The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1867-12-19

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good country, and has just reason to e:xspeo
q steady growth" During the next season
it is intended to erect a number Of new
building. Lumber will be cheap per and
more convenient than heretofore, thus pre-
'senting additional inducements.
| LAKE ELLEN. y
This was one Of tile first settled townshipt
IN the county, and now embraces the lar.
gest population. 1t is between Westport
and Glonwood, and the road to the latte,
place passes close by the end Of Lake Ame.
lia, which lies linked with Lake Ellen
Lake, Leyen and Turtle Lake., tn four
stretching in one continuous chain. They
are all beautiful lakes-though not very
large-with pure, limpid waters. saady
bottoms, and clean, pebbly beaches. The
surface Of. the country is rather level,
though rolling slightly in some portions, !;
soil rich, being a sandy loan: with clay sub-
soil; timber sufficient, and generally found
tin bodies in the lneighborhood of the lakes:
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When the nenness of the township is, re-: "a:
nsmbered it presents aagratifyiug record
Of improvements: :. The following are some
of the farms, opened within the past two
Charles Kee has 100 acres. under fence,
IS acres being broken. Last. t. summer IS
acres were "sown to- wheat. yielding one
thousand; bushels, which Mr.. 5Kee, sold in
The fall for S1.55 per busheL cash, thus re-
alizing $3.50 from this one item Of his 500
ond seasons crop. He had in, addition
800 bushels Of oats, besides corn, potatoes,
&c. When we consider that one e hundred
and sixty acres Of land can be had id Min
nesota 'ff Of for SIS, it. will be seen that farm,
ing:here pays from the very beginning.
coi. g: B. cMcGuite hpm forty acres
raised 800 bushels Of wheat, which he sold
fet $3.50, lbs bushels of: bats; 80 bushel,,
OF potatoes. 400 bushels of rutabagas, be-
sides corn, buckwheat, &C., And :by the
way, the Colonel says TIM: he has been
very successful both years with buck wheat,
obtaining good yield and fine quality.
Corn also matured wen all through the
county last season. COL Mcclure win
fence and break 80 acres more land next
spring, and most of the other settlers in:
tend turning over the sod Of from 80 to
l20 acres each. .
F. Il. Russell has 100 acres fenced, and
SO broken. He raised last year 500 bush
els Of. wheat in addition to. oats, corn, &c.
Charles Walker has 60 acres broken, his
wheat yielding over 21 bushels to the acre.
-. G: Hutchins has l2o acres unider'fences
and the greater portion Of it broken. :.
W. NJ. Wright, o."Brown,: and others
who oame'in one year ago; have each from
2oto go acres broken. =: ;, - g..
The average wheat yield Of the township
last season was 20 bushels per acre, though
in SOM some lp' plsoesit:~s, :. ~ over 25 bushels:
10 .-A..n.."y LAKE RENO. -:,,:- =:
Partly in the west end Of Lake Ellen town
ship and partly in the township to which it
gives its own name, lies Lake Reno. In
this section is considerable timber Of the
very hest, 1quaiitJ-sound,; straight and
oeise tTle> ~-~:L-- -.
loan, with clay subsoil in places. There
is plenty ofmeadow; land, much of it in
the timber, from which. three tons Of excel
lent hay y<can be cut to the acre. This lake
country: of Minnesota is specially favorable
for stock raising, the grass near the shores
keeping fresh and green 10" !" several weeks
after That on the prairies is dry and frost
killed. s,:r;7 - ,-':;<i u s.ttod III
~ Mr.. "A: Peck, who lives IN Lakss1 Ellen
|;town, intends with his brother c: F.; Peck,
putting a portable saw mill in the timber
about one mile anda halt north of the: north
.endiof helake. Mr, Peck has what is sell
dom f f9qnd |'sl!s. in Mi Minnesota, well efsoft wa
ter.,> l!s:oa.l: H. 1s.::,:,@'; ,zir,nus~i
Lake Reno is a2aovely shect: Of water,
some four miles Ions by two miles wide:
Fo4 haltitsai< aaceki is 1ncAclldby koqds,
and the other half by prairie that rises in
undulations as it recedes from the sho ores.
Asswe stood at the: CLOSE Of .QpaSafter-
hssn' nsafsSrby ~kers thes"ss sskrovea
and prairie join, the atmosphere slumber.
Gus and mellow, and musical with the wa
tiers that dashed lightly against the bo ould:
cFsstrewn 2, along the beach! and the relr
nigh horizontal rays Of the sun brid dgine
shore to shore with golden, quiverinl
spans, we thought We had never seen Z
more beautiful spot in the ye,y many ,foqnG
il Two weeks ramSle .thfouig gh tthtes fairess
portion Of Minnesota.
! Time would not permit us to visit tn,
other townships of the county, but we ver,
assured that they differed in no essentia
particulars from those already described
When organized Pope county contained no
more than forty families; now it has
population of at least two thousand soul.
Another year will witness still further in
crease, as there are choice locations 70
new settlers. Those who 60 and zee: fo
themselves cannot but feel that it is we
: with them to be there. /.
TO Col. S. B. Mcclure, Kirk
Kinney, Esq, and Charles 8. Walker; Esq
. we would return our thanks for favor r,
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