The Minneapolis journal., 1901-02-14
IDEAS OF TRANSMITS


1.-THE northwest takes lots Of New England
fish, said Charles E. Lawson Of Gloucester,
one of the prominent fish packers of the
east. Goldfish, herring and mackerel are
great favorites with the Minnesota and Da-
kota trade ard the demand from this section
increases every year. In fact, the demand
is SO great that the lenten season seems to
bring no marked increase" Mr.. Lawson is
much impressed with the hustle and energy
OF western men
I'VE are of the few favored ones who drew
a good crop last year. said George D. Brown
of Wild Rice, n. D. There is no seer will
ing to predict that the Red River valley will
be given that kind of jolt again very
soon. Spring trade promises WE'LL
Miss Annie Leaser of Wheaton, Mimi, is
at the st. James on her return from Cali
fornia. Miss Leaser not long ago completed
a trip around the world. She considers south
ern California the finest winter resort on
the globe
Ossip Gabrilowitsch, the great pianist,
notices that one striking popularity about
the men Of America is the question, Wont
you have somethng?" And this view of the
American man is gained without any Dakota
When northwestern towns burn building
boom usually follows. James Gallager of
Abercrombie, y. D., says that Abercrombie
will have a building boom. The recent fire
will make it a much better town.
H. Bendeke, Norwegian vice consul. of
Grand Forks, N. D., is in town. Mr.. Ben
deke states that many Scandinavian people
with means are calculating on coming to
North Dakota this spring The class OF i'm
migration from the Scandinavian peninsula
is improving every year.
f. A. Appleton of Crystal, n D., is at the
Nicollet. The Appleton land and financial in
terests in southwestern Pembina county are
large. Crystal was one Of the spots in the
Red River valley that produced a good crop.
There has been but little snow since the
holidays, which is different from the condi-
tions on the other side of the international
boundary where the beautiful has been plenti-
full
Manitoba is coming into the northwestern
states after immigrants j. M. MacLachlan
OF Winnipeg, who is at the st. James, is one
OF the Dominion government immigration
agents assigned to work for the province of
Manitoba.
I'VE work among English speaking people
principally said Mr.. MacLachlan. "A
peculiar thing about the immigration that
has come to western Canada is that only
some Doukabors, some Belgians and some
some Dukourbours, some Belgians and some
Galatians all of whim make good settlers.
but that constitutes almost the entire of the
new element that speaks a foreign tongue
There are no Norwegians and Swedes to
speak Of. We intend to do considerable work
this year in eastern Wisconsin, using our
remarkably low-priced lands as an induce
ment.
The last election was a landslide. The
conservative party is badly demoralized all
through the dominion, with the exception of
Manitoba 1t is stated that Hugh John Nc
Donald has retired from politics and will stick
to his law practice. Laurier is Canadas
great man."
B. o. Seymour editor of the East Grand
Forks Courier, is at the Nicollet Mr. Sew
mour is greatly interested in trap shooting.
He is one of the cracks" of the state.
Tracy R. Bangs of Grand Forks was in
the city this morning route to Chicago
Mr.. Bangs is supreme vice chancellor of the
order of Knights of Pythias of the world. and
the next meeting of the supreme lodge will
probably place him in the chair of supreme
chancellor. Members Of the order in the
Dakotas consider that they have gained a big
honor in Pythian circles when an office of
that nature comes to such a small iurisdic-
ton.
Charles A. Lum of Aberdeen, s. D.. who
is stopping at the Nicollet, is heavily in
terested in -four manufacturing in his state
The milling industry is prosperous in South
Dakota and the big increase in population
in the next five years is expected to make
the home trade still better.
o. NJ. Styve Of Lake Mills is one Of the
visiting Iowa merchants. He commends the
enterprise of twin city wholesalers. There
is not a corner of Iowa that cannot tell it's
own story of good times and good trade. The
disposition of Iowa merchants to at least
divide the orders with twin city houses is
growing more pronounced.
The fact that st. Cloud building stone is in
teresting contractors outside the state is a
pleasing item to people from that locality
Charles Price predicts that the st. Cloud
quarries will have a big increase in trade
within the next few years. Mr.. Price is
opening new store at st. Cloud and is here
to-day to purchase his stock.
NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY CLUB.