The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-03-02
INTRODUCTION.

Wo arc constantly in receipt of
letters from parties in various por-
tons of our country, asking for in
formation in regard to Lake county,
in order that they may be enabled
to decide as to whether they will
come and make their home with us,
or not. With n view of having an
answer ready for them at all times
we have prepared thc following,
and intend to let it remain in tho
STAR for some time to comc--a
gratuitous publication for the gen.
cral good. First, as regards the
soil of our county, We have fine
variety, consisting of rich bottom
lands and the lighter, yet far from
worthless sandy soil ofvast "plains."
In the hard wood region We have
us fertile clay and gravel soils as
can be found anywhere. Tho prices
of unimprovcd lands range from
Six to Fifteen Dollars per acre,
according to quality and situation.
There arc now no government
lands very near the railroad (thc
Flint & Pcrc Marquette, which
runs from east to west, near the
north line of tho southern tier of
townships) that are unoccupicd;
still, wild lands are SO cheap that
demonstrating" is scarcely All object.
The
CLIMATE.
is one of the drycst, purcst and health
lest to he found in the world. Al
though aboundingin lakes and streams,
yet the pure fresh character of
THE WATER
is such rs to render miasma thing al
most unheard of. Tho water of the
Pcrc Marquette river and its branches
cannot he cxccllcd for purity, and il
the home of thousands of the Michigan
trout, or graylng, fish to delight the
hand and palate ofanyonc. The lakes
contain countless pickcrel, bass, perch,
&C., and on the 18th January, 1876,
$4,000 young California salmon were
placed i'm the waters of Star Lake, near
Baldwin. For
TIMBER,
Lake county possesses an excellent va
ricty. Besides thousands of acres of
valuable pine, there are many thou
sands of acres of maple, beech, oak,
elm, ash, Eastwood, cedar, &c. The
"plains" arc mostly covered wit sort
Of dwarf pine or balsam, commonly
called "jack-pinc," growing to tho
height of from twenty TO fifty feet, and
useful in fencing and for firewood. The
only
MANUFACTURING
OF note which il carried on at present
is comprised in the lumber, lath and
single business. There arc now clcv-
en- mills for the production Of the above
named articles i'm the county. a good
grist mill is much needed, and will
doubtless bc erected before the close OF
the coming season.
PRODUCTS.
AS yet, our settlers have not turned
their attention 40 much to farming az
To numbering. Lake county promises
to become an excellent embarrassing
country, and finer wheat than has been
already produced here cannot he found
anywhere. The finest potatoes can be
raised and root crops and vines gcncr-
ally do well.
TIE SOCIETY
afforded in Lake county, we hold to he
fully up to the average of newly set
tied regions. The settlers are for the
greater part, removed from the East
crn States to this comparative wilder
ness, and are generally possessed of in
telligence and good morals. At pres
ent there IL no church within the coun-
| ty; but there Is no lack of religious SER
| vices in all the principle towns, the
school houses (which are beginning to