The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-11-05
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Bates township enjoys the distinction
OF being the typ'cal grange township 4
az the county. While iarming ~ carted
on To a greater 81 lees extent 10 al the
other townships Of tie county, yet u -
not the ,ihna 81 tie sol upon winch /
any az them oahe tien tSislence.
Mining nd numbering has been ana IL
the typical industry in them, but Bates
il purely and simply a farmer township.
When the mines at Iron River closed down
the small number 81 honcstcadcrs that
had already =, tiled IN thie township were
greatly augmented by u number Of
industrious, hardworking, honest citl-
zens who turned their attention from
mining TO that Of ,lling tie soil. They
we're mostly SwedcS and thc great MAJ
iurity al them settled upon government
land which at that time could bc had.
They al once set Go work 60 transform
the wilderness INTO fields ana pastures
and ride through The township Is
sufficient testimony 20 establish "a the
mind 81 the questioncr the success Of
their Efforts
Before branching or onto the localities
Of this township We wish % call ,hc at
tentipn 81 the people Of the county to
the excellent system OF roads Ia tins
township They make roads out ~
Bates: plentyui them and they make
them right. We venture the asscriiou
that Il dollar spent upon the roads IN
Bates township goes farther than 50 IA
my other township IN the county. And
they have IA large mileage, too. Every
settler has IA road within "A short dis
tance Of his place The work IL done
done wholly by contract, the contractor
getting SO much per rod Tor the grading.
rhere are a number OF different settle.
nents IN this township all ~ which So
/ hope to cover before We get through with
the township Tho one Tint was
especially before us upon our las, rip y
the territory adjacent to No. school
house, or better all the territory along
the ruud that turns on 70 the nor lust
the other side Of Brown Bros wmill
THIS road traverseH a fine strip oi
country that Is well pcopled. The iirst
iarm that is met with, just bevond the
turn. belongs 20 Oloi Anderson. Mr.
Anderson has lrm that iseXteptlonaE
~ good wen stuchcdandhl has good build
ings. He Is Que OF ,he old settlers End
Is wideawake farmer aud an excellent
citizen. lie is adding Co his clearing
yearly. The next inrm mctwith belongs
To John Beusop, who Is commonly
known "a the giant ~ Bates TOW asltlp
lie Ias nn exceptionally fne phNaiqu
and. we ara told can accomplish iin
extraordinary lat 81 choppne sever
cords al wood "a day llls farm show
that he has spent u gtmt deal al hn
strength upon ~ ne ms done neii al
hewing out "a farm from Tie henvy maple
woods in which he settled Veto
Benson. Il brother 81 the former hai
klrm adjoining his aud Chas johnson
liver few rods further along. Whei
we passed Per. Etickson's iarn, Vhicl
i the next farm we met, We were sur
prised e. see the elegant residence tina
he il erecting. The building
about hall flushed and when c on
pleted will he an establishment to hi
. line iarm. That lac Il doing well goe
without tie saying Peter Carlson live
across The road from Mr. Erkson an'
also baa well kept imm. lie il think
inc Of brauching off into the lumbe
business, having lately purchased
saw mill outfit with which he propose
20 convert the timber upon hls plac
and that oi his neighbours place int
rough lumber