The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-02

Minnesota has past legendary elusive, his
toric too But she isn't living in it-ony living in
respect of it, Its present is the reality of two
and one half millions of people going soberly about
tasks of such staggering variety each day. Its flu
ture lies in calm appreciation of both historic and
contemporary ways Of life 1t lies not in the pre-
JUDGED narrowed vision that boasts brazenly Min
nesota only. But it does rest, and easily, in those
who say Marvellous Minnesota-as great part OF
the U. S. exists, but in all contributing part
Minnesota claims two national forests, 81 state
parks ego ahead, name over three) and nine Indian
reservations tribal settlements.
Two game farms Matching $4,000 game birds
nualy, 1856 game refugees, and II fish hatcheries
producing 7s0000,000 young year of the
reasons nature keeps natural!
Not 10000 only but by actual count II 007 chart
ed lakes, $4,000 miles of rivers and streams, and
here's one thatn catch you, more than 100 water
falls and cascades.
If you're interested in drainage, there are three
continental divides in the state (converging in a
point from which waters may choose their destiny
and flow either southwark to the Gulf of Mexico,
eastward to the Gulf of st. Lawrence or northward
to Hudson Bay and the watershed between the
Mississippi and the Missouri.
You tip your tiny tootsie the northern
most point in the U. S. in Mnnesota-the Northwest
Angle, above Lake of the Woods longitude 40 de-
grees-23'-40"D
On few rocks you trot across the head
waters of the Mississippi. The point of Lake
Superior, headwaters of the Great Lakes, bores like
a giant standpoint, into the heart of Minnesota
Amusing nostalgia tender legends surround the
tales of Paul Bunyan, Hiawatha, Minnehaha whose
mythical homes in this state
Duluth, the worlds largest inland sea port. 1900
miles roughly, from the nearest In point of
tonnage the Duluth-Superior harbor is the second
largest port in the world. =.
Three iron ranges whose mines constitute the
largest iron ore field in he world and produce Sc
percent of all the iron mined in the U. S.
The biggest hole dug by man"-the open
pit iron mine at Hibbing, excavation larger than
the entire Panama Canal
The worlds only Pipestone quarry, quest of early
explorers and scientists from all parts of the EARTH
and the site of National Monument.
Famous quarres of marble granite, limestone
and sandstone.
u S., and the largest flax crop, with it's nodding
blue heads, growing more than 60 percent of the
nations output
Ten large packing plants and the worlds sec
ond largest livestock mart.
In point of medical centers Minnys without pier
The famous Red River Valley, "Breadbasket of
the World"
A motor vehicle for every three persons living
in the state. Yet there Sunday afternoons when
don't even get sniff of carbon monoxide'
May I continue? This is really such easy
way to get out a column when it's spring, and
young mans fancies and the rake says, Hi, hoe!"
Thanks we knew you wouldn't care.
Minnesota has II 900 miles of surfaced state
trunk highways which, if placed end to end-would
neither be practicable effective. But for the
sake of emphasizing statistics I'll give you the rest
one super highway extending around the rim of the
U. S. and another reaching from the Gulf of Mexico
to Alaska.
Take away 1880 bridges from these same high
ways and you'd have a-quite time with that rub
bershod terramobile
The states additional 1O7 900 miles of county and
township roads and motor trails Qm glad they in
cluded that las) would reach more than four times
around the earth at the equator.
Minnesota has expended over $4O0,000,OOO on its
trunk highway system, and that's neat pile OF
chips in anybodys poker game Yet the states tax
burden levied against motorists is of the lowest
in America.
There are 10 historical sites, clearly designated
along the states highways and included IS the stock-
ade at Sank Centre erected in 1852
Are you tired after all that? But 1t was inter-
esting and so easy for yours truly. For the info
came from the 1910 map Of Minnesota, its highways
lakes and rivers charted. Our compliments 10
the State Highway Department, under whose Juris-
diction the map is published, for of the finest
helps to tourists, of the most complete maps
we've seen.