Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1901-06-27
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Journal excursion party, consisting OF
1872 people and In charge Of A. w.
Warnock, manager, left the Union
depot In Minneapolis via the Great
Northern Ry., at $50 a. m. Tuesday,
June 1s.
Most Of the land lying between Min.
neapolis and Duluth is Of a sandy,
stony nature, originally covered with
pine timber, but mostly cut down, or
destroyed during the great Hinkley
fire a few years ago. 1t is altogether
a very desolate, God-forsaken looking
country and anyone In want Of cheap
Minnesota lands can certainly get 1T
here; but In my estimation one acre of
good Brookings county land Is worth
more than whole quarter section,
1. e., provided man wants to make a
living out of his land. The most Of
this strip is sparsely settled for there
is nothing to settle for only timber,
and that mostly cut down or destroyed
by the fire.
We arrived at Duluth about
o'clock, where our whole party was
served with an elegant dinner at the
Spalding Hotel. At o'clock the en-,
tire party we're taken out In fifteen
carriages and tally-hoes, each drawn
by from two to eight horses, for a
boulevard drive OF over two hours.
This drive alone is worth a good share
OF the expenses incurred on the trip.
From the sun parlor and observatory
on the roof of the Spalding Hotel
good bird's-eye-view Of Duluth and its
harbor can be had. Duluth Is a city
of over $4,000 people, substantially
built on the side of hill about 500
feet high, with ledges OF rock project
ing on all sides, and has the best har-
Dor In the north 1t is stated
that over 1900 ships passed through
the canal last year and large quanti-
ties of grain, -four, iron ore and mer-
of all kinds are shipped TO
and from this point. Also some OF
the largest Touring mills In the world
are located here and at Superior, but
have been idle about two years, hav-
ing been sold to the Mcintyre trust,
which failed. or late these mills
have been leased to individual parties
and put In operation again. The bus
mess houses are mostly built at the
foot OF the bluffs, but to one used to a
level country it's quite surprising to
see how the dwelling houses are
tugged onto the side Of hills. Every
body that builds two-story house
has q three-story building on one side
and II he is so inclined can look down
on his neighbors without creating any
bad feelings. It's all In a zigzag
shape. II our Brookings boys could
see Duluth the first impression would
be; what an elegant coasting place
this would make. Nature has favored
them here for tobogganing, a sport
which anyone can enjoy In season.
Large quantities of iron ore are mined
by the Rockefeller syndicate In this
section and trains are seen coming
and going to and from the mines.
Some Of the biggest docks in the
world are located here. The lumber
ing business is also carried on very ex-
tensively and Duluth, as business
city, certainly presents an active city.
The visit here, and especially the
drive, were greatly enjoyed by the en-
tire party and, take them altogether,
they are q good-natured and jolly
crowd, with perhaps the exception OF
one crank (this should be spelled with
a capital G. who wears a badge about
four inches wide and eighteen inches
long, bearing the inscription 'The
True Church." It's very doubtful,
however, that he will get a great fol-
lowing In this party, but should bad
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or no whale, Jonah will be thrown
overheard.
South Dakota is pretty well repre-
sented In this party, there being eight
from Salem, two from Sisseton, my
old friend III. E. Perkins, of South
Shore, and myself.
At about o'clock a. m. Wednesday
morning we left Duluth on the Nor
thern Steamship Miami, an elegant
steel, twin-screw ship. This is an
fitted up boat with all
modern improvements; is 254 feet
long, 40 feet wide, % feet deep, ton
mage l74l, and its speed Is 20 miles
an hour. The boat is furnished ele-
gantly throughout and the table ser.
vice, although little expensive, is
first-class.
Have been on Lake Superior all day
and expect to be till about 3 In the
morning, when we are to reach the