The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-18
HNO all who desire a complete change
of scenes familiar, whether in

HNO all who desire complete change
of scenes familiar, whether in
city or rural life, and who wish
TO get close to nature in all her grand
eur Of landscape and water view, no
more charming spot In the states can
be recommended than Cass Lake, To-
Gated in the heart of the far famed
park region" of the grand old state
of Minnesota. Though in one sense
isolated from the busy hives of indus
try, this famous CaSs Lake country
is readily accessible by the Great
Northern railway from the Twin Cities,
Duluth or CrookStOn. If you want to
see an enterprising and up-to-date
young city of over 1000 people, ele-
giant business blocks and residences,
paved streets and always clean, and
all public improvements such as one
would expect to find only in larger
cities, you want to come to Cass Lake,
situated on the banks of the famous
Cass lake. 1t has a system of water
works, with two and half miles of
mains and ample pressure for fire and
all purposes, several miles of electric
light line streets lighted by electricity,
about one mile of sewer mains tele-
phones all over the city, with long
distance connections, and steam ra-
dating system all through the business
- district, so all you need to do to keep
warm is 10 turn on the steam.
@Ihe people have planted hundreds of
shade trees, have charming park, six
hotels. five churches, and the town is
soon TO have fine school building of
eight rooms at a cost of $4,000. The
town has large SaWmilI, employing
several hundred hands. Cass Lake be-
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timber of the Chippewa reservation
with three different branches Of the
Great Northern railroad, with its al
most untold millions Of pine, it must
ana VIII become commercial center
of great Importance.
The Great Northern railroad yards
with twelve miles of track and the ter
minal point a lake without a rival in
the entire state, a paradise for hunters
and fishermen and, last, but not least,
the best and purest drinking water and
the healthiest community in the
Northwest, and the people Of Cass
Lake take pride in showing strangers
through their city and making every
one feel at home.
The enrolment Of Cass Lakes school
is about 400, with eight teachers, the
best IN the state. The new school
house to be erected, at a cost of $4,000,
Will be an improvement to the town
Supt. P. NJ. Larson, formerly of ST.
Cloud, has been secured at a salary of
$1,1OO per year, and is one of the highly
educated teachers of the state, and the
school is second to none in the state
The school board is composed of the
leading business men of Cass Lake.
Sportsman's Paradise.
Among the fishing resorts of the
Northwest none have won their way
more rapidly into public favor of North
Dakota disciples Of Walton than Cass
Lake, which within a few short years
has become a Mecca for hundreds of
enthusiastic SpOrtsmen. Cass Lake is a
little more than hundred miles dis
tant from the border line separating
North Dakota and Minnesota in a line
nearly due east from Grand Forks on
the Duluth line Of the Great Northern
railway
Talk about fishing! Here is where
you get IT and get 1t in variety There
Is nothing like IT anywhere else To
get at the fishing in Cass Lake there is
no long tramp or tedious drive over
impossible roads, and there is no
chance about the results either The
fish are there waiting to be angled and
all you will have to do is to go and get
them.
Cass lake is a charming sheet of wa
ter, some twelve miles in length and
varying from two to eight miles in
width. There are numerous bays and
inlets, which give the lake a shore line
of nearly 100 miles. The Mississippi
river has channel through the lake
near its northern border The lake
contains number of beautiful islands.
the largest OF which is known as Star