Little Falls transcript., 1893-10-13
Our Farmers Can Gain More at
Less Cost Than Did Their
... Northern Neighbors.

nelp d saw mlN get lO&6.l In the
Morrison county proposition the
county is asked to vote $65, 900 and
secure the cancellation OF .$25,O00.
bonds TINT We're voted ny q two
thirds majority, and were honestly
and have given all the bene-
fits expected thus Increasing the.
bonded debt hut $4,000. In Morri-
SON county's case the new bonds will
not only help the saw mills, but every
other industry. Accompanying branch
of one of the greatest western rail-
roads will-penetrate this county to
it's centre, giving a competing mar
ket and shipping point for the pro-
ducts OF mills and forests, as well as
the wheat and other grains raised
fOrshipment: Further. it will sup
ply direct railroad facilities for a
large district of best farming section
in the county, which is we'll settled
and now long distance from ship
ping points. Also, the heaviest
hardwood timber section of the
county will, if the road is built, OBJ
tain an outlet that will make it prof
table to rapidly clear the
land for cultivation. Now the
immense forests on the land is a
detriment. as the expense OF cutting
the timber and hauling it to a dis
tant market is greater than can be
obtained for it at the shipping point.
With a short haul to market thecOn-
ditions would be reversed, and the
settler would find the clearing of his
land source of immediate revenue.
So it is plain that an increase in the
lumber cut at Little Falls is not by
any means the only benefit, and
Morrison county farmers have much
more to expect from the proposition
they are asked to support than the
Crow Wing county farmers had to
expect from the one they supported.
When the farmers of Crow Wing
county saw it to their advantage to
vote almost unanimously in favor o1
the proposition to issue 800, ,0O(
county bonds to help one saw mill
we can see NO reason to doubt that
the farmers of Morrison county will
vote an increased debt of $4,000 tt
not only help a. greater saw mill in
dustry than Brainerd has, but also
to help in the many ways that have
been enumerated. The promoters o
the Grow Wing county project could
only offer the inducement of a, better
produce market at Brainerd. Here
is assured a greater benefit in that
particular, besides other benefits
that are just as important, and al
for much smaller cost. An ener
getic and systema tic campaign was
made in Crow Wing county, and thu
matter plainly placed before the vot
ers OF every part Of county, and th'
result was a complete understanding
of the matter and consequent ap
proval. We have a better issue tt
fight for, and if we all do our dut,
the result is not doubtful.
Profit by Experience.
Brainerd Dispatch: A special ele
ction has been called in Little FALL
on Monday Oct. 23rd, to vote bonds
to aid in securing new railroad facil
tiles for that enterprising burg. Lit
tie Falls evidently intends to prof
by Brainerd's experience.
The funeral of John Andrew Ker
rich was held at the German Catholi
church this morning, the services be
ing conducted by Rev. Fathe
LamOthe. The remains was in
tered at the Catholic cemetery. Tn
relatives desire to extend thanks fo
the assistance of kind friends, and es
pecially to the choir and others TO
aid in the services.
| Last evening a. courteous individu
| "a lAC>N "OlAdA "
this city in one of the saloon sid
rooms for a while, and later at
tempted to accompany her home, h
being stranger and not knowin,
the customs Of the land. She sough
protection from Col. John Sand, an,
that chivalrous gentleman mad
threats and demonstrations agafns
the intruder that resulted in savin
the female from further harm and ar
noyance. From the housetop Co
fSand proclaimed his ability to pro
tect injured innocense, and by tn
time the police came to the scene
was necessary for the officer to tax
John by the neck and escort hlI
home. The other fellow sarcastica
lily commented on the people of
town where safe protection coul
not he offered a strange and lionel
woman without having some othe
, protector interfere and talk the al
full Of holes about it. The "lady
the case" made no report in the ma