The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-24

l.the opera house. The other, paper is
1.-the Tribune, established in 1895, and
iedited by Lawson e. Nelson. The Sc
'nior member of this firm was chair
man of the Populist state central COM
mittee, and made his paper a state
organ. This firm is now engaged in
preparing county atlas and history,
involving large expenditure of
money and effort, which must prove of
mueh value to the whole community.
!! One of the important concerns of the
city and county is the New London
Milling company, of which, Marcus
Johnson, of st. Paul, is president, and
W. ]. Pinney, manager. The company
operates elevators, flour warehouses
and lumber yards at various points
and handles hundreds of cars of ma
terial every year.
Big Cold Storage Plant.
Another enterprise that is bringing
lots of money to Willmar is the cold
storage and creamery plant of John B.
Agen & Co., of which E. Holt is man
ager This concern handles annually
hundreds of thousands of pounds of
butter, and eggs by the carload leave
nearly every day east or west.
One of the hustling young business
men of the city is William t. Mark
business, and whose popularity and
activity are shown by his filling the
position of secretary of the CONNER
cial club and secretary of the Street
Fair association. He is now serving
his fourth term as a member of the
city council. He is also a member Of
the firm of Crosby & Markhus, owners
of the Willmar opera house. He is a
native of the county, the son of pio-
f-fn Tho n1ffrv IL
founding the Willmar seminary, which
has become one of the important edu-
cational institutions of the state.
Cigar Factory No. 229, District Of
Minnesota. owned by Person & John
son, gives employment to twenty-five
men, with a business extending into
nefghboring states. 1t is now in it's
fourth year, and the output last year
exceeded 100000 cigars.
Flour Mill of 200 Barrels Capacity.
The Willmar Milling company, of
which Peter Hong is president, with
whom is associated A. K. Omlie and
T. o. Kiland, operates roller mill
having daily capacity of 200 barrels
of flour, for which regular market is
found in Boston.
The Willmar Jobbing and Manufac-
turing company, incorporated for $780,
600. of which C. H. Johnson is presi-
dent. H. L. Johnson. vice president,
and E. A Johnson, secretary and
treasurer, is one of the coming indus
tries of the city. They make and i'm
port confectionery, crackers and
bread, and have four statesmen on the
road with trade already extended
throughout Minnesota and the Dako-
tas.
J. D. Wolpert came to Willmar
fourteen years ago from the Twin
Cities, and began the clothing business
in a modest way and, by careful atten-
ton to the wants of the public, has
built up large trade, having stock
from which men and boys can clothe
themselves from head to foot.
The Willmar Gasoline Engine works,
now in its fourth year, of which Lars
Haiyerson is president and III. ]. Ram
sett, secretary and treasurer, has a
trade extending into other states and
even Canada. Several of their engines
are at work in the Twin Cities. They
invite correspondence from persons in
need of power. Mr.. Ramsett is also
clerk of the district court. Among
other good friends of T h e G OBJ e in
the court house is o. Jorgen. who is
now serving his second term as reg
lister of deeds.
Peterson & Quale are the leading
lumber dealers of the city. They
handle everything in the form Of lum-