The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-04-01
The Iron Ore Fields of Northern Minne-
sofa Inexhaustible - Worth
Millions OF Dollars.
Duluth, Two HarbOrs, Ely, Tower, Biwa-
blk, Eveleth, Virginia and
Hibbing Booming Towns.

portion of the State realize wha
there is in the northern portion.
How mauy people residing in the
northern realize what there is il
the southern portion? Do yor
know the wealth of the golden grain
fields and of the diaries in the
south? Do you know anything
about, or have you ever had the
least conception of the enormity OF
the mineral wealth of the north
Hove you stopped to consider the
acreage of the State? Possibly you
have given it a passing thought
But when the writer whispers tC
the readers of THE GAZETTE that he
spent practically all of two DAYS on
one section of d double train travel
ing at the highest speed, and max
ing stops-short stops-at only
places designated in the itinerary. in
only one county in the State, and
doubling our track for only a few
miles distant, the readers will at
least be able to form some. concep-
ton of Minnesota S acreage. This
county, destined in less than half a
century to have at it's southern ex-
tremity the largest city in the State,
and the leading lakeport town in the
entire west. is several times larger
than Rhode Island, and is larger
than other States of the Union. It's
southern boundary is kissed by the
waters of Lake Superior, while its
northern boundary, guarded by the
waters of Rainy Lake and Rainy
Lake river, forms portion of the
boundary line of the United States.
Its southern portion is a hive of
commercial and marine industry
it's central and northern portion is
the home of the lumberman and the
miner.
1t was with a feeling akin to Joy
that the wrj ter was invited to join
the senator's and the members of the
Minnesota legislature, the Governor
and lieutenant governor of the State
on an educational trip through this
vast region, the whole party being
for three days the guest of the Com
mercial club of Duluth, and never
could legislative trip have been
more profitable to the State.
We left st. Paul over the Great
Northern railway at ten o'clock on
the morning of March 10th. To ac-
commodate the crowd of nearly 200
men the company furnished spec
ial train of twelve sleeping and two
dining cars. Berths and state
rooms were carefully assigned, the
cuisine was systematically arranged
and the result was that from the
first arrival 'at the depot on that
morning until the train returned on
Sunday night there was not a sin
gle hitch in the entire train, sleep
ing car and dining car service.
Our schedule time in Duluth was
three o'clock that afternoon, but it
was nearly an hour later when the
long train, an object of interest to
the people of the various towns
through which we passed, rolled
into the Union depot of the Zenith
City. We were promptly taken in
charge of by members of the Com
mercial club and given from that
time until dark to view the city, the
harbor now filled with ice and the
government improvements. At 8
O clock the club entertained the en-
tire party at one of the most sump-
touS banquetS ever served. The
banquet was jolly affair, inter-
spersed with orchestra music, sing
ing and the like, and following it
came addresses from Mayor Hugo,
Gov. \VanSant, Lieut.Gov. Jones,
Speaker pro tenn Armstrong, Judge
and former Representative Morris,
J. FL. Burns, Frank B. kellogg and
many others. The Governor could
not refrain from stating that the
senator's and members did we'll to
adjourn for two days to participate
in such an educational trip as the
Duluth Commercial club proposed
giving them. The berths in the
sleeping cars commenced filing at
about IL o clock that night, and con-
tinued until the last member was in
e. IL,