The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-10

BALDWIN,,
BALDWIN, July, 9Th, 1873.

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Ellsworth correspondent in last
weeks issue, where he says Town
10, Range 13 is unocoupied. There
are now ten or twelve actual res.
idenis in that township, and no
vacant, Government land, except,
perhaps, in Section "a, as / am
creditably informed; and it will
probably be asking for q separate
political organization soon. g
/ Villages are springing up with
wonderful rapidity along the line
of the F. Il P. Railway, west of
Chase, competing tor the County
Seat. First comes Summit with
a good temperance hotel, west, on
Sec. 6, 7, II, r. IL, owned by
Mr.. Randall, who is also Postmas:
ter there. His cons are putting
up a good steam saw mill, which
is about ready for converting the
mighty pines into things of utility.
One mile and a half further wet,
on Sec. Q, T, II, R. 49,. is Ne
wanna, owned by MessTs. Knight
& Company, where is another
temperance hotel aud small steam
saw mill in operation, and where
the proprietors expect to soon have
have a larger engine and boiler,
and build up qnite a village. Two
miles west, on Sec. 4, Mr.. Nc
Donald desires a flourishing town;
and come three miles further west,
OH Sec, /, T. II, r. 10, the Messrs.
Foreman hope to build up place
Of considerable commercial impor.
lance. On Sec. 3, two miles fultN.
or west 10 the far famed village OF
Baldwin, Of which You have heard
80 much Of late, that it lie unne-
cessary to 60 into details at pree.
cnt. At Kinney Greek, 4 miles
west, in Sec. 8, T. II, r. IA.
Messrs. Kirklands have a saw.
mill run by water power, about
ready for operation, l learn, and
efforts arc in progress to make it
an important point. .a
Weber, comprising T. IS, r.
ID, which became an Independent
political organization last Spring,
was without an inhsbitant two
years ago, and now boasts Of some
thirty voters, mostly with families
hardy, Industrious people, de-
tcrmined to make the town "blos.
som like the rose," and produce
abundantly of the fruits of the
earth. The following facts will
show a little of the progress that
has been made in. that direction
under exceedingly discouraging
circumstances: Geo. w. Town
send, the Supervisor, who has
240 acres on Sec. 80 /; commenced
April 1872, and has 81 acres now
under the pluw,,, l8 acres in crops,
and will set ont 4 acres with ap
pie trees this Fall, and designs
Getting out peaches quite largely.
He has A acres Of corn, waist high,
2 acres Of potatoes, 8 acres OF rut.
abagas, S, acres Of buckwheat and
q acres millett; all looking first.
rate, and two weeks 10 advance OF
crops further south. His garden,
under the energetic management
of the female department OF his
family. is looking splendidly.
They had green peas June Goth,
and on the Both, had q fiat turnip
104 inches in circumference, and
q potatoe 81 incircumfercnce, and
are having them right along fol
home purposes. Melons and Gu
cumbers have been in blossom
these two weeks. Heis breaking
up the plains, with q large break
ing plow and 8 yokes of oxen
about 4 inchesdeep, thinking it the
best way to manage the plains
W, j. McCanseS, a Justice OF the
Peace of said Town, has 80 acres
ID See. %, and commenced about
two years ago. and now has u
acres under crop; s acres in wheat
4 acres potatoes and ), balance il
roots, ,buckwheaf, &c. Crops look
ing frst-rate, corn waist high
potatoes III blossom these ton o,
twelve days, as also are HE vines
and cucumbers 9 inches in length
He has about one acre of all kind
Of fruit that lie now doing finely
SAYS he,wi)l set out from 4 10
acres to black caps next Spring
between the rows of apple tree
that he will set on the SANE
ground. Will also sot out tom'
two acres in grapcs, along TIT
borders Of HE beautiful Lake
Says lie is fally satisfied that al
kinds of fruit will do we'll on til,
plains and that It will be . erea
source OF profit. Lston Putnam
has Lot I, Sec. "a, with ton acre
improvements, crops looking fine.
~, and some fruit trees that ar
doing we'll. Levi Bonee, Tow
Treasurer has 160 acres on Sec
90, 40 acres under plow, 20 acre
in crops, looking tirs'-rste; /.
acres Of wheat that some put O