The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-08-18
FORESTON BREEZES.
Editorial Notes.

place or ABOUT 4OO lnhaDltant, Sltu-
ated On the West Branch of Rum
River and on the St. Cloud and
Hinckley branch of the Great
Northern, two miles west Of Mil
AGA junction, and 16 from Prince
ton. Like Milaca, Foreston sprang
into existence in 1881, at the time
the railroad was built. It was in
corporated as a village three years
ago, and it is we'll regulated vii
lage. The principal streets are
turnpiked, smooth and hard.
Broad and substantial sidewalks
have been laid and street lamps
erected along the main streets. TO
a stranger the town presents an at
tractive appearance. The private
residences are neat appearing and
some of them are decidedly hand
some structures. Almost every
house has well-kept flower
and vegetable garden attached.
The residences and grounds of
Messrs. E. N. Bacon and O. w.
Swenson are charming to the eye.
The soil in the vicinity of Foreston
is rich and productive. A splen-
did farming country will be de-
yeloped there in a few years. The
town derives a good trade from
the farmers south and west of the
place. The citizens are thrifty and
progressive as is evidenced by
their homes. In the winter season
there is considerable revenue de-
rived from loggers, but logging on
the West Branch is not what it
used to BE. The standing pine
tributary to that stream is fast dis
appearing. There is, however,
an almost inexhaustible supply of
hardwood within reaching distance.
There are two handsome places of
worship here-the Union NJ. E.
church and a Roman Catholic
church. There is fine roomy
school house, and the contract has
been let to build an addition to it
at cost of 1000. Take it all in
all Foreston is a very desirable
place of residence.
FOLEY BROS MILL.
The enterprising firm of Foley
Bros, operate a large saw mill at
this place, with O. W. Swenson as
superintendent. During the sea-
son just closed, 100000 feet of
logs have been sawed, one half of
which were pine and one half oak.
The material turned out of this
mill enters largely into the manu-
facture of cars, and since the first
OF the year 100000 feet of oak
and 100000 feet of pine have
been shipped to Superior, Hudson
and other points. Fifty men are
employed in the mill and yards,
and from 100 to $50 men are fur
nished employment in the winter
season getting out logs. The Foley
Bros. are wide-awake business men
and always meet their obligations
promptly. They never have any
trouble with their employees. They
are the kind Of men that build up
a town. Mr.. Swenson informed
the writer that there was hard
wood enough in the vicincity to
keep the mill going for ten years
yet,
BACoN)s HUB AND SPOKE FACTORY.
Another large employer of labor
is E. N. Bacon, and more honor
able and conscientious man than
Mr.. Bacon would be hard to find
anywhere, He is a thorough-going
business man and always consider
ate of his employees. In company
with j. F. Jerrard, Mr.. Bacon
commenced the manufacture of
hubs and spokes about 10 years
ago. At the end of the first year
MI. Jerrard retired and since then
MIR. Bacon has continued the fac
tory alone. He gives steady en-
ployment to Is hands, and the
monthly pay roll averages about
$500. in the course Of year
5000 set of hubs and 500,
set of spokes are manufactured.
and the product is mostly shipped
to wagon and carriage manufac-
turers at Winona and Superior.
The supply of raw material for the
factory in the neighborhood is un-
limited.
BUSINESS HOUSES.
H. R. Mallette, postmaster,
and proprietor of the Mallette
House, also does a general mer-
chandise business. Since taking
possession of the property five
years ago Mr.. Mallette has made
many changes for the better; he
has spent over So, 900 in buildings
and improvements. His store
building is the largest in the vii
lage and he carries a big stock OF
dry goods, groceries, hardware.