Telegram-herald., 1890-08-23
LIVELYW WHITE CLOUD
what a Telegram Herald Reporter
Learned There.
4 I0ES WITH 4 BRIGHT ECIURE
FlfIsea fsars &ss thers 49, ns white
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Ceas.lFy Ea1ergs City . - xks-
t-nse-ILs aotaBlliEies.

Il doesn't take much Of a msmory 70
reach back a. tee u4e wAsa White
Cloud - nrst called Morgan - vas
planted neither does is take mach of
sn eye u see that the seed tel ca good
ground. Fifteen years . al the ume
it has taken 10 npeu into rs present
thrftlnsss, and II i does as uaucn more
ia the same length Qf ume o follow, ll
vii not be surprising " many of Il eit.-
zens.
White Cl0ud-Why s0-called nobody
seems 70 knows located at the june
ton Of the Grand Rapids and Bis Rap
Ids DIVISIONS Of tie e. & ". N. a.. T.,
and Is the distributing point Tor large
sIeteh Of country, w.sn 40 towns im-
mediately surrounding, and therefore
gets large trade lron outslde mills
and camps,
The town has been quite numbering
center. and Is yet, 70 certain extent.
However, other manuiActurlEg indus
tries aud the development OF the coun-
Try az accent. i gradually translOrming
the business outlook INTO something
more substantial and lasting. The
country around Is of the ''stlmp land +"
order, but : found 70 be good growing
lana when well le,eloped. And right
here stick pm. Al this land VII, III
a few years, be made into valuable
farms, and the people VINO grab onto q
portion OF it while cheap, wall ind IN a
Few years they have made a good m
vestmeut.
The village is located on the White
river, a stream not 90 large as It's name
would indicate, but which affords ex-
eellent water poWcr for several INDUS
tres and roonifOrmauy more and trout
Ill YOU can't rest. In fact fne brook
trout arc a product OF the soil up here,
The woods are full o; EN- aud l might
add that the people manage TO pick a
good many during the season, but the
supply IS perpetual. A good graded
school. three churches, Methodist, Con-
gregatonal and Catholic comprise the
educational and religious advantages,
while N the social line ali the orders
are maintained. fine system OF
water works, ghe power for the supply
ing OF which ls obtained from White
river, i also oneof the enterprising fea-
tures afforded.
White Cloud has been on the ragged
edge OF great prosperity more than once.
Beng n the center OF Newaygo county
and having railroad running to all
parts of the county, they got the
idea that it was the proper spot for the
county seat, and several others had
that same notion. for the vote to decide
the question two Years ago was only one
shy of giving them the coveted plum.
That one vote, however, did the busi-
ness, and so the next thing to do was
TO get on hustle and make town
without the county pap, and il would
seem that they would win. Another
thing that gave them little set back
and made them think ut the time that
the Lord WAS in with Newaygo 90 do
them up, was the FIRE of year ago
which left the ground bareover whole
block where good buildings mad stood &.
Twas only another of those blessings
in disguise" for Immediately ~ their
stead some nice brick blocks were butt
and now the spot looks better than be-
fore.
While al this new building was going
on the I. q. q. r. took a hand IN the
shuttle and put up a fne brick block
and 90 be as odd as they | Will exhibit
II here.