Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 31, 1900, Page 44

32 GRAND RAPIDS, ITASCA COUNTY, MINNESOTA. SWAN RIVBR. A Lively and Interesting Railway Junc- tional Point in the Southeastern Cor- ner of Itasca County. The village of Swan River is in the southeastern corner of Itasca county, nineteen miles toward Duluth}-from Grand Rapids. The Hibbing branch of the Eastern Minnesota railway ex- tends from Swan River to Hibbing, a distance of twenty-nine miles. Be- sides the business incident to the rail- way junction there is a considerable amount of logging done in the vicinity of Swan River, and it is a quite lively Village. John Rellis, chairman of the board of commissioners of Itasca coun- ty, resides there, and part of his large hotel, also one corner of the Eastern Minnesota railway depot, appears in the picture herewith. The exchange of courtesies between a deer and a young gentleman of Swan River adds to the attractive appearance of the picture at the end of this article. There are some settlers in the vicin- ity of Swan River, but the chief indus- try is logging and general timber work. — SCENERY AT SWAN RIVER. KOOGHIGHING. An Ambitious Itasca County Village that is Nearly a Hundred Miles on a Straight Line from the County Seat. Koochiching is on Rainy river, oppo- site Fort Francis, on the boundary line between Minnesota and Canada. At the last general election. he!d in AN INDIAN HOME ON LAKE POKEGAMA. November, 1898, Koochiching cast only twenty-two votes; but the village has grown since that time. It now has two newspapers, through which the outside world is informed of the pros- pects and high expectations in regard to that locality. One of the newspa- pers, the Border Budget, has two edi-- tors, C. W. Johnson and C. S. Jameson. The other newspaper, the Rainy Lake Herald, is edited by J. A. Osborne, and is a lively example of western progress. These newspapers never tire of spread- ing abroad a knowl- edge of the great water power in the Rainy river at that point, which they es- timate as being the largest west of Niag- ara Falls, and vari- ous other great gifts of nature in that vi- cinity. Just now a loud call is made by Koochiching for rail- way connection with the commercial cen- ters of the North- west, and it will un- doubtedly be reck- oned with during the railway development now being start- ed in Northern Minnesota. AN INDIAN HOME. A picture on this page shows an In- dian home.on Lake Pokegama, three miles from Grand Rapids. The Indian boy in the foreground has adopted all of the styles of civilization that he can, even to the wearing of a seeming- ly unnecessary necktie. His face indi- cates an honest purpose and a desire to appear well. These characteristics are very common among the Chippe- was, and are in marked contrast with the vicivus nature that was so evident among the Sioux Indians who infested the southwestern. frontier of Minneso- ta forty years ago. o—— THE COMPILER closes his work with satisfaction in the thought that many people may be benetited thereby. Having resided in Minnesota continuously since 1857 he understands northwestern develop- ment, and knows that the time has come for the settlement and develop- ment of northern Minnesota. In one year not many choice tracts of govern- ment land will remain untaken. All lands will advance rapidly in value. Home-seekers should not delay. |