Hustling Beroun

From The Pine County Pioneer, March 18, 1898

Beroun, six miles north of Pine City, on the St. Paul and Duluth R.R., is the post office and village point for a country that is being rapidly developed and quickly settled. In 1897, 6,000 acres were sold in this vicinity and there will be a big immigration this spring. A dozen families are expected this week and for the season it is confidently believed that the population will increase fifty per cent.

Two years ago Joseph Chalupsky came to Pine county on business and after looking it over and seeing the clover and timothy growing spontaneously concluded to come here and go into the stock business. He bought 800 acres of land, 160 of which he platted and has sold fifty lots. He also started a mercantile house, and in real estate business has 30,000 acres on his lists. He is a native of Bohemia – came to this country in 1870, and from New Prague here in 1896, as many more citizens of this belt of country did. Mr. Chalupsky is a prominent man in more ways than one as he is Supreme President of the Catholic Union, which has 13,000 members, and he is Supreme Treasurer of the Catholic Workmen.

F. Warlieck also came here two years ago. He owns a farm with 80 acres of splendid meadow two miles from town and he has a general store therein and ships wood and produce. He came here from St. Paul, where he was a noted cabinet maker and builder and is putting substantial buildings on his place.

Beroun has a railway station, two stores, a hotel, post office, blacksmith shop, public school and Roman Catholic Church.

C.H. Furman is also a real estate man and has just returned from Washington state.

John Shilkr is the blacksmith and postmaster and he hardly knows a word of English.

Joseph Chalupsky has handled over 2,000 cords of wood up to date, and his lumber yard will be well patronized this and following months.

The Beroun railway station is admirably conducted by Horace Wilcox, a member of a pioneer family of Pine county. He was brought to this region in 1869, and was born in Sunrise over in Chisago county. For sixteen years he has been a disciple of Morse, and for fourteen, as agent at points on the St. Paul and Duluth.

The timber lands and meadow lands in this region are cheaper than will be six months from now.