Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-03-02
OLD SETTLERS MEETING.


The old settlers of MORRISON and ad.
Joining counties, held their third an
nnal meeting at this place on the 22nd.
INST. The meeting was called to order
at 10 o'clock Il. No., at the court house
by n. Richardson, president of the
association, where large number of
the OLD timers of forty years residence.
mad gathered for the purpose Of having
Il social chat among themselves. at
this meeting they completed their Or
gan'zatlon 10y the adoption OF consti-
tation and by laws.
| 1he organization is gotten up princi-
pall' fer social and historical purposes.
In order that it shall be permanent
ana growing institution, ali persons
that have a residence of forty years IN
the state may join. with their wives or
| husbands. by this arrangement new
members will be added 10 the roll at
each annu;t! meeting, composed of such
as havebecome eligible byI;lrse of time.
or thao h;tve moved into this or an adj
jolHinG c"llEty. There cal: be no uues-
: Ton bHt what it will become large
and influential association
! After completing the organization by
the adoption OF The constitution and
] bylaws, an election + officers for the
ensuing yea: took place, which resulted:
III chasing n. Richardson for presl-
: dent, William Pedley for first vice
president and +. ); F'arr:tud for second
, wee president, Eva II Smith, secretary.
w. e. Hurting treasurer An execu-
i; i've committee Was appointed by the
president, composed of \. \. morrill,.
N"brey briggs. David Moran. Mrs.
Richard Nei|l, Mrs. Geo. W. Keller,
Mrs. Amos McGee.
At Ole O'Clock an adjournment of
one hour was takeN for dinner. when q
majority went to the Hotel buchanan.
where Landlord Mecusker had a
snmptuo'ts repdst awaiting them, to
which they did ample Justice, sustain
ing their reputation as good feeders.
They then recoilvened at the court
room, in the court house. which was
well filled, where they listened to Nor
rison county orators for he space of
two a:id 4 half hours Those called
upon tor remarks we're: f. $. smith.
y" lillian pedley, h!chald Neil. W. E.
Hurting. Of the ladies called upon to
speak we're Mrs. Eva Smith, secretary
OF the ASSOCIATION, WAS the only one to
! respond. She told III ali interesting
!, way, OF the misfortunes and hardships
sustained by her family, and the set
tiers Of BellevieW town in the early
Iif'ies, which story would fifty apply
to nearly every locality on the frontier
IN those early days. William Nlchol-
son being present, WAS called to the
platform by President Richardson. As
he has become quite feeble, being close
onto 50 years of age. he was unable to
make a speech, SO the President told
those present something Of his life, re-
marking that he is entitled to be called
the oldest settler in Morrison county,
having come up from st. Anthony
now Minneapolis. with party of elev-
en- men, in the summer of lS47, to get
ont square timber to build saw mill
at the Falls of st. Anthony. They cut
the pine near the mouth Of Swan River,
Being the first cut in the state to run
down the Mississippi river. lie was a
nin1rcd by profession. having followed
hunting and trapping for many years,
but finally took a claim, and became
a farmer near the city of Little Falls
Before adjoining, a resolution was
passed fixing the time for the nextmeet-
ing. Oh the 22nd day of February, 1901.
| have several good working
horses to sell cheap Cali on me.
DR. MCDANIEL.