Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-01-11
FIR ON yvlAsHINl;TO ON TER,
What One Of our Former Citi-
zens Thinks OF the Far
!. West. J.

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ssnohomlah, ". II, Dec. Is 1885
Editor Transcripts This fne wealth
arwe are wondering whether it can +,
lin Minnesoti as iii is here For th,
past week the weather has been lovely:
but for three weeks prior. to that it wat
|s.continual rain. The sun Is warm ane
bright; regular Minnesota May wealth.
|er. Nearly all kinds of work have
been suspended forthe winter, and al
Il natural c6nseqne men are plenty
and there is. nothing for them TO do
Puget Sound lis not tile place for a Ia,
boring man in the winter; it takes all
he car, earn through, the summer and
falkland generally inore--to keep tllen
through the winter. The country, ut
the presenttine,s is fullaof good men
who are willing to-. work at anytiiin {
and at any wages they can get. There
are a great many families who have re-
Gently arrived in this country from the
East, who expected to find both work
and money plenty and they are now al
the mercy ftl,e people, otherwise it
would he impossible for them 4toa,' kee y
the volt from the door, It is the same
here as everywhere people are coming
and going ali the time. - &S.t5 +
D. S. Burns, formerly Of. Little Falls,
but now If the firm Of Free man Bros 4
Burns OF Saltwater, spent a :, cunpIe Of
days in our village this week seeking q
location for an extensive saw mill, sash
and door factory, etc. 80
Everything is very"qdiet here, the
only excitement being; the dr. unken
pow WOW of the siwashes, (Fiat Head
Indians.) .~y,S4 .,s,,,s,.,!
Wild game is not very plenty, through
this country, few black bear and al
occasional deer being about the only
game which the sport" has any desire
TO hunt. There are sons cougar, or
California lion, through the woods and
some panther; but there are not many
of the Daniel Boone profession who
have any desire to tackle them. The
cougar is the terror OF the ranchnen a
it has IL craving appetite for mutton;
great many sheep are killed ny then
in this locality y~... ,..s:a, ..~
John Priest aud Geo. Sibley spent :
couple Of days in our village q couple 0
weeks ago but are now in Seattle.
Snohomish county is the heavies
numbering district on Puget Sound, ais.
has large veins of coal and granite; i
has rich iron, copper, silver and gole
| mines and is destined to become: yer,
wealthy county. There are yet plenty
Of undeveioped mines in the vicinity o
Snohomish, and we have seen then
washing out gold from the Dirt Of exca
vutions here on our streets.
| The snow-capped mountains of the
Cascades are plainly seen from here
Mount Rauier-or Mt, Tacoma
plainly seen at Il distance Of 100 miles
and looks only to be four or five mile
away. -. " -. ~- 49,.
+ Our nd vice to any one who has ali,
intention of migrating to the Pacit
coast is not TO come in the winter sex
son unless they have Il return ticket. a
walking is terrible bad in. this country
Property is very high here, both cit,
and country. Lots here in Snohomisl
range from SIS apisce TO $50 dollars pc
front foot, according to. location. TIL
pIave is about 80 years old and has on,
saw mill, two shingle %milis-and an
other in course OF ,construction-on
sash and door factory, five genera
stores, one hardware, and one turnitur,
store, four uleat MARKETS, three black
smith shops, Jour hotels, five reslau
rants. two drug stores, two Newspapers
three doctors ands'iour attorneys, AIN,
all seem to t,e doing y good business
has a daily steam boat plying Detwee,
here and Seattle: The Lake shvre I
Eastern railroad crosses the Snohomist
river at this place. and runs two trains
daily. Our mail isyst carried by boa
therefore we only lave one mail day
Respectfully, Geo. ". HEAD