The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-04-13
four or five years ago. This landsis
pract icall Without a stonesinit IS
5SE Tt laVSsfS1i crht1xy rn1linn with ayoalI}


req 'el soas, lba ssWood, butternnt, birch
a az g ASH, r. the order named as to:
g uan11pyl lssSgood and sufficient for the
n nee OH sls large and growing COM
mum l' y and md this township was not in
the sosca Wy g isdlnck ley fire. ~ a.5.
ID shasisoll lsaa very dark clay loan,
Wild a plack leaf Il mold on top, with
fstss'lss1na sa a suos sol Ihere IS no
running wafer va on the sBlak'ely tract,
pu QUA; g ssooa supply OF good water, is
lonno sa1 about 10 to 70 feet depth Of
Wells. We travelled over sections 2S,
~ AZ, ou,5at 1nls Tine, ana on the next
'nor 81 brotner harrington Ton and my
sen Sfht soutneasterly from section q
la, tnrough sect1on and parts OF y
a.i. ,i'nulng the same general sorts
q SOILS 4SN ss. g standing timber. The
meadow g land IS mostly most covered with
small sized, very tall ;tamarack, and
can az. nes easllyscleared The slashings
ough6 70 oe . cleared red out as fast as pos
slole ln order to save the timber now
tnefe iFFoH llfe FISK ana IN these slash
ln 1ge's can pe found both pine and hard
WOO" 700 ~ Nsm l already down, sufficient
Tor AZ alp building purposes. VI. j.
1h ere IS no no Understanding debt in
TINS township There is good, new
frame M E sem mouse on section Is, and
tney mad elght months school in 1898.
mere are outstanding about $3.50
town orders: which IS the amount
overrufn IN road construction last year
ana t 'l1e roads are In good shape:
Lawrence postotfice is 70 miles from
NORA tol';, ana mas a trl7weekly mail SER
vice &c lIhocugh they now have an ex-
ten lsl'e petition Tor a daily service
covering ring all the points south OF the
lake, ana ~ I postmaster .>BBlakely feels
sure OF having s,Sf g u THIS summer) There
IS logging logging raj! on the land known
as me bla At tract, which runs from
Lake#A mt. TO this point, Lake Ann
oelnga ABOUT OIL; o>mll les from Mora. This
logging road belongs to O'Neill Broth
ers' ana as the. pine is practically all
cut Cut, on on, II as as understood that they are
seeking see Eg'5 to dispose OF this road as now
cons rueted and lt equipped to either the
e't.sfa fa f9 9. 13nfush osSconnec t#With
tne Grantsourg oranch, and be ex-
tended .northWesterly to Brainerd, or
TO the Eastern, and be connected at
NORA ana possibly become a north
western extension OF the ne" Coon
Greek cut on on the Eastern. Certain
IT, Is tnat THIS secIlon Will not be long
OUTSIDE OF railroad 1acllltles.
we can get all ,tne land we can raise
the money to pay tor, good land, for
prices ranging around So.oO per acre,
on ABOUT hve years time, with about
~ per cent down ana or per cent
interest on balance. This is the most
beautiful location in Minnesota for our
colony and its proximity to the finest
and most picturesque body OF fresh
water IN the State makes it especially
desirable for US to locate here at once,
ana your committee unhesltatlngly
recommend that you accept the offer
OF Mr.. Blakely to purchase his 160-acre
homestead for S6 per acre, with a cash
payment OF 81 per acre and the bal
ance IN tive years, at I per cent inter
est. This tract is the Ell of ne4, nwf OF
Ene@ OF section 30, and the sw4 of nw4 Of
section 20, township AZ, range 25, be-
ing 100 acres, has a good frame house,
l6x2O, and about II acres cleared land.
that has been cultivated more or less
for the past four years. Mr.. Blakely
| is getting we'll salong in years, and
hence does not farm as vigorously as q
younger man, and his business OIL
general merchandising postmaster
town treasurer and general guide for
| the whole section keeps him busy
enough. I'.
| We conclude this portion of our re-