The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16
order the city, grew Ito fair propoi-''
'tions' upon ;extraaeous and Edngular||
iIre'sssouroesI' With the closing, of,these
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tresour6ss the city ceased to grow, and
fot three years 1t has nearly 'stood
'still.' 9 Akreas' wheat crop; new in
Equiry farm lands,t and remuneia7
tive prices for all the products of the
Esoil come at last to 6t.hCloud and
many another northern town Ikea
revelation The Development Of this
fsplendid h4m region will make wealth.
land population for the city: beyond
Iits'b best hopes The wheat. fields Of
the sauktValley and the multiplied
products Of corn-feld and pasturage
will stimulate the future growth Of
lthsr town beyond anything in the past,
The immense >:;.< Il :-,:~ p
= i Il WATER POWER ~
which pey be developed along the
twesterI shore DLy running Ia canal
from thetrapids to the city would
Pal6ue give basis TO a:imanufactnring 8
Population I, ,000,ti !Half5a dozen
faoufing mills will grow up Hereto
| grind itheiwhaat of fthiIbasutiful val |
leYtts Other manufacturing aintegestss
will osns, vi sympathy with the 5snr+
Ing prod csiao4 b The
GRANITE QUARR1Es
| Of the ne.,f n,stikhbsrhoodl cropping
out id ths river bed d'xhd valleybnanq
Pfttah fun dansdef the bluffs, vim iin yet employ
|'hd hdlnSd1tf fsW saW Of men IN thei production
6f the Besuhtifdf ia fiji gray;; led, and mot
stea n RHfanna{te! lite 2Shitch: il lslreaayIsmahinf
itss Wy way 9othe 5ihharkkets }o5f the olowef
EGR stattees!t til s,t<I 1.hhe - n' <'s>''~> /? II
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interests Of 81. Cloud are in excellent /
condition. IA branch Of: the suite
Normal sshoolsis located here oahd
'Pfof: Kiehle, With Eve able assistants,
have 16o4 taidents under dill in the
full normal course. The Normal
School building is Of beautiful design,
massive ID structure, and cost nearly
$50, ,0oo.l The grounds and building
command the finest views aIong the
live river. :A?model school for primary
students ID one Of the features Of! The
Institution The city schools are we'll
disciplined, and the buildings credita-
be- There are some fine: churches
here, and the ~
I :.:- n JOURNALISTIC i.
work Of the, city is in excellent hands 5.
Three weekly newspapers are ;iti driving
along under faH SAIL, and play an
important part ii Minnesota Journal:
ism. TIE JOURNAL, republican, va.
established in 1867 By, Jane 6. swiss ;.
helm, and is now edited and publish
ed BY W. B. Mitchell. It is ably y
managed and widely quoted. !. The
fffsss ii " "wvaiis ii founded four years ago, is
run under the republican flag, On q
edited and published by c. RIM 3.
Kendejy, who took charge last yea :.
Mr. Mex Kshney was bred to newsp%-
per work in the Office of the j, "a
Crosse Democrat, is alive, progressive,
Igenial and capable young gentle'na y
and makes a'fne paper. I owe him
thanks 2for good offices and leave him
thy blessing" !" The Times is:democrat.
ic to tie hilt, leads the opposition
side Of politics gracefully, and is re q
tied and published by G. F.. Macdon.
Fald, an old newspaper man, whom. il
was my misfortune not TO find at
horne. These are representative men
and: are doing d good work for St
Cloud and the: north country JSt
Cloud has '<",.:..>' ,''- .''.- -:~:,!
FL IL I'M ELEGANT HOTEL,
and the people are naturally enough
| proud Of it: Idon't know The land:
I f1ord's name, and that is Of little a g
count. = The builder and owner Of
/
this superb hosste1ry IS J. p. West, ont
of the pioneers, q man Of mark here
and one Of those large hearted, pub
lie spirited, chivalrous: men who. are
worth more to a young city than; # 9r
Ety regiments. .sof Esordid. dead ND
al4ve capital;stso Mr.. West is post:
master, RUNS nearly all the leading
continental insurance agencies, is {
leading real estate owner andI dealer :
an influential citizen, md pohtieian
land a gentleman. He tdA q spleelpldlie :
thing for St: Cloud and the travelling
public oybuild this fine hotel and Grse'
that it is we'll managed. The repre-
sentative T:..v -?
| COMMERCIAL. AND PROFESSIONAL
men are OF good material, .:and"thei
work is being well done.a@ J. r
Boyd is a born humorist, is up to- hi
I ears in fun and frolic,is selling $40,
900 worth of groceries and okindre *
goods, lives we'll, drives a fine turn
out, halls from Saginaw, and sees q
I much sunshine as any man in town
Rhodes & Spencer are both "York
ers," are. selling drugs, medicines
paints, oils. books, stationery, Victo
\ sewing machines, etc.; to the tune 10
$4,000 a year, d They have a fin
); establishment and are a,leading firm
Young& & Bradford, the former fron
Pennsylvania, the latter from Mary
land, are representative house, am
sell staple and ia'f, dry goods to Ii
/ valae of $50, 900. 2A l1.vyi have Ii
I agehc;y of the whole upper countr:
: 6r Keeps patent partly made dres
shirt, a new and novel article viii IL
I i'isdsstine;d u 10 obaaviea widerrun. They DR.
3fola,; th6o44ough ghbfsa merchants and geu
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