The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-05
MINNESOTA
RUSH FOR THE LAND.
Thief River Falls Has a Foretaste Of
What Is Coming on Novem-
Der 10.
Most Of the Tracts Are Dismal Bog
and Absolutely Unfit for
Cultivation.
Special to The journal,

Special to The Journal
Thief River Falls, Mimi, Nov. 5.--The
rush of people looking for homesteads ION
the old Red Lake reservation lands, to be
opened on the 10th, has begun, and bids
fair to rival that seen during boom days
in Oklahoma.
In spite of the fact. that the interior
department has advertised far and wide
that the land is principally dismal bog
and absolutely unfit for residence or Gull
t1vation. the idea remains fixed in the
minds OF many that this land is the same
which was under consideration last year
and Is f1rst-class prairie land. In this
the people who are foolish enough to come
up In the hope Of securing good farm
on Nov. 10 will be bitterly disappointed
The crowds who have already been on
the, ground are beginning to go home dis
gusted, and 1T is. hoped that this will
have the effect of checking the rush to
some extent.
All trains from the south into this point
have been crowded for two weeks, and
yesterday the Great Northern was COM
PEELED to put on box cars to accommodate
the crowd from Crookston, which over
taxed any passenger equipment that was
available. ~ ,gys-F, =. s+7es Z,
The Land to Be Opened.
/ The Red Lake reservation seven years
ago comprised nearly half of northern
Minnesota and at shat time the greater
part OF 1T was thrown open to settlement,
leaving the Indians on the present dimin-
lshed reservation. Owing to certain err
rorS in survey and other matters, which
delayed the department, portion Of the
old reservation, which is of little or no
value, was not opened with the rest and
that is the land which now is exciting
such rush to the northern part of the
state.
This is extremely unfortunate for the
reason that a measure has been colsid-
cred by congress in the last two sessions
for the opening of eleven townships OF
the diminished reservation and it is well
known that these eleven towns are among
the finest farming townships of the state.
Many persons who have, been looking for
the opening Of these lands. are deceived
into thinking that this is the, land to be
opened Nov. 10, and this will have a very
depressing effect the sale of this tract
when 1t is actually opened, which will
| probably be next summer.
| The eleven townships directly adioir
the city Of Thief River Falls, but the land
to be opened. on. the 10th is forty miles
away and divided from this city by al
most impossible swamps.
One Way to Get There.
The best way to get into the country
to be opened is to go to Winnipeg and
take the Canadian Northern to Beaudette
or nearby points. Certainly Thief Rive,
Falls is an unfavorable point from which
| to make the; trip. ,5E a.'a,zE<
| 1t Is hoped that the publication of these
facts Will save many people from wild
Egoose chase into the northern Wilds an,
also serve to make clear the difference
| between the swamp lands to be operlef
on the. 10th and the rich agricultural LAM
4 which Will not come ii1to TIE market i'm
til next summer. 9"tS '1s11s -.