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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-11
LaddsdaIe.

Laddsdale, March 6.-The mine is
running full time with an output of
200 tons daily. The output will in
crease when this company puts the
new tail rope in.
The attendance last Sunday at the
Sunday school was seventy-eight. w.
B. Williams is the superintendent of
the school and Will Robinson is his as
sistant.
Steve George is here visiting his
brother. Andy George, over Sunday.
Charles Hughes moved his family to
Sickels mine, where he intends to
work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guild Jones were in Of
tuni%a shopping Tuesday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Yoder and Miss Alice
johnson are visiting friends in Eldon
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milt Haifley were call
ed to Hooking Tuesday by the death
of their brother.
Mrs. S. M. Hanshaw was calling on
friends in Laddsdale Friday.
G. w. Hilbert has moved onto Mrs.
Charles Coaplin's farm near Ladds-
dale.
Mrs. Lizzie Dial was called to Of
tumwa by the death of her brother.
Mrs. Allie Hinkle and Mrs. Gertie
Vosdick were shopping in Floris Tues
day.
Poke Goudy has moved his family
here.
Henry Phillips was in Eldon on bus
mess Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. C. Sconce have NOV
ed onto the Beard farm, near Floris.
The store manager, Mr.. Davis, spent
Sunday with his family in Ottumwa.
John Carrie and Ben Deford were in
Eldon Saturday on business.
Mrs. Allie Hinkle and Mrs. Jane
Post were in Eldon shopping Monday.
Charles Coney was in Laddsdale on
business Monday.
John Hinkle is suffering with a bad
spell of the grip.
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SERVES $50 o p
Rural Route Necessities Discontinue,
opce IF pocfoffica

ance of Postoffice.
Moravia, March 1.-THE carriers for
the two new rural routes out of this
place are Ray D. McCauley and Frank
The route is 46R miles in
length and serves $50 people. 1t me-
cessitates the discontinuance of the
poStoffice at Iconium.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-11
CHOLERA DEADLY.
The Plague Kills One Hundred and
Ten PeopIe.

Constantinople, March 7.-Cholera
has broken out among the pilgrims at
Medina. One hundred and ten deaths
have occurred since the disease be.
gan.
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Moravia.

Moravia, March ED Oehler has
just returned from a visit with friends
in the west part of the state.
Chas. Foster, of C%enterville, was
here on business Monday.
George White Sundayed here with
home folks.
Chas. Ellis, of Unionville, spent
Sunday here.
Will Haver made a hurried trip to
the county capital Monday.
VIII Hicks and wife have returned
from North Ontario, Cal, where they
have been spending the winter.
Albert Pabst, of Abba, was down
Monday visiting his father and moth
er.
Mrs. Will Chambers was pleasantly
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PackWood,

Packwood, March 6.-vernon and
Estelle Harrington are conducting a
series of meetings at the Christian
church.
Miss Laura Baker returned Satur-
day from a weeks visit with her sis
ter at Mt. Union. her niece, Irene Sni-
der, accompanied her.
The Ladies' Aid society of the M. E..
church will give n of their noted tea
parties at the home of Mrs. P. T. Nit
chen Wednesday evening, March 5.
Mrs. R. F. Myers and little daughter
We're over Sunday visitors with rela-
tives in Brighton.
To the regret of her many friends
Mrs.Amanda Hite has rented her farm
and will make her home in Eldon.
Mrs. John Lindburg was in Mt-Plea-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-11

Highland Center, March SD.
Courier:-I notice a query in a recent
issue of the Courier concerning a book
giving the climate, rainfall, products.
ETC., of this country.
By reference to the physical charts
in any good advanced common school
geography that Information can be OBJ
tanned. Such books are or should be-
in every school. There is no excuse
for any one to go blindly unless he so
chooses. A Subscriber. ;,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-11

Sunday, Feb. 2, 1902.
AS suspected we received new or
ders from the Rainbow. We will re-
turn to the island of Sicily and trans
fer men to the cruisers Chicago, AL
bany and Nashville. l may be trans
fered myself, and if am will visit the
Philippines and the far west before re-
turning to America. I will write
again in about ten days. Ralph.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29
H. L. WINTERER

One Of the most prosperous, successful
and reliable land men in North Dakota
Is H. L. Winterer, who makes a specially
Of the fine farming lands In Foster coun-
ty with headquarters at Leeds. Mr.. VIM
terer has been a resident Of North Dakota
for five years, going there from lie Sueur,
Mimi He was one of the first Of the
really young business men to conceive the
great future and resources OF North Da-
kota land and especially OF Foster coun-
ty. Mr.. Winterer is a business man OF
enviable integrity and has located many
settlers and homeseekers, to their COM
plete satisfaction, on Foster county farms
He has built up a lucrative land busi-
ness and is firm believer in North Da-'
kota's great future.
Said Mr.. Winterer to Journal man:
"It certainly should appeal to every farm
er as good investment when he can buy
farms cheap and any amount OF them
that will raise twenty bushels of fax
per acre. Flax was never below $l.25
per bushel last year.
''This one crop will more than pay for
the land ITSELF Corn, wheat. barley, rye
and all the cereals grow in the same
abundance. Why should an intelligent
farmer pay $125 an acre for a farm In
older states and barely make a living
Sc to $40 per acre. Stock here, too will
make their own living on the prairie all
winter without extra feeding.
Mr. Winterer thinks that North Dakota
is the garden spot of the world and es-
pecially for the farmer Of small capital.
North Dakota has never experienced such
great prosperity as in 1901 and 1902 and
It's future, as the richest state in the
northwest, is all ready made.
Farmers wishing to procure a home
while land Is cheap should not overlook
some Of Mr.. Winterers choice bargains.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29
BAILEY & easier.

L. H. Bailey and W. A. easier, located
at, Bemidji Beltrami county, are probably
the two best known land men in the ex-
IRENE northern section of Minnesota. Both
men have had years Of experience in
dealing in land and they now control a
quarter Of million of acres in northern
Hubbard, Beltrami and Itasca counties,
the most beautiful section of Minnesota.
Mr.. Bailey was formerly from South Da-
kota, where he was register OF the gov
eminent land office at Pierre. He has
been in the land business at Bemidji for
the past five years. Mr.. easier is New
Yorker and came to the northwest in 1880
where he has since been engaged in the
land and timber business. He is consid-
cred one of the best judges of timber and
farming land in Minnesota. p
i This territory was cnce covered by the
ancient lake Agassiz, upon the bed of
which was deposited a thick layer of clay;
during and after the glacial period, clay
the clay subsoil and later, as the water
and ice receded, a covering from eight
inches to as many feet in depth was
form ed of black vegetable mould. 49,.
With such formation as this that will
hold the water up toward the surface
and prevent the teaching Of the soil 1t is
not to be wondered at that there are no
failures Of crops and that everything that
Is planted grows and produces magnificent
crops. There are no rocky or stony por-
lions OF. the country worth mentioning,
nor are there more than half a dozen small
tracts that could be called light and sandy,
Many Of those who are n1ad1y rushing to
the western prairtes will see the day when
they wish themselves back In a. country
where there IS plenty Of rain, cheap fuel
and good water. ~, III ..
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THE FUEL dtEsr1o,N

s-- = .
Fuel IS a matter that every settler
should think of when. settling In a coun-
try. In the western sprairies every cord
of wood and every ton of s@coal must be
from long distances and pur-
chased at high prices, while in this coun
try the settler. has all the good fuel he
can burn which costs him only the labor
Of cutting.
There is a plentiful sprinkling sof fine
hardwood throughout the country, the de-
mand for which Is steadily increasing
both for lumber and for fuel for the west.
ern prairie farmers.
The numbering companies require the
help of q great number Of men and teams
every winter for which, they pay, high
wages. This gives the settler an oppor-
tunity to- put in the time&of himself and
his teams at time Of year when he would
be idle in a prairie country.
The soil is varied In character; clay
loan, clay sand loan, ! clay sand, sand
loan, but the most wonderful condition
about the country Is, that below the top
soil, whatever it may be, there is a sub
soil Of clay that retains the moisture and
prevents the land from teaching. One
thing is almost universal, which is, that
there Is from eight inchesgto as many feet
Of black vegetable mould on the top Of all
the land. There is some marsh or swamp
lands that look tough, but the lay of the
land Is such that they will all be drained
by opening up the channels and will prove
to be the richest Of all for agricultural
purposes. BE- ~ ~ 5E. = ~,,3s -
This country is the paradise Of hunters.
There are deer. moose, fox and all kinds
Of feathered game In great abundance,
and the myriad Of lakes TEEN with fish.
Several lines of road are being built
through the country for the purpose Of
tapping the forest wealth Of the north,
and new towns are springing UP at vari-
Gus points where opportunities are nu-
merous for those who wish to engage in
business. ~. - 1>-.' r. ...=. ~-.'
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MINNESOTA LAND AND IRON co.

George L. Treat and John s. Cowen are
at the head of Minnesota Land and Loan
company, with headquarters at Alexan-
dria, MINI. They do splendid loan bust
ness and control 10000 acres of choice
land. ---.n =
George L. Treat is native Of Rock
county, Wisconsin. He was born at James,
vile Nov. IA. 1885, and is 4S years old;
moved to Alexandria, Mimi, in 1880,
where he has lived since except for short
time. He studied law with Knute Nell
son, United States senator, attended law
school at Michigan university, was. .ad-
mitted to the baf in 1883, and became q
partner of Senator Nelson. He was Mr..
Nelson's law partner when the latter was
elected governor in 1892.
For five years Mr.. Treat was In part
nership with General H. Jenkins of Alex
andria, the firm name being Jenkins &
Treat He abandoned the practice of law
in 1898 on account of i'll health, but opened
an office again in 1901, taking up the real
estate business. The present partnership
was formed in 1902 in February. ~ ..
John s. Cowen was born In Cedar Falls,
Iowa. He came to Alexandria in 1888,
engaging In the business of buying and
selling imported horses. Mr.. Cowen es-
.tablished real estate business in Alex
andria in 1898, which grew to be the
largest in the county. A partnership was
formed with George l.. Treat IN l902,
under the firm name Of the Minnesota
Land and Loan company. He is thor
oughly familiar with the characteristics
Of the soil and desirability Of location of
all parts Of Douglas and adjoining coun-
ties. Mr. Cowen is married and has five
children.
The firm have the largest list of I'm
proved farms and uninlproved lands stu
ated in Douglas and the adjoining coun-
ties of any firm in the county.
References: First National bank, Doug
las County bank, Farmers National banK
Hon Knute Nelson, Hon. Fred Won Baum
hack. United States collector internal
revenue; N. z. Nelson, register OF deeds
all of Alexandria, MINI.
The firm has lands In Douglas, TODD
Pope. Grant and Otter Tail counties iof
cali, but make a speciality Of Douglas
| county. They will send a fine sectional
map Of Douglas county and lists Of lands
on receipt Of postal card
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A Shortage Of farm Lands

The statistician in the department of agri-
culture estimates that in 1881 the population
of the United States will be 10000, 900, and
it is conservative estimate. To supply the
requirements of this number of people will
necessitate the production of 100000 bush.
els of wheat, 1,25o,00OOOO bushels of OATS
3,450,000,o00 bushels of corn, and 100,0O00O0
tons Of hay. If we produce this immense
quantity of food products for man and beast,
under our present system. we must bring
under cultivation 100000 acres more land
than we now cultivate, and it is estimated
that we have only 1o8oO00o0 acres of new
land available for farming purposes.-Hom
the "4omeseekers Monthly"
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Burleigh County Crops.

Farmer Wallace: I have been through the
county pretty thoroughly the past few days.
Wheat harvest is we'll along. The grain is
fine, straw heavy and tall, and heads numer-.
GUS and we'll filed. believe yield of wheat
will be 20 bushels TO the acre or more. I
have seen the time would have said Is
bushels as an average but experience has
made me conservative. The quality of the
grain promises to be fine.
Oats will average go bushels to the acre
through the county. There are some fields
that will go 80 bushels, just as there are
some fields of wheat that will 60 30 and 35
bushels. The oats will be No. l in quality.
Early fax has filed we'll, and promises a
good yield. Corn is doing finely. In some
fields, the kernels are taking on the gloss that
comes with ripeness. There is good yield
of potatoes, aud vegetables have yield
ed we'll. Altogether it is an excellent crop
and the farmer folks feel grateful and
happy.
We have gathered some fine samples for
the Burleigh county grain display for the st.
Louis exposition. Jim Marshall has gath
cred some samples for the Hackney-Boynton
people that never saw excelled on the Mis-
souri, slope, or anywhere for that matter.
Bismarck Tribune, Aug. 9Th.
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est from Mandan through these lands.

west from Mandan through these lands.
It has been source Of great wonder
ment to people who raise cattle on $50
and 500 land to find that out here peo~
pie raise as fine cattle and sheep as they
do east on land costing from $3.50 to S..
People who came here a few years ago
with but little are now wealthy The evil
dences of thrift are noticeable in all
the towns along the Northern Pacific lines
west Of Bismarck. The deposits Of the
First National bank at Dickinson "a d.
vision point the Northern Pacific OF
5000 Inhabitants, from which we show
our lands), would do credit to some of
the banks in our cities. All we can say
to the people who are looking to the
northwest for investment or homes Is to
come out and verify these statements with
their own eyes" -. Il =. - =.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29
H. H. STEELE

+ H. H. Steele is one Of the principal
business men Of Leeds, N. D. He is a
man Of wide business ability in both Min
nesota and Dakota and is we'll known
throughout the northwest. He was in the
Aberdeen National bank from 1889 to
1895, assistant cashier for Bank of Cakes,
1896 and 1897 Mr. Steele was admitted
to the bar in 1900 and became associated
with II. N. Peck in the Security company
OF Minneapolis. Mr.. Steele located at
Leeds in the real estate and loan business.
two years ago. He organized the Farm
ers' bank of Leeds and later was instru-
mental in changing it to the First Ma
t1Onal Bank Of Leeds Of which bank he
is now director. 81. -cJ ~
Mr.. Steele has sold 100 farms in the
last two years and makes speciality of
buying land at snap prices for cash and
selling 1t out on time. He has on hand
very desirable list of rich farm lands in
Benson county and other sections.
Benson county is situated in the lake
region of North Dakota and has for many
years enjoyed a splendid prosperity
Lands there, too. are cheap; the climate is
unexcelled and the crops are always good
The winter season in this locality is
one of the most healthful, the atmosphere
being Of a: dry nature and the air light and
clear. Men and beasts edotnot suffer from
the; colo as IN damp, heaVy atmosphere,
and residents who have been in the state
for years agree that they do not feel the
cold as much when the mercury registers
10 below zero, they used to In their
former eastern and southern homes when
the thermometer stood some 20 to 80 de-
grees higher. It is a well-known fact
that the snowfall is not heavier than in
northern Iowa.
There was raised In Benson county, In
h11ch of
$2,7OO0O0, which was one-twelfth of all
flax raised in the United States. This
fact conveys some idea Of the resource
fitness Of Benson county.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29
NO. OAK. DISSECTED
Prominent Physical Divisions That
Comprise the Big States
Varied Aspect.
Specialties That Have Advertised
the Country and Made It a
Certain Winner.

Much has been said throughout this edi-
Zion about North Dakota, and several adj
vertisements set forth it's advantages and
special appeals to the land hungry. More
over, the state and it's various regions,
its resources and it's prospects, have been
no we'll advertised in various ways for
years that but few general remarks are
required here
North Dakota Is such large state, and
stretches across so many different topo-
graphical systems. that it cannot be de-
scribed in general terms. Travel around
the world and it would not be possible
to find a more marked difference than that
between the fat surfaced, black sotled
Red River valley and the cut, burned and
washed, red and gray and green country
Of the bad lands, the Terres Mauvaises
Of the French. It would be hard to find
a greater contrast than that between the
billiard board prairies Of the extreme east
ern part Of the state and those singular
buttes or isolated peaks Of the western
part which often rise like the mesas OF
Arizona to a very considerable height
above a comparatively level country.
Some of the different sections of the
state that are referred to by general geo.
graphy and topography rather than by
artificial divisions are the famous Red
Of which lies in North Dakota (the other
half being in Minnesota).
The jim river country in the middle
southern part Of the state. The Missouri
slope, along the eastern watershed Of the
Missouri.
Ger and Morton counties, on the west side
of the Missouri.
The Bad Lands, midway between the
Missouri and the Montana line.
The Sentinel Butte country, near the
lire.
The Mouse River country, in the north
ern middle part Of the state.
The CUteauX, between the Red and
James rivers.
The "Washburn' country, above Bis
znarcl1 on the east side Of the Missouri.
The stock countries west Of the Mis-
souri, generally and the western part OF
the state lying north of the Big Muddy.
Agriculture is successful throughout the
whole eastern half Of the state and In GER
tain fertile tracts west of the river North
Dakota is, next to Minnesota the greatest
wheat raising state in the union. It has
recently made a record as a flax growing
state Hundreds Of new farms in this
state have been paid for with single
crop Of flax. 81. go o..
The western part Of the state is famous
for it's great cattle ranges and the fine
beef animals that are fattened on them.
King Corn is making his way into NORTH
Dakota mad diversified farming is invad.
ing the land -
The state is now enjoying high degree
Of prosperity, and in the Red River valley
the lands are high, comparatively!
Farther west good land may be haG
"dirt cheap" and in the southwestern anc
northwestern parts of the good agricul
tural regions homesteads may be had, d!
well as west of the Missouri
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29
VALUE OF 4 FARM.
AT SIX PER CENT.

Business enterprises are valued now.a-
days upon the basis of earning capacity.
Railroad stocks are sold upon this basis and
the farm will be sold on that basis. Govern
ment bonds yielding two per cent interest
command premium today because they
are considered safe Investment Yet a
good farm is surer investment than gov.
eminent bond. To equal this, land must
yield but $500 per acre upon a $loO per acre
basis The Palladium, Bismarck, North Dakota,
June 9th, 1902. :
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29

The we'll known strengthening proper
Ties of iron, combined with other tonics
and a most perfect nervine. are found in
Carriers Iron Pills, which strengthen the
nerves and body and improve the blood
and complexion.
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You can save time ana money by adj
vertising in the Journals want columns
Let a journal want ad find a house, board
or rooms for you; it. will save time
an argy and money. The cost Is very small
ana the results are prompt and salts
factory.
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New York and Return

Via the $500 Line s31 40. Tickets on
sale at this very low. rate Oct. 2 to 5.
Get particulars at the ticket Office. 119
s Third street.
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Must not be COMPOUNDED with common
-cathartic or purgative pills. Carriers Lit
tie Liver Pills are entirely unlike them in
every respect. One trial will prove their
superiority.
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Crop 1902.

The growth of grain is surprising notwth'
standing that the weather keeps cool and the
dry days of the past week have greatly added
to the advancement Of the crops.
Specimens of growing grain are seen to be
of unusual length with fine heads. Wheat
in all parts Of the country looks we'll and
gives indications of making an old fashioned
yield. This is the condition in this county
at the present time, and reports from other
counties in the Missouri slope are of the
same tenor The recuperative qualities and
the strength of the famous North Dakota
soil will be seen to the greatest advantage
this year unless indications fail.-Bsmarck
DAILY Tribune Bismarck, North Dakota, June
9th, 1902.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29

Do you want a roof that will never
leak? See w. 8. Mott Co. Tel. 376.
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$500 Line Home Visitors Excursions"
Round-Trip Rates from Minneapolis.
Detroit. Mich. 1915 90
cleveland. Ohio Observation-Disclosures. 1878
T,,ffalo N. Y. . II 80
,roro,,to. Ont. Z. ........ %. go
-.Tickets on sale October 2, 8, and 9Th.
Get particulars at Ticket Office. 119
South Third Street.
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Washington, D. c., Without Change via
Burlington Route.

will be run in connection with the vesti-
bule limited train, leaving Minneapolis at
1850 p. m. and arriving at Washington
Monday at 1:15 p. m. s
Fare for the round trip $3.50.
Enquire at City Ticket Office, Al MIC
ollet avenue
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Gold Mines
IMMENSE Value OF FARMS.
Census Bulletin Details the Values of
Lands, Buildings and Crops
and Products.

Washington, June 6.-The farms of North
Dakota June l. 19OO according to census
bulletin issued today, numbered 1882, val
ued at Sl9S, 78O, 700, of which 10 per cent rep
resents the value Of buildings and 81 per cent
the land and improvements other than build
ings.
The value of farm implements and ma
chinery was $14, 055, $50 and live stock farm
property 1886, 266, Isl.
The total value Of farm products for 1890
was 1874, 252, 494, of which amount 16 per cent
represents the value of the animal products
and "a per cent the crops, including forest
products cut or produced on FARMS.
The total value of farm products for 1899
is approximately three times that for 1889,
partly due to a moro detailed enumeration in
1900
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A Laundress Who Will Make 100000
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