The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-03-01
FLORENCE, ALA.

a FIno Climate, UNSURPASSED
Manufacturing and Agricuitural
advantages.
i NJ. Quad in the Detroit Free Press OF
January s, has the following to say OF
Florence, Ala, which is being rapidly de.
veioped by the Florence Land Co.:
Every Southern paper speaks OF Fair
Florence" And fair she is. II the men OF
seventy years ago could not ioresee the.
march OF Progress, they had some excel
lent ideas regarding the present. A high
and dry location was selected for the town,
the streets were laid of for comfort and
beauty, and here o-day j.; the site for one OF
the handsomest cities in all the South.
There is beauty and the picturesque which.
ever way you turn, and enough Of the
modern has crept in to throw the old.time
dwelling out in strange contrast and COM
pei your az miration.. t 49,. g IA
WHAT is COMING. -
This sudden and through development
OF Alabama minerals, by which the atten.
ton Of the world has been SO directly cali
ed to her timber supply and agricultural
lands rs well, will build up every town in
the State which has natural advantages.
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manufacturing center. Her advantages
are: Thousand miles OF waterway fow-
ing past her DOORS; three railroads com
pleted and three more in contemplation;
nearness to coal and iron; the great supply
OF timber along the river. and the cheap.
ness with which it can be landed at, the
doors OF manufacturing establishments. No..
The problem Of to-day and the problem
OF the future is and will be cheap transport
tation. The manufacturer who secures the
lowest rates will do the greatest business.
River or lake transportation insures cheap
rates by rail. A town sit III so hat
she has both, with iron. timber and coal
at hand, could hardly heep manufacturers
out il she desired to-. a steamer loaded
with ma manufactured goods at Florence, can
20 to Pittsburg one way to the Gull an.
other, Ind to La Crosse a third. II iron
could be put into furnaces there at 15c. a
ton, she would not thave the a. advantages
she now possesses in being able to send the
pig to St. Louis for 81 per ton.
,-~5 MANUFACTURERS IN WOODS.
q Along his. great river, from Florence to
Decatur one way, and from Florence to
Pittsburg Landing the other. the supply OF
soft and hard wood timber has scarcely
lost a tree. There is every variety known
to commerce, and it can be had at very
low prices. There is located at->Florence
an industry which is turning out rs, 900
butter dishes per day without being able
to fill it's orders.
EALTH, CLIMATE N MORALS
Does any one die in this city OF 5000 in
~habitanrs? Yes, at long intervals, but gen.
orally of accident or old age. It is doubt
ful if the vital statistics Of the world can
name a healthier spot. There is no health
ierclimate in the United States than in
this Tennessee Valley, where every town
and village has perfect drainage and the
best Of water. Epidemics are unknown
here. and the fevers OF the lowlands are
never met with. There may be q lockupin
Florence, but it SO it is probably rented
There is no need OF one. It has all the
churches, the best OF schools, and a state
= of society which any city might be justly
proud OF. All the Influences are for good.
They are honest, big hearted people, with
honestf faces and hearty hand-shakes, and
it does a stranger good to pass a day
among them.
< AGRICULTURE.
Nowhere in all this wide country is there
O. richer agricultural section than this Val.
ley OF tke Tennessee. It is the farmers
paradise. It will grow anything except the
fruits OF the tropics, inc grapes and fruits
as.lucious as California.can produce can be
grown here with the least attention. 1t
should, and some day will, be the fruit belt
OF the eastern half OF his continent.
The agricultural lands about Florence
sold as high as $40 per acre seventy years
ago. The crops OF cotton, corn, oats and po-
statoes produced by slave labor were aston
ishing. Stilllarger crops could be produced
by intelligent white labor at this day. al.
ALBANIA began the battle OF life after
the wal poor in purse and discour-
aged in spirit. The farmer had to take
everything his land could produce to keep
his head above water, and he was able to
put nothing back. Farms run down very
rapidly under this system, and they have
not recovered yet. However, the soil sim
ply waits for kindly treatment to respond
with such crops as the Northern farmer
can never hope for. The whole section is
finely watered, timber is in abundance,
and land is yet cheap. When Florence
sends up the smoke OF her mills and fur-
naces and factories, and droves of laborers
pass to and from their daily toll, she will
have the agriculture to support them, no
matter what the number. y.. =