The Oskaloosa herald., 1892-08-18
ESTABLISHED 1850.

tion, or induce them by tempting bribsl
to act as guided" 1t was at last dis
covered that this long point Of lan(
stretching out into the lake held tht
gre test copper mines in the world
Z. this discovery speculation start
ed up and fortunes were made and los
in the eastern cities by those who had
heard of them. Through this excite
ment and after it had died away, how
ever, the point kept steadily producing
its copper until now it not only sup
plies this whole country, but its wealth
is sent to other lands. Leaving these
interesting places we again pass out OF
the strait or canal into the lake, and az
we struck the deep blue water the sun
as red as fire, was dropping into the
lake in the west. A most beautiful
sight, and as the great ball Of fire went
into the water imagined could hear
it sizzle and see the water boil. We
reached
DULUTH
at noon the second day, which Is sltu-
ated at the mouth Of the st. Louis
river or bay. 1t has one Of the finest
OF natural harbOrs. Duluth is a city
Of about $4,000 and growing rapidly,
situated on very steep, rocky hill side,
houses built right into the rocks one
above another so they can look down
the chimneys Of the neighbor next be-
low. 1t Is hustling, clean, thriving
city. think it is destined to become
popular summer resort with its de.
lightful climate, where the mercury
kindly limits its parade between 60 and
20 degrees.during the hot summer days
and the cool evening breeze brings re-
freshing sleep. With its remarkable
scenery of woodland, lake and hill the
only wonder Is that its fame should
have been so tardy. Its hotel accom-
modations are not excelled by those Of
any city of its size, or even larger. Its
natural situation is picturesque in the
extreme, from narrow beach abrupt
rocky cliffs rise to height Of 500 feet.
On the summit there is q natural road
bed 100 to 25o feet wide which local
enterprise has transformed into "Ter-
race Drive" giving limitleSs views Of
the bay, the majestic lake and sur
rounding country. On the summit of
one of the most prominent points there
has just been opened to the public a
large pavilion capable Of holding sew
eral thousand people, and where enter.
tainments are held every evening. 1t
is..reached by cars on an inclined plane
1900 feet long, which connects with an
electric road at the top. But l must
say word about the new city of
WEST SUPERIOR
on the opposite side of st. Louis bay, a
city Of 1900 inhabitants and only 6
years old. This and Duluth are rival
cities in the grain trade, it being the
head Of navigation. These places drain
the vast wheat region of the Red River
valley and its product is either manu-.
factured into -four there or shipped to
the eastern cities of the great northern
waterways. The place Of most interest
to me was the ship yard in Superior
where they are building the immense
steel boats for the transportation of
grain, called whale backs, or ''McDOug-
all's dream" Lying in the water they
are the shape of a cigar. There were
six on the stocks when we were there.
One just launched, the Pathfinder" is
$40 feet long, az wide. % deep, and will
hold 10000 bushels of grain. They are
built entirely of iren or steel, not q
stick of timber Of any kind in them.
We had the satisfaction of seeing the
dreamer, Mr.. McDougall, who is the in
ventOr Of the boats and saw one in q
dream, which so impressed him that he
went to work and built it after the
pattern he saw in the vision upon his
bed. But l have already wearied You
with this long letter. have been
more particular in details for the reason
that we never before realized the de-
lights Of the northern lake region as a
summer resort. a most charming
place to spend the hot months OF sum-
mer and renew wasted energies, and /
thought many of your readers might
be equally ignorant of its charms.
BUT TO THE FISH STORY.
We returned to Minneapolis by rail
from Duluth. My friend Harrington
who formerly lived in OskalOosa, had q
party ready to go on a trout fishing ex.
cursion on the Brule river in Wis
consin, within 80 miles of Duluth, and
very kindly invited me to join them
Being something Of an angler for thu
speckled beauties In my boy hood day.
l could not resist the tempting PROPOSE
tion to 60. On Monday night party
of six Of US took the train TO
this place, with a full outfit for en-.
ticing the gamey little fish, not forget
ting q bucketful of angle wOrm
which was the principle bait. Leaving
the railroad station early Tuesday
morning we went nine miles over 1
pine region. barren, sandy and worth
less, striking the Brule river about II
miles from its source, where "club'
from st. Paul have erected some yer!
comfortable buildings for their owl
comfort and that of their friends whC
may visit them. The camp was IL
charge Of II. G. Stone, a very noted at
torney ofSt. Paul, who spends six week
there every year. He welcomed u
strangers most cordially and treated u
during our two days stay most royalty
The camp Is on the bank of the river
or more properly brook, near q beau
tiful spring that comes boiling up on
OF the sand, clear as crystal and cold a
ice. The stream Is fed by springs an
Is the most perfect home for the noun
tain or speckled trout that ever saw
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