Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-07-21


miles long, ETC.. Well, we found it |
50. This is by far the dreariest
piece Of road we found. Deep,
grinding sand. a hot sun and thick
woods on both sides of the road
made travel slow. Sometimes for
miles we saw no house or hut, no
man or beast. We passed one love-
~ lake and on its banks we rested
our horses and had our midday meal.
Then on we went. and reached
Princeton by seven o'clock. One
mile north of Princeton the ground
very suddenly changes, and one
would imagine himself back some
30 miles in the Maple Lake region.
Even as at that place, the corn
was coming in tassel and vegeta-
tion seemed a week or ten days
ahead Of our Kandiyohi crops.
Large tracts of potatoes and plants
for pickles are cultivated. Prince
ton shipped 100 cars of potatoes
the past year, and another town
near by did equally we'll. The land
between Princeton and Milaca is
drained by two rivers and numer-
Gus small brooks, and is suitable
for raising all grains and grasses.
On Sunday morning we had a
nice quiet rain and in afternoon we
attended divine worship with the
Holland congregation at Pease.
We shook hands with some old Kan
diyohi people, who all like it there
and are prospering. All were busy
haying.
| We visited with old friends until
Thursday morning, when we start
ed for home along another route,
going over by St. Cloud. The
main road from there to Willmar
was nearly always in sight of the
railroad, so that there is small oc.
casion to lose ones way, which did
happen once among the hills near
French Lake when we went up tt
Pease. We again experienced san.
! dy roads at times, crossed the Mis-
, sissippi twice, saw rocks and gran
lite of which there seemed no end
We passed thru several small coun
|. try places and stopped at New
Richmond for the night. Crops al
, along this homeward road looked
! fine, except northeast of New Lon
don. There the people were still
living in log huts and everything
! looked run down. Inquiring tn,
wherefore, we were told that .
good deal of this land belonged t,
a town man who did not care to i'm
;. prove or help to build up the coun
try, but that the soil was good. O.
!, course, we know that farms wher,
we do not find good accommoda
tions do not rent to the best clas
i, of farmers and as consequence tn,
,, farms run down and that lowers tn,
country in valuation. An ole
i, Dutch saying is, "He sees no far
= ther than his nose," and we coult
not help but think that the owner
ought to have looked ahead farther
Il At New London we saw the large
plant of the New London Milling
Co. Just at that time car wa!
being loaded with flour.
At Green Lake we crossed the ri
yer near the mill. saw the numer
. Gus summer cottages, the boats
! launches and everything in connec
: ton with this summer resort
! kSome flags were still floating above
Spicer in honor of the Chautauqu,
which had recently been held there
:, If it had not been so very warn
: just after noon we should have
taken a sail over the lake. But
this enjoyment we were forced tt
forsake on account Of the heat.
|, From Spicer to Willmar we met
a number of autos bringing theil
burdens of human beings to the
cool breezes Of Green Lake. One
broke down on its return trip tc
Willmar and seeing the owner doing
his best at repairing so that he
might get to his home, we were
thankful that our good team did
not now and then need new tires
and other repairs. We arrived in
, Willmar that evening, but for all
, we know that man may still be fix.
ing his auto, for he did not catch
up with US again.
Nowhere on our route did we pass
any damaged grain crops. Every.
thing looks favorable and the pros.
spects are bright for a large crop
unless storms intervene. Often did
we feel like saying, 20 world, thou
art wondrously fair
In the meantime nature had done
its best in pushing along vegeta.
ton here, so that we could easily
notice the changes that everything
had undergone in ten days time.
And we enjoyed ourselves.
Yours truly,
Lena Talen.