The Calumet news., 1912-08-05

a county has three times as much rural
population as urban population, thGt
county viii be permanently prosper
Gus and no financial storm can crumbl,
on destroy II.
CioVerland Facts and Figures.
Let MS analyze a little in reference
To- the upper peninsula OF Michigan.
There are l0.42O.O0o acres of agIitul-
lural lands in these aftecn counties.
which Is four times as much as there
Is In Connecticut. which has pobula-
ton of Lll4,75G. and is as large as
Vermont and New Jersey. which com
bined have population Of y.S93.12S.
and there is thirteen times the iand
area in Clovorland than exists in Rhode
Island, which has population Z 542,
ClO. If the population of Cloverland
ever become as intense as Belgium. 1t
would he able TO furnish homes Tor
nine million persons.
"Clovcrland Is unrlvaled in it's trans
portation facilities II is travcrsed 10y
some of the leading railroads of this
country. Cloverland products can reach
eight million people i'm less than twelve
hours by rail II has one thousand
miles of coast line beias washed by the
waters of Lake Huron. Lake Michigan
and Lake Superior ard possesses some
of the finest natural harbors i'm the
world The interior is dotted with
thousands of spring water lakes ami
by rivers and creeks that are also
spring fed.
THE population of Cloverland at the
present time is 325.e2S persons, but she
has the capacity to support an agricul-
tural population Of 100000 or MOI c.
There are $4,000 quarter sections of
land ready for settlement.
County to Clear Lands.
There must he movement i'm the
direction cf formulating and passing a
law, the same as Wisconsin has
which gives each county the right 40
issue londs for the clearing of occu-
pied lands. SO that the farmers who
buy land and become actual settlers
an apply to the county board. wlich
has the power To advertise for bids
Tor the removal Of the stumps and the
clearing of its lands, and also prepare
hem for agricultural purposes. This
aw provides that the owners of these
lands shall pay in their taxes each year
"ne-fifth or even one-tenth. of the
money spent for the clearing OF such
lands, 50 that when man Is on his
land not to exceed orc year, he Will
have sufficient ground cleared To raise
oruducts from his land that will give
nim not only permanent living. but
lso one with profit. Times have
hanged in our country, and we cam
not wait. as our fcrefather3 did, thirty
rears, or more to make farm. The
clearing of lands IN the time uf our
Tore IA Tiers took period of thirty TO
-orty years. and II these lands in Clc-
ve-land can be cleared by men who
are prepared with improved machin
cry to do this work cheaply and salts
lactoiily. and IL can he done in six
months or a yeaI. this would bc saw
ulg of twenty five to thirty years In
time. If the matter of clearing these
iands were taken in charge Ny the
county boards. and pushed with the
.ame intelligence that is now being
used In the building of roads what a
wonderful saving of time would be
made i'm getting settlers for, and a
revenue from, these unoccupied lands.
"Cloverland stands almost at tine
,ery top in road building. and she viii
stand near the top in a short time ag-
riculturally. especially if ;he stumps
ind trees are removed cheaply from
his rich soil. No better country eN-
sts>for dairying. Much money can I've
made 10y making a speciality of potato
rowing.
THE soil of this magnificent tract
# land is unusually rich in growing
crops of small grains, such as oats,
corn. peas and buckwhcat. Such crops
As potatoes. cabbage, sugar beets, to-
natccs and celery grow i'm quantity
md quality. Vine fruits and apples.
plums and cherries are especially
adapted and yield abundantly, and
they seem tu have plenty o. protec-
zion from frost. ! think this p"otec d
lion comes from the vast area Of wa
ter that surrounds Cloverland on the
north and east sides.
This country is the natural home
,or tame and wild grasses. Glover
and timothy grow without cultivation,
IN both the forests and lands that have
been cut over so dairyinS and stoch
uising is going to be one Of the lead
ng Industries of Cloverlsnd,
Quality of Butter and Potatoes.
by proper advertising and working
ogcther. YOU can make n reputation
or your high quality potatoes and
hutter And, 10y using the wcrd Gle
.erlsnd' and calling all butter that :s
made in the fifteen counties Glover
and Butter and the potatoes Glover
and Potatoes YOU will be able 60