Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-04-26
All About Oslo.

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ca oslo on Red river, to see what a
new town, scarcely nine months old,
looked like. AS we stepped off the
cars at the 500 depot, we met F. E..
Nelson, who formerly and for many
years was engaged in the tailoring
business at Warren. Instead of
supplying the wants of man on the
outside, as formerly, he is now busily
engaged in furnishing what is needed
on the inside, as he is the proprietor
OF the Park Hotel, the largest and
best hostlery in the village. OF course
we accompanied him in order to be
assured of square meal. Next we
met the genial editor of the Oslo Tri-
bune, Victor Peterson, who is keep
ing the people of that locality well.
posted on the news from the four
quarters of..the globe and also the
moon. He took US uown to the river
bank to show us one of the wonders
OF the town, the great 500 railway
draw brldge,-a very Substantial and
costly structure. Next as we passed
a certain spot where some men were
congregated about a hole in the
ground we. felt the earth rock and
quake under our feet and we feared
that repetition of the San Francisco
catastrophy was to be repeated here.
But it was only Peter Gunderson who
had exploded..several spou nds of dyna-
mite. .at.the- bottom of the 1876 feet
deep -city-well which he was drilling,
hoping thereby to make a cleavage in
the rock that the..water might gush
FORTH. But--the water. refused to come
from that direction. A. few days be-
tore, however, an abundance had
threatened to come over the town by
the overflow Of the Red river, which
had been almost up to it's second
bank, but which was now rapidly 60
lng. down. After. urs.experience with
the earthquake we made stroll
through the business section. The
Oslo Mercantile Company, of which
A. K. Ekblom, formerly of Argyle, is
the manager, has a large general
store and seemed to be doing a good
business. Dahlstrom & Nordstrom,
two.young and enterprising business
men, have a fine general merchandise
store and doing well. The Nelson
Mercantile Co. of-which Henry Mel
son, formerly of Eckvoll is the man
ager, do large business in the gen
,eral merchandise line and have a fine
store. John n. Hidden has a gents
furnishing store and also runs the
village post office. A. J. Hidden and
Gllbertson & Espeseth are the pro-
prletors of the two hardware stores
IN the town. There are two banks
IN the village always ready to receive
deposits and loan money at current
rates. nan ely the First State Bank
with r. W. Frazee as cashier, and
the Citizens State Bank with J. G.
F1genskau as the man in charge OF
the strong box. I. Kingman is the
proprietor of the Oslo Drugstore and
John Vonderheit is the druggist IN
charge. DIR. II. A. Oftel attends tC
those who are sick, but we were in
formed that the town is almost toe
healthy forsone in his line of busi-
ness. Dallum & Mallenger are the
proprietors of the Oslo meat market.
Gilbert Bourdau, a genuine French
man is the proprietor OF the Christi
ania Hotel. "A. L. Sonderall is the
photographer. NJ. G. Olson is the
proprie5or OF the Central Hotel. M.
Elden, formerly OF Valborg; has a
general merchandise store and looked
happy and prosperous. R. r. Brown
is-the only representative of the legal
profession in the village and will .see
TO it that those who get into trout le
can get out again. Wosick & Bush
aW, Albert Bosby, Philip Ososki and
Louis Boreen & Co. run retreshment
parlors for the benefit of the thirsty
people on the Dakota side. Walter
Fee is the proprietor OF restaurant