Daily globe., 1882-09-19


ments of an embryo city. Large
brick blocks, graded streets, omnibuses,
haks. etc. met the eye of the car window ga
ger and ''still the wonder grew" whether we
were going north or coming south. 1t
took fifteen minutes here to transact the
regular business connected with the ex
press and other business of the train, and
again we were off northwest.
From this point onward
the party had eyes only for the immense
wheat fields to be seen on either side of the
track as far as the eye could reach. The
train rapidly passed the thriving towns,
(embryo cities Euchd, Angus and other
points and finally reaches Warren, the OBJ
jective point of the journey. During all
this distance from daylight until
100 p. m., the train had been passing
through, ct the rate of twenty miles per
hour, vast stretch of country bounded
only by the horizon, filled with
stacks of wheat and oats. Looking from
the Car windows as the train swept rapidly
on it seemed as though vast forest lined
the track. which on closer inspection was
found to be stacks of wheat and oats.
There were stacks to the right of us, stacks
to the left of us, before us and behind us.
No pen or pencil picture can describe the
appearance of the almost illimitable land
scape. 1t was like moving through the
streets of city, whose blocks of buildings
were stacks of golden grain.
The party arrived in Warren shortly af-
ter l p. N. and were soon seated at the
hospitable board of the Warren house, kept
by Mark Stevens, Esq, who, by the way, is
most genial mine host,' and
looked well after the comfort of the party
who had thus unexpectedly drop
ped in upon him to spy out the fatness of
the land.
A lite over two years ago, Warren was
unknown upon the map of the state. 1t is
located upon school section which was
purchased by stock company, the stock
of which was finally purchased by A. E.
Johnson and Judge J. P. Nelson, who are
now the principal owners of the village.
They are both liberal and broad gauge
gentleman under whose management the
tlement of two or three houses to village
of over 1000 inhabitants. They COM
menced by selling lots at from SO to $50
apiece, and to-day the prices range from
$50 to $500, according to location. This
is not mushroom growth, nor is it the re-
suit of q boom. Warren is located in the
very center of the best wheat-grow-
ing section of the far-famed Red
river valley wheat region, and
it may be truthfully said the growth of the
village is not commensurate with the
growth of the surrounding country tribu-
tary to it. 1t is located on the bank of the
Snake river. which encircles it on three
sides. The banks of this river are what
might be called heavily timbered, and
there is fuel enough within easy distance
to supply the village and the farmers with
all the necessary wood for fuel for the
next fifty years. Wood soils in Warren
at from $3.50 to S. per cord. Another
important necessity is that of water The
Snake river is very low at present, but
there is sufficient water for all stock pur-
poses, and nearly as good water as that
with which st. Paul is supplied, can be OBJ
tanned in the village by sinking wells
from fifteen to twenty feet
Let it be remembered that it is but little
over two years since the town was plated
and to day its business houses can be
enumerated as follows: general stores,
blacksmith and carriage makers. 1
bank, drug store. 1 agricultural imple-
ment dealer, lumber dealers. l meat
market, jewellery stores, 1 harness max
er, law and real estate, Offices 1 newspa-
per, 2 hotels, doctor,1 wagon maker, res
taurant, 1 manufacturing company, flour
and feed mill, l steam elevator, 10000 ca
pacity, q. S. land Office, post Office.
IMPROVEMENTS.
Within the past year the following i'm
provements have been made. viz: A 200
barrel roller Touring mill at cost of
$4,000; an elevator costing $4,000 with
a capacity of 10000 bushels; court house
costing $4,000, and over 100 other business
houses and dwellings at a cost of 100000.
Streets have been graded, sidewalks laid.
and bridges built. The village and town
ship has purchased new Era ditching
and grading machine at cost of $1,000
and it is constantly at work in grading
streets and improving the roads leading
into the city. A fine school house furnishes
the means for the educationsofs the youth,
and religious services are held every Sab
bath alternately between four denomina-
tions, viz: Presbyterian, Methodist, and
the two branches of the Lutheran Scan
dinavian churches. What struck the GLOBE
representative especially, was the orderly
character of the inhabitants of Warren.
During Saturday afternoon and
evening a large number
of the farmers and their hired men were
in the village, the streets being lined with
their teams, yet not single man was to be
seen under the influence of liquor. On
Sunday, the only two saloons in the village,
were closed, and the whole appearance was
that OF peace and plenty.
So much for the village of Warren. It
is beyond the power of leaden types to
give an adequate idea of