St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-28
THE RUSTLERS OF REDFIELD.
What Has Sprung Out of the Da kOta
Prairies i'm Five Years.


Prairies in Five Years.
Special to the Globe.
REDFIELD, OAK, Dec. 27.-The history
from that Of a goodly share of the other
cities of Dakota. In the spring of 1880 a
few hardy pioneers, the advance guard of
others soon to follow, pushed in here, and
when the main line of the Chicago & North
western railroad reached this point only
short time afterward the germ of what has
since become thriving town was found
ahead of it. Among the earliest settlers
here may be named Hon. c. FL. Myers of
capital commission fame, M. j. Jarvis, now
proprietor of the Jarvis house, K. S. Hus-
SELL city marshal. Albert Dkeman, freight
agent for the Chicago & Northwestern rail-
road, and II. B. Lathrop. who now owns
and successfully runs large farm just out
side the city limits. This town has never
had boom. What growth it has attained
has been natural growth. Much of its
prosperity during the short period of five
years since its establishment is due to it's
remarkably fine railroad connections with
the outside world. The day is probably
not far distant when the Northwestern road
will be extended west from this place to
Fairbanks, on the Missouri, and an excep-
tionally fine section of country naturally
tributary to this town will as result be
speedily developed. The history of
REDFIELD'S STRUGGLES
for county-seat honors is familiar to many
OF the readers of the GLOBE, and it is
needless to dwell on this particular point
in her career. Suffice it to say, that although
temporarily downed by the action of the So
called legislature of last winter, her chances
of being the ultimate victor in the contest
never looked brighter than to-day The
fact that Redfeld was at one time the
choice for capital of four out of the nine
members who made up the capital COM
mission, may not be so well known, and
yet such is the case. For number of
reasons this town did not enter the race at
| the recent election, but when the proper
time comes round, we may again bob up
Serenely and present our claims in a proper
manner. During the year just ending, the
town has had good healthy growth.
Among the most substantial building adj
dltlons that have been made is the large
brick block on Franklin avenue, owned and
occupied by the Sphinx County bank, Briggs
q Brown, hardware dealers, and A. W.
Greenman. merchant. The farmers ele-
vatOr, one of the largest in the county, was
completed in the early fall, and is now run
ming in full blast In addition to these may
be mentioned the new Catholic church just
finished, and numerous less pretentious
buildings for residence and business pur-
poses. 1t also seems proper in this connec-
ton to state that project is now on foot
to add to the town in the early spring a
good-sized hotel in addition to the three
now here, and large brick building, the
lower story of which is to be used for store
purposes and the upper as public hall.
REDFIELD's LOCATION
at the junction of three great lines of rail-
road is such that she ought, with ample
hotel and hall accommodations, to secure a
fair share of the conventions, political and
otherwise, held In this section of the terri
tory. Within the past year National
bank has opened up here which promises
to do a good business in the future although
it is the third banking house established
and in successful operation at this point
Three good local papers, the Journal, Sun
and Dispatch, occupy the journalistic
field. The two first mentioned being Re-
publican in politics and the latter Demo
cratic. Laird-Norton company and the
Empire Lumber company deal out most of
the lumber used, and Van Dusen & Co.
and the Winona Milling company do grain
and coal business. The grist mill owned
and run by Kutnewsky Bros. is one of the
largest and best known in this section of
the territory. The business of the town is
largely in the hands of young men, all as a
rule rustlers, who make up in energy what
they lack In years and experience Capt.
talists with an inclination to invest in
manufacturing or other business enterprises
in the West, need not hesitate about trying
this point. The town is bound to grow
and money invested in almost every legiti-
mate business enterprise will in time yield
a substantial reward.