The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-26

ty is now constituted it contains an area
of forty-seven townships. extending sixty
six miles east and west and thirty-tw
miles north and south Twenty-nine
townships are now organized and the
county has population of about II, 900,
with an assessed property valuation of
81; 100000 1t contains seventy-seven
school districts and three Independent
schools and about thirty five postoffices.
The important business points are Roseau,
Badger. Warroad and Greenbush, all
thriving villages: Ten years ago but little
active agricultural development really be-
gan only five years ago,ssbut in this short
period a marvellous transformation has
The country is welI adapted for diver
sified farming, the agricultural products
are the same as are raised in other parts
OF the state, although the abundance
adapted to stock raising and dairying.
Glover and timothy are sure crops and
dent corn of the small variety has been
SarGeSssuiy GROWN i Apples several
well Blueberries. cranberries, strawber-
RES and plums grow wild and
an abundance . can be had for the
tain good growth and are of a SUI
perior quality. The soil consists of a
black, sandy loan, with a clay subsoil, is
a quick producer and has a good slope
The greatest handicap to this county has
been lack of railroad facilities, a want
which. will soon be supplied by the Great
Northern railroad, and it is the opinion of
the writer that when the road now under
construction is completed the land now
selling at from So to $15 per acre will
readily bring from SIS to $50. The climate
some quarters that the climate of North
ern minnesota Is very severe. Such a
view. is not correct. The snowfall is
usually greater than on the prairies
west nT1 afp1
not fall so low, and cyclones and blizzards
are practically unknown. The greater
snowfall Is a decided advantage in car
rying. on work during the winter sea-
son.
People coming here from the South or
the East will find an intelligent thrifty
only for the cost of cutting, abundant
had.
Roseau
Roseau, the metropolis and county seat
of Roseau county, is situated on the
banks of a beautiful stream, the Roseau
river, which meanders through the town.
It is seventy five miles east of Stephen,
miles west of Warroad, on the
Lake of the Woods. Daily mail
service from Stephen and Warroad by
stage This townSite was laid out in the
summer of 1892, and known as Jadis. Ros-
eau county was organized in 1896, and
Jadis was incorporated as village I'M
DER tie name VI ftOSeau ana maze the
judicial seat of the new county
Everything in Roseau is hustle and ac-
tiyity and the general feeling is that
Roseau is destined to be quite a city in
the not very distant future. The mer-
chants transact large volume of bust
ness and draw patronage for miles in all
directions. Roseau has population of
village has four churches and a splendid
school building this being an independent
district with q newly organized board of
education. The town also has excellent
fire protection, using new Waterous en-
CINE and 1900 feet of hose. The. streets
are well graded and graveled, with good
sidewalks. The town has a representative
/ and two practicing physicians Taking
it altogether Roseau is a dourishing well
governed and beautiful place in which to
live and is the solid town of Roseau coun-
ty. A few of the prominent men of Ros-
eau are as follows:
r. H. Medicraft, the efficient county at
torney of Roseau county. is native of
England and has certificate showing
him to be on the rolls of solicitors of the
supreme court of England where he be-
gan the practice of his profession IN 1884
taught school in Marshall and Roseau
counties for four years. In 1896 he again
took up the practice of law with marked
represent his county in the legislature
and served during the sessions of 1899
1900 He was then elected county attor-
ney ana Is now serving his second term
He is also proprietor of the Roseau Re-
gion, the ablest weekly paper published
in the county, it having been established
in 1892.
DR.. f. l.. Norm is the leading physician
and surgeon of the county. He is grad
uate of the st. Paul Medical college and
also worked in Bellevue hospital, New
York city for two years. DR.. Norm is a
native OF Swedeu.-but has been citizen
of the United States for twenty eight
years. = s y $ -
! The Roseau County Abstract company
was incorporated in the spring of 1904
| They furnish abstracts and buy and sell
land This company has for sale about
| 5000 acres of land. improved and unim-
| proved farms, at prices ranging from 81
| to $40 per acre. Mr. "A. H. Foss, the vice
president, has lived in Roseau county fol
twelve years He is also cashier of the
| Farmers and Merchants, Bank of Ro-
| seau. and president of the Farmers an6
| Merchants Bank of Greenbush
Thompson Bros. are the only exclusive
| hardware dealers in the town. They are
| just opening new store and stocking ii
/ with fine line of hardware that is Z
| credit to the county
Edward e. Olson is proprietor of Olson's
| Exchange. and carries good line of fine
| wines and liquors, also imported and do
| nestle cigars He has been engaged il
| this business with good success for tws
John r Ivers. Of Warroad, Mimi. il