The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-09-19


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provide it with some accommod ations
if it is nothing more than platform
where trains will stop only on signal.
Mmlone's Park.
a short mile north of Isle we came
to Charles Malone's park. Mr..
Malone has more money invested in
buildings and improvements than
any other individual in the lake coun-
try. He has resided here for fourteen
years. His main structure is
sltua1eu on a grassy, we'll
wooded eminence which slopes down
to the waters of the lake. In this
building he conducts a general store
and hotel and also uses it for his
family residence. A view of the house
and his dock accompanies this article.
Down near the lake he has several
handsome cottages, also a deer park
winch contains several of those grace
ful animals. A regular village of
store rooms, barns and outhouses
surround the main building. Mr..
Malone boasts of the best and safest
harbor on the lake.
North OF Isle is the fractional town
ship OF Opstead which we intend to
visit on future occasion. Some of
the best farms in this region are to be
found in Opstead. Without disparag-
ing any other section of the lake coun-
try we. must confess there are more
visible signs of thrift and progress in
Isle and vicinity than anywhere else.
Z. B. Maben has plated a new
townsite in section two between Mr..
Malone's and the village of Isle, and
unlike other townsite promoters be is
disposing of lots at very reasonable
figures.
A short distance off the main road
between Wahkon and Isle, on section
nine, E. B. Mayo's saw mill is
located. Mr.. Mayo has seen
hard times since he left the state labor
bureau in 1899 and took up his abode
at Mile Laos, but he can see daylight
ahead and his patience and persever-
ance are bound to be rewarded.
"A Trip to Vineland.
We could not leave the lake country
without seeing the old veteran, Mr..
D. Fl. Robbins of Vineland, who had
entertained US so royalty fifteen years
ago. Again, thanks to the kind Offices
Of Mr.. Norton, the Bob White was
placed at our disposal and with Mr..
b. F. Mann at the wheel and good-na-
tured Mr.. Adolph Olson handling the
running gear the fourteen miles that
interviewed between Cove and Vineland
were made in an hour, and the return
trip in the same length of time. A
stiff breeze was blowing and the water
was stirred up enough to render the
run enjoyable.
On the following morning, pursuant
to promise, we made an overland trip
from Cove to Vineland along the road
skirting the south shore of the lake
and it was delightful ride. We no.
ticed very little change in the country
between these two points since our
last visit fifteen years before. There
has been vast Improvement in the
road and a couple of new school
houses have been erected but very
little if any more land has been placed
under cultivation, except at the
Charley Rogers homestead, where
large clearing has been made. Cross
ing the outlet of the lake-at the
source of Rum rivera little group
of buildings, including a store and
hotel, comprises the hamlet of Vine
land. The surrounding country is
fiat and either sandy or marshy and
decidedly uninteresting. A mile or so
further north is Mr.. Robbins beauti-
full home in grassy field of
emerald green sloping down to the
waters edge. Several Little Falls
people have summer cottages here.
and Mr.. Robbins has four or five neat
cottages of his own which he rents to
visitors. After being Hospitality en-
tertained by Mr.. and Mrs. Robbins
we journeyed on to White Fish lake,
and spent several hours in leaky
boat in a vain attempt to capture
some of the gamy bass for which this
little Grow Wing county lake is IA
nous. But few snaky pickerel were
all we succeeded in Turing from it's
depths.
On the road between Mr.. Robbins
and White Fish we passed several
comfortable looking farm houses, one
in particular, Mr.. Seth Dinwiddie's,
was particularly attractive. But, as
already remarked, the greatest i'm