The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1902-03-15

ChaS. MckinuOn Edna Vince
III Defamation. Ned Alvord
SUPERIOR AS SEEN FROM \ BALLOON.
A great convention Of the young
citizens league was to be held in Su
periOr, its parent city. at that time
was making a tour through the United
States, and having received an invita-
ton to address this large assembly of
good and noble young citizens, | &C
cepted gladly, considering myself a
favored being to be especially invited
to visit the pearl of the Northwest
These citizens, by the way, were the
grand children of the grand children
of the members of the young citizens
league, which originated about the,
time when that iiustrious ances tor of
mine. Prince Heinrich, made his tri
umphaD march through columbia
totally ignoring the village by the
lake
We aGJived at midnight TLe~vehicie
winch carried us to the hotel was a
large open affair which afforded us a
beautiful view, for | thought | had
never seen anything so beautiful as
tie moonlight shining on the sleeping
city, spreading a white haze over ALL
,, There were no lurid electric lights to
mar the effect, for these good people
had long since declared that since they
all belonged to the old citizens league
there was no fear of thieves, and as it
was a waste Of the city's money, on
moonlight nights, therefore they dis
pensed with street lights.
The ensuing day | investigated very
little, impatiently waiting until eve
ming, for then l was to see the place
to its best advantage, namely, from a
balloon. Shortly before sunset we
drove in closed carriage to one of
the suburbs where, seating ourselves
in balloon, we began to rise. In a
few minutes Superior lay far below
us; on background of everchan ging
blue lay a mammoth opal sending
forth thousand subdued hues in the
light of the setting sun. 1t was very
beautiful, but with one glance one
could see that this was not the home
of idle and pleasure seeking people,
for there were signs of labor on every
hand. Superior is the -four producing
city of the United States. Immense
white mills, elevators and factories
dotted the bays front. Around each
was delightful grove of shade trees
and gardens filled with choice flowers,
where one might occasionally come
for rest. No city in the world can
boast of larger ore docks, and their
ship yards have become equally ia
nous. Stately schools and libraries
peeped out from among mammoth
trees, many of which | was told had
been planted by first league boys. A
number of large white stone buildings
were also situated on the point, which
divided the bay from the lake. These
the famous collage Itasca.
VIII en- | asked where their prison was,
they told me state prisons and court
houses were no longer necessary, and
that policemen and lawyers were
legendary beings in Superior. They
also informed me that, due to the
healthfulness of the place, that there
were no hospitals and very few doc
tors in Superior.
To add beauty to all this neatness
and purity, fresh green lawns dis
tributed about in every available place,
We're bedecked with brilliant flowers.
Massive trees doomed their heads up
from all sides. As I cast nv last
glance from this elevated position
upon the modern Athens. my thoughts
went back through the generations of
league boys who came to the rescue
OF their own city, and | then truly
realized, as did these happy people,
that city is as its citizens make it.
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