The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-10-19

Ee Superior has passed the fif-
seeHth year of her existence, she hopes
M beraUr the rnetronolis IF tho north

Es1 Superior has passed the fif-
3eeHffi year of her existence, she hopes
% become the metropolis of the north.
west. Do you expect me to say we
fear she Will not? NJ, when we con-
slider what she has accomplished with
in the six wears of her existence we
have no such fear. During that time
she has erected coal docks, with ca
pacitv of 3,U0,0 900 tons of coal, elevat-
ors with capacity of II ,00O, 900 bushels
of grain, flour mills with daily capac-
ity of 800 barrels of flour, saw mills
with a capacity of 5O,0OO,0OO feet of
lumber per year. She has laid forty
miles of street paving and built the
largest underground sewer In the world.
" She has many other industries and
public improvements worthy of men
ton, but time will not permit. Her
books today show she has over half a
million dollars in her treasury You
ask what she does with this money?
We put it in the banks. We did so
hoping We would see it again. Our fear
fear is we never shall.
:. Before the use of steam and elect
rlcty as a means of transportation, it
was said to be impossible to have a
great city without an agricultural dis
trict adjoining it, but now, with rapid
transportation, which practically ami
hiates distance, the fields and gardens
of Minnesota, the Dakotas and other
districts are at our very door.
AN AGRICULTURAL COUNTY.
"And were this not so, still we would
prosper. 1t has been fully demonstrate
that Douglas county is we'll adapted to
agriculture. Our exhibits at the state
fair, recently held in tins city, must
have removed all doubts from your
miud on that subject. 1t is gratifying
indeed as our wonderful forests Of pine
are removed by the woodsman's ak to
see in their place extensive farms pro-
ducing corn, rye, oats and wheat, which,
while not quite so tall as the pines, are
no less beautiful.
1--WE look ont upon this fertile region
and see before us our German neighbor
with his broad acres of cabbage On
our right hand is our Irish neighbor
with his extensive fields of potatoes.
and on our left is our Italian neighbor
with the sunny slopes covered with
ycrdant macaroni.
| am not an agriCulturalist myself
nut to illustrate the fertility of our soil
permit me TO repeat what was told me
by farmer in our vicinity, whose We
racity have never heard questioned
lie says he has fifty ocres of corn: that
upon each stalk there is an average of
seven good sized ears: that he stood up
stake beside one hill and that three
ears of corn grew over the stake. Now
we hope this is true, but fear it is not
But the prosperity ofa city does not
depend wholly upon the nature of the
country surrounding il. In order TO be
great and prosperous city must have
within its borders men who are indus
trious and persevering and in sufficient
numbers ST least TO fill all the principal
offices, especially the Office of alderman.
Superior is particularly favored in this
respect. But we notice that the honOrs
of office, its burdens and emoluments,
do not affect us all alike For instance,
there are Aldermen Johnston, Ross and
Norquist who are particularly prosper
Gus and have acquired such proportion.
Tin avoirdupoisl a. TO entitle them to $
great degree of respect in the com
munlty where they are-not vel
known; while Aldermen Rogers. Cut
Ter and myself are ageing rapidly ant
bending u3Icr our official burdens ant