Telegram-herald., 1890-10-14
ENTERPRISINC HART
Ths Center or Mlehss2n's Great
Fruit BslL
THOROUGHLY ENTHUSIASTIC PEOPLE
a24eai.tsly Aafzeens - Thls EsristsE
fs@a Ars over 2ss.se.s fsssa Tr~~s--
ssase aa-tIee,. uhe ARss a4as
Ehis Asxisa Wh@t a A..

4lis Dell extends al AioHS tAr ia&~
shore. running back fer perhaps thirty
mlies og nsoge Cut 4 - ~ q this lnme-
date ioca g. that tie 41a i found 10
Be nlore ada t4bie tor tise raising u tne
peach, planl. grape. pear and apple, os-
lns - ths natural atsAniasee If SOL and
cAn4aie. Ia the eeAteT ii tbs nne gfalt
eo0atgy = l0eated. .it@rt. the ec9onty sest
Of Ccsaa4 eouaty Il sOald appear
thai e was sghtly named, iog sas-
rounding it, tests have proven that the
lands are OF the vess enoleest for the
pufpose FOE which nature las designed
thean, and i . eyen ntnnz that me cen
ter of saea a locality should be called
Hart.
10 a stranger Who rides up from the
c. 81 W. M. depot 70 the MOTEL the y1-
lage has most pleasing appeA: ance,
belns nlcely lard Out m grove Ike
streets. vel buill up and cleanly kept,
the first impression OF Hart Is. indeed.
very favorable.
The village vas first settled iu 1857 by
a few families, but the date of It's pres
eut growth - from the competition OF
the G. q ". NJ. Railroad here, which
afforded an outlet tor their products.
Ia point OF enterprise il would be
dihcult 10 dnd a more thoroughly en-
tnuslAstie people Who can not ssy too
much IN praise OF their pretty town
and surrounding country. OF course
the greatest feature OF Hart, or Oceana
county, for that matter, is It's fruit
prospects, and II certainly las IN tins
line brillianttatare. Immediately ad-
jacent 10 Hart there are now set out
probably as many IS two nrUdred ana
nfty thousand peach trees, a large per-
centsge OF which are already bearing,
or wall next year. When II IS considered
that not even good yield is three
bushels OF peaches per tree, II can
readily he seen the enormIty OF the in-
dustry that's already here. And there
are acres and acres OF Just as good
land suitable for fruit purposes
still IN the Wild state, which can
speaking. 1 herewith subloin
sort OF q report from one or
two farms here taken from one of the
local papers. ~ have four acres of
orchard, consisting of 500 bearing
peach trees, IN Oceana county. In 1897
had 100 bushels, sold for 81 900;
ISIS. 500 bushels, sold for S566; 1889,
$50 bushels, sold for 81 200. | have
had peaches on my farm for seventeen
years. and have had full crops fifteen
out OF the seventeen years" Another
Saws: 81 have an orchard of bearing
peach trees of twelve acres, consisting
OF 1000 trees. In lSSS | had 1000
bushels, sold for y 800; 1889, $500
bushels, sold for S3, 600. Have had
full crop every year for seventeen
years" When u is considered that all
this comes from few acres OF ground,
IL will readily be seen the great posi-
bilitics OF this country; indeed, 1t is
bound to be one OF the richest sections
in the state of Michigan. An average
peach orchard will bear in from three
- four years, and costs per acre, TO set
out the trees, etc, about 500, including
the cost Ol land NJ $40.
Hart supports one Of the best sys-
TENS of water works 30 be found any
where. L, IS ran by water power at an
annual cost OF about $50 and the sup
ply is utterly unlimited. The first cost
OF the plant was only 81 800, VIII ch has
al been paid for and Is now self-sup-
porting ard could be returning a rev
enue did they charge Tor wster priv
iiages. as other towns do. Socially,
Hart a dandy. Maybe il was owing
20 a special grudge they bad with the
RI 80 - I'm tf.af
your reporter the courteses OF the
town IN such a hearty manner. BE
that as Il may they proved their ability
60 cntertlin stranger aud followed
the inluncu)n Of SPOKE Shave or Moses
IN the little deal about entertaining n
stranger. for be might turn out to be an
sngel IN disguise.
1ns public schools OF Hart are thor
oughly organized and graded on the
nsual plan Of three Department.
mary grammar. and high school. Each
department includes four grades or
years OF work, thus making a complete
course. requiring twelve yeats Of study.
The course IN English = identical with
that IN Grand Rapids. The schools
have been under tie management OF
the present principal. f. r. Young. for
the past nine wears and have made 4
vigorous and hsalty growth during the
enure peTod. the enrolment for the
present year largely exceeding tnst Of
any former year. snd hlling each room
OF the two school buildings fuil to over
flowing. The school = second 10 none
i'm tie State 10 the practical nature of
its coors~ OF study, and aims =, merit
tne hearty and Wiling support OF the
opic Uf Hart. ocesps county. aad adj
JOINING ceonties. The i0ng list OF for
e.ru pupils ENROLLED inclufss those
from a8 parts of Ocesua coauty ana
frfru rive other counties IN t1u state.
Ar unusual interest in higher educs-
ton hss hesn inspired iu the school.
and its graduates may be found in
oterlf0. Ann Aroor, oilset, Alug0u. and
the Ayr ruI-ugsl tolego; also IN the
state Nornsal ~chool.
several churches are supported. a
socsi clnb where the tnc ssrovs1 got
toLettrr Of Al evening and passs pless-
ant hour. number oi secret orders
snd tte ke. gCoo deai hke other
towns. TIE crenty buildings are of
course located here. and are sslh~tant-
ally butt snd pies sanity otated or
block reserved Tor tnsg purpose.
The biisiue<s niea of Hart. a I have
before al. sfe IL the hust .nz. enter
rrsrg ciass. w'fug 90 drop 4 nscxsl ,n
ths slot raerevcr lt MI g. found 20
tenedt their Gown, and sre not of the
klck * order.
10 hss = popalst On of something Ike
n Thousand pcopie I'D they most a.