The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-16
STEPHEN.

Stephen is a neat little village, sit
uated on the Great Northern railroad,
349 miles north of st. Paul and forty
miles south of the Canadian boundary
line. Population, about 500, but you
can never judge a town by it's popula-
ton, for a stranger on entering the
town is impressed at once with the air
of push and business that prevails,
and days camp within its limits will
convince one that 1t is6.the home of
business men that would,do credit to
much larger town. Stephen contains
some very fine business blocks and
stores; opera house, costing $4,000; two
liveries. two lumber yards, two ma
chine shops, five elevators, one flour
mill, seventy-five barrel capacity; high
school, one weekly newspaper the
Leader, Sam H. Clark publisher and
owner; three good banks, electric light
plant and water works.S owned by the
city, and stores, restaurants, hotels and
all other businesses REPRESENTED, and
none overdone.
Stephen is a distributing point for
Roseau county east of them, as this
county has no railroad. The grain
trade is enormous at Stephen and 1t
keeps the elevators, five of them, and
the mill to make room for the incoming
grain, and the Stephen Roller mill, with
capacity of seyenty-five barrels, is
kept busy night day.
The fire protection of Stephen is per-
feet, water mains reaching every por-
ton of the city and hydrants at reason
able distances; 4S0-gallon pump at
the power house and 100 gallon pump
at the mills, both being connected with
the mains and are always ready for
use. The secret orders are the Odd
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Neighbors and Red Men. The Odd
Fellows have a handsome hall and
lodge rooms. Stephen is sure to be
much larger town than at present for
the wide-aWake business men have
their shoulders at the wheel and are
pushing together, and this plan makes
a town and not the faction fights for
then they push different ways. The
few following business men that the
writer interviewed in few hours stay
IN the town all are a unit in fighting for
Stephen:
Following are few Of the business
firms of the town:
j. w. Schafer is the mayor of the
city and also runs one of the leading
hotels
c. K. Stockland, dealer in farm i'm
plements, threshing machines and sup
plies, also runs machine shop and
foundry, and has been In business
since 1882.
Ensrud & Thibodo Bros, run the liv-
cry and feed stable of the city and also
handle the Champion binder.
st. Hilaire Retail Lumber company
have large lumber yards in this city
and do fine business. Iver Lodwell,
manager.
Scandal State bank is one of the
leading banks and also has improved
and unimproved lands for. sale cheap.
Thomas Olson, cashier.
Burlum Everson & Co. run one of
the leading merchandise stores of the
town and have a fine stock.
p. A. McClernan is a leading attor-
ney of the county and also deals in
farm lands; has been here for thirteen
years. So
Marius Johnson runs the first class
hotel of the city and also the Home
restaurant; has been here four years.
Bernard B. Breth has been here
since 1898 and is one, of the leading
attorneys
Russell Brothers have been in busi-
ness for twenty-one years and have a
very large hardware, furniture and
farm implement business.
Rushing & Berge are the proprietors
Of the flour mill of the city and make