The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-28

fort-a place where he can make for
himself home in which to pass his
declining years in peace and plenty,
surrounded by his posterity? For him
we answer, Yes, there is such
place. Stevens county, Minnesota, al
though it is one of the smallest coun-
ties in the state, is full of opportuni
ties for the homeseeker of other and
less. favored lands.
The county has the following excel
lent list Of officers: G. II. Munro, au-
ditor; ]. r. Delahunt, sheriff; Carl
Buckentin, treasurer; Nels Olson, clerk
of court; Samuel Larson, register of
deeds; E. J. Babe, judge of probate;
VIM, G. Bicknell, attorney; c. E. Caine,
coroner; d. p. Wheaton, surveyor; A.
Rowland, court commissioner; Mary
B. Flynn, superintendent of schools.
The towns and villages of Stearns
county are Morris, Hancock, Chokio,
Donnelly Wheeler and Moose Island.
Each of these is upon the Great North.
ern railroad, within few hours rail-
way ride of st. Paul and Minneapolis,
and less than a days journey to Chi
cago, the great markets of America.
The urban settlements of the county
are improving and growing steadily
and solidly with foundations strongly
and securely laid, and their future Is
promising. When the tributary country
is, by the efforts of an Industrious, in
telligent and enterprising population,
and villages will become fair sized
inland cities, with all that name i'm
plies.
Among the noted prosperous Interior
towns of the state is the pretty and
thriving little city of Morris, the coun-
ty seat of Stearns county. Situated in
the center of the county, at the inter-
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as the Browns Valley branch of the
Great Northern railway, with the main
line of that great thoroughfare, and at
the western terminus of the Little Falls
branch of the Northern Pacific, the To-
cation of the town is all that can be
desired. The Pomme de Terre river,
two miles or so west of the town, fur
vantageS. The surrounding country is
finely fertile and well improved.
The original townsite was plated by
the st. Paul & Pacific Railway COM
pany (now the Great Northern) in
April, 1871. Subsequently many adj
ditions to the townsite have been laid
out. The population in 1900 was 1884.
Within the three years since the federal
census of that year was taken the pop
ulatlon has increased to at least $500
and is rapidly growing
Located at an important junction of
two of the leading trunk lines of rail-
way in the Northwest, the commercial
advantages, the shipping facilities, etc.,
of Morris are very superior. There is
no more advantageous point in the
state for manufacturing industries or
for business sites. The town is we'll
laid out, there are broad and we'll i'm
proved streets, beautified with shade
trees, there are many handsome resi-
denceS, substantial business blocks,
etc., and the entire place is of an at
tractive and thrifty appearance
The public school system is one of
the best In the country, and the society
is of most desirable character. Ad-
joining the town is a government In
dian school, where some hundreds of
Indian children. of both sexes from the
various tribes and bands of Minnesota
and other districts in the Northwest are
boarded, clothed and educated at the
expense of the United States. The
government expends a considerable
sum annually in training for citizenship
these wards of the nation, and the
schooi mas most excellent reputation
IN us particular and peculiar work.
All lines of the ordinary business of
country towns are represented In Nor
ris, and all business interests are
hourishing. There are three FIGURING
mills, three newspapers, three banks
hVe grain elevators, an opera house
circulating library, six churches and a
full complement of general and special
stores, mechanics shops, etc. The town
has good system of waterworks and
of electric lights.
The Commercial club of Morris is an
organization composed of some of fine
most enterprising citizens of the town.
and has done. and is still doing, most
effective work for the public. H. w.
drew Rowland is the secretary and
Judge Calvin L. Brown, of. the state SUI
preme court. and who resides In Nor
ris, is one of the vice presidents.
The three newspapers, the Norris
Sun, Morris Tribune and Morris Times.
are all neatly and we'll printed we'll
and interestingly edited and each num-
Der of each journal is valuable adj
vertisement for the city, The Tribune,
J. c. Morrison editor and proprietor.
is in the twenty-eighth year of its