The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-31
r. R. Johnson, vice president; Leslie
Matthews, cashier, and Olaf Aaberg,

r. r. Johnson, vice president; Leslie
Matthews, cashier, and Olaf Aaberg,
assistant cashier.
The commercial and professional
interests Of Benson are in good hands.
T h e G 10 b e. Is under especial obliga-
tons to ]. C. Colli2s. who served the
county for ten years as register OF
deeds, and is now deputy clerk of the
! courts. He also has real estate Of
flee, and his twenty-five years resi-
;dence in the county gives him a knowl-
edge of value to land seekers and in
.vestors. He is also interested in horses
and dogs, breeding bird dogs, selling
one of the latter recently to a Twin
City hunter for 500.
Another well known land man is p
S. Gallagher, native. Of Ireland. who
ada and Wisconsin, He began life in
Swift county on homestead, then
taught school. was county superin-
tendent for eight years, and for four
years past has been in the land and
farm loan business. . His son Is asso-
ciated with him.. Y. ,
The Farmers Canada Land compa-
ny has John M. Bergstrom, formerly
sheriff, for president: i. w. Lawson
vice president; III. o. Sandbo, formerly
register of deeds, secretary. and O.
H. l.
owns 10000 acres in the famous Moose
mountain district, Asainiboia, and has
branch Office at iWauchope, in that
Canadian proyince.I.
Pioneer Hotel Men.
The pioneer hotel men are Luther r
and Arnold D. Aldrich, whose house
bearing their name,g is popular with
travelling men far and wide. 1t is q
large building and fitted up with al
modern conveniences and Is managed
right up to date,
The Paris hotel. for five years un-
der the management of II. G. Miller
formerly of the Columbia, Is also a
good stopping place for the wayfarine
man. 1t is a brick structure and
stands on the west side of the railway
track.
The M. Hoban Mercantile company
has one of the largest stores in the
county. Mr.. Hoban is one Of the busy
men of the town. and some time age
recognized the good work of Messrs
Ostvig and Aylmer, two Of his clerks
and took them in as partners.
w. r. Smith Is the principal drug
gist. He has a knowledge of drugs
beyond the mere use of scales and
measures, and makes prescriptions a
speciality.
The Lincoln Implement company Is
most reliable concern in its line
handling all kinds Of farm machinery
and vehicles. The n1a1ager, E. B. Lin
coin, was former citizen Of st. Paul,
and the first baggage man on the st.
Paul & Sioux City road years ago.
M. A. Cosgrove came to Benson in
1876, and by strict attention to the
wants of the public, has become the
family grocer" of the. town. Every
one says if it comes, from Cosgrove's
it's good.
Sam Bakken came to Benson ten
years ago from Iowa. and began life
with his two hands. His stock of
fancy groceries is now one of the most
complete In town, his restaurant is the
popular one, and fourteen people find
employment in his store and bakery.
Mintener & Gilman deal in lumber,
building material and coal. They have
been in business six years and own
branches at Huron and Pierre, S. D.
The Jenkins Hagen Lumber COM
pany, of which E. A. Weisbeck is the
local manager at Benson, is a strong
firm, and also carry on yards at Kandi-
jyohf, De Graft, Danvers. Clontarf,
Herman, Starbuck, Holloway and Mi
Ian.
Big Furniture House.
O. p. Johnson, the furniture man of
Benson, has lived there sixteen years.
He is just now finishing brick block,
one of the handsomest in the city. In
addition to furniture, Mr.. Johnson