Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-03-21
Warren
An Attractive City, in Rich
Territory

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M HEN the history of the twentieth century is
wv written it will be recorded as the greatest
period in Americas advancement, especially
that pertaining to the Middle West, where the most
fruitful field Of city building and farm development
has taken place. This is an epoch-maling age along
advanced lines Of human endeavor and no section If
the great republic has shown greater progress than
that of the far-famed Minnesota Red River Valley
1t has been truthfuy sad that location fertility of
SOIL or climate does not of necessity make for great
cities or countries but the individuals that populate
them are the a-mportant factors. This applies with
telling force to the agencies that have been working
out the destiny Of Warren since it's incorporation as
city in 1891 It's location IDEAL and it has also
been endowed by the Maker Of all things with the
cream OF the fertility Of the soil, extending for
miles and miles over this great Valley, deep rich
black alluvlal and mari loan SOIL running in depth
from three to five feet, underlaid by clay, making
it an everlasting soil for Che propagation Of all
kinds of plant life It shall be written to let each
reader draw his own conclusions to whether this
is the chosen spot to start the battle of life anew
in business enterprises and farm-home making.
Warren has for building site a gently rolling
plateau, skrted by the Snake River shaded by wide
spreading trees giving it an ever-changing land
scape On this picturesque site has been built SUBJ
stantia pressed ibrick business blocks, with full
Z plate-gass fronts, cement-lad walks aWhite Wayv
in the business while the residence sections
are the beautiful homes wide streets and bouevards.
an electrically lighted city with water-works system
both municipality owned making Warren a profitable
city to 90 business in with all the best environments
OF home life This is the trading mart for large
portion OF this rich Valley; the primary grain mar
ket, having nine elevators with combined capacity
OF 205,OOO bushels, and the cash market for eyerv
thing grown upon the farm. Warren is the capital
city OF Marshall county that is debt-free and hav
ing modern $4,000 Marshall county court house.
$4,000 sherffs residence two public school build
ings costing 100000, three banks with a combined
capital of $125,0O0, with surplus and profits of
$4,000 and deposits Of ST. 100000, or per CAPITA
wealth of $615.00 for every man, woman and child
IN the city, based a population Of 1000 AS an
inland railroad port of entry Warren has every IA
clllty as a receiving and shipping point. It has
the Great Northern Railway having ffty-four miles
OF trackage in the county, giving daily passenger
service of four trains, two North and two South
Warren is on the continental line of this road
between St. Paul Minneapolis, Duluth-Superior to
Winnipeg. The 500 Line gives a two daily train
passenger service, one East and one West, opening
up big rich territory westward to Kenmare North
Dakota. Said railway has n miles of trackage in
Marshall county, In point of Importance on the
railroad map in the Middle-West, Warren is the
largest city west to Kenmare North Dakota and is
also the most progressive city north to Winnipeg
Manitoba, and its real growth has not vet begun
These railroad facilities give the producers on the
farm the high-priced markets Of Minneapolis St
Paul and Duluth-Superior, with their thousands If
non-producers In these cities and on the iron and
copper ranges Of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Mich;pan
for everything grown and produced on the farms Of
Marshall county, Of which Warren is the central
cash market point In the matter of transportation
facilities, Warren is inland port of entry having
the same shipping facilities as those Of other inland
cities the only difference being that Warren has two
great railway systems to reach the primary markets.
while many Of her sister cities have only one.
WARREN CITY PARKS
There are few cities Of 10000 population in the
North Star state that have better system Of parks
than that Of Warren. First comes Island Park, five
acre tract heavily wooded with natural shade trees
Of ELM oak Eastwood and boxelders the entrance of
which is spanned by bridge over the Snake river,
while throughout the park tasteful rustic seats
and gravelled drives encrcling the whole, with
Marshall County,