The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-08-09

GllCuli0E given lDf 1bht~HttutS ~"
business as there IS now. Men ac-
CURED land in those days as a place
to stay ~ TO get living with the
aid Of the timber and the fish and
game. Now men are working those
farms and taking new ones because
they recognize it as a good business
venture. just as man might start a
grocery or dry goods store Ia town.
What Alex Nyquist Did.
Speaking OF agriculture as BUSH
ness brings to mind one shining ex-
ample Of what man can do on this
cheap land. The late Alex Nyquist
was one of the best miners Crystal
Falls ever had--faithful, Industrious
and honest He worked for twenty
years that we know OF in the mines
about here. principally at the old
Crystal Falls mine. He commanded
the best pay all OF the time. lived
economically for he was sober and
industrious, and about eight years
ago found himself worn out as min
err. II is condition that all men
who follow mining continuously come
TO,
He turned his attention TO farming
and, Notwithstanding that he had been
sober. industrious and economical all
OF those years he had but very
small sum laid away for that rainy
day that all prudent people provide
against With these savings he pur-
chased three forties OF Stambaugh's
good lands and set out to farm.
He brought that same industry and
economy into his farming work that
he did into his mining. the difference
being that the profit from 1t accrued
to himself We visited his farm dur
ing the week and II is one OF the best
If not the best in Iron county. Mr.
Nyqulst died something over "A year
ago and his estate was easily worth
$4,000 at the time Of his death, all
accumulated in the short period since
he quit the mine and went TO work Tor
himself
He has beautiful. home cost
~ barn. fine stock. lots OF machinery
and eighty acres Of land. the most OF
lie fro Of atumps and covered with
abundant crops
But wheat, corn. oats, hay and 9TH
or grains was not the only crops he
raised. He raised crop Of boys and
girls that were OF the right kind. The
boys instead Of deserving the farm
and going to Detroit or Chicago where
they can enjoy the white lights. get
$500 per day for making a nut IN ar
automobile factory and spend $40 in
gaieties, stuck right on the old farm
and are carrying on the work that
their father so successfully launched
They don't have to ride the street cars
TO q park in search OF little fresh
air. They have their automobiles
their horses and every other conven-
fence and all about them they have
the finest park OF beautiful trees that
nature has placed anywhere on the
earth and nature has 1t on the land
scape gardener all the time They
have an abundance OF berries at their
door, fine roads TO take spin over
and waters stocked with all kinds OF
fish while the woods are full OF game
Is there any reason for those boys TO
20 to Detroit? Is there any sense In
any young man with individuality and
ambition leaving this Cloyerland OF
ours for better pastures?
What Alex Nyquist did any miner
In our mines can do; what his sons
and daughters are doing any boy or
girl cando.
Great Source OF Wealth.
All these young men and young
women have to do Is TO take advan-
tago OF the immense wealth lying