Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-09-27
THOSE WAY OUT WEST
Editor Swanson Tells of
Former Residents He
Met on the Coast

eue Wes'; from Wnlcn recently re-
turned, l met number Of old
Morrison county people and some Of
them requested mo to wlite letter
for your valuable paper giving nv
Impression Of the country visited and
telling OF the, Whereabouts aud oc.
cupation of former- citizens Of Mime
sofa tnat chanced to meet or hear
about in my wanderings. I promised
to do this. but owing to the fact that
| have been very busy since re-
Turned, the matter has been neglected
till now.
:: As far as giving my impression of
the country is concerned, it would
be impc ssible in brief Newspaper
article such ss this to give more than
few hints regarding q trip which
covered nearly eight thousand miles
and occupied two months and half.
I met numbr Of old Morrison
county people and these, perhaps.
Jour readers would be glad to hear
about. 30 I, will make this letter
largely biographical
Now, az the suory writer would
cay. let us begin at the beginning.
After reaching Los Angeles, the first
stop in the Golden State, and
getting snugly quartered Of the
Natick hotel, began to look around
for acquaintances and was not long
IN locating j. G. Higgins and family,
who left Royalton for the West some
fourteen years ago. They lived st
San Jose for time. but are now
living near Los Angeles. Mr.. Higgins
ID superintendent for a water COM
pany and IS doing veil He has the
|uEbounded confidence of his em-
ployers and in the operation Of their
old water plant and the installation
of new one has complete charge. AS
superniteId dent he is puchasing agent
for the company and as such sperds,
hundred of thousands of dollars yeal
for machinery. buildings and labor.
the company relying eatirely on his
judgment Mrs. Higgins, who is an
old time Little Falls teacher and
counts several present day business
men as her pupils. has been. doinR
quite q stroke Of business on her own
account in the real estate line and nov
owns several valuable pieces of proper
ty near the city. Iu addition to. 4
good salary the company furnishes
him with free horse. free house
rent. light, fuel and 4 garden, some
of your readers will remember their
daughter, Edith. She was little Rirl
when she left Minnesota. but now
grown to W0manhood, and q yerY
Ehandsome woman sl,o il indeed.
WhenI was there she was getting
ready to be married to young man
of excellent family and prospects and
much personal worth. Mr.. and Mrs.
Higgins are we'll and happy. Time
has dealt gently with them. They
are pleased with their home, entirely
contented with their lot and have no
intention Of ever returning to Mime
Mr.. and Mrs. M. N. Miles and SON.
Harry, former Royaltonites, are also
living in Los Aneles. I found them
all enjoying good health. Harry is
married and is one of the successful
dentists of the city. I visited his
arlors and found him, figuratively
speaking. head over heels in work.
n. n. and wife'liye IN beautiful
home on West Adams street which
they recently purchased. It has every
modern convenience. In looks Mrs.
Miles is not minute older than when
she left Royalton four years ago and
Mr.. Miles has not aged perceptibly.
He recently under went an operation for
the removal of cancer on his cheek
and but for this has enjoyed good
cath all the time he has been in tho
West. Mr.. Miles deals some In real
estate and without opening an Office
or making any 8 ecial ehort to get
business has cleared up IS. 600 q
year during the four years he has
lived In the city. Knowing that I
had disposed of my business in
Minnesota and was looking for q Few
location he invited me to settle in
the Hub. ':Do you mean Los
Angeles, said. He replied .tYes.
this city is the hub OF the West. It
certainly is . great city with it's
nearly 280. 600 people. While I was
held to to vots & IS, o6o, 900 in bonds to be b.
used in furnishing the city with an
adequate water system, one that
would supply present and future
needs This is known as tee Owens
River project and is q gigantic under
taking, involving as it does tue tap
ping of mountain lake over two
hundred mills away and through
valleys to the city of boundless enter
prise and push. The vote was nearly
unanimo7s, only a paltry 1900 being
recorded against it.
A. b. Palmer and family, formerly
of Bellevue. and Charles Estey and
family, formerly of S,cial city, are.
also residents Of Los Angeles. Mr..
Estey and son are in the building
ana contracting basiness and have sll
the work they can do. Mr.. Palmer
and two Of bis boys are devoting
most Of their time to teaming. haul
ing oil from the city oil wells. Of
which there are many hundreds
operating day and night One Of. his.
boys is motorman on the street cara at
Santa Barbara; 20 also is his son-in-s
law, Clifford Rathun, formerly Of
Agram. His son Walter is working in.
! q printing emce and operating 8
Mergsnthaler tyne setting machine.
Mrs. Rundell, Mrs Palmer'as
mother, is also resident Of the city.
/ had tho pleasure OF calling On.
Mrs. Moody. formerly Mn. Ober, Who
With her husband conducted 3 store 6.
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