The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-08-13
THE FREMONT BUDGET. SEEN IN MINNESOTA.
Observations by an Iowan in the
Home Of Minnehaha.

Wylie, Mimi. July 81. Dear Her
add thought you and your read
ers might be interested in hearing
from this part Of Minnesota. We
left Oskaloosa June 90 On the lilo
p. IN. passenger with Mr.. Carter as
conductor to Albert Lea, arriving at
st. Paul at $50 the next morning. It'll
had rained on us from MarshalltownI
to st, Paul but at II noon the sun
was shining brightly and as we could
not leave st. Paul until $40 p. m,
we thought we would visit the Min
nehaha Falls. Taking the street.
cars we were at the Park and Falls
fifteen miles distant We could not
help thinking how different it is now
than when the Indian and the buffalo
used to roam the prairie and hunt
and fish in the river, and when the
first settlers were striving to I'M
prove the country and subdue the
wilds OF Minnesota, and how dreadful
when they were surprised by the In
dams in what is called the Minneha-
ha Massacre when wife and children,
home and friends were swept away
before the Indians tomahawk and
the flames in the already ripening
grain.
1t is now $40 and we are on our
way to Mentor, MINI. The journey
was made all in the night; could not
see the country at all from st. Paul
to CroOkston. There we waited two
hours and then a few minutes ride
and we were at Mentor, little sta
ton. Here we were met by our son,
Carl Cruzen, and Herman Tysseling,
a brOther-in-law of his, and were soon
at their home five miles away. Here
we found them we'll and the crops
looking fine although needing rain,
which they got in the next few days.
After resting few days they took
us to spend a day at lake called
Maple Lake. 1t is quite a resort and
there is fine fishing there. There are
about 200 cottages built around it
and people from all around here
spend the summer there They have
stores, groceries and large hotel,
and the town promises to be quite a
little place, for it is only two miles
from the lake and the railroad brings
the people from all points around.
Here we visited and watched the
growing grain and progress of hay
making, which l wish could de-
scribe, but it is done with a stacker
adapted to the, hay making here.
On July we were greeted with a
little granddaughter, the daughter
of our son, Carl Cruzen. Now as to
quality we believe the Minnesota pro-
duct is equal to that of Iowa, but we
were not to have it all so pleasant,
for on the 9th Mr.. Cruzen took with
an attack of appendicitis and for six
days he was belfast. But he is feel.
ing quite we'll again now.
July rs Mr.. w. M. Tysseling came
for us and we drove across the coun-
try distance of twenty miles. The
drive was fine and we passed through
the town of Red Lake Falls, which is
the county seat of Red Lake county.
Mr.. Tysseling has a fine farm of 480
acres located eight miles from the
county seat and two miles from a
station called Wylie. Yesterday Mr..
and Mrs. Tysseling, Master Wilbur
Tysseling and Geo. c., with ourselves,
started in their two-seated carriage
for Thief River Falls fifteen miles
away, arriving there at II a. m. At
rfa fnI
to do the little city of about $500.
We crossed the river and visited the
Thief River Falls Lumber Co., and
there we saw the logs lying in the
river and watched the process Of
taking them from the river into the
mill and then the saving Of the lum-
Der from the log in the river to the
finished product, sorted, graded,
piled, loaded and sent to the dry yaru
and the dry lumber going through
the planning MILL made into the finest
of finishing lumber.
There are so many things to think
of in regard to climate, soil, etc., but
this is already too long. We are al
ways glad to get our Daily Herald, il
it is in groups of two or three.
The first thing after entering the
hotel parlors in Thief River Falls,
there was a lady and gentleman
talking and they mentioned Oska-
loosa. We said that was our home,
and it proved to be Mrs. Matilda
Fletcher, who had lectured in Oska-
loosa, and a Mr.. E. Minirtes, that
| used to live at Knoxville, Iowa. You
cannot go so far away but you will
| find Iowa people.
There was an excursion to Winni-
peg. Can, the 23d and Gath that we
| would like to have taken but Mr..
Cruzen was not able. Three dollars
| for the round trip.
From your friends,
ay6 Mrc Cr1lZpn