Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-07-29
A Regular Bore.

Nebraska, is bore of the first or
der. His Nebraska letters arr
thrust into nearly every editoria
sanctum in the country, and we arr
sorry to say that some of our Mich
igan. editors are 50 "hard up" fol
reading matter that their papers
contain from one to three of "Prof.
Buffers puffs nearly every week
until the supply, sent about once
month, is exhausted.
In some of the letters the "Prof"
paints lively picture of matters
and the easy manner of getting
rich, but the knocks the cream off
Of all this when he tells of houses
being made of sod, on account of
there being no timber, and of men
being obliged to travel nine hun
bred miles on foot to save their
homesteads, under the homestead
law. This don't look much as
though Nebraska was such a grand
paradise, OF as if poor men were so
much better off there than in Mich
igan, where lumber and other ma
terial for building are plenty, land
Is excellent and the country is
thickly settled enough to enable
men holding homesteads to get to
them from any part of the State
within three or four days.
The 'Prof." works earnestly, and
why should he not, when he has so
much interest at stake The :
greater the flow of emigration into
Nebraska, of course the greater :
will be the flow of currency into ;
his pocket. d
He says "Do in Rome as the Ro- Ii
mans do" That is our intention "
exactly. We are in one of the best l
and healthiest communities in the .,
while Union, and we are going to is
do just as our citizens do-stay ell
here. And it becomes our duty IL
while here, to show up to the pub u u
lie abroad that we have much =,
better, richer and easier country to m
like in than Nebraska ever can be, hi
wait as long as you may. OF
We have in this county an mex ~ ~
haustable amount of pine timber, m
while, too, the land here cannot be a
surpassed for farming purposes v
yielding nearly or quite double the II II
amount of hay, grain and produce .. y,
that is raised ordinarily in other i
sections; and the produce is always
sure to find good market and
brings the highest prices. is
In fact, the whole State of Mich "
igan is immensely rich, from the =
rocky shores Of Lake Superior on T
the north, to the very southern i
border. There never was a time {
in the history of the Peninsular {
State when our farmers could not :,
find ready market for their pro- |
duce, or when they could not raise 1
enough to keep their stock from c
starvation, and there probably !
never will be.
The State abounds with very {
large amount of iron ore, and new |
beds have been recently discovered,
copper, coal and other minerals are
secreted beneath the earth in un- !
told and immense quantities, while ,
the flow oil and salt wells are con-
stantly increasing, adding great (,
wealth and increasing business, as {
well as heavy demand for all kinds I
of people, and for all occupations.
These are .fe,c of the many adj |,
vantages Of Michigan. Then why /,
should we say to our readers, "go !
west" when we know that we
would be advising them to do some 4
thing to their disadvantage, and 9
for which they would be sorry in /,
after years. o
And this county is behind no y
county in the State. We have ev-
cry facility here for a man to make
a good home and a fortune if he
will but take advantage of the :
splendid opportunities offered, and
set out with a determination to \
succeed, and succeed he must. IL
is impossible to do otherwise when e
everything is in his favor, and his 9
future prospects are left to himself r,
alone, for him to say whether he :,
will or will not make home, for
tune, and a happy household. And o.
there is no better opportunity open n
for all this in the United States, r
han in Alpena county, Michigan.
improvements. q
Alpena has seemed TO grow and a a