The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02
Otter Tail County Court House, Fergus Falls.

| market and also as one of the stock
buyers of the county.
p. D. Gross is proprietor of the Star
restaurant, the swell place of the town.
Axness & Co. are one of the main
drug firms of the town, and Mr.. Axness
is member of the board Of health.
S. S. Lewis is the editor and pub
Usher of the Pelican Rapids Press,
which paper is credit to the town.
Mr.. Lewis published the Beacon at
Cannon Falls for twenty-three years.
The First National bank is one of the
solid ones of the state and also does a
good business in real estate and loans.
O. F. Ulland, the cashier, is rustler
for the town.
J. M. Ranger is proprietor of the Pei.
lean Manufacturing company, contrac-
tors and builders; also manager of the
North Star Lumber company'S bust
| ness at this place.
E. L. Miller runs a livery and feed
stable; also buys and sells draft and
driving horses and has horse hospi-
tai in connection.
The j. P. Wallace bank was estab-
lished in 1882. They own their build
ing, and it is equipped in modern style
and has ample amount of capital. ].
p. Wallace, president.
N N Hugen & Son are one Of the
state. G. d. Haugen is one of the di-
rectors of the First National bank.
o. N. Anderson runs the City Meat
| market and has been in business for
six years.
C. o. Nysven & Co. run general
merchandise store, and have a, very
fine business.
H. N. Bruce is one of the main at
torneys of the county, and has been
here since 1881.
| G. M. Mills is the proprietor Of the
| Golden Rule department store, and has
a very large stock. This store Is a
| credit to the town.
Donovan Bros. run very fine drug
store and also have full line of wall
paper, paints and oils.
Carr & Poss are proprietors of a
general store and have been in business
| for twenty years.
Stenerson Bros. have for the last
| thirteen years run one of the leading
| lumber yards and have branch yards
| all over the state.
Blyberg & Haugen run very fine
| clothing and gents furnishing store;
| also full line of dry goods. Mr.. Hau-
gen is the representative from this
county.
L.. A. Williams runs very large
| hardware store, and has tin shop
been in business for twelve years.
w. B. Snyder runs the only barber
shop of the city, and always gives
good satisfaction.
| Battle Lake.
| This town of 700 people offers ex-
| traordinary inducements to the pleas
ure seeker as well as the hOmeseeker
! it has advantages which cannot be hao
| elsewhere. The best of hotel accom-
modations are to be found here, the
best hunting, fishing, boating and
| bathing. The Battle Lake country is
the most picturesque in the state, ano
visitors return home and speak Of il
! as the Garden of Eden, the queer
among Minnesota's ten thousand lakes
1 Battle Lake is located on the Northern
Pacific railway, 1876 miles northwest OF
| st. Paul, and twenty miles from Fer
gus Falls, the county seat. 1t con-
| tains three churches, opera house, foul
mill Of 200 barrels per day capacity
| four elevators, bne creamery, two
| cheese factories, brickyard, one high
school, eight grades, class hotel
| two banks and a wide-awake weekly
newspaper, the Review, Harry John
| son editor and publisher. Farm land:
are comparatively cheap in price
around this section and are rapidly be.
ing settled with stock farmers from
! Southern Minnesota. A few of thu
| prominent business men as follows ar,
building up the city and are doing al