The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-30


also manager and owner of the Red
Lake Falls Telephone exchange.
O'Brfen Bros. run the leading hard.
ware store of the city, and carry a full
line of paints and oils. j. E. O'Brien &
/ Co. have a branch store at Crookston.
Berthon & Armstrong run the Sur
prise Store" and have very large
stock Of clothing and gents furnishing
goods. Mr.. Berthon is manager of the
Red Lake Falls band of twenty-six
members.
DR.. N. w. Watson, one of the lead
ing physicians and surgeons OF the
j county, is also mayor of the city, and
! local surgeon for the Northern Pa
eific railroad company. DR.. Watson
was a graduate of McGill college, of
Montreal, Can. in 1892, and is medical
examiner for the leading life insurance
/ companies.
Healy- Watson Land company are
leading land company doing business
| in Red Lake Falls, and will answer all
! questions on lands free.
The Red Lake Falls Gazette, one. of
| the up-to-date county papers, is owned
by L. A. Dautremont, and published by
Sam S. Haislett. the manager.
Thief River Falls.
Thief River Falls, one of the busy
anu progressive lOWllS Oh TASQ IeihS
county is located at the confiuX of the
Red Lake and Thief rivers. one of
the best water powers, surrounded by
fertile farming lands. Thief River
Falls has grown from population OF
| the best water powers, surrounded by
5000 in 1903, and is as present grow
ing very fast, as there is an influx of
people coming every year. The gov
eminent has recently passed a bill in
nTAal1i7c n settlement C66 00O
acres of land adjoining the city. The
city is building an opera house costing
SIS ,000, and Mr.. Evanson is building
a two-story brick building, 75XS0 feet,
costing $4,000, and many nice houses
are being built in the city. The city
has the largest and best equipped
creameries in the state with sub-sta-
lions over the adjacent country. The
Great Northern railroad is giving the
city good train service. Through this
256, 600 acres of Red Lake reservation
lands the Red River winds for thirty
four miles and the banks being very
high and dry there are no wet or
overflow lands along the river through
| the eleven townships.
The city has its own electric
light plant run by water power a grist
mill, sixty barrel capacity, water pow
| er, four elevators, eight churches, high
| school building costing $4,000 with
! fifteen teachers, and two graded
| schools, all of which have enrolment
of about 700 pupils, volunteer fire
department and full line of general
!. stores and other business The large
lumber mill has been turning out 49,
600, 900 feet of lumber per year and Is
now increasing its capacity. They
! own enough timber to run their mill
| for fourteen years, and there is yet
| large amount of government pine I'M
sold They float their supply of logs
| to the mill by the Red Lake river as
we'll as shipping in by rail and always
have a bountiful supply on hand
! Steamboats, navigate the Red Lake
river from Thief River Falls to Red
Lake and to the lumber camps around
/ Red Lake, the largest inland lake in
| the state. Anyone contemplating re-
moval to another locality should by
all means investigate the advantages
to be found here and Red Lake county.
Following are few of the leading
business firms of Thief River Falls:
The o. K Roller Mill, a sixty barrel
mill, is run by Hanson & Bargen. They
have been here five years and give good
satisfaction.
Lars Backe one of the real estate
men and also city clerk for nine years,
is an old pioneer of the county.
Hotel Ogahmah is one of the up-to-
date hotels of the county. CnarieS "A
Robbecke, the proprietor is the pres1-
dent of the city council.
/ F. J. Stebbins has run the city drug
and jewelry store for thirteen years,
is also the city optician, and has
very large stock.
M. V. Evenson has been in Thief
River Falls since 1888, and was one OF
! the leaders in securing the Great
| Northern railroad to enter the city in
| 1892, and has been assessor of the
county for six years, and is the presi-
dent Of the Middle River Land COM
| pany. Write him for full information
of this country.
| Thief River Falls Review, the new
cotnty paper, got out their first paper