The sun., 1886-04-15
STEVENS COUNTY,
The ssssiisa iss Homo Seekers. Good Farming
Land, and u, ssss q Inducements.
Norris, the County Seat, an I'M
pOrtant Trade Center.

Norris, the County Seat, an I'M.
portant Trade Center.
A Bustling Little CityWithGreat
| Prospects.
from The Minnesota Farmer.l
Morris, the county seat of Stevens
county. is an enterprising and vigor'
Gus young city of about 1900 inhab-
itants. 1t Is finely situated in ABOUT
the centre Of the county on the banks
of the Pomme de Terre river. Lake
Crystal, a beautiful sheet of water,
with wooded island picturesquely
located in its centre is near by. and
fishing and sail boat riding can be IN
dulged in to ones hearts content.
The land surrounding Morris is beau
tiful rolling prairie, dotted with farm
houses, granaries, ETC., and at the
present time undergoing the process
of cultivation.
For q place of its size Morris takes
front rank among the young and pro-
gressive cities of the state. Besides
the numerous mercantile stores,
etc. there are at Morris two good
Touring mills, located on the Pomme
de Terre river. two banks. several
elevators and large brick yard. run
by the Morris Brick Manufacturing
Co.. incorporated and having a capi-
tai of $4,000. Some of the finest
pressed brick in the state are made
| by this company, and the capa-
city of the yard is $4,000 brick per
day. An unlimited supply of good
clay is to be had, and this industry
bids fair to become one of consider.
able importance.
There are good hotel accommoda-
tions. the best of educational facili-
tiles, Morris being an independent
district, religious denominations to
suit all. and several fine church edi-
fees; fine opera house and circu-
lating library with 81 200 in the treas
ury to be expended for new books.
The social interests of Morris are of
the best and the newcomer will al.
ways be welcomed with the warmest
hospitality.
There are two weekly newspapers
published at Morris. the Tribune and
Sun. E. w. Randall is editor and
proprietor of the Tribune. while The
Sun is looked after by s. c. Murphy.
Both sheets are live and enterprising.
and receive a liberal support from
the business men Of Morris, The
Real Estate Register is published at
Morris in the interest of the Stevens
County Abstract and Real Estate
Agency, and is edited by P. A. Nc
| Carthy, the President of the COM
pany.
Morris needs a machine shop, flax
mill, woolen mill, canning factor,
paper mill and a beet root sugar fac
tory.
STEVENS COUNTY.
To mention Morris and say nothing
about Stevens county, of which it is
| the county seat, would not be doing
| Justice to the place, since the reSour-
ces of the county have helped to make
it the busy and lively city that it is.
| The county contains 355. 1886 acres of
land, 1S5, ,169 of which are taxable and
are worth over $4,000. 900. the person.
al property being valued at 5000, 900.
The value of the personal property
and the taxable and untaXable land
together will aggregate nearly $4,000
900. Some of this untaxable land is
held by the railroad companies and
ernment. Much of it is occupied and
more and more of it is becoming tax
able each year. There is plenty of
land that can be purchased at small
figures, and in some casses choice
farming lands that have been culti-
waited for several years, can be had at
extremely low prices. No better
land for farming can be found in Min
nesota than what is to be had in Stew
ems county, as it IS most all beautiful
rolling prairie, the soil being suscep-
tible to the cultivation of all kinds of
crops. Rich and nutritious grasses
| grow in abundance. and this, with
the numerous small streams and lakes
to be found everywhere, make the
county we'll adapted TO dairying and
stock raising. There are around Nor
ris several fine stock and dairy farms
which furnish sufficient proof of this.
|
The figures speak for themselves,
showing that the agricultural pro-
ducts, ETC., of the county, are con-
stantly increasing in value.
| The farmers throughout the county
are progressive and enterprising as 4
rule and are each year making many
new improvements that greatly in
crease the value of their farms. A
large proportion of the population of
the county are foreigners, being COM
posed of Germans, Swedes, Irish, etc.
The nationalities usually settle in a
district by themselves. and they all
possess steady habits and wonder
full amount Of industry ard thrift.
often being the superiors of their
American brothers in the cultivation
of their farms.
We have spoken Of the railroad fac.
ilities afforded by the three lines of
roads. which traverse the county
north, south, east and west, furnish
ing plenty of good shipping and mar.
ket points, the most important of
which are Morris, Hancock. Donnelly
and Clearfield. In these places there