The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-03-22
The Eos ton Territory
one Does Not Get a FalF laapFes-
sion og Ii from q Trip
BY Railway
From the EgeniAg ralsgfafa a NesFI
Superior Wiz.a MaFch Al


.elal Club. Ar. W. d. STREET, al Bev
snielii mia NJ tila Tsisor Iii ki.s.s Y Ten
|he came to Alinnesuta la Ia7s. sha old
st. paul Il Pae5tae Ma busldiag its
Fergus PALS branch IRON ST. Cloud
towards Maorhead. That ia 1881 shen
He toek Ais aegt trEp oyer tlsa line ~
Fergus Falls tx regarded tbs esnasfg
trayeFsed III tits line betwaeu ST. slgiid
ana aauk Gentre al almost hopeless
propositlon, although twas then q
8eli.ssttlea country Ila1 TIA road laaa
.sou. ht d low grads, ana felsared :
course largely through fanaraek
swanps. Passenger eolanonly called
ii tAa God. FpFaaken rouHtr 1t
Il iast such ceAassy ID the s,asles
line passes rllfoagI ID Itasoa, Eel-
" ami aud Hubbard eoualiea. The
railway sugineess songht tie lowest
grades ana straighteas Fontest
and swaaps ami sana ridges are the
landsoape that 4ast trsa estly meee
tiae view III the taavei. Bit ksisGk III aIi
thai Is tie settler gith bis axe aud has
noe and slaee tIe advalsIsssf Ghe rail-
way me acres are noenIrg ~ IL euItl-
gatian, and it will be blit d feW years
bafars tAis rev country viii Id as
MUCH If d gardsa. aaa Aag snsaaaa as
.are fha really leaagiflsl fagme In
staarns e0ahts.
wa ind fle aweds saa Aargegian
I'd Ia IDEAL axemen and the GsFaians
ideal gardenera ana snall traek peo-
ple. We are getting large uaEatels of
that kind 81 settlers, mingled 9Th
quite aprlukling af Ames sesns
That portian al the cpaatry tribH-
tarY 10 Superior biz virtue ef Ellts Reg
line ef railway presents ssse spectacle
qf emigration iloaing eastward. The
Fosslpn eztepsipn was Originally q
feeder ID the main liae II Gyuakstall,
and tapped 4 pneket al rlsh agflelil-
tlPal lands III what II knatFp nv Tbir-
teen Towns, terminating 81 Boston,
from which point all pf Beitrami eoua-
III and uofthepn Hubbard was fed ana
clothed, POLK county Vas INV sTs Flesi
agtieultuFailg snd has Nithsa lEs Dor
dspa ave t0Wna of m0re tlaan lssD pDp-
uiation eaeti, sevsrsl Of 300 ~ ast
each aud an industrious aaa frugal
people, Aorman coauEa iueEaaes the
White Earth RESERVATION aHd " thor
0agillY Faopsed In IFS westsfga Eali VIII
lines 0t railNay tragerslng II noffh
and south, q sf Hlsleh RFg Ieedsrs 20
the Eloss axsenhial. Fegfp Polls
and AonzAn soantie s haze essle hBn-
Ireda IA seitiers into Eelfrafal
III, iii anxious II sscage lapis aaH
In the brush aad ssmber lands
Marstall aud KiEsen conntiGE haea-
II The Bed liver. and aae bflth gfeaf
ghaat raIsers, Their FORMULATION afla
grain productions arc steadily II ne
inersase aaa tlIefr Yillages are all
prosperous. Tbs trade af tsysss fro
copntfaa sbnpld he worth fhastsands FlI
dollar pef year 70 yottr SUPERIOR
wholesalers and manufacturers
ERaseaa Gaianty Il nee aad a1list haFa
railroads q aeYelgpe 4, hed hlFer
has three good taFl lseti I4iaske + 4 U.s.
ST, Hilaire and Thief islyes Falls
WitA Sash OF wblel yoaF leghefs aFe
familiar, ihe proposed exEeHsloH At
The Great Northern from sssIlstIl
narlh1es tWard ta ifpseaH goald epeH
lP REAGAN aRd fAfther portion o.
western BsltFanl nos BOY peesS,lsa "
settlements,
Tie proposed extension 81 tne
Rrainerd q Aofthefa from RsMlail ~
Rainy EliYer apa tfle HaeFth 81 Flle blg
Fprk has already senF seFre AHAaFsis
0f settlers into noFEneTl itasea lA "a
vance of construction and ] sllak Y
a faiF antIeipatlon that olif tRg iafge
epp ties gill have 20 submit g p Atsl-
RHtation q tsrfitofy II a FsFg ieE
Years,
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