St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-12
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AITKIN.
Some Interesting DEMONSTRATIONS
Regarding Its Future.


Things are moderately quiet in this village
this spring. The usual influx of lumbermen,
who have passed the winter in the up river
numbering camps and now are returning
home making Aitkin lively en-route, has
transpired, and at present there are more or
less of them in town, but they are remarka-
bly, quiet and civil this spring, and have lost
their usual spirit of buster and bravado,
which in former times made Aitkin wild
town. Perhaps the incorporation of Aitkin
into village and the establishment of a
more thorough system of local government
has had something to do with it. 1t is safe
to say as a rule that whenever the people of
any locality desire law and order they gradu
ally have it. Anyway more quiet, law
abiding village than the Aitkin OF to-day is
would be hard to find.
During the last few months Aitkin has
had several business reFerses. Being en-
tirely a numbering village, it requires con-
siderable amount of capital to conduct its
business and; most unfortunately, several
enterprises were undertaken last season by
people who had not the necessary capital to
carry them into successful operation. This
has given the place check which while I'M
pleasant to those in business here will no
doubt in the end prove blessing
The three steam saw-mills here will IN
doubtedly all be run this season, and having
combined capacity of 40, 900 feet per day
will make things lively, Another source of
support for the town lies in the steamboating
of the upper river, which makes Aitkin ter
minal point.
One hundred and sixty miles above here
the boats run to Grand Rapids, at the foot of
the Pokegema Falls, and their trade is rapid
ly increasing. The Houghton line has two
boats, the City of Aitlkin and the Fawn,
while new passenger and freight boat is
being built and viii be completed for the
spring trade by Mr.. E. B. Lowell.
A large number of settlers are locating
upon lands in this section for the purpose of
opening of farms. While everything in tim
Der up there is vast quantity of fine hard
wood lands of the finest quality while the nu-
merous and extensive natural blue-joint
meadows furnish both pasturage and winter
feed of the most excellent and nutritive vari-
ety. Already stock ranhces are being estab-
lished, which are certain foundation for
the rapid accumulation, of wealth, and more
will follow the coming season.
There is much talk Of the proposed Min
neapolis and Northern railroad, which if
built as proposed, would strike Princeton
and the east shore Of Mile Laos, opening
up that delightful and extensive sheet of
water with its romantic and beautiful seen
cry and its myriads of fish and game to the
sportsmen and tourists and reaching Aitllin
in about eighty or eighty-fve miles run, where
it now takes $50 by the roundabout way of
Brainerd. As the vast lumber region Of the
upper Mississippi, of which Aitkin is the ma
tural centre and supply point is chiefly oper-
ated upon by Minneapolis parties; road of
this character would be of vast benefit TO
them, while the up river trade and their pro-
ducts of the Aitkin mills would furnish abun-
dence of business. Aitkin is Kindred
town, and Gilman finds no favor here.
Almost the entire vote of this county two
years ago was far Kindred, and there is no
feeling of satisfaction over the action of Gil
mans rump committee Just at present we
have had a re-touch ofwinter in the shape Of
six or eight inches of snow, but as the water
is very low in the Mississippi, we hope to have
more Of it, or, better yet, heavy spring rains,
for the log crop wont mature SO far as the
floating them to market is concerned without