Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-03-28

belt OF timber, furnishing abundance of
building material. On the East, South
and West is one of the most beautiful and
productive prairics in the State. The
country around it is fast filling up aud
coming under cultivation, and It's milling
business draws to it the trade of con-
siderable section Of country. We ven
ture TO say that no place in the state of
lis size does The same amount of business
that is done here. During the past year
it almost doubled in population, there be-
ing now about 700 Inhabitants, and from
the amount of lumber now waiting to be
sawed, there is every evidence that its
increase during the present year will far
exceed that Of the past.
In the construction of the Wapsipini-
con and St. Peters Valley Railroad, Quas-
queton has gained all that she needed TO
secure progressive and successful flu
ture. Her churches and school houses
would do credit to much older and larg-
er towns, and are a sure index of the
public spirit and intelligence of her cit
liens. The town isproverbially healthy,
there being no marshes, Or swamps, or
staSnant pools, to generate miasm and
disease. Probably no community in the
State is more free than our own from the
more violent and fatal forms of endemic
diseases.
No place in this region of country Of
fers better prospects to the mechanic Or
tradesman, than Quasqueton. We want
additional representatives in. all. depart
ments of business. Many trades are not
represented here at all, and we arc COM
PEELED to go elsewhere for goods that
should be manufactured among US. We
have water power enough fora the man
ufacturing interests which may need it,
and we can offer as many inducements to
most classes of manufac turers as any place
i'll this region. Probably in no town in
the State, with anything like the position
and advantages of this, is property as
cheap, or stands nearer, It's normal or real
value, than does here. Norris there any
place where living is cheaper. We want
almost all kinds of tradesmen and mechan.
les, and we will guarantee them plenty Of
business and rempnerating prices. j..
With all her beauty of situation, hel
extensive water power, her facilities fol
building, her healthfulncss, the great
agricultural resources of the country sur
rounding hcr-and which are being fast
deyeloped-her direct railroad communi.
cations with the Mississippi and eastern
markets, and her advantages as a manu-.
featuring point, Quasqueton must grow
and grow steadily, rapidly, prospcrously
Let us throw out all the inducements that
we can offer to get strangers 10 visit Us
and examine our town and our prospects.
Let each one who is able build an extra
house and rent it reasonably. Many
have been driven away from our town be
cause it has been impossible TO get place
of any kind to live in. This should not
be. Had the slightest effort been heretofore
put forth by our citizens to induce others
to come among us, we should have num-
bered double what we do at present. We
must have additional hotel privileges.
Certainly in no other town in the country
would a large and well-conducted hotel
pay better than here, and if we can't get
Il man who is willing to give us one we
must erect one ourselves, and place Il
good man in it. Our present hotel,
though well conducted, is too small, and
will be totally inadequate 10 meet the in
creased business of the present year. No
town in this region has more reason TO
bras over its advantages, and yet no set
of people in the country have said less
about their town than have We. Let us
endeayor to let people know the truth,
and we shall soon see our town distancing
others, as they now distance her.