The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-16
NAIARREN is the county seat of Mar |
wv shall county. 1t is progressive

wv shall county. 1t is a progressive
city of 100 inhabitants. 1t is
situated on the Great Northern rail-
Wav and possesses many attractions
worthy of more than ordinary mention.
The city itself is built upon the high
banks of the Snake river, a very swift
running stream that crosses the coun-
try from east to west and empties into
the Red River of the North Heavy
growths of timber consisting of large
oak, elm, ash and Eastwood trees
along the banks of the river protect
the city from the north.
ON the south it is open. 1t is indeed
rarely located for a prairie town, from
both scenic and climatic standpolnts.
The last few years have marked many
changes in Warren, so at this writing
it can be said that Warren, with us
mixed population of Americans, Scan
dinavians Irish, English and Germans
possesses buildings devoted to business
purposes that in number, design ana
cost cannot be eXcelled by any other
of its size in the state. 1t mas SIX
churches nine elevators with capac-
ity of $50, 900 bushels of wheat; -four
ing mill with 100 barrel capacity per
day: a court house, costing $4,000;
school house, costing $4,000; brick
yard, and is the trade center of the
garden spot of the Red river valley.
The large and well-stocked stores are
an evidence of the push and enterprise
of its business men.
The excellent schools and churches
are monuments to the intelligence and
liberality of it's citizens. Warren is
not a manufacturing town nor rail-
road center, but it is the center of
great agricultural district.
Eastern people coming here can be
fIo hno Of col
Warren has one of the best high schools
in the state of Minnesota. Warren has
three of the best banks in the state and
the owners are for building up the
city. Warren has very wide and clean
streets, which are electric lighted
throughout.
The city has installed a municipal
water works and electric light plant at
a cost of $4,000, and one of the finest
in this section of the state, and last,
but not least, the best hotel in the
state outside of the Twin Cities for a
clean bed and good meal.
Marshall County.
Marshall county is rectangular in
shape, seventy two miles long by thir-
ty, containing about sixty townships.
1t is bounded on the south by Polk
county on the east by BeItrami county,
and on the west by North Dakota, the
Red River of the North forming the
boundary. The surface of the country
is level, yet high enough to be easily
drained by the natural waterways
which it possesses
The Thief river flows south from
Thief lake and empties into the Red
Lake river near the southern line of
the county, and the streams in the
western part of the county are the
Snake, Middle and Tamarac rivers.
Marshall county is foremost among
the counties of the Red river valley in
its large area of highly productive
farm lands, and offers great opportuni-
ties to the actual settler. The new
conner is no longer invited to make his
home in wilderness. 1t has at present
a population of about 10000. 1t re-
Quires nine elevators to handle the
grain that is produced in the territory
tributary to Warren, and there have
been crop seasons when that number
was not sufficient. The shipping record
is 100000 bushels in a single season.
The people of the county have given
particular attention to the building up
of their public schools. At present
there are about 100 organized school
districts in the county, and teachers
who are well qualified to impart in
formation.
The public schools of Warren, Ar
gyle and Stephen are of the best.
Lands in this vicinity are steadily adj
vancing in price, but at present are
within the reach of all who have an
ambition to own them. If you secure
q home in Marshall county you will
find there is good soil, good climate,
good roads, the best of schools, good
water, plenty of timber for both fuel
and building purposes and where you
are offered the advantages of modern
civilization and also you will find the
best of markets.
Soil.
The most marked feature of Mar
shall county is the remarkable pro-
ductiveness of it's soil. Nowhere on the
earth's surface can be found a natural
soil of greater productiveness or more
suitable for agricultural purposes. The
soil consists of very rich black loan
twenty inches to many feet in depth.
It is so rich in the elements that pro-
duce vegetation as to seem to be, if not
quite, ineXhaustible. No finer wheat
can be raised anywhere. What the soil
does for wheat it also does for all other
farm products that are raised in the
temperate zone. The surface of the