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fdWB m fit*. IfewUn*4iiHtt NfcWS: Last Sattittlay tobk ouHfiitlal tf-l^ tftef tfaft 0. B. G. N. W.| df, as it is kbotifi tfi soine loealit4 163* the ujjttib a fid NotBiVestetti,” ihs lattef fiatne bBifig det-iVed? W6 suppose the fact that Oafrk Bush, of Gat4 has had something fcd dd With the jjfdrfidtidh df the Mffie w he« he wasfi’t“pawls’ th* buck*”, Wd eRdHlMtatffigiy state that the first fiSti tdWfi we dome fcd dh the litter that Of CrystalHake, is the leastfrOhii illfigSttM thfed, less pushaHd etitet4 etise beifiohd^ti iiefe thafit either Wddeh or Titofikft, although it is ho thelitis a “dead pfielt;H It was the fifSt one started, aha is perhaps ifidlihed td be more sedate than the Others if :fdf iidtliirig else thftb to Set ah Okathplei But Woden, the Host statibti Oti the line, had more business to the square inch' than a bdy killing potato bugs. M'fr Mddfe, the editor of the Wotlefi. Hof net, has about gothispiaftt in poSb tidti aha Will issue today if'everything goes right-. . 'What thirty short days ago was a tract of plowed ground is today -a bee hive of industry, and true Western philosophy as to the ultimate success of the town is expressed on every, hand. A general store Was selling goods over the counter, a hardware store waS about to open its doors, and the Bank of Woden was doing as much business as any banking institution in Britt* Lots were being sold every , daV, and while we Were there the irrepressible Father Nagle selected the Bite for his new Catholic church without three minutes' hesitation. The coal and grain business was booming, and an idler would create as much suspicion as Bd-.Bailey with a clean shirt. ;After a stop at this point we climbed into one of Mr. Fox’s “rattlers” and, after riding over the section of road that sceptics are finding fault with, but which to our mind is a monument to the true grit of the promoters who constructed the track from Woden to Titonka after the cold weather had set in, and where in places they have to dodge haystacks and swampy depressions, and “take to the prairie,’’ as it were, we were soon at the “Gem of Kossuth,” Titonka. And any one young or old, who holds pessimistic views on new towns, should take1,this trip over the new road and for once in their lives see a boom town as it really is. By a boom town we do not mean one on paper or in imagination, but a legitimate “hummer” in'every sense of the word. Everything is business, and every one lias more than they cim do, and they are always keeping a weather eye open for help before they perish from over' work. Even- Miss Ella Graham,, the editress of the Wasp, the newspaper Which will issue some time this week, and who is also the mayoress, postmistress1 and dels arte instructress of the new town, bad on .the new suit the goverument stipulates all its employes shall wear, and was as busy as Fisher’s after a balf-drowned chipmunk. She reports a heavier mail than the Wesley postofllce, and it is gaining every day. She already has deputized an assistant.The depot1 is a commodious two-story structure, and better than any along the'line of the Milwaukee .road, any where near this section of the country; three elevators,:with a capacity of-60,-000 busels of grain, the finest and largest being operated by the Northwestern Iowa Grain Company, and a long line of wagons were waiting, for a chance to unload into one or the other-of them all day. Nearly one hundred Iota, have been sold in this .town, some fifty or more being’ business locations,.: and have buildings on them or in course of erection, and the end of the next six months will see a town of 500 people or more. . jGo take a look at .these new towns ■you old fashioned people who believe in myths, and you will receive; a shock that will make 'yOu: ashamed of your selves; If the enterprise and enthus iasm shown in the building of these places don’t: make you ; feel young again you are forever lost to the beau ties of perseverance.and pluck. Make the trip and see what live:people are doirigdn ;the:worid.:rV-
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Algona Republican
Algona, Iowa, US
Wed, Jan 25, 1899
Page 4
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