Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-09-09
|AROOSTOOK- 27.
From Plsque Isle 10 Patten IN
Harvest Season.
DsIIshifaI Rids Past Fertile Farms AID
Woodland lerss.
Thrift and Eatsrrsisc that has Over
csms Many Obstacles.


A rlis through Aroos;osk couafy from
Pfe,gae Isle To Pst.en AZ this season Of the
year viii not only esayiEce ose tbs. Arees-
took il comfy Of magnificent disianees
bal also thag L j. reg.on Of NM .npieil
agricultural resources. That these re-
sosrsss are ye. but partially developed IS
apparsEt froai ihs trlsa acres Of tsausifnl
ha-s;w ood land, srill eoTere3 with is origi-
nzi gr91tb that esn be seea in eeery alrge
ton "a se rifle through the county. Though
Aroeszoek has Increased - population
.enie 1909 dasisz the last decais, is.. In
crease is bu. drop n the bucket shem
compared ~ish tAe numbers eh.ch might
hsFe be Supported were the resOgress of
Ibis grest county fully developed. Beaati-
fsl farms With broad anI veil cultivated
&c ds are upon all the r1sls and YET from
every bin ;ep may be seen simost inseFmi-
hsb.c street.-The II forest whose wilderness
acres nigh, be- made isto farm, jat As
besntifal agd " hes. woodei slopes could
be traqsfoIussd mo f lids As fertile and
Wstt Cultivated.
Not only are The grand agricui arii re-
soafegs Of A,oestogk bus yet mgsleVeiope1.
bnt her maGafacluring iaiaslsie, are yet
"a Ih.n infascy asd need but the impetus
afforded BY adequate IA 'ags % ans pofta'i ion
sni IN ealisatenei ard eae9aras ng publ.
pei CO 10 place her IN the fore lround as
msnuficiurlag county. wish bat two short
spurs Of railroad rang.ng from foreign
eaagiry into = few Of the DFnu On the
eastern bo'isr, The exports from the eoan-
y b. rail hays alreiiy reached e1Ornpus
proper iO1s despite the heavy fft isAt
charges imposed by the prescott long and
etrentogs roufe VI trtn.p 5rtatlDn. BY far
tina lsrger portion sven of the settled par-
ton OF the couaty is s.ili - remote from
railroad r3utes a.. 10 b. debarrel FROM tl.
possibility Of exporting the products Of III"
sol, and 10 many places manufactured
products are heniei long distances by teams
IN points Of shipment. That Aroostook
has male such an pn, xampied growth. and
That the figures Of her exports annually
reach such enormous figures IN spite of al
this Encouraging and unfayorab'e circuG-
stances by which she is surrounded, only
90 10 emphasize the fact Of t1e
Grsnd Fsstiiity OF Her Soil
aud Of the active enterprise Of her people
The mistaken policy years ago aiopteu BY
the State in regard TO tie lands or Aroos-
took has dJne much to retari the growth
and development If the c0uaty. ard 1t
would seem that the wonderful improve
msnt here made IN the pact quarter of q
century has been achieved in spite Of OBJ
stscles which more wise AID far seeing
msnsg smeBt of the ilnls formerly oan ID
b. ,tha Stale might have in sreAt measure
removed. This n proyci by the f-cf nat
every town, u'r9wu oprn by the siAtc
for settlement has been fully occup.c
and there is rot now ~ tie county a State
lot to be Obtained by any settler How dlf-
ferent might be the present situation were
thy sc fine settling lands, upon which the
t0fpst i, still untouched. -tiil the property
OF the STATE and open t. actual settlers al
the nominal price a. which the land WAS
sold 10 the STATE towns already settl ID
There is sill much good Wild land To he
purchased Ia the county but could whole
townships be throw open for settlement u
III the case of Prrhaai, Woo Hand. Lime
stone and many other hnc towns aich
mish be named, AMI the land granted 10
actual settlers at fifty cents per acre paya-
bIe in road labor, the next decade would
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