Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-02-06
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sSNoHoMIsH, Wash, Jan. 20. 1891.
EDIToR TRANscRIPT: After SO longa
iilence we viii once more attempt t.
pen a line from the ''iar* west" GU,
winter, so far. has been very mild,
! With but very little rain for thit
country, and the mercury has not
dropped lower than 200 above. The
buds on the shrubbery and fruit trees
are swollen and in some instances
hursted; grass as green as midsum
ner. In the past two weeks thu
grass has grown, about three inches,
and black-berries have ripe and green
berries and bloom on the same vine
Can Minnesota with her unusual
mild winter compare with 1t? Our
city is still bounding ahead in the
way Of improvements and rapidly
increasing in population. In fact.
the same can he said Of nearly all the
towns on Pudget Sound.
Before the next decade this state
will cope with many OF the eastern
states for population, and will be in
the lead Of many OF them for weather.
Her mineral resources are rapidity
developing and in less than ten years
| 1t will be one Of the richest mining
states in the union. All we want,
especially in Snohomish county, Is the
Development of our mines and that
we will not have to wait long for
now, us there is plenty of capital
"only waiting" for chance to get
in ON some Of rrich yer, gold,
iron and coal mines which abound
in this county in untold millions of
dollars worth. Our Silver Creek
mines, which are in the county and
tributary to this city. VIII the COM
ming season employ large num-
Der of men, as it is now an assured
fact that the Great Northern railroad
will pass through the main mining
belt, and the mineral can be gotten
out and transported to the smelters.
Heretofore it has been imp >ssible to
make a success Of the mining bust
ness in this district as all the metal
had to he "toated" out ON the back
of a Cayuse.
Our agricultural facilities are rap
idly developing and we now have
some very fine farms in this vicinity.
where, only two years ago, there
were only small garden spots, and
in muny instances covered with u
heavy growth OF fir, cedar, alder, and
vine maple, and tue productions can
not be beaten anywhere in the Uni
ted States, in either quality or guam
tity. What we need in this part of
the country worse than anything
else is more farms; men who areno,
afraid to put there shoulder to the
wheel. and men who have Il little
capital to help them selves with for
a couple of years. as the farmers are
the men who make the money in this
state
The great draw back to this count
ry is the "cussid" real estate sharks,
who have neither soul or sympa-
thy but great variety Of unadul-
terated "gall' and the exorbitant
prices they put on all kind of real
estate. They are the greatest curse
che state has TO contend with to-
day. 1t is our candid opinion that
land, which now sells at from $50 to
500 per acre, can be purchased ut Il
much less price in five years from
now than at the present time. But
very few people who are we'll situat-
Ell in the east can sell their farms
for money enough to purchase Il
garden spot when they arrive here.
The same can be said vi city, or
even village, property. 1t is beyond
all reason. Some. and it is ouropin-
ion that many, OF the newly started
towns on this coast will in less than
two years time, succumb to the in
evitable and pass in there checks and
become things Of the past. Business
OF all kinds keeps up we'll and will
keep up as long rs immigration
keeps f1Ocking to the estate of the
setting sun" For a man of means
| we say come to fair" Washington,
rs any man who has little money
can make money out here. Our eli
mate suits usexactly. Some say too
much rain, but we have become ac-
custOmed to the rain and don't mind
| 1t, but we still have the same old
dread of the cold that we had in the
days gone by, when we kept the lash
hod" filled with live Goals in order to
keep our fingers warm when we used
to manipulate the "festive" type in
the Transcript office.
! Allow us to congratulate the good
people OF Little Falls on there pros
perity and substantial improve
u,ents, according to the Transcript,
Snohomish, Washington is not the
only city on the globe that is making
wonderful strides in the path Of pro-
gress. The cuts of Morrison county
Court house the new City hall and
the River Side mill OF your city show
that the buildings are all improve
ments that should be highly appre-
ciated by the people Of your prosper
GUS city. Nearly every week when
we look over the columns of the
Transcript we notice every improve
ment in the city OF Little Falls, and
will say that the Transcript has
kept pace with the city. Long May
it Wave Is the wish of