The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29
Interview With Mr.. fictitious

A representative Of The journal
called upon the Minnesota Farm Land
company and interviewed President J. A.
fictitious, who in substance said as fol-
lows: "Ths company started up in bust
ness Nov. i, 1901, and from its inception
we have done a business which simply
went clear beyond and above our most
sanguine expectations, having sold about
$50, 900 acres of land up to this time. At
no time has the land business been better
than now. The crops this year are SIM
ply a continuation of the marvellous re-
turns the lands in the northwest have
made for the last few years. Instead OF
the people from Iowa and southern Min
nesota only coming, as heretofore, they
are coming from Illinois, Indiana and over
into Ohio Wherever the lands nave r1s-
en- high In value, the people have become
acquainted through the medium of the
northwestern press that good land was to
be had cheap. Whenever party left an
eastern home and bought land out here
and in a year or two reported a rise Of
from so to 100 per cent in the value of
his farm, it simply stimulated his old
neighbors to come out west and get into
the game 1t is a fact that now when a
section is beginning to be settled it takes
but four or five years until all that section
Is under cultivation and beautiful homes
dot every quarter or half section. Years
ago when this northwest was public do
main, raises in value came slowly, but
now four or five years, with so many set
tiers coming into the country, transforms
O. plain or wilderness into fields teeming
with activity and satisfied husbandmen.
Our Minnesota lands-about 100000 acres
are In the famous Park Region country
Of Minnesota, famed for it's mixed timber,
farming and grazing lands. where Iowa
and Illinois crops of all kinds grow and
tame grasses Of every kind and nature
flourish wherever sown. Good water Is
here in abundance. Drouths and hot
winds are not known here. Railroads in
tersect these lands east and west and
north. and south, and several new ones
are being built this year. Taxes are
light There is plenty Of wood (the hard
coal famine has no terrors for this sec
tion) and most every auarter-seetion has
enough timber for building purposes.
Such grand natural meadows there are
| here 1t is also known as the home of
| the clover, being called the land of the
big red clover How is this; Sc to IS land
| fifty miles from Duluth, 125 miles from
| st. Paul and Minneapolis and fifty miles
from the big iron mines. The shops OF
the Northern Pacific system at Brainerd
in the center Of these lands. A half
| million dollar wood pulp mill at Crane
| Rapids, another one not quite as large al
| Clouuet, third at Little Falls and ar
| $500 900 one to be erected at Brainerd
| This neck Of the woods that kept the
whole Of Uncle Sans country in Eaters
| last year. Here is where the poor mar
can come and get home and become at.
fluent and the speculator increases his
| richness many times.
| q lover in North Dakota, west of the Mis-.
souri, river, this company owns about AGO.
900 acres Of the finest grazing and farm
ing land in the northwest, where the cat.
| tie and sheep Craze upon the bunch, blue
and buffalo grasses. the most nutritious
| in the world, both summer and winter
and become as fat and sleek as though
fed on corn, In the last two years the
cattle and sheep industry has given4way
somewhat to farming. Wonderful crop!
Of flax and all kinds of grain are com
mencing to be raised here. This sec
ton of the country Is blessed by reason
of having Ignite stratum of coal under
lying it, frequently cropping out on tn,
sides of the hills, and being mined in mos
places by simply uncovering the ground
Running water is quite plentiful and Their
are numerous springs. Water can be hal
at from ten to thirty-five feet In depth
The average rainfall is 1878 inches 70
the growing season from April to Aug
II. The lay Of the ground. as rule,
level to undulating. The Northern Pa
ciflc traverses these lands from east t
west, and at this time corps Of Norther
Pacific surveyors are running line south