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

be foregone conclusion. Up to 1908
they had succeeded in locating several
new factories and in 1908 they landed
three more, a piano, watch, and tile
factory.
The Union Fibre Co., tho only four
years old, has national reputation
and has warehouses in London, Paris.
Berlin, and Sydney. The Winona
mailing plant, capitalized at 100000,
outgrew its capacity two years ago
and was obliged to make additions
at an outlay of $4,000. This firm has
done wonders for the farmers in that
vicinity, for it has stimulated the
growth of barley to wonderful extent
for which good price is paid. Per-
sonally | know one farmer who has
twelve thousand acres of tillable soil
in that locality and plants one thou
sand acres of it in barley and has done
so for three years and SAYS he will
continue to do SO as long as the Winona
malt plant does business.
Space and time will not afford TO
mention all of its numerous industries.
so | will mention only few of its lare-
est. One of them, the Winona Wagon
Co., whose patented grain beds can be
found OH our western wheat fields: it's
truck and lumber wagons can be found
in the large lumber districts of Wash.
ington, Oregon and California. Re-
peated orders of these large cars prove
that their product was universally
liked. The Gate City Carriage Co.
employ over seven hundred hands and
has warehouses all over the country,
Its factories and machine shops are
equal to those of cities of twice the
size. Its wholesale and retail estab-
lishment would do credit to cities
much larger. There are six banks cap
italized at over nine million dollars.
The first national has paid up capital
of 81 100000 and during the history of
the city it has never had bank failure
or even a run on its banks.
During the summer it is a veritable
Atlantic City and the excursion boats
are kept very busy till the close of the
season. There are three of these boats
owned aud operated by Winonians, be-
sides others from other localities.
have seen six excursions pull out of
there in one day, and all had good
crowds. The largest crowd ever taken
out OF WinOna in one boat and barge
was taken out by the j. L., to La Crosse.
fare twenty-five cents the round trip.
You would be charged fifty cents for
ticket aud given return check good
for twenty-five cents in trade at the
Park Store Of La Crosse. don't know
how it happened but some one On the
boat suggested that all buy a red ban
dana handkerchief. The Park people
couldn't account for the tremendous
run OH red handkerchiefs. The supply
was insufficient so those that couldn't
get red ones were obliged to substitute
blue, and these in turn We're followed
by handkerchiefs of all hues and these
were all worn around the neck. The
maze of color that boarded that boat
for the homeward trip reminded one
Of an emigrant ship leaving Turkey.
The first impression one gets on ar
irving near Winona by steamboat is
very conspicuous rock called Sugar
Loaf. 1t can be seen for ten miles
down the river. This rock is solid, be-
ing all one piece, is of limestone and
stands about thirty feet high aud is
shaped like frustum of u pyramid.
being about twenty feet square at the
base. 1t is located on one of the bluffs
that surround Winona. On getting off
the steamboat and walking a short dis
tance one finds himself in Riverside
Park. This is unquestionably the
most beautiful artificial park in Min
nes0ta. Engineers have come from up
and down the Mississippi river in view
of building such a park in their city,
and all have pronounced it the finest
park on the Mississippi river. From
the river it looks very imposing, its six
large cannons facing the Wisconsin
side make it look like fortress.
There are two walls between the parks
and the river, one wall started three
feet below the water level; the next
wall is back fifty feet from the first
and is three feet high which brings it
to level with the park. The reason