The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1879-11-13
History Of Lake County.
Schools and Churches-Mills and Nan.
ufactories-P Political Districts-1he
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The first school house in the county
was small log building, in District
No. 3, Chase township. The same dis
trict now has good frame structure;
more particularly known as the Samis
School House. There are between for
ty and fifty school districts i'm the coun-
ty. A greater portion Of them have
comfortable frame school houses. At
present there are none but common
schools.
The first church building erected i'm
the county was the Congregational,
built at Chase, i'm 1876. At present
there are two churches-the one above
mentioned, and the Protestant Episco-
pal church, just completed ut Baldwin.
There are several religious organiza-
tions in the county; principally Con-
gregational, Baptist and Methodist.
There are II lumber and shingle mills
i'm the county; with an aggregate ca
pacity for manufacturing about 250,-
900 feet of lumber and 1000 shingles
daily. In addition, there is o handle
factory, at Chase; pump-tubing fac
tory at same place; siding factory in
Chase township; wooden cave trough
factory in Pinora township. The pio-
neer grist mill is in Cherry Valley town.
ship; and was erected in 1878. 1t is a
water power Ton Farnsworth Creek,
and has one run of stone. During the
period elapsing from Aug. I'D, 1878
(the date of the first grinding of grain
in Lake county,, to Dec. 3lst, 1878,
the amount of custom work was about
/ 200 bushels. The DeLamater Mills,
ut Baldwin, have just been completed.
The power water from the branch of
the Pere Marquette River is ample,
the machinery is of the latest improve
ments, and there are facilities for ex-
cellent work.
In Towns 2O-11 and 2O-l2 is situated
the Garfield Logging Railroad; about
10 miles in length, with short branhes
into the immense pinery. The rails
are of iron; and two locomotives, built
expressly for the road, are used in haul
ing the cars. About 100, 600 feet of logs
are daily being placed in Pine river,
the southwestern terminus. A large
force of men are employed. The road
is owned by Hon. John Garfield, of
Manistee, who has several million feet
of pine in the vicinity of his road.
There is but one newspaper in the
county-the LAKE COUNTY STAR
which was established in 1873. In 1874,
newspaper, called the Herald, was
started at Chase; continuing till the
Fall of 1875, when it collapsed.
Lake is one of the counties compris-
ing the Ninth Congressional District
of the State; the other counties being
Antrim, Baraga, Benzie, Charlevoix,
Chippewa, Delta, Grand Traverse, Isle
Royal, Houghton, Kalkaska, Keewe-
now, Leelanaw, Mackinac, Manistee,
Manitou, Marquette, Mason, Mecosta,
Menominee, Missaukee, Newaygo, 4 Oce-
ana, Ontonagon, Osceola, Otsego,
Schoolcraft and Wexford. Hon. Jay
A. Hubbell is the present Representa-
tive of the District. The population of
the District, In 1874, was la4, 237.
The county is in the Twenty-seventh
State Senatorial District, with Mason,
Manistee, Oceana, Newaygo, Mecosta
and Osceola.. Hon. VIM. e. Amber,
of Pentwater, is present Senator. The
population Of the District is 4S,l11.
Lake and Mason counties comprise
the Mason Legislative Districk and is
at present represented by Hon. o. o.
Stanchfield, ,ofLudington. Population,
7,175.
The political sentiment of the county
Is decidedly Republican--the political
complexion Of the Board ofSupervisors
being fixed as follows: Republicans,
o; Nationals, 2; Democrat, 1.
The present county officers are
Board Of stpcrpisors-John ]. Rob-
ertson (chairman), Dover; Homer Cut.
ler, Ellsworth; Abram Rosenberg, Pi.
nora; Rob't Il. Bigbee, Chase; Albert
A. Blanchard, Yates; Albert e.. Allen,
Cherry Valley; Lemuel n. Scott. Glen
coe; Stephen e, Dickens, Eden; Geo.