Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-03-20
CONMENDING McGREG0R.
Good words Said of Him In Meiross an d
st. Cloud, Where He Formally
Lived.

In 1898 JOhnA. Mc(it%.sor removed
from Melrose to Little Falls. Before
moving to Melr0se hn lived for nlc,ny
years in st. Clond. Soon utter tie
went to Meirosc he was elected to
the village council, aud when Mel.
rOse was later Incorporated a. q
city Mr.. McGregor> was reelected az
member Of the city couucil III Juue,
1898. he Obliged to s.had mach ol his
time in st. Cloud, and the Ne'ross
Beacon made the folio wings mention
81 him.. = >.,,
| - Alderman Mciregor left for st.
Cloud. yesterday, called there by the
increase Of business in the McGregor
Bros livery He says he will still
retain his residence In Melrose and
attend every regular meeting of the
city council, as hi absence IN only
temporary. Mr.. McGregOr's friends
are glad to learn that his leaving
Melrose IL not permanent, 'Or he il
an energetic business man and his
loss would lie ielt in the city council.
When IN September OF that year
he finally decided TO come to- Little
Falls, the following was published
In the Melrose Beacon-the article
including a long quotation from the
st. Gle nd Journal:
There are many in this city who
will regret to learn that J. A. Nc
Oregon will leave this city for good
and take up a permanent residence
at Little Falls, but such IL the fast
His departure will create a vacancy
in the city council also MIR. Nc
GreE'r Is q thorough business nlil,
honest and upright III all his dealings
aud Little Fails will lind him ener.
getic, wide-sl- wake and at the front
OF the procession IN dill matters
pertaining to the prosperity
and welfare Of the city
In which III proposes to nuke n,@
future. home The st. Cloud Journal
OF last Tuesday has the following to
say ~ ir. MrGr.gor and the trm Ot
NcGr~gOr Bros:
John A. Mctiregor, one Of the firm
Of McGreg., " Bros. liv4rymen, went
yesterday to Little Falls to take pos-
! session in the name OF hts firm of the
livery business conducted by p. H
! New man. The deal for the purchase
Of the Newman livery had been con-
su1?'nated on Saturday by Mc(aregor
Bros. and when the cOnsidera ion ia
men TONED ut something like $4,000
the size and equipment Of the New
man stables can be appreciated. j.
A. MrGregOr has been at Little Falls
for the past ten days negotiating for
the purchase and ON Saturday auc-
GERS crowned his efforts and the final
payment was made yesterday upon
Mr. McGregor's arrival at Little
Falls.
The firm ia undoubtedly the lar
gest livery firm In the state. It has
stables at st. Cloud, MelrOse and
Little Falls. For eight years Nc.
Oregon Bros have been in business
In this city, establishing themselves
at first on q decidedly modest scale.
by close attention to the wants of
their customers and good Judgment
in the purchase OF equipment they
have steadily Increased their bust
ness until now 1t ia stated without
fear OF contradiction they have no
competitors In the state OF Mime
sofa in the extent of their business.
In the three stables controlled by
them they have u total Of seventy
first class horses and I'll the neces-
sary carriages. hacks. picnic wagons,
etc. Mr.. Neuman. prior to his sale,
considered himself one of the neavi-
est operators in livery in the
state. and his business added to
that OF ucGregor Bros, makes
theirs beyond despite the largest
in the Northwest. The firm IL COM
po-ed Of John A., Robert r. and
William Mctiregor, and they are in
charge respectively Of the business
at Little Falls. ST. ClOnd and Mel
rose. they naturally have n null
titude of friends in this city and
Melrose and their residence at Little
Falls will make them many friends
there. A successful business Ia pre-
dicted for the firm at once at Little
Falls. TO the business men OF that
city this paper has no hesitancy in
commenting them