The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-06-15
HALLocK. KIrrsoN CO., MINI
The Banner County Of the Far-Famed
Red River Valley--The County
Known a. the Sports
mans Paradise.

Hallock Is a charming young city in the
extreme north county of Minnesota. and u
the county seat. It's town that has never
known q boom. yet has had steady growth.
and during the past twelve months has taken
rapid strides, thereby placing IL In the front
rank Of towns in the Red river valley, which
is known the world over as the greatest
wheat producing belt IN the United states. As
the records show. 1t seems but . short time
since the Indian teepee. with its industrious
squaws and indolent Indians. were roaming
over these same plains here now can be seen
on every hand. beautiful homes. barns and
OutbuildIngs. This county WAS never known
as an Oklahoma" but . good home has
always been furnished man who came to us
with the intention OF cultivAting and i'm prov
ing our lands. For four or Ave years small
grain was the farmers hobby, but now there
Is great change. Diversified farming has
been INDUCED in during the past three or four
years, and what is the RESULT Your CORES.
pendent 10 able to take visitors out for y hal I
days drive. and in that time visit some OF the
choicest stock farms in the valley. where the
imported horse or bovine is found. and W here
the stock 10 of such standard as to com maj nd
ready market At an excellent price. We
have the imported Percheron Norman horses,
weighing from sixteen to nineteen hundred
pounds, the Clydes. from sc teen to twenty
hundred; the English Shire, from sixteen to
eighteen hundred. Also have the Morgan
horses, known for their endurance, besides
the HAmDletonlAn trotters that are now being
introduced. Readers. don't think for q mo.
ment that because VIC live In northern Mime.
sofa that this county especially Ia not up
with the timee, &c we can show you stock that
would put to blush stock raisers Of the sou tn.
ern states. OF cattle. we have the i'm por ted
Polled Angus, the Durham, Holstein, Devon
and Jersey.
In our heading We have stated IL is the
hunters paradise, and 1t is, IN every sense OF
the word. How pleasant after tea, after Q
hard days labor. for the business man to tax .
his wife, son or daughter, with his trusty
bird dog, and drive out . couple Of miles and
return before dark with q dozen well.fatted
prairie chickens, or else the same number OF
ducks or geese, later In the season. Or should
you wish week of camp life. take your trap
pings and 20 cast of Hallock from twenty TO
thirty miles, aud locate among the haunts
OF the moose, elk and deer, with plenty OF
bear TO give you pleasant hug. should you
desire 10. and all the resistance you need IL q
good Winchester rife. There is no better
hunting ground on earth.
word as to the county seat. Besides hay.
ing courthouse, 1t has q new two story city
hall. which Is well equipped with the best OF
hre apparatus, supported by q wide awake
company. The county officers, who live In
HAllock and have ofhccs In the court building
are, +. w. Jades. auditor; Il. johnson, treas
urer; q. A. HAlther, clerk of the court; John
Westerson, register of deeds; Oscar Young
gren. sheriff; II. II. Heidelberg. judge of pro.
bate.
The city officials are John westerson, pres
ident; councilmen. A. w. johnson, George
Thompson, j. Ferguson; recorder, Ed. IL
Love.
Hallock has two well-supported newspa-
pers-the EntsTpT Use and the NeTs-the former
having been established in August, lss2 the
latter in January. lssa. Ed. ii. Love is editor
and proprietor of the Enterprise and Deacon
lie Masherer pull the NetrA Hotel Hal
lock Is . magnificent three-story structure
and was erected by Hon. Charles HAllock, OF
Washington, ID. c., one of the greatest OF
sportsmen and now engaged on the American
Angler and Forest and Streom az their special
correspondent. This popular house is now
controlled by A. A. Woodwork, whose sue
cess in the hotel business is q sufficient
voucher for his capabilities as landlord The
Kittson hotel Is an elegant new three story
building. just being completed by Messrs
Berg 4 Peterson. old residents Of this county
and both practical hotel men. The Nelson