The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-01-01
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hHiPv New chr ana Issi pss~Sto
To- announce that the Outlts,As en-
tcrs hp,h the fourth Year "f it,
existence with fair pruu,ise vl
future w"r,k and -Scouss. When
We l..k back, three ys.rs. aud
review the growth at Tie Osssol,
Osslias, aud the nol,is AMI hand
SOME c"unt, after which the paper
ID ua,asd, it is ready 4 source OF
wonder NJ welt as qualification,
Three years ago, when the first
nanhvr "fthe Outline was issued,
It was quite ce,ssarkahls, even I.
/ riutcr., that u paper at such q
slxc aud Containing reading ma,-
ter Ot ruch character and inI"rt
ancc could DC gotten up undo,
tho very shadow Of the n,r'l,
woodr; still ,norc rpunarkable la
it should be So we'll patronage
aud sustained. We reinctihri
that We formed an extremely a-
vormble ol'ini0' Of the enterprise,
intelligence md libsrslity "fth.
pe"ple " what arc now know,
as Lake, u -cc'da and Missaukee
counties; aud th,t opinion hns
not been changed in the least,
but rather Strc.,xticucd by whar
we Lave Gaco sucn aud known.
! Vit(sycs have sprung up, railrum,i.
! have becm built, homesteads have
/ bcca settled, mills have been
erected. until we ti"d in the cuur
try that the Outline ussd to reacl
Only by private conveyance, good
roads and mail routes, and sncl
fne towns a. Orient, Evart, Leroy
Ashton, Tustin, Falmouth, LAX.
City, Chase, Nirvana, Baldwin
&C. They have started up like
mushrooms, all around our q,iet
steady going village If Hcrsey
aud their growth and prOrlcri'y
s only question al t,,t.e and the
future. In The three years ! rs,
| We nare 40 doubt tic I0I ulat oi
M Oscrola ceaniv tie { has quad
rnple'l, and that Like and Mis-
-anIee couiiti+s haze vt least
trehied tue 0.unbrr III their in
hsl;sast- Tho eastern pnrt al
Wexkxd c,-x~tv, toe, the Outlin.
used to represent in the first yrnl
ii It's career, as,d huIncstcads
away. Ley+4sd O. 'rw Lake, seemed
like our Sx~ sHigib~s. Who
dreamed ,l.eu sx the handsoin.
village Dow known as Clatn Lake
or If the line Improvements al
the Fyt. Lake ,cg,vn. The
| OQtiiss, too, had az interest IN
tLe ~cs. part Of Clare county
in rkosc pioneer days. and items
rom "vsr The hrder seemed then
as IN neh to belong to our local
column, rs they n"w are only
legitimate ss srumo ucws in the
columns ~f tho syicy fMwcl
Register. There we're nu Evarl
occurrnces ~ n.,eI R~rieao
aud Reed City's Clarion c,ulo
lind no vuicc ia the nnccutL
brush heaps If ToJd's Slashing
Clam Lake Ntcs had No v,siile
signs or cXpres.ion; the Mi>saukc.
Reporters shorthand perform
aRcrs hadn"t commenced; and III.
Star Of Lake county had net
sl,ono upon the kingdom Of l7ll
We iikc 80 took back over the
Outline past. II is a pleasan,
picture; u picture Of uoblc ner
aud women all striving I" build
up a garden cut ofthe wilderness
Tmre havo been ditfrrcnr
rhsrc have been, vt times, ten, :
pornry partial feeling regarding
this and that locality. Yet ".
can but feel that the growth and
prosperity Of each aud ever,
;Dwn aud homestead in all the
region we have mentioned arc
equally shared in and. kindly re-
numbered 10y every inhabi,ant oI
The !nd. It does our soul good
to m,ot any Of tho pioneers OF the
settlements t"r ii ~ miles around
a,yl they shall each and all ever
ind q warm Garner in tho Outline
WO nre ~t,. able to make Ger
tain iu2rev~mersss IN the Outline
which VIC had contemplated .owine
I" The hard timer; but will DO e.
as coon rs oar hnancics ssensi,
il. IL the meantime our su5scrih
ers can res. assure I THAT tho more
they ~ towards helping and
sustaining the coun.J paper, the
more we will certainly doto make
hat PAPER worthy of II: c unity.
1t has not G-ca an easy inattc-
Ia furnish mater al and labor, and
rint tho Oluins every week
daring tho time il has been pub
l,shc'l; AMI VIZ did not expect ~,
s.isy t,b WHEN we iOuk hold 1T IL;
hut wct,,Tyc to goo the day wl,c,,
il will grow into q sclf sustaining
payiag c"nccrn, as every pesn
expects to scc lis iuinrstrad grow
"ut Of the srumps and logs Ia
more lsetsssi~e t'ondi,j"n II we'll
cultivated and luxriixnt .,SSnyes
and wheat fields. Again I al
please pcccpt our hear y srcein =:
tn o. and all "A happy New
Year; and may Volume Fonr
meet with y"uf patronage and
kind appreciation. - !
I,AwnrNcs SMITH. living in the