Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-11-29

tt town, So Nebish It consists of ID
number of loE house s,E built here and
there without much idea of streets
81 avenues. 70 towWnsite has been
laid out as yet, and oil the ground
here belongs to the col onization com
pany..s Nebish lake is q small lake,
covering hardly q quarter section.
Smyth and Round lakes are two 9th
er small bodies Of water within the
Nebish tract. A single mill IS 10
Gated On Nebish lake, and there are
large stacks Of well-made cedar
shingles awaiting shipment. This
small lake had frozen over before
we came, and as the mill draws its
supply Of logs from boom in the
water, the mill had closed down for
the winter. The Duluth Log Com
pany has a leased space in use as 3
cedar yard and has q spur track
running through it. Here is q large
stock of telephone and other poles,
cedar fence posts, shingle blocks,
ETC. The yard is replenished from
the woods a distance Of about u
miles from the railroad.
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Mr.. Opsahl and the land men were
soon. in consultation about the pro-
per location Of the townsite Of Neb-
ish: The station will naturally be
moved from it's present location on
a spur to the main line Of the rail
road, about a quarter Of a mile. I'm
mediately adjoining the station q
small village will be plated, while
some ground will be reserved for adj.
ditional growth. Here there is a
rank growth Of clover and timothy,
seeded from the stables of former
logging camps, which suggest good
pasturage. There is little if any UNI
derbrush. The soil is a fine loan
with clay subsoil. Near the lakes it
is more sandy. Were is not for the
big pine stumps scattered about this
land would be as good as any $75 per
acre land now on the market.
To the east Of Nebish is a fine
level plateau Of several sections in
extent. Well drained and nicely locat-
ed, it will make ideal small truck
farms. Mr.. Opsahl's idea is that this
land be sold in tracts Of 10, 20 and
40 acres for a potato and clover col
ony. He has it thus divided into 81
ten-acre tracts, 20 twenty acre
tracts, a dozen 4O-acre tracts, and
the balance Of the lands into farms
Of from eighty to 100 acres. The
small tracts are near the railroad
and. extend from Nebish to Whiteish
function, which is located about two
miles southeast Of Nebish.
We strike out east from Nebish
along the old railroad spur grade now
used as a road. "A very neat little
sign board reads, clay Greek School
House, 2 miles," We are, curious to
see the evidence Of artistic talent for
letteEhg but in the wilderness. Soon
we pass a high knoll, the highest
point in the neighborhood. On the
ltop is a tower with ladder leading
to the top. This is used by the state
foresters when they patrol the coun-
ty in dry seasons when there is dan
ger Of forest fires. From the top of
this tower the forester: may look out
over the county for miles in all di-
rections to see whether he discovers
any smoke of incipient fires which
may require his attention. After
quite a tramp we arrive at the CLAY
Creek schoolhouse. It stands alone
in the wilderness, with not dwell
ing or farm house in sight in any d.
rection. The explanation is that af-
ter forming the school district the
schoolhouse was located on central
site, between two settlements on land
donated by the lumber company.
The building is well put up and COW
cred with galvanized iron in pleasing
shape. The school lot has been clear
ed Of all stumps and broken. We
make a brief call on the school and
are still more surprised to find the
equipment inside SO complete. The
school is equipped with the best of
everything. It has a fine suspended
globe, maps, a good library, etc. The
teacher is a Miss Vaattvedt, a fine.
buxom lass, who is not afraid Of Ion
lines. She has an enrolment of ten
pupils, and is much interested in her
work. Think what a chance she has
with her pupils against the teacher in
town with all the things to distract
! the pupils and occupy their attention,
/ Think Of the chance here to bring
up boys and girls to useful citizens
who now are growing up in the un.
wholesome atmosphere Of the Tester
ing big cities. Have you ever stop.
ped to think Of the fact that the re.
sponsible positions Of: the cities de.
pend upon the constant influx Of
country boys for men to hold them
4 No doubt many city children max,
good, but think Of the chances the,