Morris tribune., 1892-04-27
In ST, Paul Last Week,

During our few days in St. Paul
last week we were placed under many
obligations to E. V. Smalley, the bril-
liant descriptive writer and editor of
the Northwest Magazine, journal
that is doing more to show up the
resources of the great Northwest than
any other publication in this country.
Mr.. Smalley is a practical printer,
and, as we learned recently, was an
apprentice under the same man we
were-the late John r. French OF
anti-slavery fame-though Smalley
did not commence his apprenticeship
until some years after we did. Our
visit with him was exceedingly pleas
ant. While in his Office we met our
old division commander, Gen. r. W.
Johnson, whom we had not met since
the autumn of 1864. The General is
a splendid gentleman, a Kentuckian
by birth and a West Point graduate.
AS soldier and military commander
he ranked among the best, and was
very popular with the soldiers under
his command. Our hours visit with
him was one of the most enjoyable of
our life. The General presented us
with copy of his book, entitled "a
Soldiers "reminiscences in Peace and
War; 1t is hardly necessary to say
that we prize this book very highly.
Gen., J. honored us by making the
following inscription on one of the
blank leaves of. the book:
"To Rufus Choate Stevens, my old
comrade of the 18th army corps, this
book is presented, with the hope that
he may live forever and his name be
ever as bright as citizen as it was as
a soldier. The AUTHOR.
April Fl, 1892"
During the late war Gen. J. held
the position of Major-General of vol
unteers, but after the war was retired
as Brigadier-General of the regular
army, and now resides in St, Paul.
After graduating at West Point he
was stationed at Fort Smelling, and
there he formed many pleasant &C
quaintances, which was one of the
motives that induced him, after the
close of the war, to come back to his
old home in Minnesota.
Mr.. Smalley kindly invited us to
dine with him at the Minnesota Club
rooms, and there we met among other
prominent gentlemen Mr.. Chas. B.
Lamborn, Land Commissioner N. P.
Railroad, with whom we had long
conversation, during which he gave us
an account of the operations of the
New York and Brooklyn Mating Go.
in raising barley and making malt out
in the Gallatin Valley, Montana, where
this company owns an immense tract
of land, purchased mostly from the
Northern Pacific Railroad company.
Heretofore nearly all the barley used
in this country for malt comes from
Canada, but the Mckinley bill fixed
a high tariff on imported barley, which
caused mailing companies to expert
ment with barley raised in other local
tiles. Specimens of barley raised in
Montana were obtained and expert
ments made, and it was found that
this barley for brewing purposes was
fully equal if not superior to the Can
ada barley.
During the pending of the McKin-
ley bill in congress the president of
the above named mailing company
visited Mr., Lamborn at ST. Paul and
told him that he was going to Mon
tana for the purpose of looking up
a favorable place for raising barley.
When he returned he reported to Mr..
L. that he had found just such To-
cality as he wanted in the Gallatin
Valley, where the N. P. Railroad Co.
owned large amount of land and
requested the land commissioner not
to sell it before the fate Of the Nc
Kinley bill was known, and that in
case that bill parsed he would buy
the land and within eighteen months
from it's passage he would have