River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-09

reformed here. not having reach ed
a lower point than l4o above. | my
informed that 90@ above is about the
slightest temperature of summer. The
high mountains keep off the fierce
winds of the north and west. 1t is
often said that the people of the
South feel the cold as much as the
people of the North. That is because
they feel for it; they make every pro-
vision to get the full benefit of it.
Their clothing is generally insufficient,
their houses are poorly built, and
their great wide.mouthed chimneys
let in about as mnch cold as big fire
in the fireplace can drive out. The
atmosphere is remarkably pure. Mrs.
c., who is homesick for Pierce
County, admits that fresh meat keeps
sweet here much longer than in Wis
consin air. The purity of the water
and the swiftness of the streams pre-
cludes the idea of malaria. The water
everywhere is as soft as rain water.
The mineral wealth of Cherokee
county is rated very high by mineral
ogists. Some of them do not hesitate
to say that it is the richest county in
the United States in minerals. Iron,
marble and tale are the most import
ant. The white marble is said to be
equal to any that comes from Italy.
The mineral lands are beginning to
command high prices, and are being
bought up by outside capitalists.
Farming lands are cheap. except in
the immediate vicinity of Murphy.
The natives of this section boast
that they live with less work than any
other people in the world. | think this
is true; the country shows it. More
enterprise and industry would make
an earthly paradise where now there
is little except ruin and poverty. The
character of the people makes it a
poor place for one to engage in most
lines of business. With the farmer it
is different. He is not dependent up
on the public except in the matter of
and the markets are secure
to him here. l am fully persuaded
that there is not better point in the
world for a man to engage in agricul-
tural pursuits, provided he has enough
money to pay for his land and make
necessary improvements. There are
absolutely no inducements for man
to come here without some means.
The time is not far away when a diff.
ferent class of people will come here
aud drive out these good. for-nothing
Tarheels. Then this beautiful country
with its boundless natural resources
will become what providence design
ed it to be. In politics Cherokee
County is about evenly divided, being
by a small majority.
Murphy is we'll situated. and needs
only enterprising citizens to become
large and thriving place. Being about
from Knoxville to the
north, Chattanooga to the west, Allan
TIA to the South and Asheville to the
east, aud being the gateway through
which all traffic and travel between
these cities must pass, even the indif-
ference and faulty of its inhabitants
cannot keep it from being an impor-
tant point. Let any one take a map
of the country and look at the situa-
ton and he will be sure to agree with
me. A railroad from Atlanta is al
ready completed. Another one from
Asheville will be in operation inside
Of two months. A road is already
from Chattanooga, and one
will no doubt be built to Augusta,
Ga, sometime. That other people
view these things as l do is shown by
the fact that almost every train brings
capitalists from the North who come
to make investments to hold for spec
ulation. E. T. CASE.