Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-15
RIVER AND BAIL.

A. j. Quinn, New England passenger
agent of the Northern Pacific
is in town and is going on the Yellow.
stone excursion, after which he will settle
down to business.
A party of eighteen Scandinavians from
various points on the st. Paul & Manitoba
road, principally from the Red River val
for Sweden and Norway. They will return
In the spring, many of them bringing
their families and other relatives and
friends out.
Judge j. M. Waldron, from the Narrows
at Devils lake, is in st. Paul to buy sup
plies for the winter. Mr.. Waldron has
been, for several years, prominent farm
er IN Kittson county, in the Red River val
ley, and has transferred portion of his
farming utensils to DEVILS lake, where he
has gone to open up farm.
John Benson, formerly owner. and pro.
prietor of the st. Thomas hotel in St
Paul, but now resident of Warren in
Marshall county in the Red River valley
leaves tonight with his wife for Sweden
where he proposes to spend the winter and
will return in the spring with many of his
friends and relatives to locate in the Red
River valley.
The Royal Route-the Chicago, st. Pau
d Omaha-is great route, and is fitted uI
with luxurious coaches, sleepers, palace
dining cars and Pullman smoking room
sleepers. The route is a short, quick
smooth and safe one, and the whole road il
managed with great care, to guard against
accidents of all kinds. For comfort it has
no superior.
A. d. Ahlgren, jobbing merchant from
Chicago, has just returned from an ex
tended trip to DEVILS lake, and left last
night for Chicago. He is enthusiastic
about that section, and his father anG
brothers and a number of his friends from
Illinois, will Immediately start for Devils
lake where they will locate lands and re-
main permanently.
F. 7. Walker, of the firm of Walker
Rhomburg, Dubuque, Iowa, owner of the
town site of Grafton, is in town on his way
to Grafton, where he proposes to convert
the Walsh County bank into the First
National bank of Grafton. The needed
capital of $4,000 is all subscribed. Mr.
Walker will also take the immediate steps
to build $4,000 hotel at Grafton.
F. P. Donovan, general agent at Got
tenberg for the American line of steamers
writes to the emigration department OF
the st. Paul d Manitoba road that owing
to the great number of inquiries from
prospective emigrants for information
about the Red River valley, he will make
personal visit to America and go through
the valley himself and see just what it is
and what its promises are.
Mr.. Waldron, from the Narrows at Dew
IFS lake, pronounces the land at the lake
superior to- the Red River valley. Not
that it is richer than
that in the valley, but he thinks it a
warmer soil and more easily cultivated
He says that the Indians have cultivated
the soil for years, and though they are
VIGOROUSLY the poorest farmers in the
world, they never had failure of crop
The crops of the Indians will average
twenty-five Or thirty bushels to the acre.
Judge j. P. Nelson, of Warren, the pio-
neer of Marshall county, in the Red River
valley. is in town, arranging with Architect
Radcliff, for the construction of $4,000
residence at Warren. He is also getting
the necessary machinery and outfit for a
brick yard. He reports among other late
improvements the building of four
churches, one Methodist, one Pres
byterian, one Norwegian Lutheran
aud one Swedish Lutheran. Threshing in
Marshall county is progressing rapidly
and wheat is being delivered regularly,
and prices run from SO to S5c,