Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1892-04-29
HE HAS FAITH IN THE FALLS.
President Joseph Carhart of the St.
Cloud Normal Tells a Reporter
What He Thinks of Us.

Pres ident Jos. Curhart. of the st.
Cloud Normal School. who was in
the city yesterday on his way to De-
troit and MOOrhead. was seen by
reporter of the Transcript last even
ing at the Antlers and asked what
he thought Of this booming burg
and her school interests, said:
1T is difficult for me to say This
is my first visit. have been here so
short time and have seen so much
that am rather dazed. Ihad heard
| that Little Falls was Il thrifty village
with future before it but it seems
to have anticipated it's future and
suddenly became Il great town.
Nature seemsto have supplied every
condition OF prosperity and the
right wit OF men to have seized the
opportunities offered for having the
foundations of great enterprises.
"What are some of the natural adj
vantages OF which l speak? Well,
| first noticed your water power. \
water power is not an unusual ica-
ture on the Mississippi river but
yours is not an ordinary water pow
er. The natural dam in the river
consisting OF a solid granite wall
formed an uncquallcd foundation for
seen anywhere and after examining
the perfect automatic arrangements
for regulating the head of water and
turning it in the direction desired and
all this with the least possible effort
one is at a loss whether to admire
more the work Of nature or the en-
gineering skill of man which together
form the most perfect water power
haveever seen. Notcontcnt with Civ
ingyou the wonderful natural dam or
rather apparently stimulated by the
success of live effort in that direction,
nature seemed determined to dupli-
cate her first work, SO she made a
suitable depression in the river bed
SO that by the aid of the dam she
causes miles Of fine floWagc large
enough and deep enough to float mil
lions upon millions of feet of logs.
Here again human enterprise has
taken advantage of natures work
and constructed saw mill which it's
projectors pronounce the most per-
feet mill in the world, and am not
prepared to dispute their claim. If
that mill long remains solitary it
will be because it's owners are very
different from what their reputation
would lead me to think But this
less likely tn an that a series of mills
will soon he constructed which shall
give this town one of the greatest
lumber Industries in the world.
CAS- school man what do think
Of the school interests Of the town?
In a short visit made to your schools
to-day l was gratified to see evil
dences OF a spirit OF progress and an
intelligent interest in the education
OF your young people. | am also
glad to learn that your board OF ed
ucation, anticipating the rapid
growth of your city, are making ex-
tensive preparations for charging
your school facilities. There is dan
ger that the increase Of school facili-
ties will hardly keep pace with the
growth Of your school population.
7 a Mt
interest is in the hands OF wide-awake
men who will sec to it that the com
munity has the inestimablc benefits
which come from the presence OF the
most perfect buildings and all other
school appliances. l learn from your
school superintendent that he also
pelformes the duties of principal OF
your high school and teaches several
classes. This seems to me a mistake.
The administration of a system OF
schools never needs the entire time Of
one in experimenting so much as
when the system is having a rapid
development. The organization OF
your central school shows that Mr..
Keeper is entirely competent for
that kind of work, and it would be
economy for the city to relieve him
of all teaching and employ his entire
time in organizing and discharging
the other duties which properly
make up the work OF superintend-
ing"
The following from the Royalton
Banner, whose editor has just re-
turned from the SissetOn Indian
reservation opening, strikes the nail
very near the Uranium: "Theimprov-
ing of wild lands adds to the wealth