The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-12-04
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the minds of beholders a sense of its
majesty and its magnificent grand
eur. It is more than six times as
large as the state of Connecticut and
is nearly four times as large as
Massachusetts. Its bed is ignens
rock, veined with precious, metals,
and it's cool aud sparkling waters
have purity not equalled by any
other large body of water in the
world. Its shor. are sought eacn
season by thousands of people 70
pursuit Of both health and pleasure,
This great reservoir receives IN
sprirg time through "a thousand
brooks and streams the bounding
waters from the melting SHOWS, and
then by evaporation during the sum-
mer months returns the water to q
region as large as an empire 10 gentle
showers upon the growing crops.
The value Of Lake Superior to the
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vast'region comprising the centre
part Of North America is beyond
comprehension It's climatic lnfiu-
ence makes possible upon our broad
acres the nartialed grain that
arises its tasseled head to greet the
dawn and drink the dew, Z and then
u.
upon its gently undalatiag bosom it
carries to the commercial merts Ct
the east the products Or our farms
and our mine, and brings pack to Us.
in exchange The varied fruits Of the
world S industry.
This great lake is at the head Of
tie great chain Of lakes SO well
knownto the commerce OF our coun-
try. and atits head are situated the
beautiful city OF Superior and her
sister city Daluth, both together
witha growing population of 100000
people. This is by far the most in-
terror point reached by the great
lakes, and the traffic to and from the
tributary country cannot afford to
find some other route for transit. A
line drawn FROM Superior directly
south would pass hundred mile 5
west of ST. Louis and more than that
distance west OF New Orleans.
The nort5ern route of transcontinent-
alitransportation via Seattle or Ia
coma and Superior has a railroad
haul several hundred miles shorter
than that of the southern route via
San Francisco and Chicago The
supposed deepening of the channel Of
the Mississippi river may divert to
New Orleans some of the tgaffic that
would otherwise 90 to Chicago, but
Superior's position remains secure
and unassailable. From this point
traffic must radiate, growing in
volume as the development of the
Northwest goes ahead, and becom-
ing richer as the ANIMAL tide of home
seekers into the tributary country
becomes greater.
But what of our lands, our rich and
bounteous but uncultivated soil,
where the trees swaying in the
breeze seem to nod consent. and the
waving, rich wild grasses seem to
beckon for the hand of industry to
come and be rewarded. do not re-
fer in this connection to land hum
dreds Of miles away but to the thou
sands of fertile acres right here.
right beside this great central
market of the Northwest FOR
sale at from IS to $25 per acre.
Heretofore people have passed
by these opportunities and have gone
to points hundreds of miles from
central market in search of
prairie land, but the desirable
prairie land is now all occupied,
and commands fancy prices. Of
late people have begun to COM
prehend the fact that good cheap
land will produce as much value
as high priced land, and hun
dreds of settlers have acquired
homes in this country, where
there has never been a crop fail
ure. The climatic influence of
Lake Superior furnishes a suffic-
lent supply of moisture in this
vicinity every year. At the
present time of year homeseek-
ers can go out to the farms and
satisfy themselves ofthe product
iveness of the soil. Clover and
all kinds of grasses grow luxur-
iantly. Besides the native
grasses, which are very rich,
clover and timothy grow wild,
thrifty enough to pay for harvest