The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-02-10

There are how no government
lands very near the railroad (the
Flint & Pere Marquette, which
runs from east to west, near the
north line of the southern tier of
townships that ore unoccupied;
still, Wild lands are so cheap that
demonstrating" Is scarcely an object.
The
Is one of the dryest, purcst and health
lest to be found In the world. Al
though aboundingin lakes and streams,
yet the pure fresh character of
THE wATER
Is such as to render miasma a thing al
most unheard of. The water of the
Pere Marquette river and its branches
cannot be excclled for purity, and Is
the home of thousands of the Michigan
trout, or grayling, fish to delight the
hand and palate ofanyone. Thelakcs
contain countless pickerel, bass, perch,
&C., and on the 18th January, 1876,
$4,000 young California salmon were
placed in the waters of Star Lake, near
Baldwin,. For
TIMBER,
Lake county possesses all excellent VA
riety. Besides thousands of acres of
valuable pine, there are many thou
sands of acres of maple, beech, oak,
elm, ash, Eastwood, cedar, SC. The
"plains'' are mostly covered wit sort
of dwarf pine or balsam, commonly
called 'Jack-pine," growing to the
height of from twenty 10 fifty feet, and
useful in fencing and for fircwood. The
only
MANUFACTClING
of note which is carried on ut present
is comprised i'm the lumber, lath ano
shingle business. There are now elev,
Ell mills for the production of the abov,
named articles i'm the county. "A goot
grist mill is much needed, and viii
doubtless be erected before the close o
the coming season.
PRODUCTS.
AS yet, our settlers have not turnc,
their attention 80 much to farming a
to numbering. Lake county promise
to become an excellent grain-raisin,
country, and finer wheat than has beer
already produced here cannot be fOun'
anywhere. The finest potatoes can b.
raised and root crops and vines gencr
ally do well.
THE SOCIETY
afforded in Lake county, we hold to b
fully up to the average of newly set
tied regions. The settlers are for TIN
greater part, removed from the East
ern States to this comparative wilder
ness, and are generally POSSESSED of in
tclligcncc and good morals. At pres
ent there is no church within the cOun
ty; hut there Is no lack of religious sci
vices in all the principle towns, tn
school houses (which are beginning t
abound i'm numbcrs) being used for tn
gatherings. The Methodist and Con
grcgational denominations are tn
leading ones.
An Agricultural Society was forme
about u year ago, and the first Fai
held, Oct. 9Th and 9Th, 1875, and prove
n success. The Society contemplate
purchasing and fitting up suitabl
grounds the coming season.
The leading towns of tho county M
situated along the f. & J.. Nj. Railwa,
They are all as yet in their infancy
Baldwin. the County Seat, comprise
J between fifty and sixty buildings of /,
sorts. Among these IRE two fine larg
hotels, thirteen store buildings, eigf
J of which are occupied by differer
kinds of business, handsome depo
blacksmith and wagon shop, schot
house. 1t has an express office, pos
office, money order Office, and tel,
graph Office. The two other lcadin
towns are Nirvana and Chase.
The natural resources of Lake coui
ty are ample to place her among I'll
most prosperous, when full dcvelOl
mcnt arrives. What we need il me
of muscle, men of brains and good mo
al characters to come in and labor.
the right men the hand of welcome
ever extended; and if they come an
go at work earnestly, we firmly belle,
that prosperity and plenty will attcn
them in the future.