The sun., 1888-06-28
EARLY SETTLERS OF STEVENS.
A Comprehensive and Valuable Work which
Will be Publ shed by c. c. Alden
B Company, OF Chicago.

G. c. Alden & Cos, proprietors Of
the Occidental Publishing Company
Of Chicago. will shortly commences
the compllationaof an Album Of Rem.
iniscence and Biography of eaily set
tiers OF Stevens County. Tho worl
| will contain "reminiscences of the early
settlement and pioneer life in S,cvens
county, together with biographies Of
all old settlers and prominent citizens
| sho wing the share each has taken in
the development Of the couptrys re-
| sources, and growth of business en-.
terprises. The company will st I'D IL
corps of competent writers who will
give every citizen Il chance to add his
remembrance and "Reminiscences 10 the
volume.
Time is fast thinning out the ranks
of old Settlers, and those who have
taken part in the early development
of Stevens county, and those who are
prominent to-day In the affairs of thiS
portion of the state, and whose id. II.
tlty with its progress, as years roll hy
will be forgotten. Each year w.t.
nesses the death of many OF these and
will be but u short time when it Will
be impossible to gather reliable inicr-
nation regarding the life of pioneer
and prominent people OF the past and
present OF Stevens county. These
are matters which should be preserv-
ed, and it is for the purpose of gath
ering the information from the par
ties themselves before it is too Late
and placing it in an enduring form
that this enterprise was begun. 1t is
to DO hoped that it may be success
fully carried to completion.
The managers OF this enterprise
have had wide experience in this field
and guarantee magnificent volume
in case it should meet with proper
encouragement. 1t will appear in
imperial quarto form, superbly bound
in morocco; with gold embossed sides
and gild edges, and will be among the
finest volumes ever turned out 10y
means of the printers art.
The company come with excellent
references in the way OF tindorseinents
of former publications. Hon. Lyman
G. Draper. l.. l.. d. Secretary of the
Wisconsin Historical Society, SAYS of
their work of McDonough Connty, Ill:
Il regard it as the finest work vf the
kind ever published
OF the album of Tama county,
Iowa. a committee appointed by Old
Settlers Society wrote: 1--WE have
carefully examined your Album of
Tama county and can state that we
find it complete, correct and satisfac-
tory in every detail. and d credit to
the county, This committee was
composed of Hon. q. r. Struble, dis
trict judge and ex-speaker of the
Iowa Legislature; Hon. Leander
Clark. Judge w. e. Salisbury, j. C.
Vermilya, T. Davis, j. Ii. Holland
and ID. f. Bruner. all of whom had
been residents ofthat county for over
a third of a century.
The Owatonna Peoples Press says
of theiI Album of Steele county, Min
nesota: "It is splendid work. full of
valuable and interesting information,
magnlticently bound and printed.
CAREFUL indexed, gives excellent sat
isfaction and is certainly "a credit to
the county.
The Waseca Radical, speaking of
the Album of Waseca county, Minn.,
says: lit is daisy, more than was
promised or expected, and well worth
all that was asked for it. Every man
in Waseca county shold have the vol
ume in his family
J. E. Child, (''Pat'' Child late can
didate for Governor of Minnesota,
and one of the most able editors in
the southern part of the state, says of
the same work: 1t is certainly
credit to the county and to the COM
pany. 1t is the means of preserving
in magnificent form Il vast amount of
Information that would otherwise
have been LOST
Equally flattering testimonials have
been shown us of other works. No
pains will be spared to have the VOL
ume complete and correct; every Cit
izen who has any knowledge of affairs
will be interviewed, and to assure
correctness, every mans statement
will be submitted to him for approval
after it is written, b.fore eing sent
to press. We hope the citizens will
aid the corps of biographical writer's
In obtaining the Information Ieces-
sarY for complete work.