The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19

this season. This company
owns thousands of acres of the best
farm and grazing lands in South Dakota.
land rich in fertility and most advantage
ously located. The officers Of the COM
lpany are William Humphrey, president,
Frank L. Wilcox, treasurer; and Asa B.
Pagan, secretary and manager They sell
and exchange wild, improved and ranch
lands in the following South Dakota coun-.
ties: Brown, Sphinx, Hand, Mcpherson,
Faulk and Potter. Brown county un-
doubtedly offers better inducements to the
farmer and the raiser of stock than any
other county in the state.
The Illinois-Dakota company is selling
splendid farm lands for prices that vary
from $3.50 to $50 an acre. This land is
in the rich corn belt and will increase
greatly in value during the next two
years. The company has large tracts Of
choice grazing lands in counties where
water is plentiful and where there are
other valuable advantages for ranchmen.
The Jim River valley is section Of
South Dakota which is recognized as most
fertile and productive, and the Illinois
Dakota company is locating hundreds OF
homeseekers in this land Of plenty. Thou
sansd OF dollars are also being invested in
these lands by eastern capitalists. These
investments are without doubt safe ones,
for this land is bound to take jump IN
price within a comparatively short time.
The company is anxious to establish
agencies in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin,
southern South Dakota and southern Min
nesota. The company will gladly furnish
investors or prospective agents with full
particulars.
The Illinois Dakota company is making
speciality of farm and dairy lands and is
in a position to give good locations near
creameries and grain elevators, situated
on three lines of railroad, which afford eX-
cellent opportunities for disposing OF
dairy products.
Good Workers for Day County.
Tie Day County Land company, located
at Andover, IS. DIS composed OF Fred 5:
Pew, who has the management of theland
| department. and N. L. Finch, who is pres
Eident of the Bank of Andover. These two
young men, so favorably known in every
section of the northwest, have, by strlct
integrity and attention to business, bu1it
up a demand for lands controlled by them
in their section of the country that is not
only the envy of older established land
companies, but promises to net them a
handsome return for the money invested
in South Dakota dirt. These gentlemen
speak very enthusiastically of the present
and future conditions in their section OF
the country, and comparing the move
ment of the present time with that OF
1901, say that the percentage OF increase ' Use
| is over SO per cent. -sss:s 5s
They also speak. as do9all men in that
section of the country, of the class 81
settlers who are making homes in South
Dakota and the, peopleSWh are locating
are coming to Stay, as the fine improve
ments they ere2placing on their lands will
testify tits the class Of firms like the
Day County Land company that are maxi
ing the present prosperous conditions IN
the northwest, and by carrying out to al
the promises they make to the investor
and homeseeker from the east and full
filling such promises, does more to popu-
late their section Of the country with de.
| sirable citizens than any other methot
they might pursue. We bespeak for thl:
firm prosperous future.