St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-15
CAUGHT IN THE CORRIDORS.
Talks About Immfgra ton Mining
and Farming.

G. L. Goodell, of Duluth, secretary
of the Sixth District immigration as
ISOLATION, called yesterday at the head
quarters of the state association. Mr..
Goodell reported that Carlton county,
which includes Barnum, his old home,
has been thoroughly organized in the
interest of immigration work. The first
convention Of the Sixth district, held
at Duluth, Jan. % and %, had been
much is expected Of the next county
convention, that Of Aitkin county, which
will meet at Aitkin March rs.
o. J. Dickinson, of the Helena indie
pendent, said to G ! o b reporter at
the Merchants hotel yesterday that
within twenty years there had not
been as much excitement about mining
in Montana as there is now.
Most of us out there" said Mr.
Dickinson, "are friends of silver. Theo-
retically we deSpiSe gold. We associate
it with bugs, tyranny and Wall street.
Practically, however, our hearts burn
with joyous Indignation whenever we
strike a ledge filled with the disrep-
utable yellow metal. Against our firm
est convictions in political economy we
are giving to gold the Importance that
silver only had for many years. A
great number of new mines are being
opened in the vicinity of Helena, and
a surprising amount of capital is being
invested by Montana men and outside
parties in the work of developing old
mines. OF course, where the silver ore
is rich and abundant, as in the Occur
d. Alene district, we don't neglect it.
Everywhere else all attention is fixed
upon gold.
1.-The winter thus far has been a mild
one, and stock on the ranges has suf-
fered very little. I think the stock
men, as well as merchants in general,
expect a much more prosperous year
than 1896"
1.-THE unearned increment" has been
good thing for the farmers Of South
ern Minnesota, according to one of
them, E. B. Wilbur, of Mower county.
Said Mr.. Wilbur yesterday, at the
Windsor, to G l b e reporter:
I'm glad to see the effort being made
just now to get Eastern people into
Minnesota. It's all foolishness to say
that the state is all settled up down our
way, and that there is no room for
any more people Why, the average
population to the mile down there,
believe, isn't more than eighteen to
the mile, while in Ohio, for instance,
it's about ninety. Perhaps this state
couldn't easily support an equally large
population as Ohio, but, you see, we've
a big margin to work upon.
"There is a decided demand in our
county, at present, for farming lands.
It's been brought about in way that
wouldn't be expected in this new Sec
ton. Many farmers have lived there
for years, and accumulated consider
able money Now they want to retire,
and they're selling their improved
farms to people from the East, who
either desire to start fresh out here,
or who wish to put their sons on good
farms, where money will buy more
than it will in the old settled states.
This has made brisk demand for land
about us, and the price of farms Is
going up. My own farm, for example,
has increased in value $40 an acre
during the past last three years, in
spite of the panic and the hard times.
The unearned increment may be
Z naughty the philosophers say so, but
it's nice when you're on the inside. I"
Edward Is the Third.
Messrs. Jerry G. Prendergast and Joseph
Moshofsky, who were appointed as arbitrat-
ors in the dispute between the board of
school inspectors and P. G. Justus met yes
terday and appointed Edward Jepson as the
third member of the board, which will prob
ably meet the first Of the week to consider
tho evidence in the case.