St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-01
OF THE NORTHWESTERN PROM
ISED LAND is ATTRACT
ING SETTLERS.
IMMIGRANTS OF HIGH GRADE
MIR. BASS TELLS OF THE Dun
KARD SETTLEMENTS RE-
GENTLY MADE.
MANY LUsTY YOUNG FARMERS
to Participate in Her FU-
ture Greatness.

The movement of people into the
state Of Minnesota, and especially
into the section of the state which
draws from the city of st. Paul for
it's supplies, is going on right mer-
rily. The various railroads see the
necessity of having the vacant lands
settled up. Whether the law recent
ly passed by the state legislature,
to tax all railroad lands not in use
for road purposes, has anything to
do with the increased activity, or
whether lit is simply a desire to see
new people come into the state, is
naturally a matter Of conjecture.
Max Bass, the Great Northern's
indefatigable emigration agent ar
rived in the city yesterday morn
ing, having in charge a party of
sixty-eight Dunkards, who were en-
route to North Dakota, where they
will join the colonies already es-
tablished there by the railway peo-
pie. The Dunkards went out during
the forenoon, but Mr.. Bass remained
at the general offices for the day.
In speaking of the matter Mr.. Bass
said: For three years 1 have been
busy at work educating these Dun
kards and Amish people that the
Northwest is not a bleak and barren
waste, lying next door to the North
pole. 1t was not an easy matter to
get them started on the immigration
to the Northwest. But the Great
Northern has kept right on with the
work and as a result we have now
settled some 500 of them in the va
riouS colonies in North Dakota. They
are all located on the main lines
of the Great Northern road, and
easily accessible. The colonies were
placed in the vicinity of Mayville,
Cando, Bisbie, Charles Ferry, Grand
Harbor, etc. All who went up there
to live are thoroughly satisfied with
their new homes, and are firm be-
levers in the new territory. OF
course we shall continue this work
as long as there is man whom we
can get hold of to come up here"
CAME TO GROW UP.
The st. Paul & Duluth road has
been quietly but actively pushing the
immigration problem, and is con-
stantly bringing in new settlers.
HopeWen Clark, land commissioner
of the road, said yesterday to a
G | b e reporter that, while the line
has not been blowing a strong bazoo,
nevertheless it has done it's share,
and there is a deal more of that class
of business to follow. During the
present week seventeen families will
be settled in the vicinity of Sturgeon
lake. Other parties have already
been taken up this week and have
found new homes around Moose
Lake, Atkinson, Finlayson and other
places along the line.
Mr.. Clark said: These people are
all Americans. The greater portion
of them are young farmer boys who
have some money and are anxious
to get start for themselves. These
people have come from the Atlantic
coast states, the Middle states, and
some from Illinois and Nebraska.
Coming from old and established
farming communities of this coun-
try, these new settlers of Minnesota
are possessed at once of the nee
essary knowledge to conduct prof
liable farm. Therefore they are
most desirable people to have. We
have spent good deal of money in
general advertising and are now
realizing that printers ink does
pay"