Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-02-04
Sketch of an Enterprising
Morrison County
Town.
MUCH BUSINESS TRANSACTED
Something About the Diff
erent Firms in Business
There.

Randall, dozen miles from Little
Falls, on the Staples branch OF the
Northern Pacific railway, is a great
wood supply station. The village is
surrounded with thousands OF cords and
wood is pied high along the track, and
wood and ties seem everywhere
Besides the Staples saw mill in Ran
dali there are several mills back in the
woods, and although they have not been
much in operation of late, six cars of
lumber were shipped last month
In one month Randall forwarded 200
car loads OF wood, but chat is excep-
tiunal as 500 car loads is the ANIMAL
average, and from $50 to 500 cars of
ties go in spring and summer to the far
west. AS the land is being cleared, culti-
yation is proceeded with. but a few cars
OF potatoes are the only Indications by
shipping.
%. W. McCollum, the railway agent, is
very efficient and popular His exper.
lence extends over nine years with the
Northern Pacific and Chicago and
Northwestern.
Three years ago S. G. Cochran became
a citizen OF Randall and has benefited
town and county by his enterprise. He
handles 5000 cords Of wood annually
and $4,000 railway ties. His store
carries -, 900 worth OF goods, and he
ships about all that comes from the
1arm and forest. Officially, he has been
town treasurer three years, and became
postmaster on thu lst OF January, re-
ceiving three daily mails by rail and
trl-WeekIy by stage. Mr.. Cochran came
from Iowa to Morrison county in 1882.
For a dozen years he taughtsspccessfully.
IN MORRISON county, and gained the es-
TEEN OF people. Last year he built one
OF the best residences in the region and
has other improvements in contempla-
ton
Franklin Lucas, Esq owns two portable
saw mills, employing twenty-five men,
and will cut a million feet of lumbe this
winter. Re is one OF the first settlers of
the place, having located here eight
years ago and he came to Minnesota
from OHIO Ill 1865. He has been town
treasurer and justice Of he peace and is
thoroughly practical mill man and a
gentleman to boot.
N. E. Mueller, who settled here last
spring, is thoroughly satisfied with his
choice. He bought the Staples store
building and stock and added a dwell
ing thereto. He deals in every thing and
has now 500 c. ords of wood and 900 ties
piled up. Mr.. Mueller possesses ample
commercial experience, is interested in
Todd county farm and is deservedly
successful. He is ably assisted in busi-
ness by l.. Boisjolie, a thorough &C.
countant and salesman
Last week Peterson 4 Eide entered
the commercial list by opening a store.
the stock OF which will be greatly in
creased in the spring, and as they have
wide circle of friends in Scandinavian
and American settlements, they are
bound to succeed. Thomas Peterson
owns 12O acres about a mile from
Randall, and was supervisor and town
clerk and Ben r. Eide has for six years
been competent railway employee.
&. w. Wilson. of Iowa, began black
smlthlng in Randall about a week ago
and he has had hardly leisure hour.
A. Thrall has his blacksmith and wagon
shop busy. A. and F. Hiscock find de-
mands upon their meat market. F.
Bailey. who has lived in the farming
region since 1877, bought the Randall
! hotel in December and is making a pop-
ular landlord. He still owns his farm
and is long on wood. Geo. Calhoun is
busy blacksmithing.
Among the new buildings completed or
nearly so are the R. c. church, the S. c.
Cochran residence and thas of s. ].
Cochran, who will make Randall his
permanent home, and J. Quinn, by his
completing u new dwelling about mile
and half away.
Frank Thomas hotel also gives pleas
fire as well as the Randall, but there is
no liquid refreshment to be found.