Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-08-24
SHALL OUR COUNTY HE REPRE-
SENTED?

SHALL OCR COUNTY he REPRE-
SENTEDs
It is less than one month until rthe
State Fair will be held, and il Cheboy-
gan c,unty In to be represented at tho ex-
hibition. it IS time that some action
should be taken. This is an opportunity
that should not be lost. A great effort
is being made on the part of many of the
newer counties of the state to-induce i'm
migration. and no opportunity is let pass
whereby the advantages of these counties
may be impressed upon the public at
large. Many Of these counties have
their arrangements male to be repre-
sented at the coming State Fair, and no
effort will be spared upon their part to
make good showing for each respective
county. Cheboygan county possesses
advantages equaled by few and excelled
by no county in this northern portion of
the state, and the ques ton is arc we TO
remain quiet and allow other counties
to reap the reward OF effort There is
nothing like advertising ard the state
Fair offers one OF the best opportunities
OF placing prominently before the public
the products of our soil and we are con-
fident that, il properly taken hold OF, our
county can make rs good a showing as
any of the new counties of Michigan in
the way of a display of wheat.oats, grass,
vegetables etc. There should be, by all
means, an.exhibit of samples of grain,
grown here, both on the straw and
threshcd.
The managers of the fair are making a
special effort to induce the newly settled
counties of the state to place On exhibit
ton samples Of their produ cts and are
meeting with gratifying assurance on the
pant of many, and the prospects are that
many Of our rival counties will be on
hand W it'll their exhibits. In point Of
productiYeness of soil and natural adyan-
tages possessed, Cheboygan county has
nothing to fear, but what advantage are
they if people know not of them. The
TRIBUNE has always endeavored to pre-
sent the facts i'm its columns and We are
confident that its efforts have done
much tow; ri placing the county in a
correct light before the public and aided
in irdncing many who have become cit
liens, to investigate for themselves, and
the result has been large additions to the
population OF the county. Here is an
opportunity to place practical results be-
fore the people and in a way that it
would reach many more than could 9th
erwise be reached. Our county is within
easy access of the fair and could reach it
at comparatively little expense, which,
compared to the advantages 10 be deriv-
ed, would amount to nothing at all.
There are thousands of acres of good
farming lands in our county waiting to
be titled to become some of the most pro-
ductiye in the state and if the advantage
es of the county can be brought promi-
nently before the country it will be but
a few years until much land that is now
forest wilds will be cleared and yieldin g
abundant crops of grain, hay, &c, to re-
ward the honest tiller of the soil. We
hope our county agricultural society will
move in this matter and see that county
is represented properly at the approach
ing fair. Keep the county before the
people. Every citizen should be inter-
ested in its development and improve
ment and encourage any movement that
tends to promote its interests. Let our
citizens, as many as can, attend the state
fair and talk Cheboygan county to all
whom they may meet and to aid this
nothing couldbe better than having a
display of products upon the ground.