Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-06-25
"A JUNE JAUNT."
4: Under That Head q Winona
a Editor Describes the Trip
4; to Lumber Towns. y;

II Thomas Moses. Of the WtnOEa Re-
publican. was a member Of the party
III lumbermen. railrOadmen. bankers
and others who receatly visited LII tie
Falls, on Their trip to various \ UNI
Der manufacturing points In Wlscol''
sin and Minnesota. "A very inter-
esting letter by him is published IN
the Winona Republican OF saturday,
describing the trip. 1.-The invita-
lions were issued" says the letter,
by MIR. Frederick Weyerhaenser, AZ
the representa- tive head OF the largest
lumber producing interest In the
Northwest, and indeed Of the entire
country" D.. ~,
After describing the trip up to the
time they left the northeastern part
Oi the state, the writer says: H.
Ii Returning from the st. Louis val
ley the. next stopping point. was
Little Falls, on the Upper MISSISSIPPI
pi, which was reached over the
Northern Pacific from Duluth.
Thirty-four years ago the writer
visited this place, when 1t was an
extreme outpost Of settlement and
contained but a dozen or 40 III
Scattered wooden buildings, on
which no paint had ever been wasted
But the preina tureiy old infant even
then boosted Of its water power and
made hopeful predictions of the III"
.ture. Good fortune came slowly,
but it did come when the Weyer-
haeuser syndicate there again the
Laird-NortOn company being q
p"ten. factor) bought the old time
little sa w-mill Of the place. organized
the Pine Tree Lumber company, and
cree ted a modern m i'll with all annual
saving capacity Of 4O,OOO.OW to 3D.
O00, 900 feet. The town speedily there
upon took ON new life, and 1t IL now
a thrifty place of 1000 people. who
ecount among their Industries a mill
for the manufacture of print paper.
which is apparently in u prosperous
condition. The affairs Of the Pine
Tree Lumber company here are en-
trusted to Mr.. Chas. A. Weyer-
haeuser, general manager. and Mr..
Drew Musser, secretary and treas
urer, who occupy one Of the finest
business office buildings seen on the
entire trip. AS an indication OF the
extent of the business of this concern
Fit may lie added that the yards at
Little Falls are now stocked with
IS, 900. 900 feet of sawed lumber-rep-
reese ntinx q very considerable fortune
In itself. -
Inquiry among the lnmbermen
elected the Information that there 10,
approximately estimated. about H.
0O0. 200. 900 feet OF standing pine yet
left in the two states Of Minnesota
and. Wisconsin-the proportion OF
tile former being IS billions and that
Of the lutter Is billions. Fire, within
the past few years, has destroyed
vast quantities Of pine. Indeed. 1t Is
claimed by Mr.. Weyerhaeuser that
fire wastes more timber every year
than is felled by the AK. There IL a
partial restoration by natural
growth, which il estimated at about
az per cent annually. Every forty
Or fifty years. with proper care, a
pine forest cut over will renew itself.
Thus. the fear that the pine supply
is being 40 rapidly exhausted as to
leave none for the use OF the next
genera ton is ut least partly an un-
founded apprehension. The prime
industry Of these two states is an
enormous one. representing an In
vested capital OF from $75,OO0,O 900 to
500, 900, 900. and possibly much
greater than the latter amount, and
the part that it has played in the
settlement and development Of the
country is intellectually important.
(. For the National Educational AS
sOcia ton convention to be held at
Milwaukee July 9Th to 9th. a rate Oi
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