The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-04
WHOLE NO. 1863.

also taken 240 acres. hear of some
twenty odd Dakota county men who
are coming up this fall to locate. In
addition to these there is. a steady
stream of settlers only few of whose
names can remember. A Mr.. Allen
of the Pioneer-Press office, has been
fortunate enough to secure a quarter
section Of first class land only one mile
from the depot. He builds a hand
some house this fall. Hon. Hermann
Trott, Land Commissioner of the st.
Paul and Pacific Railroad company,
has purchased, at second hand, 800
acres of land. adjoining the town site.
This he will ssbreak'' next spring.
He has also bought another piece.
about mile from the depot, upon the
shores Of Hermann Lake, beautiful
sheet of water, where he proposes to
erect handsome summer residence.
Mr.. Goodrich, wealthy farmer of
Michigan, nephew of the Hon. Aron
Goodrich of st. Paul, is now here Sc
lecting land for large stock farm.
He proposes to bring here the finest
sheep, horses and cattle to be found
in Michigan. Another gentleman,
whose name he did not learn, from
Wabasha county, has secured land and
will open large farm. He has bought
a block Of lots in the town and propos-
es to erect residence thereon. These
are but few of those who have Sc
cured OF are now seeking for land;
in fact the country is overrun with
land nd-hunters, and Mr.. James McGow-
an, of this place, who is quite familiar
with section posts and township lines
is kept busy showing visitors around.
There are still grand chances to Sc
cure land. The whole country to the
southwest after you pass a distance
Of four or five miles, is practically un-
settled and contains some Of the finest
land for grain and stock raising to be
found in Minnesota. The village is
prospering finely. Mr. .Locke's eleva-
, tor is doing a large business, and is
. receiving large amount Of wheat.
, Teams sometimes have to wait for
hours for their turn to unload. Mr..
Huddleston's two fine stores are ap-
. preaching completion, and one of
them is already rented to Ole Rice of
Willmar who has purchased the larg-
J est stock Of goods yet brought to Ste
! vens county. He has also opened a
lumber yard and is selling large guam
!. titles oflumber. Joe Myers, the lime
9 burner, is doing good business. He
has already burned three large kilns
E of lime and is getting ready for a
fourth. He makes good article of
lime and sells it as quick as it is burn
$ ed. He is preparing to open a brio
!. yard. The clay is very good here and
! there is sgreat demand for brick, along
the whole line of the road. Mr.. Ole
9 Clementson's new blacksmith shop is
: finished and he is turning out good
work. Mr.. James Nc, ,Gowan, the pi.
oneer merchant of the village, is doing
: a big business. In ten days he sold a
| ton of flour, ten wagons, and stacks
: of groceries. There is good opening
here for shoemaker, a hardware
merchant and druggist.
There are no grasshOppers here
nor can we learn that any of the ver-
K min have deposited their eggs any,
where on the face Of the planet, and SC
n we look forward to many years of big
! crops and prosperity.
Yours,
s PIONEER.
f p. S. Since writing the above learn
thatsa colony of Workingmen Of Pitts
burg are in correspondence with some
: Of our citizens, and propose to secure
: land in this vicinity. Let them come:
l. the more the merrier.
. To show THAT in the article Of fuel
our settlers will not be subject to ex.
tortionate prices, clip the following
+ notice from the Morris Tribune,-
s the Tribune by the way is an excel
e lent paper.
1 The Railroad Company have reduced tn
e price of wood to the following rates, viz:
Il Maple aazassd' sa#sd, ss.ss s.as
Mixed, unsawed, 4.25
Z sawed, 4.75
Loft, unsawed, 375