The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-05-01
SANDBORN CO.
BACK IN MICH.
INCORPORATED THE "SANDB0RN
INVESTMENT COMPANY"
TO C0LONIzE ON BIG SCALE
Michigan headquarters For the Con-
Germ will be in Crystal Falls With
An. Smith as Resident Agent

q. X. Sandborn is back i'm Michigan
and to the upper peninsula. Mr.. Sand
born left these part several years ago
to locate In Oregon and to deal In
Oregon lands. When he left these parts
II was thought that he wouldn't return
again but evidently the memories Mr..
Sandborn has of the opportunities in
upper Michigan have not faded and
have been the means of calling him
back to this section for the purpose OF
putting through colonizing scheme
that has always been in his mind.
Sandborn Investment Company
The Lansing dispatches of last
week contained a notice of the In
corporation of the "Sandborn Invest
ment Co" with headquarters In Crys-
tai Falls, the foreign home OF the cor
poration being Oregon. AS far as we
can learn this corporation has been or
ganized by Mr.. Sandborn TO handle his
Michigan investments which he has
been considering for some time and for
which deed has Just been received
Mr. A. III. Smith. manage OF the
Iron County Abstract Co. is the one
man in this section best informed on
Mr.. Sandborn's movements and with
the straws OF information in our pos
session we called upon Mr.. Smith to
get what information he had to offer
AS to the incorporation OF the COM
pany and the definite plans of Mr.
Sandborn, Mr.. Smith says that he has
no definite knowledge. That Mr.. Sand
born intends TO colonize extensively
in this county, Mr.. Smith is quite con-
vinced of from the fact that Mr.. Sand
born wrote TO him last winter and
told him of his (Sandborn's) Intention
20 return to Michigan and colonize
some certain tracts of lands. Mr..
Sandborn wrote Mr.. Smith at the time
that II he found II necessary to have a
Michigan agent that Mr. Smith would
be chosen and It is probable that he
will be the resident director of the
concern Mr. sandborn retains his
residence in Oregon.
Bought Cochran Timber Lands
AT the registers Office we learned
that the Sandborn interests have con
cluded deal for all OF the Cochran
Timber Co lands. These lands lie in
Towns As and 46. those in town 45
lying in ranges 81, 80, 33 and "a and
those lying in town 46 being in ranges
33 and "a. It will be seen from the
above that the bulk of the lands lie In
TTematitc township with portion in
Mansfield and Crystal Falls townships.
Mr. Sandborn has always had very
high appreciation OF the worth OF this
group of lands for agricultural pur-
poses and in his letter 10 Mr. Smith he
made the statement that in his opin-
ion that tract OF lands includes the
best farming lands in the upper peniu-
sula.
The lands have been held for a NUM-
ber Of years by the Cochran people and
they have been Offering them at very
low prices but as they were not in
the colonizing business their holdings
didn't scatter very rapidly. IL is un-
derstood that the deal by which these
lands pass to Mr. Sandborn is one at
which the lands can be sold TO settlers
at reasonable prices.
In last weeks issue we told OF the
coming OF colony OF 50 to Diana. a.
siding north Of Amasa. This Is all ex.
planned in the developments OF the
past week as the van guard OF the
Sandborn colonizing movement. The
colony is reported TO be coming from
Chicago. That city contains the main
colonizing Office Of the Sandborn peo-
pie and II is the one from which the
Iron county lands will be handled.
Phelps-BonneIl Lands Also
We learned further that the Sand
born people are not limiting their
efforts TO the Cochran lands but that
they have bargained for and that the
deeds have been passed for a big tract
OF lands in the southwestern part OF
the county, the tract known az The
Phelps Bonnell lands. These lands lie
IN the vicinity Of Hackiey. Wisconsin
some on the Wisconsin side and some
on the Michigan side The Michigan
lands lie IN Iron Rlvcr township and
the tract Is said 10 contain s0mt