The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-08
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Papers for September:
Minnesota and Dakota Lands.

So long as the influx Of new population
into Minnesota and North Dakota goes on
land will continue to change hands and,
allowing for ups and downs within short
periods. will rapidly increase in value.
The future of land values in these two
states depends upon the room they have
for new population. That there is plen->
ty Of elbow room in both may be learned
from an examination Of a few figures.
The average number of persons to the
square mile in North Dakota is only As;
in Minnesota, 22.1. When North Dakota
is as thickly settled as Minnesota to-day,
1t will have approximately five times as
many people as it has to-day-say $780,
900 or $4,000 In 1870 Minnesota had
about as many people as North Dakota
has to-day. It has taken Minnesota, then,
only thirty years to grow as much as
North Dakota will have to grow to be
as populous as Minnesota is to-day But
the field for settlement is SO much
smaller than it was that North Dakota
will undoubtedly grow much faster than
Minnesota has. And as a matter of fact,
the percentages show THAT North Dakota
is growing much faster proportionately.
From 1880 to 1890 North Dakota gained
1851 per cent in population. In the
next decade it gained TAT per cent. For
the Same periods Minnesota gained 667
and 34.5 per cent, respectively. 1t
is quite possible that within twenty years
North Dakota will have more than 1,50O,-
900 people What that means for North
Dakota lands, and Minnesota man can tell
who remembers when southern Minnesota
lands that are now going at $50 to 500 an
acre. were given away by the government
or sold at IS to SO an acre. We suppose
that $35 and $40 represent top land prices
in North Dakota to-day, with immense
areas that can be bought from those
figures down to- 81 and So an acre.. It is
certain that land values in North Dakota
will in a decade increase at least 100 per
cent through the state as a whole, while
1t is taking on a million people. El".t
AS for Minnesota, a large part Of the
state is sparsely settled, and very consid-
cradle areas are not settled at all. The
state gained 100000 people between 1896
and 1900, or a hundred thousand more
than the entire present, population o.
North Dakota. It will add as many peo
pie during the present decade. In 1911
Minnesota will be approaching the $500,
900 population mark. Most Of this in
crease will go into the sparsely settled
west, north and northwest Of the state
This means the rapid relegation to an
cient history Of SIS to $40 prairie land AM
fond goodbye to timber land price
under $40. 1t means that the older por
lions Of Minnesota will see land value
level up with those of Iowa and Illinoi
to-day, while the newer portions will b
worth what southern Minnesota land
bring to-day. ~"
In the census year the average Mime
sofa farm was worth 1856 and yielded al
income of ss27; In the same year tn
average North Dakota farm was wort
1884 and yielded an income of $1,19(
The average of the North Dakota farI
was 1929 acres, and that Of the :averag
Minnesota farm 1897 acres. Incomes {
16 and 20 per cent are not bad. Il
There can be no doubt that land value
In both states will steadily increase j
value. The people are coming, there
room in plenty. They will do the Ian
good and the land will do them good.