Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1880-09-02
Campbell.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Campbell, Mimi, Sept LIST, 1880.
EDITOR TRIBUNE: This neighborhcod will
certainly compare favoratly with with any
of the new towns along the line of the st.
P, NJ. & NJ. r. r., for Improvements and
the number Of wealthy business-like farm
ers who compose the larger part of the
community. We have very few specula
tors to stand back and wait for their neigh
bors improvements to raise the value of
land. Our people all so in for investing
their last dollar in good substantial farm
buildings and big wheat farms. Our bust
ness men are all reliable solid men and
there is no danger of such another tiasco
us that of last winter. Baker & Knapp
dealer in lumber and machinery, and ele-
vator proprietors. opened lumber yard
last spring with 100 cars of lumber and
have been receiving more ever SinceaS fast
MS they could handle it, Their books show
that they are now doing business to the
amount of 81 900 per day on an average
Payne, Davis 6 Taylor, Successors to ],
W. Cross, dealers in dry goods, provisions
and lumber are another solid firm doing q
large ana rapidly increasing business and
requiring four smart statesmen. j. NJ
Wenger, who owns a store in St. Paul
keeps general stock of goods and has a
large trade, also owns saloon, and will
enlarge his store and carry larger stock
of goods this fall II. B. Trecartin, drug
gist, has large and complete stock OF
drugs and notions, although his views OF
prices often seem to date back to wal
times. j. G. & II. G. Doughty handle &
full line of hardware, stoves, farm impli
ments, etc., and have purchased the ole
depot buildings from the railroad com
pany, which they will use as store The
Philadelphia House, kept by ]. c. Henois
and Pacific House, by j. R. Knowles, arc
we'll managed and well patronize6 hostel
ries The two blacksmith shops are KEEP
Chas. j. Schindel, and j. H. McCully, ant
and another will soon open up. We have
two grain elevators with capacity of 20,
900 bushels, and another is to be built thi,
fall by G. H. Graves & Co. of Duluth. The
round elevator owned by Mrs. f. j. White
is similar to that at Morris, and has feeC
mill. Geo, Haynes is our largest dealer il
farm machinery, j. r. Knowles, A. NJ
White and J. w, Childs also handle ma
chinery j. Cross will build and open
large dry good End general store this fall
J. W., W. D. & Ii. w. Cross have tive
thrcshing machines now in the field, ont
steam power and one mounted power
Judson Smith has Il steam thresher- anC
self Yropelling engine. The wheat crol
turns out very good and many farmer
claim 20 bushels to the acre. The Mich
gan settlement eight miles west, in Dakota
is a large, prosperous community and hl
now post office, DeVilio, Warren Spaul
ding, z, M. This colony is an importan
feeder to Campbell, as are also Weston
and Stony Brook, older settlements east
and Tintah, Traverse county, some five o
six miles south. Among the extensiv
farmers near Fintah are, Henry Joy an,
Baldwin, recently from New Hamshire
They have been running twenty five break
ing plows through the season with furrow
four mics long, they are also Luilding
hotel 90X160, three stories, stores ware
houses, etc Col. J. D. Trumbull & Co.
of Maiden Rock, lis, are also building
store and elevator at this point. Mr.. Z
| w. bowers was in town this week and r.
ceived large number of orders for fru
and forest trees.