St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-14
MINNESOTA.
Aitkin,

The delightful weather of the past few
days has been improved by people in gen.
eral in making gardens and clearing up
their premises. On Cedar street nearly
all the residences ON which were built
within the past two seasons fences and
buildings have been neatly painted, and as
the street was nicely graded last year a
more lovely drive or delightful street would
be hard to find even in beautiful ST. Paul.
Three years ago it was thicket, wet and
swampy. The Knox mill is running on
full time and is turning out at present a
large lot OF hard wood lumber. Later on
will run on pine altogether. The fire of
last week leaves hard-looking corner and
the most discouraging part of it all is that
II will not be rebuilt at present. No deli
mite steps have as yet been taken to secure
fire department., although different
schemes are being talked over. In the end
something will surely be done as we are at
present at the mercy of the devOuring ele-
ment. The steamer Andy Gibras left to-
day TUESDAY for Grand Rapids. She
made the round trip last week in less than
three days. O.. i. Usually at this season there
are so many logs running that navigation is
seriously impeded, but there won't be logs
enough that can be tioated out the tributaries
this year to delay the running OF the boats.
All the streams which furnish the main
river with the vast log crop which every
spring is hoated down to Minneapolis, are
extremely dry this spring, and unless we
have heavy and continuous rains at once
loggers will all be chung up" as they say
many have already abandoned all hope of
getting their logs to market this year and
are diScharging their men. The water in
the Mississippi at this point is very low and
the situation is decidedly discOuraging.
Fortunate, indeed, are those who have their
logs banked on the main river, for the lot
of those on the tributaries is hard enough.
The "a. c. B." is cracking away under the
instruction of Prof. James GOdOry OF Fari-
bault, and the boys seem determined to be-
come musicians. They have fifteen mem
bers and are about building hall OF their
own. the location for which has been fur
nished by Mr.. D. j. Knox. The band will
soon become incorporated. The Parker,
Hazleton & Co. saw mill, recently pur-
chased by Wilson & Gillespie of Aitkin and
Minneapolis, will be repaired and remod-
eled this year, preparatory to another sea-
sons work. The firm will widen the mill,
which only contains single rotary now,
and will put in a gang" They will also
duu 1atn anu SHlllSlo Hill anu pldHoT W
fit them for successful business. A side
track will be put in to facilitate shipping
and the necessary boOmage will also be
constructed. 1t will then be one of1the
finest manufacturing establishments in the
West. The Aitkin and Grand Rapids line
of boats leave every Tuesday upon the arri-
val of the Northern Pacific train from the
West: Business up river is increasing and
many farms are being opened. Work upon
the several roads in this county which re-
ceived state aid last winter is progressing
finely, and it will result in the development
of section of country desirable for settle
ment in every way, which would not have
been accessible for years to come without it.
On the whole, the village of Aitkin is in a
more healthy condition than it was last
year, and while business is not rushing, we
have no complaints to enter.