Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-01-31

IN
STORY With A MORAL
Iowa Mans Adventures in
Our Wild Mime
sofa
John Wise Of Flint, Iowa, finding
himself with his large family some.
what cramped on his little 40.acre
farm and with boys growing whe
would s3on want q little land for
themselves. wrote . postal card to q
land man, who had q short ed il
Johns home paper, and after reading
the circular the agent sent him,
found. he could buy 100 acres Of
Minnesota land with the money Re
could get for his little 40-acTe farm.
so, after . council OF war with. his
family and against the repeated
warnings Of his neighbors not to
venture his life among the Indians
and wolves of the frozen North and
the dangers of drowning in its
swamps, John packed his grip, strapped
on q big Colts 6 shooter. and landed at
Little Falls one dark night on the
evening train and was very much
relieved to find the land man from
whom he had the circular, waiting to
escort him to q lodging house, and
when he walked down to breakfast
the next morning and saw the build.
ing was Of brick, not logs as he
supposed; and when he stepped on q
cement sideWalk5and noticed the liEe
court house, brick churches, library,
hospital buildings, etc, he rushed
back to the hotel to ask if il was not
o mistake and 1t he had not been
landed in st. Paul Instead Of Little
Falls Very much dared and as ono
ID q dream, he stationed himself 10 the
soft cushioned rig the agent drove up
TO his hotel and instead Of being
out into ~avilderness of tamarac
.eWamps and corduroy roads, finely
improved fields OF timothy and clover,
graded roads r. +. D. boxes, school
houses, etc met his astonished eyes
on all sides and when the sgout
pointed ont q nice field Of plo1 land
and q large meadow Ill ready for Che
mower. right in sight Of this hne
city and explained this was the 100
lie had written him about. joan
NEARLY tainted, but when he passed
the agent Go to bi1d tie deal and
was assured hiss contract would be
ready for him inztime for bis farm.
John broke down and With great tears
streaming down his cheeks Grew forth
the deadly 6-shooter and in Q broken
voice It'd the agent his ideas Of this
country 8 few days ago. and now, that
where he expected to find 4 wilderness
lie tound q land of clover, and where
"a expected to find indians he had
6pnud white men. and to- prove hi,
ffaith insthe agent andssthof country,
he took the deadly 0.shooter bv the
muzsls and cast it with oil his
strength into the river, Now gentle
reader. does it not strike yoc as Queer
that there a. many men with large
families like john who live for many
gears on q small l0-acre farm and
often that home hew d out of large
timbers and fields cleared whers the
stuups are 3 to 5 feet through, and
unless they are offered $50 OF $lO(
per acre they don't get pay for clear.
iug. and when q country like this hat
land oil open aud begging some one t
till the soil Who know it. men like
John are too busy il their 1ieht fol
bread to look up the facts that there
are many vacant fields slroady cleared,
and empty business and residence
property Ia our city that would b<
elady taken; if you would look them
1p and tell them about 1t now.
The merchants AID business mel
Of the city offer prizes, have street
fairs. put in q grain buyer to boost
prices q little, FIX q D Q certain road {
iittle. oil for the n idea to Undue,
tho few farmers We have now to IL
all their trading here. but YOU FORGE
that there are 100 farms around til,
CITY that have no farmer to cone j,
and trade now.
After John Wise moved to the CITY
( in 8 years he paid u carpenter $3.50
a lumb er concern $500. the 6ard war,
men $500. forritura men $500
harness.maker 300. procers 5000