Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-01-24
SHALL CHEBOYGAN COUNTY RE
LEFT BEHIND?

SHALL CHEBOYGAN COUNTY BE
LEFT BEHIND?
We notice in our exchanges that some
of the counties in northern Michigan are
perfecting organizations for an active
campaign this year, to induce immigra-
ton to the respective counties. The cit
liens realize the Importance of united
effort, and accordingly are forming as
soclations that the efforts may be made
with some system, and the advantages
offered to settlers i'm these counties be as
widely disseminated as possible. We
have no doubt but that the effect of these
organizations will be to largely increase
the immigration to these counties dur
ing this season, and for all future time
should they continue to keep up the
organizations and work tremendously to
accomplish the object for which they
have Joined themselves together. The
day was when this section of our state
was looked upon as unsuitable for farm
Ing purposes, valuable only for the pine
timber 1t contained, and when this was
cut and manufactured the country would
have no value. Thanks to the influence
or the press, that day is past, and its val
ue for agricultural purposes is now con-
coded, and the effect has been the rapid
ly Increasing population that is fast fill
Ing many of the northern counties and
astonishing the older portions of the
country by the developments they have
made within the past few years i'm Sec
ton that was only wilderness.
Cheboygan county possesses natural
advantages that are excelled by no other
county in this part of the state, and this
very fact has attracted large immigra-
ton to her, and we have only to look
around us to see what has been accom-
plished within very few years, and this
without any special effort having been
made to induce settlers to come here or
to make known the many advantages Of
fered by our county to those seeking new
homes. If ChebOygan wants to keep
pace with the other counties of northern
Michigan she must keep up with them
in enterprise, her citizens be wide awake
and up and working. 1t will not do to
remain idle, putting forth no effort,
while in the counties around us all is
life and activity. The dO-nothing policy
Is an excellent one to kill a place as
many towns can demonstrate. There is
no reason why ChebOygan county should
not the present year receive great acces-
siOns to her population and the number
OF Immigrants be greatly increased over
that of any previous year, if the citizens
only make an effort to that end. The
minds of the country at large have been
directed this way, and almost every week
we receive greater or less number OF
letters making enquiries i'm regard to the
town and county, and asking for copies
OF the TRIBUNE that they may get some
idea of this section, its advantages and
resources. The demand for papers last
week was so great that the usual supply
of extra copies printed was exhausted
and we were obliged to call upon some
of our subscribers in order to get enough
copies to fill the requests.
The question is shall our citizens make
an effort to induce an increased immi-
grafton to our county the present year,
or will they allow the neighboring cOun-
ties by their activity i'm this direction to
leave us behind them? We believe that
all will admit the Importance of an eff
fort being made, and we think there are
few who would doubt that much could be
done. In our opinion the way to accom-
plish the most good is by some system
attic effort in which all interested in the
development of the county could unite
and work tremendously. There are some
citizens, we know, who are individually
doing good work i'm directing attention
to the advantages offered in our county
to settlers and, we have no doubt, that
their efforts has had much to do with
the large increase in the population of
the county within the last few years, but
could not more be done were all united
and working under some we'll digested
system?