Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-07-13

comparison thus indicated may be good
one. 1t has natural resources such as
Chicago never had, bur perhaps not the
location which has made Chicago one Of
the largest cities in the Union.st nature
has endowed it with advantages which
must i'm time make it large city, pro-
yi,led always tina. advantage is taken of
those resources which are at hand. We
may have the greatest resources in the
world and ii advantage is not taken of
them they will go for naught: we might
rs well be without them. What advan-
tage would it have been to Chicago to
have had the location it has. if there had
not some wide-awake, far-seeing men
gone there. and brought it to the notice
of the world. constructed railroads in
every direction, which acted as feeders to
the young city. is not many years since
when enthusiastic residents of Chicago
were laughed because they predicted the
future OF the young city in such glowing
terms. There is an old saying that a
Yankee will make any machine described
to him. and make machine to make it
with. So it was with Chicago; the res
Tents took advantage of every natural
resource and then went to work and
made others.
Right here comes 10 an important diff
ference between Chicago and Cheboygan.
The residents of Cheboygan do not take
advantage of the natural resources Of the
place as they should. anu as for making
other resources they are not overly en-
thusiastic in that regard. or at least not
to the extent that they should be. 1t is
only few days since the writer was i'm
one of the stores of the village, the pro-
prie-or of which was filling quite an eX-
tensive order for goods i'm his line TO go
to some one up on Crooked Lake. thirty
five or forty miles away. Probably few
of our own residents have an idea of the
extent of the trade which has opened mp
from the country far back from this
place. which but for the water commun-
icatiOn could not be got here at all.
There is not a store i'm our village but
which has felt the benefits of the trade
to a greater or less extent. The extent
of the trade is already large but it must
be remembered that it is only in It's in
fancy. as is the country surrounding the
place. Still the business men of Cheboy-
gan as class were not in the beginning.
and never have been, enthusiastic over
the commencement or completion of the
ing their completion would form an ar
terry which would for all time in. the flu
lure bring business and wealth 10 the
village.
What is true Of this improvement is
also true of the proposed improvement of
Black river rapids. This would open up
q very.large andsvaluable territory to set
tlement and bring it a,l;tributNey to Che
boygan. and yet the announcement that
the projected Improvement was feasibie-.
and That the vast territory surrounding
sBlaeklake could be made part of thesup-
port of Cheboygan failed to provoke thes
expression of an earnest desire ON. sfbe
part of aklarg4 portion of our citizens for
Pthe completion ofthe work. we venture
that IN tins respect f,ebosgan cad hard;
~ be called the Chicago of the north.
Fer three years the NORTHERN ,ER1B-
pNE has k,bored in behalf of Cheboyg sh..
1t has brought Cheboygan to the notice.
of the "orltside" public in way that
had never been known before. 1t has
brought to notice and advocated every
thing which would be of benefit to- the
place. 1t has. through its Influence.
brought business men and capital to the
place. 1t has advertised the resources and
advantages of Cheboygan to much
greater extent than any of its business
men have their wares. We do not wish
TO appear egotistical. but we think con-
scientiously that the difference between
Cheboygan to-day and three vearseago
can be very largely attributed to the il-
fluence OF the NORTHERN TRIBUNE
Every resident of the p;ace,and especially
our business men are benefited by the
increase IL population. business and gen.
eral prosperity. III ey are lid to receive
the benefits, but how many of them have
given that support TO the medium
through which it has been accomplished
that they might have done, or we might
say that they should have done. We do
not say this finding fault with the sup
port that the TRIBUNE has received. Our
friends will bear Us out in the statement
that we never have done that. Every
dollar that the paper has made has gone
towards making il better, and increasing
its influence fnr the good of Cheboygan.
Every dollar that orr merchants have
given the TRIBUNE. either in the way OF
subscriptions or advertisements, will. we
doubt not, il it has not already. come
back to them five fold. i'm the incidental
benefits which they receive from the
work which the paper has accomplished.
to say nothing of the direct returns they
lave received for the investment. The
TRIBUNE commences its fourth year with
this number. twill work for ChebOy-
gan in I'll e future us it has in the past.
Its capabilities for effective work howev-
err will depend largely upon the support
given it by the business men of the place.