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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-16
OaKOTA BLIZZARD RACES.
Storm That Has Lasted For a Whole
Day Is Furious.

Bismarck. y. D.. March 15.-Tonight
a storm that has raged for twenty-four
hours still prevails, with a tempera-
tUre of degrees below zero and the
wind blowing fOrty-fiCe miles an hour.
The snow is drifting heavily ana all
business end railroad traffic are sus
pended Trains on the Northern Pa
Cific are SuOwbOUnd at Mandan and
Dawson. after inenectuaI efforts all
day to get them through the heavy
drifts.
The storm is the worst that has pre-
vailed in this section for ten years.
Cattle on the prairie are scattered bad
" and there may be considerable losses
where owners have no shelter.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-11

of the American continent, for the follow
ing reasons: First, it has soil partic-
ularly rich in the food of the wheat plant;
second, a climate under which the plant
comes to maturity with great rspidity;
third, on account of its northern latitude
1T receives more sunshine during the pc
riod of growth than the country to the
south; fourth, absencezof rust due to dry
ness Of climate; fifth, absence of insect
foes. re-. .ls..t -.~.!.''
These conditions are especially favor
able to the growth Of the hard, flinty
wheat of Scotch Fyfe variety, that Is SO
highly priced by millers all the world
over, giving 1t a value of from 10 cents
to rs cents bushel over the softer va
rieties grown in Europe and the Older
parts of Canada. 81.
Dairying Is a specially important in.
dustry in western Canada, and year after
year ls assuming greater proportions. The
market Is an excellent one, and the ad
vantages of the government creamer1es
are fully proved. In Alberta there ar,
creamery stations at the following points
Calgary, Innisfail, Red Deer, Tindastoll
Wetaskiwin and Edmonton. During 1885,
the output was 164,1sS pounds; in 1899
241, 1913 pounds; in 1900, 3O3, TIT. In tn,
eastern division, which comprises station
at Churchbridge, Grenfell, Moose Jaw
| Moosomin, Prince Albert, Gu Appellee, Re
gina, Saltcoats, Saskatoon, Whitewood
| Wolsely and Yorkton, the amount TO
1899 was 252, 65S, that for 1900 being 33S,
| 22l, making total in the territories O
sol ,9O7 pounds in 1899, and 636,998 pound
in 1900.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-11
LARGE AREAS GIVEN
TO THE RAILWAYS
Federal and State Governments Podga Of Land for the
Promotion of Railway Building,

The man who comes into new country
to buy land is interested in the process
by which the vast public domain has
passed from the hands of the national
government to his own. In 1850, say, the
federal government and the Indians owned
all but comparatively few acres OF Min
nesota, the two Dakotas, and northwest
ern Wisconsin, and there was much public
land left in Iowa. Now, except in the
northern half Of Minnesota and the vest
ern halves of the Dakotas, the govern
ment owns almost no land in this area OF
225,000 square miles.
1t has all passed from the government
to the present owners primarily by land
grants to the states, to railroads. by home
steads of different kinds or direct sales of
one kind or another. In another article
the story of the disposition of the more
than 5000, 900 acres of land granted by
congress to the state Of Minnesota is told
in full.
In Minnesota.
The state has made no land grants since
1881, when a constitutional amendment
deprived the legislature of the power to
make such grants. But prior to that time
nine grants were made to railroads, one
to aid a seminary and one to aid water
power and manufacturer association.
These grants Were, Instrumental in the
rapid distribution Of land to settlers.
Largs parts Of them still remain either In
the bands of the original grantees their
assigns, or persons or corporations to
whom they have been transferred in large
blocks, and what is left of them Is now
being offered for sale. The chief of these
grants were rs follows:
State Grants.
- Acres.
St. Paul Duluth Railway company
formerly Lake Superior & Missis-
sippD .eo4, 1000
St. Paul & Duluth Railway company,
Taylors Falls & Lake Superior. -. A.4S0 O(
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail-
! way 4o,ooO W
Great Northern Observation-Disclosures 5, 1854 OF
Southern Minnesota Railway company SO, 737. 81
Wisconsin, Minnesota & Pacific rail-
way .275, 600. OF
Duluth & Iron Range railway ...... SOC, 720. OF
Little Falls & Dakota railway 49,. 1886, 768. OK
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-11
HOW are We to provide homes for our
Rapidly Increasing PopuIations

Most of the lands that will produce
crops every year and are susceptible Of
cultivation are already occupied. The
important question to-day before the
statesman of the nation is: How can the
remaining lands best be made to- furnish
homes for the rapidly crowding popula-
ton? A little reflection will show every
individual man that it Is only by the
wisest action on the part of the general
government by well matured plans for
irrigation and every other means which
will make available every portion of the
country that is or can be made suscepti-
BILE of cultivation. There is movement
among few of our statesmen to secure
this I'D. In some localities in the west
this movement is opposed by cattle and
sheep men, who desire to retain these
lands for their own purposes. In some
congress to convey the lands to the sew
eral states, to be disposed of by them.
This latter movement can only end in
failure. The lands would be frittered
away or practically given away or appro-
priated without benefiting any consider
able number of people: I consider the
future welfare of the country depends
more upon the wise disposition Of the
public domain, so as to secure homes for
the people, than upon any other single
condition in our nation. Our country is
large; our population and occupations
differ as widely as the climate and nat
ural conditions differ. Every congress
shows an active effort being made to Sc
cure some advantage to some local dis
trict, overlooking, as l think, the broad
general fact that the nation should and
must prosper as q whole.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-11

have been willing to do church work,
and felt 1t my duty to do it, 7 failed for
a long time. It was because when the
request for teacher came, when there
was a. call for volunteers for mission
work, at once said: That isn't my call.
That is for one more experienced than I.
am ready, but the opportunity hasn't
arrived
"Then I changed methods. knocked.
and the door was opened. sought an OPP
portunity and presented myself, admitting
my unworthiness. My work has been
easier ever since. And SO 1t is with all
things in this world. In business and In
professional life opportunities must be
sought II you find yourself idle while
willing to work and you think that OPP
portuntty passes you by stop and consider
more carefully. In all probability you
will find that the fault is yours.
Opportunity consists Of one1tenth cir
cumstance and nine-tenths effort. Look at
the men and women who succeed in the
world. In a majority of cases success
has come, not because opportunity ran
against them, but because they ran
against opportunity with SO much fOrc<
that they carried everything before them
II believe that the man who has found
his opportunity and has made the most Q!
it Is more greatly benefited by the results
! than the world is benefited by his work.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-11

Of poplar and willow. and open areas OF
prairie. The soil is a friable loan, easily
worked and producing excellent crops OF
wheat, coarse grains, and vegetables. The
climate is, cold in winter, with consider
able snowfall during the majority OF
years, both of which are requisite for the
successful growing Of the No. l hard
wheat for which Western Canada<is now
noted. While the summers leave little
to be desired in an agricultural country;
cyclones or violent storms are, SO far
unknown In most parts Of the district
good water can be obtained at reason
able depth.
This portion of the country is especially
suitable for mixed farming. Indeed al
most the entire population consists of
farmers with small punches of cattle and
few scores Of acres of land under crop.
Creameriesy are easily accessible, and thus
at-groWing. clarifying, and beef produc-
ton, all on the same homestead, is very
common feature. There is good market
for all farm produce, and as a rule the
farmers are well-to-do. In most portions
good water is obtainabe at reasona BILE
depth. At Indian Head larger wheat
growing areas become common, and the
region OF big grain fields is reached.
Farming enterprise at this point has re-
ceived stimulus from the experimental
farm established by the dominion govern
ment, the farmers around having availed
themselves Of the opportunity of learning
much from watching the operations at
such an excellent institution.
The climate of Eastern Assiniboia is
much the same is that of Manitoba, but
Western AssinibOia feels the effects of
the Chinook winds, which come from the
Pacific ocean, and remove much of the
snow that falls during two or three
months Of the year This circumstance,
together with the rich growth of grass,
has of late brought parts of Assiniboia
into favor with cattle, sheep, and horse
raisers. while it is noted for its adapta-
bility for grain growing.
Poor Mans Chance.
Eastern Assiniboia offers an opening to
the poor man if he will work and exercise
economy, for after year or two of hard
work he finds himself in possession OF a
home, all his own, free from the harassing
conditions Of q rented Ser mortgaged farm
This district, In conjunction with the
| province Of Manitoba, will one day be one
of the greatest wheat-producing sections
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-11

to necessitate pasturing, which otherwise
would be bad practice. Even the light
sandy soils give promise, by the growth OF
red clover and its proper and frequent use
both as a sod to turn under and as a green
manure crop for the same purpose, of easily
maintaining their fertility. Such soils are
the warn1est and most productive Of this re-
gicn, but suffer from improper cropping and
the continuous raising Of grain or potatoes
A clover crop every three or four years COM
pletely solves the problem of fertility and
furnishes the best possible feed for cattle or
sheep.
Farming In the woods Of northern Mime
sofa should be stock farming. Competition
with the prairies in raising grain for market
is hardly advisable. and often not possible.
There is no feed for stock so cheap, and
that will yield SO much from an acre, as corn
fodder; and here, again, northern Minnesota
is we'll adapted. There Is no portion of the
state that cannot be made to produce with
good care and proper methods, at least five
tons Of cured fodder per acre. The manure
from the herd Is most advantag eously applied
to this crop, and the solids left in the best
possible shape for grain and grass seed the
following spring
< Small Grains. ~
OF the small grains, all do well but oats
find the >readiest sale and are best adapted
for sowing on newly broken or raw land. II
is as important to SOW them early in THE
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-11
THE C. A. LAND COMPANY
An American Company Enters West
ern Canada.

AS one instance among many showing
the interest taken by American capitalists
and inventors In the movement of immi-
grafton toward the Canadian West, we
would call attention to the Canadian
American Land Co., whose advertisement
appears on another page of this Issue.
This company has been ofganized by far
sighted and experienced fnanciers who
have seen the tide of emigration roll over
the western prairies and dash against the
international boundary line, and we'll un-
derstand that the time has come for the
waves to pass over into the fertile fields
on the other side. Such men as Charles
H. Davidson, Jr., and Thomas l. Beiseker,
bankers OF Darlington and Fessenden, N.
D.; j. &. Martin, merchant of Darlington;
@. II. Ross, a well-known Minneapolis
banker, and others. These men have been
large dealers in North Dakota land anu
have contributed to the great rush Of land
seekers and land buyers who have gone
there. They have seen Dakota lands add
vance from s. to 500 within the past Ave
years, and now see the prospects of even
greater progress in the exceedingly fer
tile lands beyond the international boun-
dairy, which have become so famous OF late
years for their great crops OF No. hard
wheat.
They are In touch with the people and
have foreseen that the hour Is ripe for
large transactions in Western Canada.
Such men do not buy large blocks OF land
without thoroughly Investigating. not only
the trend of immigration but also the
probabilities OF the emigrant's success In
the new. field, the qualities of the soil and
all other conditions necessary to success
! full agriculture. In this instance they
claim to have taken extra precautions In
| selecting their lands and cay they have
| secuer d some OF the very finest locations
north of the line.
Mr.. Eugene D. Case, who has been en-
gagged by the company to exploit these
| lands, has had considerable experience in
| handling lands and emigration work. He
has become well-known throughout the
northwest on account of his connection
| with Senator Washburn in handling the
| w. D. Washburn lands on the Missouri
The Canadian American Land Company
| are in 9 position to give very full infor-
| nation to parties intending to settle or in
vest In Canadian lands and their infor-
nation is Inquestionably as reliable q,
i can be obtained.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-11

homesteads, and practically all the coun-
try west of these states to the Pacific
ocean was open to settlement. The census
reports show that a large portion of the
increased population has gone into this
new country and built up cities and
states, opened UP prosperous farming
communities and dotted the land with
schools and ,churches-eyery evidence of
American Enterprise and Progress.
Nearly one-half Of the capital Of the
country is invested In agricultural land
and what goes with 1t for the purpose of
making it productive. Nearly one-half of
the population Of the country is directly
or Indirectly connected with the cultiva-
ton OF the soil, and If we judge from all
the experience of the past, the agricul-
tural half of the population has done more
than its share in everything that goes to
benefit the country as a whole; that half
has always shown itself more Intelligent,
more patriotic, and in every way the
sheet-anchor of the nation. When men
have been called to defend the flag Of our
country the farmers sons have always
been ready to step to the front and an
swer to the call. While the farmers are
ready to go ten miles on election day to
cast their votes, others hang around the
polls In the cities waiting to sell their
votes. From the farmers sons In New
England and tbs middle and western
! states are constantly recruited the mum,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-11
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
They Axe Good In All Western
Canada.

They Axe Good In All Western
An important consideration for a set
tier here, as elsewhere, is the educational
facilities available; and the school sys-
tenn of Manitoba and the Western Terri
tories is by educationists claimed to be
equal to any on the continent. In Mani
toba the rural schools are about every
three miles or so apart III the settled
districts and the system is free. There
is no taxation Of pupils for attendance.
The government makes an annual grant Of
considerable sum to- each school, and
all the expenses, teachers salary in
cluded, are paid by this grant, and gem
eral taxation Of the land within the dis
trict, whether occupied or ,unoccupied, or
owned by parents or those having no
children. This assures the poor all the
advantages of primary education that are
enjoyed by the rich. The teachers are all
skilled educationists, duly certif1cated. In
these schools all the ordinary branches
for everyday life are taught In many
Of the village schools, where two or more
teachers are employed, still higher edu-
cation is given, and in the city and town
schools collegiate Institutes are main
tanned where students are fitted for the
several colleges at Winnipeg and other
cities in Canada. One eighteenth part OF
the whole of the Fertile Belt from
Pembina to Saskatchewan, and beyond it,
is set apart for the maintenance of
schools.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-11

varieties is made on the basis of the known
and tested kinds, as indicated In the reports
OF the Minnesota horticultural Society.
Native Trees.
The settlers in northern Minnesota would
secure but little pine timber. The exploita-
ton of this product has been systematic and
complete. Firewood and fence posts would
be more easily found. The latter are supplied
in abundance by the tamarack or the white
cedar OF the swamps, and the former is fur
rished by tamarack, jack pine and a variety
Of hardwoods which reach their best develop
ment along the Mississippi and its trlbu-
taries, but are found in abundance in other
sections, as about Mile Laos lake. OF these,
the Eastwood, yellow birch and white oak
often furnish much valuable lumber while
elm, poplar, white birch and ash are cut for
various uses.
Cost of Clearing.
The actual cost Of clearing land, as every
one knows, Is high, but becomes more rea-
sonabie If the process can be prolonged to let
the stunps rot, and aided by pasturing with
sheep and cattle. The success Of a farmer
| In northeastern Minnesota will depend first
of all on his wisdom in selecting the general
and. particular location of his farm, and then
upon his industry and knowledge Of his
trade -.
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lowing year. should the rainfall during
that time prove insufficient. This, it will
be noticed, is something new to the farm
ers Of the states. It Is stated that the
best results are obtained in Assiniboia by
summer-falloWing every third year. AS a
yield of forty bushels to the acre is OBJ;
tanned in normal years, the fact that 1t
is wise to let the ground lie idle every
third year brings the average down to
twenty-five bushels to an acre, which COM
pares very favorably with the ten and
fifteen bushels obtained in older sections.
Very satisfactory results have been OBJ
tanned with oats from the summer fallow-
ing process. Banner oats are preferred,
and with them yield as high as 101 bush
els per acre has been obtained. The ex-
periments with grasses have led to the
approval Of Bronze and Western rye
grass. Further tests have been made
with Indian corn, flax, millet, canary
grass, white flax, sunlowers, spring rye,
horse beans, field beans, Turkestan al
falfa, turnips, mangels, carrots, sugar
beets, potatoes and large number OF
varieties of the different sorts OF
vegetables. - -, >..s 80
Phenomenal success has been obtained
In tree culture. The most successful re-
suits have been obtained with the box
elder, American cottonwood, native elm
and native ash. Small fruits, including
raSpD0rr1eS, SCrdWD6fflSS, Ieu, Wills anu
black currants are successfully grown
| throughout western Canada, and the work
| on the experimental farm Is merely sort
of localized demonstration Of what is done
with them everywhere. The Manitoba
| native plum and several varieties of the
| American Seeding plum have fruited on
| the farm during the past two years.. At
tempts are being made to develop a va
riety of crab apples suitable to western
Canada
The farm contains herd of shorthorns
Experiments are. made each year in con.
Quoting feeding tests with steers. Three
breeds Of swine are kept.
A free distribution is made each veal
to applicants from all parts of the terri
tories of the most desirable varieties O.
grain, grasses, potatoes, and seedlings O
all available useful and ornamental tree
and shrubs. .y
} The country around Indian Head is on
of the best developed wheat raising coun
81 tries in Canada. The experiments of tn
government farm have been backed up b
the fortunes that have been made i
wheat raising In that region. 1t is esti
mated that 100000 bushels of whea
were raised there last year. r..
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spring In this section as it is anywhere else
differences In yield Of ten to twenty bushels
per acre sometimes resulting from late
sowing. ,..
Potatoes.
Potatoes are one of the best and most
profitable crops grown here. The profit will
depend ON the market: but the potatoes will
always bring the top price If straight varie-
ties are grown and scab is kept out by not
planting more than twice on the same ground,
and, If necessary, treating the seed. Most of
our soils have sufficient sand in their tex
ture to make ideal potato soils, and the rep
utation of the Chisago district for potatoes is
national.
Fruits.
Small fruits, as Strawberries and raspber-
ries, are found to do very we'll, requiring only
the same protection in winter as is customa-
rily given by careful growers further south,
!. e., the covering of the strawberry with
straw and the raspberry vines with dirt. The
native plums OF the improved varieties are
hardy throughout the state, and many Min
nesota apples can be grown nearly as far
north as Grand Rapids II the selection of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-11
A POPULAR REGION
500 Line and @. r. r.. Extension From
Arcola Through Assiniboia.

The extension of the Pipestone branch
of the Canadian Pacific from Arcola in
southeastern Assiniboia~ to Regina will
open up some of the richest agricultural
country in Assiniboia. The-Soo line skirts
the western part Of this country which
is bounded by the cotenaux which mark
the line between the agricultural and Cat
tie country. The new line will give rail-
road facilities for that part Of the region
that is remote from the 500 line. 1t is
to this part of Assiniboia that the larg-
est part of the new settlers in Assini-
it is likely that It will get the lions
share of them this year, especially as
Americans have taken over large area
in that region and are making especial
efforts to obtain American settlers. The
country, as seen from the 500 line,
presents the typical, fiat prairie appear
ance. 1t is so level that 100 acres means
100 acres, each of which can be used to
raise wheat. These lands are held very
! ~
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ADVICE BY Mr.. HILL
Great Railway Magnate Speaks of
Increasing Land Values.
LANDS OF THE NORTHWEST
They Are "Good Things" to Hold
Increasing Population Means
Increasing Land Values.

Don't be in a hurry to sell your land,
unless you are sure that you can pur-
chase more equally as good, to advan-
tage."
President James J. Hill OF the Great
Northern railroad so advised the farmers
of the northwest in his address before the
grain growers convention at Fargo.
Recognizing the inevitable advance In
land values due to the decreasing acreage
of unoccupied land he added this advice
to his remarks on better methods in
farming.
After referring in his address to the
remarkable increase in the country's pop
ulation in the past quarter of century
President Hill said:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-11
R0CKEFELLER'S ADVICE

One Must Open the Door to Success
and Not Wait.
'tChrist says, Go and knock on the door
If you want to get in Don't sit back and
wait for the door to OPEN So when a
man knocks on the door to success and
demands an opportunity, he may be ignor-
ant, he may know nothing of the task on
the other side OF the door, but the fact
that he knocks and demands edmittance
shows that he deserves to be tried, and in
nearly every case fortune opens the door
to him and the opportunity is his.
"1t has been my experience that though