Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-11-03
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FOR YE0MEN HOME
SITE COMMITTEE FAvORABLY
IMPRESSED WITH LINDBERGH
TRACT HERE

Little Fails STANDS gOOd clolce OF
being selected as the location for the
proposed Yeomen home as the result
of the visit of the committee on sites
Of that order to this city last Monday
and Tuesday. They looked over sever
al available sites in this vicinity and
were especially we'll pleased with the
tract along the Mississippi river south
west of this city which includes the G.
A. Lindbergh property. T.
A. N. Farmer, the secretary Of the
Ycomen site committee, is known to
many Little Falls people, having been
superintendent of the public schools in
st. Cloud a number of years previous
to going with the Bureau Of Municipal
Research Of New York City in 1912.
He was we'll pleased with the Lind
bergh site and stated that the facili-
/ ties here are as good as can be desired.
He assured the local committee that
/ this city has a good chance Of landing
the home as it appealed to the commit
! tee as one of the top-notchers in the
contest. This is highly pleasing news
i to the people here, especially lX-when it
is considered that the committee on a
! STU udo ICiSlS SOIlC 1OuA Auuu1Cu O1AOA .
of sites and some Of them accompanied
! by enormous bonuses or other form of
inducement.
The Little Falls committee, Mayor
Bergheim, w. H. Ryan, Carl Bolander,
George Kiewel and District Manager
Bohman Of the Yeomen met the Yco-
men site committee at Monticello Mon
day morning and accompanied them to
Little Falls, arriving her at P. NJ,
that day. The visiting committee in
! cluded a. N. Farmer of Des Moines,
Ia., secretary, W. F. Sem of Mime
apolis, supreme treasurer, w. E. Hat
ley of Minneapolis, state manager and
7. j. Grose, district manager in Min
ncapolis. Mr.. Sem and Mr.. Hatley
were accompanied by their wives. In
Little Falls the dclo"~' ~ as joined
by the local sur-oc &!-o' tee. G. E. Lu-
cas-, John Vcrtin, :::..s Colby, P. j.
Vasaly and V. E. Joslin.
AS 1t was the impression of the To-
cal committee that the Williams farm
site west Of the city came nearest be-
ing what was wanted, the delegation
was taken there first. They liked the
site but stated that proximity to a
! lake or river was essential to provide
rccrcational facilities They were then
taken to the Major Morrill, place in
/ Little Elk and the Lindbergh site
along the west bank Of the Mississippi,
>southwest of the city. The Lindbergh
site appealed to the delegation as very
favorable so they decided to remain
here until the next day and go over it
thoroughly. This they did and they
returned to Minneapolis on Tuesday
with the name of Little Falls On their
! list of desirable sites.
Monday evening the members of the
visiting delegation were the guests of
the local committee at a banquet at
the Hotel Buckman. Mayor Berghein1
acted as toastmaster.
] Mr. Farmer was first called upon.
; He said that approximately 400 sites
have been offered in 33 different
states, but that out Of all these only
about so have been investigated, the
other Immediately eliminating them
selves because Of undesirable features
or lack of necessary ones. Of the SO
sites investigated about 35 have been
found we'll up to the standard and II
to Is stand out as unusually attractive
and desirable. He added that Little
Falls was included in this latter list,
the site along the river here looking
especially favorable:~ search fol-
a site began over a year ago. Mr..
Farmer said, "and if one Of the first
sites examined and which was then
believed to be the best possible loca'
tion, had been selected, a grave mis-
take would have been made as many
far superior.'
Speaking of the proposed Yeomen
home for motherless and fatherless
children, Mr.. Farmer said that this
institution will seek to develop the
latent powers Of tho children in order
that they may give the largest mea
sure Of unselfsh service to society
Such a home must have natural beauty
and the climate must be healthful
It must be located near a railway
center and have adequate transporta'
tion facilities. For attractiveness and
recreational purposes a river or lake
is essential. From 500 to $500 acres
of productive land are required,
DR.. L. M. Roberts of this city spoke
on the desirability Of this location
from the health standpoint. G. B
Campbell, former county agent, talked
on soil quality and agricultural posi-
bilities. F. G. Ruth, local agent fol
! the Northern Pacific, assured the CO.
operation of that company in the mat
ter Of rail transportation. Highway
transportation was covered by R. B
Millard. J. K. Martin told of build.
ing material available here. R. r
Reilly, city engineer, spoke on the
question Of drainage and water sup.
ply. A. V. Taylor spoke on available
electric current for power and lighting
purposes and he pointed out that the
prices here are low.
Before the close of the meeting
n. Farmer stated that it is the inten
tion of the committee on a site tt
make detailed report of its investi:
tgations to the board, Of directors about
the middle of December together will
two or three sites which are consider
ed best. He expressed the belief that
the final decision in the matter woulc
be made shortly after the first Of thu
year and that construction work viii
commence next spring.
Musical Art Club
The first program Of the student sec
ton of the Musical Art club was give1
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