St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-09

steel mills, as it now is Of silver
and copper smelters. Minnesota Is
also destined to cut large figure as an
iron-prOducing state. already taking
fifth place among the other states in the
total production of iron ore, and the
field is limItless. 1t goes without say
ing that granite and various kinds OF
building stone can be had in abundance
In this vast territory. The Sweet Grass
hills of Northern Montana contain the
finest marble yet discovered in the
West. Marble is also found in the Cas-
cade mountains of Washington. -!
LAUNDERING.
While Minnesota is classed among the
prairie states, it contains Dineries when
supply an extensive territory with lum-
Der. The hardwood forest of Minnie
sofa Is also large one. The mountains
and hills OF Western Montana. Northern
Idaho and Eastern Washington are en-
yeloped with fine bodies of pine. fir.
cedar and tamarack In the Flathead
valley the tamarack is tree six to
eIgnt feet IN diameter, and makes ex-
cellent building material. Water power
is available in many localities; raw ma
terial and power arc close associates:
The Cascade and Olympic mountains OF
western Washington are covered with
enormous tree growths, and ships carry
away lumber to all parts OF the world,
and the Great Northern intends to bring
shingles and other forms of forest pro-
ducts to the East at much lower rates
than was ever dreamed OF by the mill
owners of Puget sound. The Great
Northern has given new life to that
country,
u Fishing.
at first thought it may seem singular
to mention fishing as all industry belt or
country, but when it is remembered
that Lake Superior keeps large num-
Der of men catching white fish. and the
Columbian river, Puget Sound and the
upper Pacific coast supply the world
with salmon. this business is entitled to
mention. The numerous lakes and
rivers in this wide territory. too, add
not little to the local food supply OF
the country. The Minnesota fish COM
mission says the waters of this state
give up hundreds OF tons of fish every,
year for human use. For anglers and
huntsmen, the whole section through TO
the Pacific is attractive. Wild bird life.
ducks, geese, grouse, ETC., exist, too, in
countless numbers, while deer, bear.
at almost every turn.
Scenery.
No one should visit Europe before be-
coming acquainted with the giorles or
the Northwestern waters, forests, plains
and mountains. 1t is un-American and
unpatrotic to do so. The Great North
ern extends from the largest lake
Superior-tO the largest Ocean-Paclhc
jim the world, and en- route follows and
bridges the three great rivers or the
continent-the Mississippi, the Missouri
and the Columbian, and crosses the two
great mountain chains of the Western
world-the Rockies and Cascades. Min
nesCta has ten lakes to every one IN the
British Isles, and each one altogether
as lovely. Killarney is not ut it, with
Minnetonka. Where in Europe
can one ride for hours in
the midst of pastoral scenes
such as Minnesota furnishes? Twenty
SWitzerIands are to be seen in Montana,
Idaho. British Columbia and Washing
ton. In the Cascades are sentinel peaks,
higher than Mont Blanc, whose white
and lofty SUBMITS are strangers T.
human feet. The Alleghanies and the
White mountains are mere foot NILS be-
side these mighty ranges of the West.
The fir trees anu red woods of the West,
ern coast tower above the cedars OF
Lebanon. From Puget Sound, where
the trade of the Orient is centerlng,y Oy,
ages are made to Alaska and Japan, aho