The Irish standard., 1904-09-10
ON TO SALTWATER
Queen City of St. Croix Ready
For Hibernians.
State Convention Of the Order
There Next Week.


state convention of the Ancient Order
of Hibernians and Ladies' Auxiliary
of Minnesota. The convention is ex-
pected to be in session three days.
That of the A. o. H. will be held in
Woodmen hall and the ladies will
meet in Conrad's hall. The various
committees have been working hard
in the necessary preparations and it is
a safe prediction that Notwithstanding
the loss by fire within the past two
years of their handsome opera house,
the people of saltwater with their
usual pluck and determination will be
equal to the task of taking good care
of both conventions and the hundreds
of delegates that will be in attendance.
QUEEN CITY OF THE ST. CROIX.
In the splendid Worlds Fair edi-
tion of the Saltwater Daily Gazette of
Aug. %, we find the following inter-
esting paragraphs in an article con-
corning the city:
'"The Queen City of the ST. Croix-
often alluded to as the Bluff City
nestled amid romantic surroundings,
presents fascinating and delightful
picture, whether approached by land
or sea.
at is located Mt the head of Lake
ST CroiX, twenty miles from the Miss
issippi river and the same distance
from St Paul. 1t was our boast in
olden times that saltwater was the
head of navigation, because it was a
few miles north Of st. Paul. besides
steamboats, could reach this place
during a season of low water when
st. Paul was entirely isolated in con-
sequence of sand bars below the city.
saltwater is probably the largest
city of it's size in the Northwest, or
speaking more definitely, the volume
of business transacted here reaches
greater proportions than in any other
city of its size within the common
wealth of Minnesota.
''Of the manufacturing business of
Stilwater--or the one in which our
people have the largest financial in
terest-lOgs and lumber take prece-
dencc: cutting down the pine trees,
floating them down the stream and
manufacturing from them all the var
ious kinds of lumber required in the
!, Iuapkets of the world.
'''rhis work commenced in a small
way in 1912. In the following sum-
mer John McKusick, ELAN Greeley,
ELIAS Mexican and Calvin Leach COM
menced the construction of Il sawmill.
completing it in 1914.
''fen or a dozen years later other
and more modern sawmills sprang
into existence. utilizing steam as Il
motive power. and the old pioneer mill
became Il hack number and was torn
+ down in 1871. We have now eight
large SawmillS in successful operation
turning out each season an aggregate
of 2O0000.O0O feet of lumber.
-''rhe ST. CroiN Boom Corporation
necessary adjunct to the logging
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. one of the I'M
portant industrial factors of this local
ity, giving employment during a pOr
ton of the summer to many hundred
men in sorting and scaling logs, in
addition to a large clerical force at the
Office of the company. ..
"Our facilities for the shipment OF
goods or materials of any kind arc un
surpassed by any town in the North
west. Apart from the advantage OF
being located on the banks of nav
ighble Stream--oncc deemed an indis
pensahle feature in the upbuilding OF
a town-tllree important railroads
enter the city from north and south
These are the Northern Pacific, the
- Chicago 4 Northwestern 0lnOwn a!
the Omahn) and the Chicago, Mil
waukec 4 st. Paul. All arrivals ant
departures of trains are ut the Uniol
Station. an elegant building Of stone
of ample dimensions and with al
modern requirements.
'"rhe recent introduction of til
street car lines in this city, tOgethe
with interurban service, has largel
demoraliZed the travel by steam cars
most people preferring the interurba
cars which leave Saltwater for S
Paul every thirty minutes"
saltwater has an up to date dali
newspaper in the Gazette. publishe
for many years past by Easton
Masterman. These gentlemen ha,
succeeded in placing their paper on
solid financial basis. well equippt
with complete plant for their bus
ness, which includes substantial j.
printing and hook binding departmel
Other sound business institutions til
have attained success and pOpulari
are the First National Bank, Il
Lumbermens Bank. the Sawy
House, headquarters for the conve
ton, the Simonet Mercantile Co., T,
erson Dry Goods Co., Minnesota Flo
Co, Il. ]. tMosier, Joseph Wolf Bre
ing Co.. and logging firm of d. Toz
& Co. all of whom have advertis
ments in this issue of the Irish Stan
ard. The St. Paul National Bank, {
pository for the Beneficiary Fund