St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-01
THE HOTEL CORRAL.

| Hon. A. N Johnson, of Benson, was one of
| the committee of citizens from the towns
| along the Breckenridge division of the Great
| Northern that waited upon President Hill, of
| the Great Northern, yesterday and asked for
better train service OH that division. Mr..
| johnson is one of the leading business men
of Benson. and besides being president of
| the swift County bank, finds time to man
age lumber yard in his home town. At
Kerkhoven. few miles east he has an in
| terest in a hardware store. Mr. johnson To-
Gated III Western Minnesota in an early day,
| and has borne prominent part in the de-
velopment of the section. In 1887 he repre-
| sented Swift county in the lower house of the
| state legislature and after the sess ion of
| that year ended, he took charge of
| the work Of improving North st. Paul,
| and personally supervised the grading OF
the streets of that lively suburb as we'll as the
| building of the hotel and other structures
| built by the land company. Mr.. Johnson has
| been mentioned in connection with the Re
| publican congressional nomination in the
| Seventh district next year in several quar-
| ters and can probably have the honor If he
desires it. He returned home OH the evening
| train.
Il
| Fl A. Gowan, Of Cloquet, one of the MAIN
.
! spent yesterday in the city looking after the
| interests of his firm. Mr.. Gowan has spent
! nearly his entire life in the lumber business.
| and is acquainted with its every detail. He
| usually attends the state stumpage sales. and
| buys the timber for the annual cut of the
| company. AS one of his friends remarked
| yesterday in speaking of his Judgment
in the matter of estimating the amount
| of timber on a tract: ANDY Gowan can
| tell almost to the foot how much timber there
! is on piece of land if he is allowed to take
| one look at the piece" Mr.. Gowan, nat
urally. does not take kindly to the national
| park, or forest reservation scheme, by which
| it is proposed to close up a good part of
| Northern Minnesota, and does not believe
| that any measure of that kind will be
| adopted.
| Senator John Haggert, of Fargo was in the
| city yesterday looking after business matters
| Senator Haggert thinks that next years cam
! paigu will be lively Que in North Dakota,
| as it will have the privilege of voting for
national tickets. In addition to this, there
will be contest for Senator Caseys seat in
| the senate which is apt to stir up consider
| able feeling. Senator Casey is, of course. a
| candidate, although Senator Haggert declined
to say anything concerning this or the out
come. That he VIII be on hand at the cleo
ton goes without saying, for no one in Cass
| county can defeat Sheriff Haggert for office,
especially when the latter wants the place.
II
| W. l.. ComStOck, rising young attorney of
| Mankato, is at the Merchants.
| Se.Stor r. J. MacBride, of Neillsville. is in
| the city.
| Alvah Eastman, of Anoka, spent part of
| yesterday chatting with friends at the Mer-
| chants.
| George E. Van Hollen, of Valley City, N.
| D., is at the Clifton
Among the Clifton guests yesterday was
| ". j. McMath, of Watertown, S. d.
| i
| Hon. A. s. Crossfeld, of Browns Valley,
! spent yesterday in the city comforting with
| the Great Northern officials in regard to the
| train service to points along the Brecken-
| ridge division. Mr.. Crossteld was member
| of the lower house of the state legislature in
| 1889, but has not taken an interest in politics
! since that time having devoted all his time
during the past year to matters relating to
] the opening of the Sisseton reservation.