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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-12

Jasper and Marion counties, Iowa. purchased
a large tract of land north of Groton. The
first contingent arrived last week, bringing
with them 100 head of registered Shorthorn
heifers Others from those same counties
will follow soon.
The outlook for much larger immigration
to this section from the states above mem
, toned, during 1902, is very favorable.
The verdict of those who have looked this
section over, and who are9in position to pass
judgment, is, that lands TRIBUTARY to Groton
will, inside year, sell for $40 and $50
an acre much more readily than they new sell
for $25 and $50.
E. j. Miller of Ortonville, Mimi, for the
past twenty years prominently identified
with the banking and other interests of
Grant and Roberts counties, S. D., and
Big Stone county, Mimi, has this to say
concerning the land values and crop rec
ords of eastern South Dakota and western
Minnesota:
Twelve or fifteen years ago we were in
serious doubts whether it would ever be pos
sible to raise anything but small grains in
this locality. The growing or corn was large
ly an experiment, and the results at that
| time were very meagre. Some six or seven
years ago, with the advent of the first Iowa,
Illinois and Indiana farmers, 1t was dis
covered that the raising of corn was not only
possible but could be made. highly success
ful. Win the growing OF good corn naturally
came stock raising of all kinds, and the
creameries, and just naturally following
this came the present rise In land values.
Considering their intrinsic values / claim
| that the prices on our lands still very
| low, and from my observation in Minnesota
| and the two Dakotas | know of locality
| in either state offering more inducements to
| the homeseeker the investor than the
Coteau valley, in Grant and Roberts coun-
| ties and Big Stone and Traverse counties,
! Minnesota.
Reference to table of government statistics
| shows this territory to be well within the
| established corn belt and the region of un-
| failing rains, and l. know personally that
! there has not been failure of crops in the
| territory east of the Coteau Hills in the
past twenty years. The natural flow of wa
danger of drought and insures unfailing
! supply of excellent water at moderate depth.
Iowa is the greatest state in the union be-
| cause it is in the region of sufficient rain fall
1 and because it is first in the production of
| corn; corn being the key to successful stock
raising, and that in turn being the key to
| successful farming. The soil and climatic
/ conditions are such that our farming is max
! ing second Iowa of this section OF Mime
! sofa and the Coteau valley in South Dakota,
but did you ever stop to think that no amount
of labor can increase the rainfall OF the arid
| belt the smallest fraction of an inch, or
lengthen the growing season of the far north
by single day?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-12

for young men desiring to begin the stock
business on small capital In proof of this,
we can cite dozens of farmers within twenty
miles Of here who began from ten to fifteen
years ago with no money and were COM
PEELED to go in debt for the tools they worked
with and the food that sustained them These
men soon found that diversified farming was
the way to success, and now they are worth
from 900 to 100000 and are enjoying the
fruits Of their toll and good Judgment Such
opportunities are not found in any other
parts of this country, and the young men
Of Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin and
other states are beginning to realize this and
are hurrying to this section of the northwest
before the bargains are gone. There cannot
be too much said in praise of the people that
are coming into this country. They are the
young, wide-awake, progressive men who are
to be the backbone Of this country in few
years. They have realized that this was prob
ably the last chance to get good land at
such low figures and are acting. The extern
sions of the Chicago Milwaukee & st. Paul,
500 and Northern Pacific railroads place mar
kets within the reach of all and give farmers
the advantages Of daily mails and other &C
Communications that the stockmen OF other
counties do not have.
T. G. Junge, field manager Of the firm, has
been a resident of this section of the state
-
| stock business and knows well the value of
| this land for mixed farming Our knowledge
| of this particular territory has enabled us to
select the best tracts of land to he found.
! Values have advanced so per cent the past
year and will advance 100 per cent the next
| year unless all signs fail. We have no land
| boom here; it is simply the natural demand
/ for land that is selling for less than its pro-
| ducing value.
Excursions to Eureka.
( D. B. Walker, excursion agent of the
1 Milwaukee & st. Paul road, will run big
excursion to Eureka on Sunday, April II,
| consisting of five trains of ten coaches
/ each, with from 5000 to. 1000 excursion
! ists,-one train from Minneapolis, one
| from Chamberlain, one from Charles City
one from Sioux City, and one from Ma
/ nilla, Iowa Accompanying the excur-
/ sions will be the Sioux City and Mime
| apolis baseball teams. An auditorium tent
/ seating 1000 people will be provided, also
/ two bands to furnish music. II
I the afternoon there will be balloon as.
I cension with a parachute jump by al
l aeronaut Mr.. Walker has been most sue
cessful In promoting excursions for the
4 road; but this last one promises to exec
4 past efforts on his part.
Some Telling Facts.
i Charles o. Elwood, president and man
I! ager of the Elwood Land company of st
Paul who has travelled extensively owe
South Dakota says:
i The creamery, dairy, agricultural and live
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-12
A Land of Great Promise---F armers
and Stock Raisers Moving In
in Great Numbers.
The Artesian Well Solves Problem OF
Water .Supply---A Future
Dairy Country.

time and from days that man knows not
of there was pent up beneath this area
exhaustless supply Of the purest water
placed there by the Almighty for the reason
that on account OF the geographical location
, as well as geological formation sufficient
supply of water could not be had near the
| surface.
Artesian well drilling machinery was ex-
pensive. drilling was largely an experiment,
few were willing to spend from three to six
thousand dollars for a we'll. This has all
been changed. To-day a machine costing
1000 will drill we'll in a week and con-
tractors are drilling such wells-no we'll no
pay-for from $500 to $780, Wells by the hun
dreds are being drilled and thus the water
question is solved.
I will describe one we'll visited by me the
other day on the farm of A. Hoffman, north
east of Ipswich. It was drilled three months
ago, is s, 100 feet deep, has pressure of
over 100 pounds to the square inch and flows
over 100 gallons minute through two
inch pipe, the well being two inches from
| top to bottom. Those who have newer seen
an artesian we'll do not realize what such a
we'll as even this will do. It flows Z, 900 bar
| rels Of pure clear water per day. WIN water
| $4,000 head OF horses or cattle a day and give
| each one-half a barrel of water. 1t has al
ready made running stream three miles
| down the ravine besides filling several large
| pOnQS. Inc pressure OF the well, one nun
| dred pounds to the square inch, furnishes
| five to six horse power day and night with
no expense for repairs or oil. No blowing
| down Of wind mills, no pumping water wher
| the wind falls to blow. no freezing of water
| tanks-the temperature being constantly st
| 70, no chilling of stock in winter-thus con-
| Stunning the fat to restore normal heat no
/ diminution of flow. The water supply is
| as constant as the Missouri river. Not a
state or locality in the union has more
certain, more satisfactory. more profitable,
more easily controlled supply Of water than
| the artesian basin of South Dakota. Prophet
| has not yet dared to write Of all the possibilt-
| ties now lying dormant being wasted in
! this exhaustless BASIN Ten years ago S. S.
T (Sunset) Cox made the following statement,
/ but 1t was just an intimation Of what might
be expected. Capital and the uncomfortable
Anglo Saxon will work out what the AL
mighty intended should be brought to pass
/ in this fertile valley. Mr.. Cox said:
but yesterday your fruitful valley was
whitened with the bones of the buffalo. Now
j it is an ideal farming area. 1t is a lesser
| Nile region, without its overflow. Artesian
| wells give water where the sun once made
i drought perennial. The water power of
/ your matchless valley is as yet unreasonable
1 by ordinary mechanical standards. It is SO
4 prevalent that your people will utilize its
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A Meaty Interview.


An interyie with Day county farmer:
.Q.-How long nave you lived in. Day
county? 80. ssS@R - =
A.-+For twenty-ene years.
Q.-Have you ever seen failure in crops
in that time? s#
A.-No; not in the eastern part of Day
county.
Q.-What do you consider good improved
farms worth close to Webster?
Al could sell my farm any day for SAC
per acre. but consider it worth as much as
Iowa land at 500 per acre
Q.-Do you think it would be a good in
Yestment to purchase land from $40 to $3S
an acre close to Webster, the county seat?
A.-There could not possibly be any better
investment; the price of land is advancing
rapidly, and now is the time to invest
Q.-What does the government report say
Of Day county?
A.-The government reports give Day coun-
ty the best average crops of any county il
the state for number of years, or since its
settlement
Q.-Are the farmers, as rule, prosperous
and out of debt?
lA.-Yes farmers are prosperous ant
practically out of debt.
Q.-Do you know whether a person coult
invest his money to any better advantage
! than in good land in this Day county?
A.-No, / do not; and the man who is lucky
! enough to buy land here from $40 to $50 PEI
| acre will double his money in "a short time.
| Q.-What is the population Of Webster, tn
county seat of Day county?
A-The number of people in the city 0
| Webster is about 1000.
| Q.-What are the freight receipts per montl
| from Webster?
| A-The freight receipts per month ru1
! from s25, 600 to $50, 600 per month.
Q.-What was the last assessed valuation
| Of the city of Webster?
I A.-The assessed valuation was nearl
| $500, 600.
! Q.-Who do you consider the most reliabl
real estate dealers in Webster?
A.-There are a number of real estate firms
but for square dealing, i consider the Web
| ster Land and Loan company very good, an
| you will find them reliable.
| Place for Diversified Farming.
G. B. Foncanon, secretary of the Eurek
Real Estate company, says: Is,
To those who desire to go into Oversize
farming, this section Of North and South Da
kota Campbell, MCPHERSON, Emmons an
/ McIntosh) offers some of the best bargain
in the northwest. Our grasses are the mos
nutritious of any in the United States, all
the abundance of springs and flowing waite
makes this locality an ideal place for tn
men who desire to raise stock The 10,
prices Of our lands are a special inducemer
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-12

When northern South Dakota solved the
problem of securing sufficient water sup
ply it prepared the way for the settler
The settler had to do and is doing the
rest. The artesian well has given new
impetus to the stock industry In the
northern and northwestern counties. The
continuous flow from the big artesian
basin through Thousand drilled openings
In mother earth has changed the fortunes
OF many counties in the state. The other
advantages Of those counties have always
been appreciated and the addition Of a
drst-o1ass supply has made them attrac-
tive to thousands of homeseekers.
Corn Limit Moves Northward.
Northern South Dakota is rapidly gain
ing name as a stock and dairy country
in addition to It's reputation for raising
high grade grain. The corn belt Is NOV
Ing north. The limits were pushed into
South Dakota some years ago. and the
northern counties are rapidly increasing
their acreage of corn. AS Iowa has made
q big record In stock and dairy farming
through its corn, SO will the northern
counties of South Dakota in the imme-
QlaCo ruCQre.
The railroad extensions have brought
much new land within easy reach of mar
ket and it is rapidly being taken by the
settler. Land values have increased SO
per cent In a year. The hosts of farm
ers In the older sections who realize the
opportunities In the lower-priced lands
to the west are buying In quantities of
from 160 ITO 1880 acres each. 1t has been
predicted by men interested in dairying
that northern South Dakota will contain
more small dairy farms than any other
section of the northwest.
The Ono Serious Question.
Of the outlook j. w. Parmley Of Ipswich
gays:
The one serious question that has confronted
at least three-fourths of the pioneers of the
artesian basin Of South Dakota is at las,
solved, and that is the question Of water. II
is not exaggerating when I say that more
people have left this country account
fNthe supposed scarcity Of water than for all
other reasons combined 1t drove the poor
homesteader to desperation when in the sum
mer his already meager supply of water
failed and he was compelled to haul water
possibly one or FIVE miles. Human nature
could not stand it, and lands giving a more
ready supply Of water, though much less
fertile or promising, were sought. All this
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-12
LAND SEEKING IN AN AUTO
ADAMS & MoRRow's BRIGHT IDEA
A Firm of Aberdeen Hustlers Oper-
ate an Automobile and Build
Hotel.
II business-like methods, hustling

II business-like methods, hustling
qualities and up-to-date handling of land
business is any criterion Of success, the
firm of Adams & Morrow at Aberdeen,
S. D., are guaranteed a business future
that will be the envy of South Dakota
land companies. Controlling hundreds OF
thousands of the finest and best stock
raising and farming lands in the north
west part OF the state, they are getting
rapidly in touch with the eastern, land
seeker in a way that will win the business
every time. For the comfort OF their
patrons they have erected "a fine hotel
twenty miles northwest of Eureka. In the
heart OF the district where their lands are
located The building will accommodate
sixty people and the eastern landseeker
is not met with overworked teams and IN
different outfits but with 12-horse
power automobile Of the highest grade
and latest pattern that will whtrl twelve
to fourteen persons at the rate OF twenty
miles per hour to the locality they wish
to visit Both gentlemen of the firm are
men of high business Ability and strict
Integrity and are bound to achieve sue
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-12
Attractions of Day County.

In all the vast stretch of farm lands
tributary to the twin cities, now being
opened up to settlement, there is no more
favored locality than that embraced with
in the confines Of Day county, South Da-
kota.
A representative of the Webster Land
& Loan company of Webster, South Da-
kota, gives the following interesting facts
about that wonderfully rich section:
The government reports give Day county
the best average crops of any county in the
state for number of years, or since its set
Element. Our farmers are prosperous and
mostly all out of debt. Our lands are selling
at from $15 to % per acre, and the man who
is lucky enough to buy them at those prices
will double his money in a very short time.
No better investments are offering in any
state in the union. 1t costs very little to in
vestigate, and in the end you will be the
gamer. Terms very easy and the rate
OF interest is mot excessive-in many cases
only or per cent. I believe it will he less
within short time. The Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul road is now making very low rates
to this section Of the country.
AS a grain county, Day county stands at
the head of the counties of the state, and
has no superior in any of the states Of the
great northwest. The spring wheat crop has
teen pronounced by grain inspectors and So
licitors from the twin cities, Duluth and Chi
cago-and these men most closely in
touch with crop conditions-to be the very
best in the country. Stocknen all say thai
Ii is the model country for their Industry
! There is an abundance of grazing lands al
| through the county. Fort Sisseton reserva.
| ton, located at the edge of the county, con-
| tains $4,000 acres of the finest grazing lane
| that ever laid out of doors, Astounding with
beautiful lakes and streams of the pures
| water and covered with native grasses tht
most nutritious and fattening in all the world
| Dairy and creamery interests have grown
| to enormous proportions in Day county dur
| ing the last five years. The average COW vii
produce about $40 gross income per annu1n t
her owner, who delivers the milk to thu
tcreamery.
/ The Webster Cooperative Creamery com
pany, using the Boyd process, daily handle
| over 10000 pounds of milk, from which but
! ter is manufactured, which brings cent !,
pound more than Elgn creamery butter OF
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specific gravity for the diversity Of their in
dustries. When its undimnished flow and
steady pressure from the bosom of the earth
are properly harnessed by mechanism, it will
give its lucid lymph to make grasses for
stock and lawns for beautiful homes Its
sunless currents, through the ingenuity Of
man, will enhance the rich soil by quench-
ing its thirst Fabulous are the wasted
energies of your water power, as We count
it by the standard horse power Of mechanics;
but still more marvellous are the real ener-
gies Of the soil which it would fructfy."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-12

i Change of Time.
The Chicago Great Western railway has
changed the time OF trains. See Time
Gard this issue.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-18
A London Man Praises Our Capital.

Il have been wonderfully
pleased with America, which L
am seeing for the first time re
marked Mr.. James Kent of Lon
don.
1t is true. however. that 1t
is in Washingto that the aver
aye Englishmau finds more to
admire and appla I'd than any.
where else in the States. What
] do not like in this county are
the things that are mostly in
evidence in New Gor!I--colassal
fortunes and sky.scraping
dwellings,. [ think 1t would he
vastly better if the wealth of
the nation were more evenly
distributed instead of so much
of it being in the hands of d
few man.
In England there are not
many instances OF gigantic
fortunes, but the people are
generally wellto do, and mon
ey goes a great deal farther in
our country than over here. l
don't suppose there is a man in
Great Britain that wouldn't be
ready to eXtOl your national
capital. 1t is built on lines
that appeal to British taste aud
if your authorities will only
sternly forbid the erection of
the architectural monstr oSities
that distigure New York it will
remain one of the most attract
i've towns in the wo: Id Wash
ington Post.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-18
Rensselaer,.

Mr.. and Mrs. Il F.. Finley
spent Monday and Tuesday in
HuunewelI.
Tue hour for evening service
at the Presbyterian church has
been changed from $50 Until
7:3O
Miss Charlie Belle CLAYTON
and little Miss Louise Clayton
have been suffering with severe
colds for the past two weeks,
but are now very much improv.
ed.
Ollie Glascock, of Ocean Wave
was in this vicinity Sunday.
Miss Bailey Allen has re.
turned from her home in Troy,
and resumed ,her duties as
teacher of the District School.
, The young people very pleas
antly surprised the Misses
GlascoCk at their home on Sat
, urday evening. The evening
was very enjoyably spent in
music and conversation Misses
BESSIE and Halle left he fol
lowing day for Fulton wher,
they will enter William Wood!
College.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-18
Why Hanker For IlOnOr1

A congressman works during
the session from Is to 90 hours
per day. One OF the Western
members who is a conscientious
worker. but does not claim that
he labors any more than the
balance of the delega ito n
arises and get his breakfast by
: o'clock in che morning. Four
or five hours sleep out of the
II is the limit of his rest. Six
teen hours is 4 light days work
aud % hours is not unusual.
\ few weeks ago another
Western congressman was met
by an acquaintance. He was
on his way to some one of the
departments to look after Il
matter of interest 20 one of his
constituents, He was perspir-
ing freely and looked weary.
'-t'or 80 years. said the con.
gresham. II have been hiring
men at $50 or $40 a month to
run errauds for me, now I have
gone into business as Il runner
of errauds myself. l am not
sure whether l am stuck on this
lob or not
From all that we can gather
z congressman who attends to
his business leads Il mighty
strenuous life. No ordinary
business man puts il as many
hours out of the q. in labor.
The wonder is that congress
men manage TO stand the pace.
Still it is fair to say that dur
ing the years we have mingled
off and on with congressman we
have found very few indeed
who really wanted to let go OF
the job unless they could ex,
change it for place in the
United States senate. 1t is
really peculiar about the way
in which men are willing to
hang onto job which entails
20 hours per day of labor and
four hours of restless slumbel
filed with unpleasant dreams.
Here. for instance is a lea
torn from the diary of a con
gresham giving sample day.
experiences
AROSE yesterday morning al
half past seven after three
hours and 10 minutes of broker
and tttful slumber.-EX.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-18

The popular week end eXcur-
sion rates are again in effect on
the M. K. & Il. h. r. For trains
after 10 p. m. each Saturday.
and trans all day Sunday
tickets will be sold to any
point on the NJ. X. ct. r. r.
where the fare is 81. 80 or less
for one fare for the round trip,
good to return not later than
midnight Sunday.
J. F. BLAKEY, Agt.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-18
COoperyille.

Mrs. H. E. West and Mrs. j.
P. Griudley from Champaign
H., are visiting Mrs. John Jor.
don and family.
Mrs. Frank Potterfeld of Ely,
is visiting her parents Mr., and
Mrs. Joe Sandifer.
c. E. Colvert and wife at
tended church at Warren Sun
day.
Dave Gosney of Ely visited
the fair sex of Cooperville Sun
day evening
Misses May Lear and Jessie
Colvert spent Saturday ana
Sunday with Miss Lola Wake
near Ely.