Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-27

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EDITOR AVALANCHE
Dear Sir. 1T has been some time
since / have written to your valuable
paper, SO proceed to inform your
readers, that. Center Plains people
are still alive and up and doing, and
also that we live at home and enjoy
our profits from our summers toll.
The farmers OF Crawford County can
soon begin to see where they stand.
In less than year there have settled
In this vicinity about 40 families
from, the state of Ohio. They came
with but little, but most of them
brought good teams and farming
tools. They appear to be men that
know what hard work is. Some Of
them got here early enough to raise
a little for this wiuter, and they are
well pleased with what they have
done 30 far Those that came this
winter are busy building. Some are
putting up frame and some log build
ings They all seem to think that
the farmers of Northern Michigan
ought not to complain, and say II
you can't live here, where you have
all you Cal raise, don't think OF going
on rented land, where you only get
half. claim we can raise just as
much as they do down In Ohio In
the first place what do they raiser
Its corn, nothing but corn. We can
raise everything a family wants to
eat, but few groceries, and as for
vegetables we can beat the world.
The new corners say they can't eat
enough of them, and want to know
IL this appetite always lasts. That
is hard question to answer. ! have
heard some say that have been here
for over twenty years that they are
still just az hungry. 1t Is to be
hoped that they will continue to eat,
so as to avoid funerals, for they are
expensive and all In bunch, while
eating comes three times q day.
Quite a number of our people are
drawing logs to the saw mill In
Beaver Creek township.
Township treasurer HI. 7. Shafer,
reports taxes coming in slowly.
VIM, Smith Is cutting wood and
clearing land on his homestead, on
section q. He built a good log
house which he feels proud of.
Frank Barber says 1t keeps him
busy to do the chores, and keep the
fire going.
A. j. Stilwell is drawing logs to
the saw mill. He intends to build
house.
Frank Shafer and Casper STREET,
matter are working in camp for
Oscar ROdden, in Roscommon county.
He is cutting the pine on his home
stead,
There is a homesteader building
on section %, another on section 20,
one house just completed on section
32, and another one will soon show
up on section 33. 1t is rather up
hill work to build in the winter, but
us old settlers are glad to see them
come, and we arc willing to give
them lift.
There is one thing I am sorry to
say, that we have got some men In
our township who never think of
anyone but themselves, and these
same ones, before they got start.
were awful thankful for lift We
have got four or five that are always
ready and willing, and one especially,
and that is John Love. He will drop
everything to help a neighbor, and
he seems to know how to take right
hold of everything. John has lots of
friends wherever he goes,
We expect some more settlers
about the first Of next month. One
man bought 100 acres on section 80,
another one talks of buying on Sec
tion 80. and another one moves on
section 80 the first of March. Let
them come, we await them.
ANON.