The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-03

wADENAl
Where and How it is Situated. It's
Present Condition and Future
Prospects.
Wadena is the County Seat of Wa
dena County, and is located on the
main line of the Nothern Pacific R.
R., 1872 miles from St. Paul, Isl from
Duluth, at the junction of the N. P.
F. & B. H. r. R., with the N. p. r.
R. It is finely situated on a small
prairie, surrounded at a short dis.
tance by groves of deciduous trees,
among which are the sugar maple,
white and burr oak, aspen, bass wood
&c. The soil is black sandy loan
rich in all the elements that produce
good crops, and make glad the far
mers heart. 1t has a population of
1000 in the village, which is incorpor-
ated, and about 1900 in the township.
The Methodist and Congregational
churches have neat and commodious
houses of worship. The Episcopal
church had a good parsonage built
the past season and will the present
summer build house of worship.
These churches have regular services
here every Sabbath, and resident pas
tors. The Evangelical Association
and German Methodist also have
clergymen residing here who hold
services in the school house, and in
adjoining towns. The Lutherans and
Catholics will probably erect houses
Of worship here this year.
A new school house will be erected
this summer costing $4,000: Tw'!d
teachers have been heretofore en-
ployed, but there will be three here.
after. and the school so graded as to
fit scholars for the University.
There are four Hotels, several Board.
ing Houses, five general stores, some
of which carry very large stocks OF
goods, two Grocery stores, one Jewel.
ry store. two millinery stores, one
clothing store, one marble working
shop. two Banks, with capital
Of $s50,OO0 each, two Hardware
stores, one Boot and Shoe store, one
Harness Shop, one Furniture Store
three Drug Stores, one Restaurant
three Machinery Dealers. a Roller
FIGURING Mill with a capacity of 10(
barrels day, one Planning and Sasf
and Door Shop, Plow Shop will
Foundry and Machine Shop attached
one Real Estate Office, four Attor
neys, one Wholesale Lumber Firm
two Wagon Shops, two Blacksmith
Shops, three physicians, one photo
graph gallery, one Brewery 81,
Saloons, one livery stable, one barber
shop and one meat market.
| The Secret Societies are represente,
here by the following Lodges: Wade
ma Lodge No. l56 a. F. & A. NJ, Wa
dena Lodge No. % K. P, Walden;
Lodge No. so "A. o. U. w.
The County Agricultural Fai
Grounds are located here, on whicl
is fine Floral Hall, and Half Mil
Track.
Stages carrying the mail run from
Wadena to Wrightstown and Parker
Prairie, and also to Long Prairie vi;
Stowe Prairie and Clarisse. A roa,
also leads to the Shell Prairie coun
try.
The Black Hills r. r. leaves tn,
Northern Pacific here and is built III
miles nearly due west, and anothe
100 miles is to be constructed thi
year.
Wadena County, and the adjacen
parts of Otter Tail and Todd Coun
ties are settled by as fine class o
people as can be found in any comma
nifty, north, south, east, or west; in
telligent, progressive and thrifty
They are of the following nationali
ties: American, English, Scotch
German, Scandinavian and Irish; al
equally good in habits and industry
and all working harmoniously to
gether for the building up of thei
country and homes. The busines
men of our city are wide. awake, GO
ahead, gentlemen, good financia
managers and, as might be expecte
in so good a location, we'll fixed; onl
two failures have occurred here i
the history of the place. Good i'm
proved farms and wild lands. eithe
timber or prairie, can be purchase
at reasonable prices. People comm
west should stop and be convince
with their own eyes, that this is
country flowing with milk and honey
BUSINESS OF 1882.
The banking business done by the Bank of W.
dena and the Merchants Bank, in the year 1sS
was in excess Of 81 O0O, CO., The business transae
ted by the Merchants, Hotels, Lumber Dealers &,
from information obtained by us from reliab
sources will, for the year 1852 exceed 500. .00s
The amount of wheat marketed here at the Eleva
tors and at the FIGURING Mill is about 130 900 bus1
q els: crop Of 1882 The business of the Railroa
8 including construction DC. is between sr50,O(
and S160, 900. The amount of permanent impro,