Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-11-18

one OF TWO. Which was ND'y
the 6rmpes. Of few coOl-headed gentle
men. The more recent elections nave
weeded out the official swinllers who so
long cursed the county and its interests
and n better order of things prevails.
The effect is natural, in the Tightening of
taxes, larger improvements and more oil
them, and in establishing a greater degree
ofpermauency
Within the limits of the county there
are only FIVE post-offices in the county.
The villages. or "tOwns' as they are called
in the West. number four Sioux Rapids,
the Oldest, has been located about six
years it is the couuty-scat, with court
house and a respectable number OF bus'-
ness houses. fourishing mill run by wa
ter.power, the only one of the kind we
have seen in Iowa, and being the business
centre of large area Of ter ritcry con-
siderable trade is maintained. A visit to
this burgh some weeks ago revealed the
fact that it enjoyed very picturesque
10 cation it being built on bottom" or
meadow on the banks of the Little Sioux,
cncircled with quite high aud preclPitous
bluffs or which there was plenty of timber
for prairie county, at least The hills
timber, water-mill and substantial iron
highway bridge over the river, combined
to render the whole something akin to
New England village scenery. We found
Lamoile county man residing there
Ten miles east of Storm Lake, on the line
IF the railroad, is Newell, where quite a
large trade in -four, brick and other arti-
cles has been established church has
been erected, and the place is growing
steadily. On the railroad and IN the
western part of Bueua Vista, is Alta, in
Nokomis township. We presume whocv-
er named the township was an admirer OF
Longfelow "Hiawatha Nokomis being
one ofthe characters in that celebrated
poem. Alta has the advantage of being
IN the centre of the garden lands of this
county, and undoubtedly will be a place oil
busy thrift. During the season Luther
an church has been erected; also a grain
! elevator by Storm Lake parties. a large
proportion of .he population in and around
Alta is Swedish and Norwegian.
Storm Lake city is situated on the north
shore of the lake bearing the same name
it is a lille over four years old, the FIRST
sale of town lots taking place oD the lth
day of Aug, 1870 In that year streets
we're laid out, parks located, driveway
around the lake surveyed and many antic
ipations INDUCED in. some Of which have
already been realized and others reasona
bly, sure to be. The city plot contains
$40 acres. The streets run at right ar
giles, are straight, some of them 100 ant
others so feet wide. The principal street
Lake Avenue. is one-half mile long anC
100 feet wide. The streets running par
allel 10 the lake shore are named respect
ivoly First, Second. and so on those run
ming north and south have generally beer
named after places and persons in New
York, such as Erie, Cayuga, Seneca, etc
10 the centre of the city is heautifu
piece of unoccupied land-Court Hous
Square-which is being reserved for III,
location of the county buildings, when the,
shall have been removed bither, nov
"twenty miles awey." We count it bu
a mere matter of time when the Squar
: will be Horned with a stately pile ofbull
ines, with parks, lawns. fountains and per
haps statuary for ornamenation. Loca
, icalousies aside, and 6qe-sixths of the PEG
, pie of the county are ready to conced
that for the general convenience and &C
comlnodation and interests of all concerned
; the city of Storm Lake should be the pc
r litical as il now is the commercial capita
r of Busna Vista. 1t is probable the cleo
: ton another year will definitely settle tn
question in favor of this city. In tina
s case its population without doubt vii
: double in eighteen months thereafter, an
: if in 1880 you will take trip out her
VIC will show you lively little place @
a 5000 or 5000 people. Being built on tn
c shore, naturally the surface Is slipping
a while the soil contains just about san
: enough to preserve the streets which are
. with the assistance of the Street CommN
= sioner, always hard aud dry. No NOR
a pleasant or healthful site for city coul
e have been selected. Away to the mort
:. until the horizon meets the earth street.-the
y a view Of rolling prairie fast being cult
: waited; to the west the sroofs, towers aD
: spires" Of Alta, seven miles distant. al
IT plainly seen; on the east is fine farmln
It country; aud on the south lies the lax
J, its surface usually calm and placid, pr