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RENTS TO INCREASE
Law of Supply and Demand Expected
81. to Bring Change. ~.

Law of Supply and Demand Expected
l.. to Bring Change. ,
R. D. Cone, one of the leading and best
known real estate dealers of Minneapolis,
in an interview in the Commercial West
this week says:
For the past ten years the rental value of
dwelling house property in this city has
been so low as not to afford anything like
adequate returns on the cost, and consequent
ly there has been little inducement for
ers to improve their property with moderate
priced residences for rent Until there is
decided increase in rents of this class of
property there will not be much building
done. But it seems to me that the law which
fcgu ateS all business, namely, the law of
supply and demand, is beginning to work in
favor OF the property owner. 1t is fact
that detached residences in this town are
new in demand, and look to see decided
increase in rents the coming year. 1t is no
mere than right that this should be the
case, in view of the decided advance in all
material going into the construction of a
house.
What seems to be the proper basis for
rents is an annual rental of at least 10 per
cent Of the cost of house and lot. For in
stance, if l have to pay $1,000 for a lot and
q house suited to the neighborhood would cost
$4,000, it should rent for at least $500 a.
year, or 10 per cent of the actual cost This
will not net the owner more than per
cent in Period of ten years: that allows 4
per cent per annum for charges, including
deterioration in the house. In the past de-
cade it has been difficult to rent such house
for more than 5000 year, but owing to the
increased demand there has been steady ad-
vance the past three years. I look to see this
advance continue until it shall reach at least
the above basis, when there will be SONS
Encouragement for lot owners to improve their
rrODarty
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David p. Jones i Go.
Oneida Building.
$50 money on hand on easy terms.

$275O-For 1112 9Th st S, large Groom
house, constructed so as to be occupied
by two families; with barn; lot 55x165
feet; constantly occupied and rents for
$40 month; all special improvements
in street and paid for.
$11OO-Double corner, east-front lots, on
I'd av and 34th ST. 42x129 feet each, to
alley; city water in street; will sell
single.
$16OO-1504 Washington av N, lot 55x1e5
feet deep; all special improvements in
on Washington avenue, and paid for.
Greatest bargain on the avenue.
$15OO-2710 Cedar av, S-room house, in good
condition of repair; rents for $13. so per
month; all special improvements in
street.
$11OO-2919 Pillsbury av, 7-room house. in
good condition of repair, with barn
rents for $40 month; on lot 45X165 feet
deep to alley. This offer good for limited
time only.
$175O-2SS4 LIST av S, frontage east on lot
4oxl27 feet to alley; all special improve
mouse, in good condition Of repair. Sub
! NIT offer.
$1SOO-2715 1st av S, Groom house, in good
condition of repair; all special improve
ments in street; on lot 50x126 feet.
| $2OOO-For lot Lake Of the Isles boule-
ward, near w 22d st, overlooking the
lake; dimensions are 100X165 feet.
$16OO-Lot %, block 10, Groveland addi-
ton; dimensions, 50x135 feet; located at
| southeast corner of Aldrich and Lincoln
avs. One block to Hennepin and Lyn-
| dale lines.
| $5OO-Lot 49, block 2, Cooks Riverside ad-
| dition, located on Riverside av, between
| 18th and Both avs S; lot so feet front by
| 1875 feet deep. .-
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173 Western avenue, four stories

tory at 173 Western avenue, four stories,
SIS, 900.
Boyd Transfer company. warehouse and
other buildings at Lake street and Fourth
avenue S. $4,000.
VIM Bros, foundry and other structural
buildings in Southeast Minneapolis, S100, 600
G. H. Higgs, warehouse at Second avenue
and Second street, for Snerwin- Williams
company, $4,000.
e. S. Barring Could about twelve moderate
priced houses in Walton Park, which are be-
ing contracted for at easy terms to the pur-
chaser.
The Kansas City Hay Press and Machinery
company, lease with purchase option and
permission to make $4,000 Or more of i'm
The j. R. Clark Box company, factory
buildings, dryhouses, warehouses, ETC., cost
unestimated-several thousand dollars.
f. Crosby, repairs and remodeling at Sal
walton Army barracks, First avenue near
Washington. .-.
Contemplated improvements.
Among the contemplated improvements
which were announced in January or
February are to be noted:
The Y w. c. A. building, Seventh street
near Nicollet, to be erected by Mrs. Benton.
c. 7. Nelson fats at Ninth street and Sew
enth avenue S. 49,.
The Burlington, Cedar Rapids Northern
freighthouses and other terminal buildings.
p ]. T. Elwell furniture exchange, Central
avenue and Eighth street Sc.
NJ Breslauer. Office building at First ave-
nue. N and Third street, cost not determined
Flats at Seventeenth street and Chicago
avenue to cost s125. 900.
Mills Hotel on Washington avenue S, to cost
at least 100000. -.
Extensive improvements by the VIM. Dom
aldson company, on Sixth street near Ndcollet
New building for the Hebrew Reform
church, cost to be determined upon selection
Of site and completion of plans.
Lease Of Thompson Wagon company's plant
at ST. Louis Park, with option to purchase,
to the Fosston Wind Stacking company
Prospective improvements and alterations.
This list does not mention numerous
improvements and new buildings which
are in the hands of architects or being
figures by contractors.
Real Estate Transfers.
Louise Fletcher to Gust w. Benell, lot
II, block l. Encouragement blocks
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Realty in Minneapolis

I At the end of q rather dull week in real
estate glance at what has recently been
! accomplished in sales and buildings is re-
freshing and strengthening. This short
review does not mention. the numerous
sales OF properties under $4,000 and the
countless small structures building or
for which permits have been taken out.
The following large sales have been
closed since January l.:
L A. Jameson to j. T. ElwelI, Wheaton &
Reynolrs' factory 100000. This has been al.
ready leased with purchase option to the Wa
bash Screen Door company, a new concern
occupying the Johnson & Hurd building. TO,
the manufacture of stove boards
Theodore Wetmore to J. X. Wetherby. the
W. K. Morrison block on lower Nicollet, 3d.
500.
Andersen Bros. to Electric Machinery com
pany, the old linen mills building on Poli
street NE. 100000.
Hester Noble to Harry B. Smith, Harmonic
building, $125000.
Various persons to the Burlington, Cedar
Rapids Northern road, 100000. This is
the approximate total cost of four blocks OF
land on Fourth street S.
Various persons to the Deere & Weber
company, warehouse property at Eighth ave-
nue. and Washington, $4,000.
A. l.. Cole to L. NJ Belts, four-story
building, Is Fourth street S, $29, 900.
Julius Schutt G. Son to Celia A. Ellis, the
three-story block at JOG Hennepin, $4,000.
w. L. Badger, old Washington rink lots at
Tenth avenue n and Washington, considera-
ton unknown.
In the residence district have been sew
eral notable sales since the first of the
year Among them are: -."
W. L. Badger to E. S. Woodwork, in Day.
tons Blaisdell property, $4,000.
c.. H. Hood to l.. S. Gillette, homestead on
Stevens avenue near Franklin $4,000.
First National bank of Brandon, VT, to
F. H. Welcome, property on Groveland ave-
nue., $1,000. ,..-..
j. B. Tabour to w. X. Kellte, property at
2403 Humboldt, $780,
F. &. James purchase of 140 feet on Grove
lani by $50 on Kenwood parkway, as an in
vestment, $4,000.
Large Buildings Under Way.
Several large buildings are already un-
der way since Jan. l or the ground is be-
ing cleared for excavation. Among these
are:
The Deere & Weber warehouse at Tenth
avenue N and Washington, 100000.
C.. B. Heffelfnger building on First avenue
N, for Patterson & Stevenson company, $780,
co., \
z North Star Shoe company, factory No. g..
Fifth street n. $4,000.
(. Luger Furniture company, addition to fac
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busy young women, and the value OF Its
work Is inestimable The wisdom and
emc1ency OF Its management have given
1t the confidence Of the public as soon as
1T became known, and its great growth has
been due to the fact that it met adequate
ly and helpfully great need.
The association has successfully out
grown several homes, and no enlargement
Of its present work can be undertaken
| until 1t gets into it's new quarters. These
are to be ready Sept. 1, in order that the
! classes for the next year may begin in the
new building. While the new home is
being built, the association proposes to
turn it's efforts towards doubling it's pres
ent membership and towards providing
furnishings for the new home. This work
will be directed by Miss M. Belle Jeffrey,
general secretary, whose ability and de-
votion to the interests of the association
have been one Of the chief factors in the
gratifying development Of this associa-
tlon.ln It's history of only about ten years.
Miss Jeffrey is now in her ninth year
as secretary, and Mrs Benton, donor of
the building, became interested in it's
work soon after Miss Jeffrey entered upon
her duties. She has always been one of
the chief supporters of the organization
both financially and in personal service.
She feels an especial interest in the we'll
fare of young women, and because she
saw how much was being accomplished
in many directions through the asocia
tion, she has given her money and her
sympathy and aid in building up this
work to it's present point of efficiency
New Standing Committees.
Since the annual meeting the following
standing committees of the association
have been appointed:
Rooms-Mmes. Hovey G. Clarke chairman,
William Hooker, E. W. Backus, Samuel Bow
man, DR.. Abbott.
Library-Mmes. J.. S. Clarke chairman,
Luther Ford secretary, G. A. ]. Marsh, W. b.
Mclean, Leo Craft B. F. Lathrop, Miss Clara
Baldwin.
Religious Work-Mmes George Baker chair
man, Charles Purple, O. S. Chapman, j. R.
Gordon.
Educational Work-Mmes. O. J. Evans
chairman, George Harrison, Sarah K. Cur
tbs. F. A. Chamberlain "
Domestic Science and Art-Mmes. j. c.
Crays chairman, James Qurk, Charles Bur-
well, Washington Yale, Jr., John w.
Thomas, Jr. .r-
-Social-Mmes. Clarence Meader chairman,
Arthur Stevens. E. A. Tapping, H. P. God
dard; Misses Rose Turnbull, Minerva Turn
bull, Calista Gedney, 1della Bachman, Mamie
Chandler.
chairman, w. A. Cook secretary, F. E. Her.
thum, A. Y. Merrill, E. M. stickney.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. E. H. Cobb chairman
II. I. Eddy secretary, James Pye w. A
Miller, John Taylor.
Travellers Aid-Mmes E. P Stacy chair
man, 7. B. Lindsay, W.. S. Benton, c.. H.
Chadbourn, Charles Peake. -
Extension--Mmes. JIM. Anderson chairman,
Carey Emerson secretary, H. P. Gallaher, S.
S. Cargill.
Noon Rest-Mmes. G. E. Warden chairman,
Norman Wilde, Adds Sage; Misses Rose
Turnbull, Calsta Gedney.
Fnance-Mmes. T. E. Craft, chairman c.
II. Ross J. e. Bell, Sumner Couch
Membership-Mmes. G. T. Richard chair
| man, j. R. Kngman, c. M. Stafford, r. G..
| lnglis, w. H. S. Sharp, Willis Hall, Ed Lyon.
Miss Grace Dunham
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the main rooms will be handsomely
wanscoted and built-in seats will be a

wanscoted and built-in seats will be a
feature.
There is general division line across
the building at about the center, back
of the stairs and elevator on each floor.
In the rear are the larger rooms on the
first floor this large space is undivided
and is an assembly hall with seating ca
pacity of about 400. Above this room is
the dining-room, 65x32, with the kitchen
and serving rooms at the side. This has
been very carefully planned to exclude
the noise of the kitchen from the dining
room and to facilitate rapid service. One
serving extends towards the front of the
building and connects the dining-room and
kitchen with the large front apartment in
which the school of domestic science is to
be housed.
The dining-room will give just about
twice the space occupied in the present
quarters, where over 900 people are
served daily at the noon hours. The
floors will be covered with linoleum to
deaden the sounds. The entire half of
the third floor will be occupied by the
gymnasium, which is two stories in height
with a visitors gallery on the, fourth
floor. Connecting with the gymna SUM on
the third floor will be a large apartment
in which there will be full supply of
lockers, eighteen dressing rooms, shower
and tub baths.
The public bath rooms for the use OF
those not working in the gymnasium
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The plans for the new building of the
Young Women's Christian Association are
now practically complete and the work
will be begun as soon as the weather VIII
permit. The building is to be erected on
the south side Of Seventh street between
Nicollet and First avenues, a location
that could not be bettered for the pur-
pose.
The lot was purchased last year by Mrs.
w. S. Benton who will erect the building
and present it to the association. The
plans call for an expenditure of $4,000
and this will provide commodious, sub
stantial, we'll arranged building, in which
all of the varied activities of the associa-
ton will have an opportunity to expand
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$375-Lot Z, block I, Allan & Anderson,s
second addition; located on 18th av S,
between 18th and Lake sts; dimensions
of lot, 40x12S feet to alley. There Is hne
foundation on the lot, which goes and is
included in the price.
$l5OO-801 20th av S, S-room house, on cor
ner; barn; city water in house; lot 56x110
feet; sewer and water in street and paid
for. Property cheap at $1,000.
$l6OO-243S Oakland av, s-room house, in
good neighborhood and very accessible
TO center of city; on lot 50x1A.
$3OOO-2s2s Cedar av. large house, together
with three lots, on a corner; total di-
mansions Of land, 70x123 feet to alley;
house in good condition of repair; all
special improvements in street and paid
for. For business nothing better; oppo-
site high school. 5-
$6OO-Lot 10, block 6, Movers addition, 10
Gated on 9Th st Sc, between 10th and 18th
avs; dimensions, 41x15z feet to alley;
this lot fronts south.
$775-Lot- 5, block 2, Nason's Sub, located
on I'd av S, between 26th and 9th SITS:
east-front lot, with all special improve
~ments in street; dimensions, 46x12S feet
= to alley. Assessed valuation is $3.50.
Greatest snap on the avenue. VIII go
quick.
$l925-2421 10th av S, S-room house, in
rents for SIS month. Submit offer if a
very little less.
$165O-220S Oakland ay, S-room house, with
barn, on large east-front lot, 50x124 feet.
$165O-2207 4th av S, 8 rooms, modern ex-
cept furnace, with barn; rents for SIS
per month.
$19OO-Corner, east-front lot, on LIST av S
and oath st; all special improvements in
these streets; cheapest lot in the locality.
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and increase their usefulness. The build
ing will be plain, but attractive in it's
simplicity, and will be modern and con-
venient in it's equipment. ". Claiming
Whitney is the architect.
< The building will be four stories In
height with the first story and trimmings
Of Bedford limestone and the upper stories
of pressed brick of a darker shade. 1t
will be we'll lighted by windows front and
back and by two light wells on the sides.
An elevator is provided and a fine fan
system of ventilation that will heat the
fresh air before 1t is forced into the
rooms The interior fnishings will be in
oak, birch and southern pine and the
floors will be oak and maple. Several Of
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hat part is No. 1 hard, while the Dakota
md Minnesota wheat does not grade very
.uch higher than No. 2 northern Now
he average yield in Manitoba this year is
Aimatic conditions in which the North
Dakota and Minnesota crop grew; the
Il bushels per acre under the same
Jane dry spring, the same excessive heat
n the summer and the same wet harvest
ing and threshing season. The yield in
Central Assiniboia for the year Of 1900
las been unprecedented, namely, 1913
bushels. There are farmers in that dis
trict who went there some ten or twelve
years ago without means who have har-
vested between $4,000 and $4,000 bushels
of No. l hard wheat, and have grown
wealthy through wheat growing. There is
no part Of the world where wheat growing
is conducted so successfully and profitably
as in Assiniboia and the Northwest Ter
ritories of Canada. And while fax is not
grown to the same extent as wheat, there
is very little doubt but that it can be
grown with equal success; and with the
present price of fax there is nothing IN
the whole range OF farming operations IN
which so much money can be made
Now these immense crops can be grown
on land which we are able to sell at from
$500 to $500 per acre. with good railroad
facilities. land which Is free from stones.
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The safest investment now offering Is
Enthusiastically the farm lands in the
Northwest Territories Of Canada. No fact
In the business world is more assured than
the fact that the region in which spring
wheat is successfully and profitably grown
Is moving northward; and what Is true
Of wheat is equally true of flax. Ten
years ago the fax region In the United
States was within radius OF 100 miles
pf Sioux City. Flax can be successfully
grown in this district no longer, farmers
in Minnesota have found that it is hard
to grow fax probably. Flax growing in
The Red River Valley of North Dakota
IS becoming Improbable; the region IN
which fax has been grown successfully
Turing the past few years is very limited,
md it is almost confined to the western
part of North Dakota. We have letters
from some Of our customers in the eastern
part of Assiniboia who grew Is bushels OF
lax to the acre on breaking this year.
The average wheat yield in Minnesota
Turing the last ten years has been 14.2
bushels: in North Dakota 1t has been for
he same period 1871 bushels. In Manitoba
Turing this period it has been over II
bushels per acre, and in the Territory of
Assiniboia (where the bulk, Of our land is
kituated) it has been about "a bushels.
The bulk Of the wheat that is grown in
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ment OF the library, across the hall will
be similar, except that the finish will be
brown Flemish oak and the fireplace will
be of pressed brick. The book cases will
be- built into the walls around half OF
the room and around the other half will
be high backed, oaken seats. Back of the
reception room will be found the offices
of the general secretary and the assistant
secretary. a-s .-..-
On the second floor front, besides the
cooking school room there will be large
rest room, 45x22, with an attractive fire
place and an alcove, lighted by the wide
window over the main entrance. The
third floor front is all thrown into one
large class room. r. Near the gymnasium
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BUILDING FOR YOUNG WOMEN
Substantial Home That Mrs Benton Will Erect
for the Young Women's Christian Assn.

This will be large room completely
equipped with. shower and tub baths and
lockers and will be great convenience,
as the facilities afforded to women for
getting baths at reasonable prices are
very poor in Minneapolis. On the first
floor there is a large lavatory and dressing
ROOM. adjoining the check room.
The front half of the main floor will be
occupied by the reception room, library
and offices. The reception room, which
will be large and handsome apartment,
is to have finish Of gray antique oak,
with heavy beams supporting the ceiling.
1t will have wide fireplace that will be
one of its chief ornaments. The arrange
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and are going to make thousands of dollars

and are going to make thousands of dollars
People in this town will not buy at the
bottom. They buy stocks high and will not
buy a piece of dirt at half the face of the
mortgage, but they will buy as soon as out
siders begin to purchase.
I think the market is going to broaden,
From what l learn in the east, good many
are. coming in here to buy. and that will
widen the market, 1t is spotty now, but soon
will broaden out. That is what helps the
town, because so per cent Of our people own
little real estate, and this extension in all
directions will give general activity to the
trades What will help the town is a good
broad market
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Canada Lands.
BETTER THAN 0lL---BETTER THAN COPPER!

where there is abundance Of good water
at distance of Is to 25 feet. The soil
is a heavy clay loan on clay subsoil.
There are instances where, this year, It
has produced 40 bushels of wheat to the
acre on 500 acre tracts. We have solo
during the last three months 100000 acres
of land, and have 225, 600 acres remaining,
which we are prepared to offer to SET
TIERS or INVESTORS in large quantities
at prices which will enable them TO
DOUBLE THEIR MONEY during the
present season. This is the district to
which the rush of settlers will go first.
Our land is situated within 90 miles Of the
international boundary line. and we have
no hesitancy in saying that there is NO
DISTRICT in the Northwest open for set
Element which promises such speedy and
pared to act as agents to buy lands for
customers in the Canadian Northwest on
the commission basis, and with our ex-
tensive knowledge of the conditions pre-
vailing there, we know that we can make
better deals for intending investors than
can be made by strangers unaccustomed to
the conditions.
Write or call on us soon as possible, as
It is necessary for investors to take adj
vantage Of the present conditions before
the rush takes place in the spring.
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G. j. at City Hospital,

The grand jury interrupted it's worl1house in
vestigation long enough yesterday afternoon
to pay a visit to the city hospital. IT was an
unexpected event for the hospital manage
ment, but the party was shown everything
and publicly at least the jury expressed itself
as well pleased with the arrangements aud
the management.
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Edmund G. Walton has prepared map
of the downtown business section of the
city, giving in figures the assessed valua
tion per square foot. The map shows
several inequalities which will be noticed
by comparing corner lots in adjoining
blocks, for instance. The discrepancies
ere remarkable in some cases. Mr.. Wal
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EUROPEAN STEAMSHIPS

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ARE YOU GOING TO EUROPE?
Write for lowest rates to or from any point
in Europe to c. T. Wenham, general agent
Beaver Line 3O2 Nicollet ay Minneapolis
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A $4,000 RESIDENCE
To Be, Built by Matthew Mcdonald
of Mcdonald Bros.

Matthew Mcdonald of the firm of Nc
Donald Brothers has purchased three lots
in the Blaisdell addition from The Syn
die company of Milwaukee which owns
nearly the entire block and will build. The
lots are fine site for the $4,000 pressed
brick modern house which Mr.. Mcdonald
proposes to build. They lie at the south
west corner of Twenty fourth and Blais-
dell and are 135x165 feet deep. Work will
begin in the spring.
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ton takes the square foot basis as being
the most equitable. The assessments
made in a lump on certain property are
compared with It's area, giving the square
foot valuation. Mr.. Walton has pre-
pared figures for all the business proper
ties in the city at considerable expense
and labor. ~ ]. e r. So