The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-09

characteristics are conspicuously push
pluck and public spirit. The people are
social to strangers and have an in
tense pride in everything which pro-
notes public interests. The town is
the natural trade center of a large area
Of country and it's merchants carry
very large stocks Of goods. A brick
yard and starch factory would do well
here and would receive the indorse-
ment of the business men.
Park Rapids as a pleasure resort
cannot be equaled. Its lakes are nu-
merous, accessible and are full of the
choicest bass, pike, pickerel and mus
callonge. Hundreds of people come
here to spend their summers and in
variably go away delighted, as the or
binary days fishing always includes
specimens weighing as high as fifteen
pounds, and when it comes to hunt
ing this country is strictly in it, as
Hubbard county is the "sportsmans
paradise" and the town has some of
the finest drives in the state and is a
town of beautiful homes.
The only way for some of our East
ern friends to be convinced of the
writer's article and views of this coun-
ty, is to come and put in your vacation
and be convinced.
Hubbard County.
Lying in the center of Minnesota's
park region is Hubbard county.
This county was organized in 1883
with sixteen townships In 1895 twelve
more townships were taken from Cass
county, making twenty-eight town
ships. 1t is twenty-four miles wide
and forty two miles from north to
south. Wadena bounds the county on
the south, Cass county on the east,
Beltrami county on the north and
Becker county on the west In the
southern part of the county it is quite
level, with large areas of prairies, in
terspersed by numerous rivers and
lakes. AS you go toward the north the
topography is more broken, generally
undulating.
Throughout the county there are In
Vulnerable lakes which dot the land
scape at intervals of every few miles.
These lakes have dry, sandy beaches
and TEEN with fish. All kinds of tim
Der are found in Hubbard county and
one finds q heavy forest of noble pine,
and the next moment is introduced to
a prairie opening, with splendid posi-
bilities for the farmer or some meadow
on which many tons of hay may be
raised.
Hubbard county has proved no ex-
ception to the rule and general spirit
of progress in school matters, which
is very important in a county. The
people of the county have been alert
to the needs of the children. There
are now fifty-two school houses In
the county, most of them commo-
dious and well-built buildings, so
any one bringing a family to this
county from the East can be sure Of
having the best of schools for their
children.
Hubbard county is populated by a
people who are thoroughly American
in every fiber of their being and the
per cent of illiteracy to be found here
is probably as small as can be found
among the same number of Inhabitants
within the limits of the. United States.
Practically the illiterate person is such
a rare avis that he Is scarcely known.
The schools of the county are con-
stantly improving in tone and quality.
Teachers institutes are held yearly
where the best talent of the state in
spires and trains the younger teachers
to nobIer purposes and sane, wise
methods of dealing with the young
idea during the shooting period.