The sun., 1893-10-12


Browns Valley road can hardly resist
the temptation to stop off at Chokio
and examine it's marvellous growth
and rare business opportunities. It's
position makes it prominent AS
Proctor Knott remarked OF Duluth:
1t is so centrally located that the sky
comes down an equal distance all
round it. This particular feature
alone entities it Immediately to be-
come the Metropolis of Stevens coun-
ty, at any rate, if it continues to inn
prove in the next two years as it has
in the past, there is nothing to pre-
vent it from aspiring to that high po-
sltion. The pluck and energy of its
business men have not been daunted
by hard times or low prices. Mr.. j.
l. McNally has enlarged and renoy-
ated his store building until it is now
one of the handsomest edifces in the
town. He has opened up with a
large stock of goods, and henceforth
the firm will assume the euphonious
title of Benson & McNauy. Mr.. Ben
son the new partner, has formerly
done business in Hoffman. Mr.. Burt,
of the firm of Bartlett IL Burt, has
just returned from the cities, where
he has been for the past few days
purchasing his large stock of winter
goods. 1t is such a pleasure to haul
wheat to Chokio, and deal with the
genteel buyers of this place, that the
farmers prefer to do so, even at 4S cts.
hushel rather than hau to Morris at
55 cts. Messrs Reker & Green talk
about recommending to their COM
panies the propriety of having their
elevators enlarged. Our blacksmith
has sharpened so many plows this
fall, that there is danger of his for
getting all other branches of the busi-
ness by the time spring comes around.
Flowing and threshing is now the
order of the day in this vicinity; and
the straw-stacks that blaze around
the horizon after night-fall, show how
vigorously this labor is being pushed.
We have also two hotels here, both
doing a profitable business; and we
have one of the neatest and best kept
lumber yards in the state. One
should see the order of the coal
sheds, lumber-sheds and woodward,
in order to appreciate the taste and
business qualities of Frank, the genial
foreman of the establishment. Mr..
Holtz has just completed an addition
to his residence, and it is now fit to
take its place among the other stately
buildings of Chokio. The school is
one of the largest in the county, and
much credit is due the board of dir
ectors for the paiRs they have taken
to enlarge the building and render it
adequate to the present demands.
We hope Supt. Macintosh will smile
upon us ere long, and give us some
timely hints towards improvement.
Hunting around the country is excel
lent, and the citizens enjoy it not
withsta1ding al occasional mishap.
| One Of our hotel Ran a short time
ago, might be heard "ln the wee
small hours" returning from a neigh
boring dnek-nond, pouring out in
melancholy cadences the touching
memories of tbs sweet but sad re-
fan:
II lot! Oh, bitterly esq!
| ! lost my Sunday breecheSr'
4 few people in this neigAborhood
have some trouble to find good water
but Cholzio has no such drawback
It has a Well-a pslblie benefactor-
and it is beauty. We think it is
a little ON the artesian order, at least
nature has provided it with a smell
that makes the traveller ou his way tc
the reservation, like Jobs war horse
"scent it afar off," and then slake his
thirst with it's sparkling waters, anc
partake of the medical properties, fol
which it is so renowned. One dose
generally cures him, at any rate he
never returns for a second one, hut
| keep still on following the star oi
empire, and wondering how the peo
| pie of this favored village can evel
die. We would like to give you some
I more information about our growing
city, but as we intend to start {
| couple of dailies here in few weeks
it woula hardly be fair to tell yol
everything we know, of course the,
| will be democratic in their poIitica
stand; but at the same time, we shal
continue to read and love The Sun
until such time as we have Learned
wisdom enough to complete ou
plans.
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