The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-24
MORE ABOUT INDIANA AND
 ITS POINTS OF INTEREST

| Ing over 6Q0 haudS, the SLandard Cab met Company. the wooien Mills, th Factory. the baSsing, mills. the Brown | ell Telephone Works and humerou other smaller factories and mills. In cluding Sullivan and Eagles circul vehicle manufacturing establishment
 and the Peru Milling Company's mil which makes Magnolia flour.
 Peru is a division point on three railroads, thus being an ideal .placs for establishments demanding first, class shipping facilities.
 The Wabash Railroad Company. with it's divison headquarters, superintend. ent and clerical force, shops and
 round house, has a mopthly pay roll
 of nearly s100,000. The shops and
 division headquarters of the Lake Erie
 and Western and the Chicago. cinein-
 natl and Louisville Companies are
 likewise located here Mention of the
 railroad interests must also include the handsome r. "A. c. A. building of
 the Wabash road and the beautiful
 and well equipped Wabash hospital
 Oakdale. the new industrial suburb
 in one of the new factories of which
 the editorial party was entertained at lunch, was inauGuratsd by Peru citi- gems. and made a possibility by the
 heroic efforts of the Commercial Club.
 It is one of the largest propositions
 ever undertaken by a city of this size.
 Several hundred acres of land were
 laid out in public Improvements with
 handsome. gravel streets. cement wolks
 and shade trees and a system of sew-
 craze. The location of several ad-
 suburb by the sale, of 500 lots at $2T5 each, a remarkable achievement.
 These factories. all substantial com cerns from where they came. are the
 Chute and Butler Piano Works, the
 Mailman Adding Machine factory, the Parkhurst Elevator works, the Ken dallville Chair works. the Auburn Gas
 factory and the Fox Brothers Under wear factory. besides formerly es-
 tablished canning factory. oakdale Is an ideal spot for manufacturing es- tablishments
 Peru has a fine opera house, large modern stores. handsome residences good schools and school houses, num- erous elegant and commodious church eiflces. wide pavef streets and side- walks. and is building a $s0o.0oo court house. II has three interurban elee- frIc lines, making it easily accessible to Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Wi nona- The Fort Wayne. and Wabash Valley interurban follow for many miles along the banks of the Wabash and makes as pretty a ride from Fort Wayne to Logansport as one could fertile farms, industrious cities. along the historic wabash, past the Efissis- sinewa and on the wooded towpath of q long since abandoned canal
 After passing through a. beautiful country of we'll titled farms the next stop was at Marion, one of the best towns oe Northeast Indiana It is <@n x.rfya Mk. Ala xryafl shaded. spfeudidiy paved and with the air and appearances of thrift and pros. perfty There are many homes here which cost away up in the thousands. Stores are plentiful and judging from the crowds going In and out are well patrenized. There are a number of enterprises here which give employment to great many skilled and high priced workmen. No man who wants to work need be idle in this part of our country.
 There is a Normal School here, con- ducted as private enterprise. 4 group of several immense brick are used for dormitories, recitation halls, etc. and 1t was sur prising fact that pupils are there from more than twenty States. There Is no State or city control or appro- priation., It is an absolutely indepen- dent private concern and In spite of other institutions. more or less under public management and it is a marked success in the way of attendance and financial results. It is one of the educational surprises Of the day. In the large were welcomed to Marion. and after number of addresses, splendid liter ary and musical program was rendered A delightful lunch was served fin one of the large halls of the city.
 Four miles from Marion. big buildings are so close and the electric railway connections so rapid, that it Is a con 'inuous town. fs located one of the United States Soldiers Homes It makes an old Confederate. when he goes into one of these we'll appointed homes, wish that similar provision .ould be made for his comrades who are LOW sick. sore and disabled, with no place in which to be made comfortable. | Alabama has done much Tor her old soi- Hers, but more must be done. They | Ire not many in number and will be | lere for only a few years more. The lumber grows less each year The | Home at Mountain Creek is a blessing Or those who are there, but it's &C., are totally inadequate. | If Indiana, in addition to the great qaes provided by the United States | government, can care for many of the l lisable veterans of that State, surely great Alabama can do more than has been done fin the past for her disabled | heroes.
 The United States Home at Marion shelters several thousand old soldiers. Many of them are we'll physically, but | lnable to work. Some are absolutely l helpless and have to be cared for in l heir wards. They are we'll supplied | "A | Amusement Is provided for them and in 1 he centre of the grounds is a splendid | music stand, where one of the best | bands in the United States renders | music of a high order of merit. The | are a great source of pleas | ire to the people of Marion. Seats for | ] large number of people are provided. | All the accessories for good. wholesome | lying are provided for the soldiers and | hey are spending their declining days | n peace and happiness
 One of the most attfactive places in | he Union Is Winona Lake. famous 1 'esort in Northern Indiana. IL is of the | Shatauqua order and furnishes pleasant | eereatton for mind and body during | he summer months. Winona is an | ndian word meaning the first born." | tut this rlace has progressed So rapid y that one would think 1t had been n operation for scores of years in- l tead of only eleven. As each of these | leven years has gone by many thous-
 nds of people from many states of the | nion have probed the meaning of Wi
 ona- and found in 1t new values. That men of means should be look ng for safe channels through which Q send their helpfulness to all the peo-
 le was at the beginning of the Vino a movement an unheard of thing in he spirit of commercialisna, which long