Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-03-10

also he taken az to whether or not
licences shall he granted to salOOns
during the coming year.
Mrs. NJ. Robinson. of Eagle Bend.
is In the village endeavOring to or
ganize q lodge Of the Modern Broth
erhOOd Of America. comparatively
new iraternal beneficiary eOciety.
We are unable to tell what the re-
suit Oi the canvass will be- a.
". H. Dudley, u MOorhead real
estate dealer. represent ting the Whit
by Land company. which owns con.
siderable property here. waA in the
village Thur day. He Informed us
that the prospects TOR eellin land
during the present year are very en.
cOuraging, and he IL. Of. the opinion
that more land will he sold In Mime
sofa and the DakOtas than there
has been In any year during the
present decade. ->a -~-,~.->'~ -.
A reviva, meeting was opened at
the NJ E. church last Thuraday.
The meetings. will continue. through
out this week and possibly longer.
Rev. .Manley. the pnstor. who r. him
self an earnest, energetic and con-
esleii0sssi RoEkef iR tbes Lord, ,sasxiae.
yard, u being ably. assisted by his
brother, Rev. Mnni1y. uf Hn ley.
We trust their work herr. will be
abunnantly successfnl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Hersog reached
Motley from Barker Wednesday
night, and they are now keeping
house In the Benson cottage, near
the Merchants hotel. Mr.. Herzog
went, to work al night agent for the
N. P. company Monday night. He
will put in his spare motnents during
the day studying photography. in
which he IL making considerable
progress as an amateur.
| A gentleman named Hursch lec-
tured on "Life al the State Peniten-
tiary." ut the Free Methodist church
here, Friday evening. The lecturer
claimed that he VAS familiar with
the institution, ha wing been 90 un-
fortunate a. to be forced IT, spend
some time there. Tho avowed pur-
puse of the lecture was to- encourage
youth in the path of righteousness.
and by depicting the diro results Of
evil associations to cause the grow
ing generations to shun bad COM
paniOns.
We are informed that q party con.
/. sistinE OF sixty families will arrive
here early In the spring and settle In
! the vicinity Of Motley. A portion oi
the colony has already secured land,
while the others will purchase during
the summer. 1t has been said that:
"Oi all the elements, Mother Earth
ia ever kind t. man.. This is just
as true Of this portion Of Minnesota
! as 1t is Of any other sectl0n of coun.
try. 80 far as we know; and In re-
spect to the price asked for land, we
believe this section has an advant-
age over many others. Splendid
agricultural land, within easy reach
o' good markets, 10 being sold at d
per acre; land which produces, not
only excellent crops of cereals. hut
good fruit as well. A large percent
age Of those who have given their
attention to farming have been and
'continue to be quite successful, and
the present Indications are thatfarm
lands will soon be Increasing In
value. Those less developed and
moro sparsely settled than. Other
parts Of Minnesota. with soil equally
as good, and q climate nowhere ex'
celled for healthfu'ness, the cheap
mesa Of the land and the splendid
facilities for reaching the various
commercial centers IT the east; In
section oi country filled with hun
dreds oflakes teening with excellent
fish, and near forests of valuable
y timber, visited yearly by thousands
Of people hunting the deer and Other
game, while the festive wall-eyed
pike aud black.bass cause az many