a flat piece of paper and tie it up. Everything but canned goods came in boxes or barrels. Even the snooze was kept in a jar and had to be weighed out by the ounce. Before the stockyards came, farmers butchered their pigs and brought in the carcasses. They were laid on a box and you could buy a quarter, a half or a whole hog. Dressed beef sold for 3 to 4 cents the pound.

        We had no movies, no ice cream parlors, no study club, no bridge club, no lodges, no beer halls; yet we got by and were more contented than we are now. The village of Lake Wilson was incorporated June 23, 1900.

        One of the staunch friends of Lake Wilson in the early days was B. I. Weld of Slayton. He was president of the State Bank here during the fire of 1911, and when plans were being drawn for the new bank building a majority of the directors were in favor of erecting a one story building. Mr. Weld, however was insistent that the new building should have two stories and finally won his point. Ever since the bank was built the upper story has had a tenant. In many other ways the late Mr. Weld lent his aid and assistance to Lake Wilson and his help was duly appreciated by the folks who knew and loved B. I.

Steam Tractors
"In the Days of Steam"


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Bathing Beauties
Bathing in Lake Wilson in 1910
Latest styles in bathing costumes that season. One of the ladies is now
the wife of a well known Chanarambie twp. farmer

        Another Slayton man who was always a sincere friend of Lake Wilson was the late Senator J. V. Weber. Vin started coming to Lake Wilson in the early Farmer's Days. He used to sell wienies, and he made good at that, as he did in everything he tried. He was always willing and able to aid us in every undertaking. Spoke here on Commencement Days and Decoration Days, in fact, whenever we were in need, we called on "Vin" and he never failed us.

        The title of most successful man in the history of Lake Wilson, no doubt, goes to L. J. Kaplan. He came to Lake Wilson in 1920 and started up a store on a meagre line of merchandise. The goods were all right but they were few and far between. He and his wife, Sylvia, buckled down to work and put the old

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