The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-12-03

r-a $1e0 year, In advance.
EhMS' Six Months, 60 cents.
Tor this is to permit teams and auto
mobiles to go around the park. ALI
steps from the park to the river front
are guarded by huge dragons or sitting
lions. The south walk of the park is
covered by an ivy trellis so thick that
one cannot see thru it.
There are numerous other parks in
the city. The writer had the honor of
donating the first pair of black squirrels
to Central Park. There now being a
great many of them at large i'm the
park. They are so tame that all one
has to do is to whistle and hold out a
handful of nuts to see them scamper
down the tree. They will climb up on
your knees or eat out of your hand,
and woe to the mischfevous lad with
the air gun or sling shot who molests
these pets. It's not an uncommon
thing for the peanut venders in the
park to shout urging you to buy sack
of peanuts and feed the squirrels. One
can also take the trolley, cross lake
Huron and go to Bluff Side Park,
another place of amusement aud rec
reatiOp.
The educational facilities of Winona
are exceptionally good having eight
public or grammar schools, five Cath
ollc schools, two Lutheran, two high
schools, normal school, school for
young ladies and three business col
leges. At the west end of Winona
there is large tract of ground which
used to be the old fair grounds, this
platte was measured off into lots to be
sold on the credit plan for $500 per
lot, certain per cent. to be paid in cash,
balance in monthly payments. Every
house will be furnished with plumbing
and electric lights. ALI electric wires
will be under ground, electricity is
plentiful and cheap, and this will be
model city on small plan. About
One-half of WinOna is already % wed
and more is still being paved each y, ar.
The Burlington, Milwaukee, aud the
Chicago and North Western will con-
struct Union Depot at the compleeS
tion OF the model city. The Great
Western will establish trolley system
to Rochester, and the Winona Light
and Power Co. will build a ln.e 10
Rushford and La Crosse, and line to
the Twin Cities is also strongly advo-
Gated. Everything is new and being
modernized, no outside donations be-
ing accepted.
The public library was donated to
the city by number of it's leading
business men; it also maintains a Ii
trary for the rural districts free of
charge. the public baths ere also
donation of its business men, as is also
the fountains and statue of Wenonah
in Central Park.
Its fire department is model III ev.
cry particular. Fifteen years ago this
same department received its initial
test in Which it battled for two days a
fire in the lumber district which threat
ened to destroy the city. By p-rs+ver-
ance il was finally exlinguished by the
aid of two engines from La Crosse,
but since that time Winona has IN
creased her fire department to its pres
ent standard having four stations in
the city and four engines and reserve
station with two more engines. Vino
ma has returned the kindness of La
Crosse by sending two of her engines
and each time the officials OF the North
Western road have put them on cars
and taken them to La Crosse at record
speed free of charge. There is so
much to be said of the merits of this
city that one hardly knows where to
begin or where to leave off, but its fu-
ture outlook seems good and these few
facts all go to show that she has duly
qualified herself to be called the Gate
City of Minnesota. MAC.
"YOu say this man stole your coat ?"