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

ID RED LAKE FALLS, the county
~ seat of Red Lake county, has
about $500 inhabitants, and is
situated at the junction of the Red
Lake and Clearwater rivers, possessing
numerous water powers unequaled in
the state of Minnesota minneapolis
eXcepted) The Red Lake and Clear
water rivers are both very rapid
streams and of sufficient capacity to
operate mills and factories requiring
thousands of horse power. This city
affords marvellous advantages for fac
tories, and here the equivalent to 25,-
600 tons of coal is going to waste every
week. The day is not far distant when
Red Lake Falls will become a manu-
featuring center, then farm values will
increase ten-fold, city property will
enhance in price, for several large
manufacturing firms are at present
looking over the water power with the
intention of installing large plants that
will give employment to several hun
bred men. The city has both Protes-
tant and Catholic churches and a very
large number of secret orders, among
them being the Odd Fellows, Foresters,
Red Men. Modern Woodmen, Masons
and Knights of Pythias. The city has
Il SIdlG HIGH StHOOl, VIII Twelve uG-
partmantS, employing fourteen instruc-
tors. 1t occupies two large buildings
and it is the best in the state; over
900 children attend the various depart
ments. st. Joseph's Catholic school
is conducted by the Sisters of st. Ben
edict and has an attendance of some
1000 pupils.
They have a good brass band and
fine orchestra, and a very large opera
~ &c prn6if IN tho CitU The
city has a good and efficient volunteer
fire department, with steam fire en-
CINE and all the modern appliances;
city hall, and we'll laid out streets and
good drainage. The present city adj
ministration, headed by the mayor. Dr.
Y. NJ. Watson, is very progressive and
economical Red Lake Falls is stu
ated on the lines of the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific railroads, within
a comparatively short distance of the
Duluth and Twin City markets. Be
sides the industries named, the city
has a creamery, carding mill, two brick
yards, many large up-to-date general
stores, three banks, two drug stores,
two hardware stores one shoe store
three barber shops, several blacllsmiths,
saw mills. planning mill, cheese factory,
electric light plant and all other
branches of business. Owing to the fact
that the city has saw mills and brick
yards in its midst building materials
Of all kinds can be obtained very cheap,
25 to 40 per cent less than in the East
ern states. The people of Red Lake
Falls are hospitable, busy, but are al
ways ready to welcome strangers to
their town and show them a good time.
Red Lake Falls has two flour mills, one
of $50 barrels capacity, the other 500
barrels. It takes over 5000 bushels of
wheat every twenty-four hours to keep
them running to that capacity. They
are run by water, and there is surplus
power enough here to run twenty-five
more mills like them.
The candy factory is one of the
manufacturing plants of the city, and
they are shipping large quantities all
over the Northwest. The Red Lake
Falls brick has a reputation far and
near as a building commodity, and
their manufacture forms one of the in
dustries of the city. The plant employs
many hundred men during the busy
season. and the annual output is about
100000. The lumber business of the
city is immense The mill of the Red
Lake Falls Lumber company has been
in operation since 1899, and has an an
nual capacity of 100000 feet, and
they have shipping facilities for load
ing twelve cars a day. The monthly
pay roll is about $4,000, and the planning
mill about $1,000 monthly.
The Red Lake Falls electric light
plant is owned and operated by the
same parties as the milling company,
and use the same water power It's
plant is one of the best equipped in
the Northwest. Hon. Marcus Johnson