Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-10-06
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pfesty a1d Is go;
shortly atters1.. 70 the 8ueeb nlod 1n.:
to the lanquet 5E0om Where they par
took Of t0DthHOme i've. course dinner,
which vas sa1yed under Landlord
Palmer's direction jn excellent style.
The dinner over 81. G. Gordon, man
aaer az the Water Power company, set
ina a. t0astmaeter, opened tie speak
ins mart 81 the program Hassald that
MI. McCague, president Of thu com
panv had asked him the best way to.
meet the business ana prof essional men
of the city-and his answer was in
what was taking place tonight. r.
pra.;,,o,,t Mcf1acuo was Tho f;rs*
.nea ker If the evsn;np his snbieet
he;no .+whv Ayo Wo HaTaq i,-Ha ssid
Tho Officers If the Water power com.
many are Glad that RI MANY of Little:
Falls business men had responded TO
the invitation to meet together. 7
had something to do in assigning the
subject myself. Why are We herel I
scarcely know. hat expect to know
from Little Falls friends and citizens.
] have come to the city the last ten
Years because l thought there was
future to this town but the same faith
in the business development was not
evidenced bv the business men of the
town. We have been asked why we did
not INDUCE more business men or fac
tories to locate here. Why don't the
comnanv 90 out and get them7 The
Water Power company is interested in
Little Falls hut no matter what the
company does, unless all business men
believe in Little Falls the efforts Of the
Water Power company will Ee fruitless.
Last week Mr.. Gordon asked suRges.
tions as to what we would say tonight
that is subjects to be considered.
Make it definite propositlcn-that
Little Fails in 1920 will show popu-
lation Of 20. 600: Cannot you think
energy and ability this cannot be
reached.
Otay1 towns have rat population
marks ahead and attained them. The
business men have not met together
sufficiently to know what your town
nossesses. Located almost in the
center of the state. Little Falls is in a
POSITION to attain railroad lines radiat-
mo in everv direction. What do YOU
nossess? Bank deposits of over a
million and half. which is very
largo for a CITY of this size-which
money should give Won a large advan-
900 for EXPANSION The soil of the
conntv ia Standardization and dairvinp
Is thriving. In YOUR CITY you have one
of the largest saw mills in the country
also the same can be said of the paper
Midland you have got water power
IN von know that it is in capacitv
and SIC the third on the M,ssissippi
r;var and nntil inst RECENTLY The sec:
onr Tha fact that Won are only 100
,o;1as from tho twin cities shonld
maka M d;fferenca In a citv that has
TIC natnro1 advontaoes Of little Fails
# this nower was in some towns the
whole united States wonid Know of Il.
THE water that IS oo1np over the dam
to wasta shonld ha nrotited hv
thousands Of neon,e II belongs to
.;ttle Fails The Water Power com.
nanv can't take # awav from Won T.
shonld he made into dollars for the
citv of little Fails. The noss,bilites
are large. At vour door is the hast
o,ar;te in tho limited States tho iron
9anos;ta w;ch are heinp drilled s;r N
se1en miles from vonr citv. NAV no1
he develoned for a while. hit win he
an enormonss source Of wealth and
enonah to mild a great citv. I have
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ohont ana orpani2e and have A civ ii
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