The Forrest City times., 1911-09-15
RED WING. MINNESOTA
Our Senior Spends a Months Vacation Very Pleasantly on the Upper
 Mississippi.

Just few miles after one leaves Lake Pepin on the Upper Mississippi, Barn Bluff towers high up in the air, standing as a sentinel to the beauty spot just around it's threatening point the little city of Red Wing. It has a population of about 5000 or 10000 of thrifty, progressive, live people, hence prosperous. It's beautiful streets, handsome dwellings and well-kept lawns tell the story that "cleanliness is next to godliness.'. This little city nestles in beautifulvalley, withsplen- did roads vending in every direction through fertile lands and charming scenery. The fires of many manufac- turing enterprises send up their smoke as signals of prosperity. The love of their little city is manifested in many magnificent donations from citizens. the Y. NJ. C. A. building, the santa rrium, the library, the cemetery, and parks galore are pointed out to one as lgifts of liberal citizens. Mayor A. T | Pierce governs the city, and five sue. cessive terms have found him looking to its interests.
 l In this charming, healthful resort it was my good fortune to find wei. come among such friends as MT. and Mrs. A. P Swanstrom, Mrs. c. NJ II 4 nn1 Steffens, who were unstinted in eheir efforts to make me feel at home.
 Just twenty years ago the writer visited there. Then Red Wing was but a wide place in the road = Now 1t Is a sure enough city, but has lost none of it's old-time courteousness and hospitality. Through the courtesy oi Capt. Steffens, who owns a Mitchell auto, many excursions were taker through the picturesque valleys, ex. l tending many miles. And right here we must commend the Mitchell ear It speeded over the rugged hills witt no effort and clipped it on the level al forty-fve or fifty miles an hour. (Tht is no advertisement at so much per but simply word as to it's merit
 The writer met many old wearers O the blue" some of whom he encount cred in the field, and many pleasan, hours were spent in telling how w, l fit each other" The cordial greeting Of these old "yanksn will ever remain bright in memory.
 One in search of health and beauty of scenery has no need to wande around the earth in search of it. bu' here in this charming little city bo u can be found. Aside from Red Wing many charming resorts can be found along Lake Pepin. only a few mile down the river. The scenery canno be tqualled anywhere on earth I you wish to spend the summer go u Red Wing. It is impossible to de scribe it's beauty,
 Saturday and Sunday, September and 1, were spent in St. Paul ant Minneapolis, the guest of MT. s. r Swanstrom, of St. Paul. Nothing wa left undone that could afford pleasur, to us. St. Paul shows that it is in habited by public spirited people Everywhere shows evidence of this Probably in no city in the Union ar, there more public buildings ant beautiful parks, donated and beauti lied by public subscription than in St Paul. We visited the state capitol tan almost exact copy of which cal be seen in our own capitol in Littl, Rock) going through the entire mag niiicent structure, ending by an in teresting talk with Governor Fiber hart, progressive live man, with tn, Interests of his state at heart. Tn Masonic Hall was visited, and tn