 1873,
which responsible p{eitiSasfhe at present
fills. The store oeep pied ~ them is large
and comn'odious, be@g 100 feet in length.
1t is situated on Mfin street in the very
center of business They have q very large
and we'll selected stock Of all kinds of goods
in their line which arranged with good
taste in the store.
Harley 4 Kellogg, Drugs. medicines and
groceries. DR.. Haw{ey is probably one Of
the most widely kno4n men in this county.
He came here in the summer Of 1857, and
for ten years thereafter practiced medicine
in all the region roand about Red Wing.
The old sorrel white faced horse "Walls"
is as we'll known as @py s. o!d settler in the
county. After carrying the healing potions
to thousands upon thousands, and spending
faithful life in ministering to the wants
of others. he gave upFthe ghost last winter
and went to where thf good horses go.
Mr.. Kellogg came TO the State in 1851
Settled at St. Paul, tnl removed to Red
Wing Sept. 9th, 1861 Since that time lie
has been principally engaged in the drug
business, and went into partnership with
the Dr. in 1862 =
Friedrich + Hack, groceries, provisions,
wines and liquors. Mr. F. came to this
county in 1854, and commenced york for
Mr.. George Bullard, cutting wood, milk
ing cows, and doing other chores, all Of
which would have qualified him for men,
bership in the Grange had there been such
an institution at thatltime. He afterwards
went into Billiard store where he re-
mained two years, and then went to Chop
ping fence rails on Wells creek, which
| would have been an honorable employment
were 1t not that tie timber grew on govern
ment land. He thepcame to Red Wing and
clerked for J. H. Nues two years. He
then went into business with Mr.. Kempe,
under the we'll known firm name Of Fried
rich & Kempe. Mr. Friedrich ran for
State Treasurer against Mr.. Munich in 1867.
| Had he been elected we should have had
no seeger affair. Mr. Hack is also one Of
our very oldest residents, having come to
the county in 1864. He commenced as \
carpenter and built the old Franklin House,
as we'll as others oR the fret buildings in
the city. He has been, principally, en-
gagged in milling .pd hotel keeping. Al
though this firm hay been in business lit
tie less than two years they are already
doing business Of over $4,000 per au-
mum. and the trade,is rapidly increasing
Fred. j. Aelnt're. staple and fancy gro-
ceries, tobacco and cigars, green and dried
fruits Mr.. Mclutire. is, perhaps. the
youngest merchant in the city. He COM
menced business Al a mere boy, but has
shown degree Of business tact that much
older men might vell envy. 1t seems but
a few months since Fred was q misthiev
Gus school boy, and it eme-elmost won
derful to find him, ii so SHIRT attime, = man
of close business haabies' a ID large lxperi-
ence in his line. LIS now but&hyke years
since he left school i Earibault, and, dur
ing this period he hts acquired thorough
knowledge of his builness We predict for
him a rare measure Of success before he
shall have reached sthe "sear and yellow
leaf" Of age. - &
II. A. Park. Wholesale and retail grocer.
Commenced business in the spring Of 1866.
Mr.. Parks sales las: year amounted to
about $4,000. His;present stock is about
$4,000. He supplies merchants in Good
hue county. Mimi, aad Pierce county, Wis.,,
with goods in his ling His capital is $l5,-
600. Mr.. Park commenced on very small
capital, his first yeats sales amounting to
about $4,000, and she has steadily in
creased His sales % far for this year are
about 80 per cent: oytr the corresponding
period Of last years Mr.. Park is one Of
our most enterprisiag young men.
| E. A!exander j. Son.. Groceries, -four,
feed, fruits, seeds. 4c. The members of
this firm came from eass county, Michigan,
in 1866, settled at Red Wing, and shortly af-
terwards went into hhsinezs in their pres
ent line, upon sman scale. The great in