The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-01-12
An Extensive Review Of the Town and
Country Surrounding and our most
Enterprising Citizens by an
Iowa Editor.

The motto of Michigan, the Great Wolv-
crime State, is Isl quderis An,endn. pen
iasular, Cireuns,.ice;" which being freely
translated, means, IF you want to find a
good place to live, come and see 1T for
yourselves Now this motto was original
ly intended to refer to the Clover" pen-
insula alone, the upper" peninsula then
being a perfect terra incognita" and
looked upon merely as the home of Indians,
the natural stamping ground of the deer,
moose and wild beasts of prey. But few
short years have changed all this, and the
people of the .iower'' peninsula realize
OF their country in a great many respects.
Baraga County
in which the fiourishing city of L'Anse is
situated, aud of which il is the capital, is
located in what is known to the worlh
as the richest stone country in the world
and there are plenty of fine copper deposits
as well as iron and silver ore, that have
not been developed ms yet, hut which viii
in short time prove of great wealth t.
the county. 1t is being rapidly settled NJ
by an industrious and intelligent class OF
people, and as il has never had boom, IL
has gradually attained its present position
by real, distinctive worth, and the people
from many parts of the globe are turning
their eyes toward this country. The
Timber supply
of Baraga county is abundant, both in
variety and quality. There is plenty OF
timber for all building and manufacturing
purposes. This alone can be made great
source Of profit as it can be cut up in ties,
poles, cord wood and even taken to the
saw mills in the log to be sawed up into
lumber, and the very best Of prices can be
obtained for it, When the quality and
quantity of the timber is considered it is
plain that the manufacture of furniture
and woodenware of every description could
be profitably pursued in Baraga county,
and with capital and labor, revenue
could be obtained equal to that yielded by
the richest and most productive fields of
any of the great agricultural states. There
are already several large saw mills situai-
ed throughout the county and the output of
lumber is of mammoth proportions These
mills give employment to large number
of men and they furnish an excellent
market for all the logs that may be cut
and brought to them.
Building Stone.
The people of Baraga county have al
most at their very door, both Of the prin-
cipal articles needed in the erection of a
home, fine timber from which the best of
lumber can be manufactured, and the
very best quality OF building stone. There
are innumeraole fine quarries of this ar tic
le to he found In Baraga county and they
are also proving of great benefit to the
county as there are several large quarries
now being worked, aud large quantities
are being shipped. Men who have had
years OF experience in quarrying stone
pronounce this to be the very finest of all
kinds of building material. There are vast
beds Of slate to be found in different parts
Of the county.
In the line of grasses Barsga county is ,
more of q native country for that staple ,
took food than any other country In the ,
United States. Timothy and clover grow 2
Is luxuriantly as they do In any other
tate IN the union and we learn from re- I
liable sources that the yield was from 2l< !
o tons per acre. Diversified farming l
) not being carried on to any great extent a
n the county as yet, but it has been fully r
demonstrated that small grain can be v
rown here to profit, and It will only be n
short time until the timber lands Of this O