Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-05-10

enrich him at once, DuG MS SOlu comes
surely and certainly with the harvest
time, and he can pillow and seed and reap
the same golden results with each sue
cessive season. Oats, barley, rye
and corn can also be produced
though it is not eminently a
corn country, and all kinds of tame
grasses thrive we'll Stock raising must
be and is profitable so long as country
does not produce enough for home uses,
and while thousands of horses and i'm
mense shipments of stock are continually
made TO furnish food and teams for the set
tiers, no better or more profitable business
can be engaged in. The native grasses,
rich and abundant, costing but little OF
themselves, furnish the sustenance. But
in spite of the fact that Grafton is thus
| located in the heart of this agricultural
Eldorado, one iSJutterly unprepared ior
| the sights and scenes that await Him
Eight months since and its sit was level
prairie, without house or railroad TO
| break its monotony. Now, behold over
$50 two hundred and fifty buildings,
business and residences, while on
every hand and from every
direction comes the ceaseless sounds OF the
saw and hammer and ever and anon I'M
der your very eye new building
springs into being as if by magic, un-
heralded and unlocked for. The only
check seems to be the fact that our rail
road has not the capacity of dozen, and
can't transport building material and
merchandise as fast'as the demand re-
quIres.
Eight months from nothing to city of
over 800 people-wonderful land yet true.
There are no grand stone and brick struc-
lures, the class of buildings are not the
most expensive, are all of wood, still 1t Is
most wonderful growth and betokens
| feeling of confidence in its future that
precludes the idea Of reverses. 1t is
simply the fact that the country
has the resources and demands town Of
sufficient capacity to supply the neces-
sary means for cultivating them. There
must be mills, elevators and warehouses
to manufacture or handle the grain.
There must be stores, shops and factories
to supply the necessary articles for every
day life. There must be depots where
the necessary machinery for cultivating
the soil and harvesting the crops can be
had There must be churches, schools,
lawyers, doctors and all the necessary
branches of social life represented There
must be newspapers and banks, and in
short, there must be what goes to make
up good town, for such this section
must have as it develops into civilization
under the sturdy hand of those who
came here to open 1t.
ITS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Banks. What the Grafton of to-day
possesses is only 1.-THE of what she will
possess in the near future, but here are
some of the public institutions of to-day.
The Walsh County bank was organized
Novemer l, 1881, with cash capital Of
$25, 900; reserved on real estate $25, 900.
F. T. Walker-President.
D. Bromberg-V Vice President.
Il. Il. Carhel-Cashier.
VIM. Mulchay-Assistant Cashier.
The latter owns one-fourth Of the town
site.
They located on the corner of Hill av-
enue and Sixth street, where on the 31st
of January last they, together with the
county offices in their block were burned
out, but Ph@niX-like, out Of their ashes
they arose and began business the next
day as if nothing had happened, and on
March 1st re- entered their building mean
while rebuilt. They do general bank
ing business and are offering some choice
locations in the newly plated additions
to the public, The cashier and assistant
are always ready TO give information and
advice to those who call upon them. The
bank of Grafton, w. w. Hartwell, pres
ident; f. R. Fulton, vice president; d. G.
Moore,I cashier, with paid up capital of
$4,000, is located on the same block as
the Walsh County bank and does gen
eral banking business. The cashier, d.
G. Moore, formerly of DEBORAH, Iowa,
believes in the town and country, and is
also ready to give information to those
applying. Messrs. Rogers & Bur, law,
land and loan agency, are also quite COM
petent to direct the public in regard to
selections of desirable unoccupied lands,
or toj.locate settlers on decided lands,
having been old pioneers and thoroughly
knowing the entire county Since open
ing business last fall they have located
over 200 families, who arc thoroughly
pleased, not single instance of dissatis-
faction having occurred. Within radius
of forty miles, with Grafton as a center,
they are prepared to locate all who come,
having perfect knowledge of the entire
section.
LARGE SALE STABLE.
Athens g. Wade of the Cooper house,
have erected one Of the largest sale
stables in the territory, being 32x110 feet,
with eighteen feet posts, and capable of
holding fifty head of horses. 1t was oc-
cupied April 1st last, and cost $4,000.
Since which time they have sold three
car loads of horses and eighty pairs of
work oxen.
Barg--r Bros. are erecting a.
large three-story hotel, seventy
four feet front by sixty feet
deep, two-thirds of the ground floor
and wareroom 2Ox60, being used. as a
general store. The other one third and
the second and third floors of the whole
10 be q hotel 1t will contain sixty
rooms and will be completed as soon as
possible They have one invoice of
eighty two tons of merchandise and
more to follow.
ELEVATORS
There are at present under construc-
ton the following elevators: Bargar
Bros. s. Morris, 1000 bushel elevator,
costing SIS, 900, to be ready for the crop;
F. E. Chase, 10000 bushel; Northwest
ern Grain Buyers, S. w. Serl, manager; a
$4,000 bushel elevator, besides which the
Brooks brothers and c. A. PilIsbury &
Co., each announce their intention to
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FIGURING MILL.
VIM. Leistlkow is erecting Touring
mill with a capa city of 275 barrels
per day. The building is to be 4Ox5o,
five stories high, with an elevator ad-
joining, 24x40, same heighth, and an
engine room to contain 100 horse pow
er engine, still further on. 1t will con-