The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-07-31
fine WESTERN TRIP,
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Naeve Nee
Many Friends.
FIND ALL ARE PROSPEROUS
Interviewed Upon His Return MIR
Naeve Tells How Denison People
Are Doing "Out West

Mr.and Mrs. George Naeve have re-
Gently returned from very delightful
trip North and West. They stopped
four days in the Twin Cities. st.
Paul and Minneapolis and visited the
principal points of interest. The new
Capitol building. Fort Smelling. Como
PARK. Indian Mounds and beautiful
| Lake Minnetonka. The new Capitol
building is fine structure costing
S45. 900. 900. 90. In Minneapolis they
met Mr.. S. H. Clausen, formerly of
Denison and now in the Wholesale
Jewelry business.
In St. Paul they met VIM. Wygant
also formerly of Denison now with the
Brannon & Co., Department store.
From St. Paul they went west over
the Great Northern and their first
stop was at Chinook, Montanta.
Chinook is prosperous little city of
about 500 people is located in the
Milk River Valley. one of the most
fertile valleys in Montana.
Their principal industry at this
time is sheep and some farming in
the valley. The citizens of Chinook
have now organized an association for
the purpose of putting up a Sugar
factory.
Mr.. Naeve thinks Chinook and the
surrounding country has a great fu-
ture before it.
The land in the Milk River Valley
now sells for $500 to $50. 90 per
acre. but it they get the Sugar fac
tory located there. the land will be as
valuable as it is now at Billings,
Montana. in the Yellow Stone Valley
and where land now sells from S100 90
to 1850 per acre. Mr.. Naeve says
he was greatly surprised at meeting
so many former Denison and Crawford
county people. He met Mr.. Julius
Lehfeldt and family. Jurgen Kuhr.
Miller Bros. Hensen Bros. Emile
LANCE. Henry Jess. Martin Bros, and
Marins Nielsen. son of Thos. Me Ien.
Julius Lehfeldt has one of the leading
| Department store in Chinook doing an
enormous business and is also inter-
ested in ranches and mining. Marius
Nielsen is following his trade as a
painter and is making good money.
All the rest of the Crawford county
people are in the sheep business.
Some of them own over 1000 sheep.
Tney shear from to pounds head.
Wool now sells for % cents pound.
and which shows for itself what
money there is in the sheep raising
business. Miss Emile LANCE owns a
ranch of 900 acres of fine land in the
Milk River Valley only four miles
from Chinook with good buildings.
and we'll watered and about 100 to
l25 acres in Alfalfa, this ranch will
be valuable piece of property some
day and especially SO if they should
start the sugar factory at Chinook.
From Chinook Mr.. and Mrs. Naeve
went west on the Great Northern, GO
ing through Clifford. Montana. where
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Schwartz are
now stopping with their sons They
intended to stop there to see them but
being on the Oriental Limited could
not do so. as the fast trains do not
stop there. When they passed through
there they stood on the rear end OF
the Observation car and saw Mr.. and
Mrs. Schwartz and some of the rest
of the FAMILY in front of their store
building. they waved their handker-
chief to them but doubt very much if
they recognized them as they did not
know that they were going through.
In Spokane they met Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Lies and baby and had very nice
visit with them taking in all the