The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-08-29
Satisfying
Land Hunger
Rush for Lands in Northern Minn-
esOta-.-Many Lake Homesteads.
Free Lands for Hardy Pioneers.
Uncle Sam Has Acres by the
Million.

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Million.
Theodore Knappen in the Minneapolis Journal.
Crookston, Mimi, Aug. 21.
The activity in the northwestern
farm lands market which is evil
denced in Minneapolis and St.
Paul BY the large numbers Of COR
porations, firms and individuals
who have engaged in the business
recently, is reflected in the smaller
towns Of the northern and north
western part of the state BY the
numerous land Offices" Many
a new sign has been hung out Of
late, and many a man is getting
rich buying and selling lands.
The cheap lands Of the Dakotas
and Minnesota are in great demand
among emigrants from older states
and the older portions Of Mime
sofa, who find it d profitable
transaction to sell their firms in
old communities at high prices
and buy in the new ones at low
prices. Enormous tracts of North
arn Pacific and other lands have
been bought BY the large land CONF
panies which have cut them up
and sold them. Some Of them have
been boughtpnrely for speculative
purposes, but many have passed
into the hands Of actual settlers.
Some parts Of the state have seen
such an influx Of these new COM
ers in the last two or three years
that the pioneers have been lost
in the mass. Land owners, land
agents and land buyers are con
stantly coming and going In the
southern counties Of the timber
region, and in all those of the Red
river valley where any land, wild
or improved, is to be had. 70
hear the talk in the stations and
hotels Of the towns Of these reg
ions one would think that there is
little beside land and wheat bought
and sold of men.
RUSH FOR GOVERNMENT LAND.
While thousands are buying at
all the way from 20 to $15 an acre,
according to location and the
quality purchased, other hundreds,
at least. are getting their land
from Uncle Sam. The govern
ment, which has given away its
land with such prodiga1ity, still
has millions Of acres in Minnesota
to give away. Much Of it may be
worthless for agricultural pur-
poses, but hundreds Of thousands
/ Of acres of good land remain and
can be had for the asking and
using by any man or woman not
afraid to live in the woods remote
from railroad; willing to put up
with some hardships and accept
the lot Of a pioneer.
In the Rainy and Red river
watershed in Minnesota there re-
main two or three millions of
acres Of government lands outside
Of unceded Indian reservations.
These lands lie in the northern
parts of the counties of Itasca and
Beltranli, which have about 1000
square miles each and are larger
than some states.
GOOD RED LAKE LAND.
It has been supposed that the
land between Red Lake and Lake
of the Woods was about all
swamp, but it is now claimed that
two-thirds of it is good land con-
| tanning much good timber of yari-
ous kinds. Only a little of this
land is yet open to settlement, but
lit has been surveyed; the surveys
are now being examined, and it is
likely TO be opened to settlers in
the near future. The land along
the rivers which run north through
this country into Rainy river is
particularly good, the banks often
being high, and covered with pop
lar, spruce, cedar, maple, elm and
ash and little pine. But in ceded
Indian lands all forties showing
pine to such an extent as to be Of