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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-31
Fuel Question S0lyed in Ward Coztutv

bother anyone in Ward county. That
from $500 in 1900 to 10000 in 1905,
and are today the banner county in the
state.
The railroad companies are already
seeing the coming Importance of this in
dustry and are tapping the best coal
sections in the state with new lines
Already a line running south from
Minot is practically assured, and it will
tap heavy coal-producing section Of
the state. There are a dozen mines now
northwest from Minot, along the 500
Line, some of them within five miles
from Minot' within ten miles. The de-
velopment of this industry has prac.
tically all been done within the past
four years. Five years ago many of the
residents of the eastern and southern
part of the state did not even know that
there was coalmine in the state. There
was no capital to handle the business
while there were no people in the coun-
try except the raneher, and he was
making money too easy to mine COAL
Today it is sold in Minneapolis and St.
Paul, and constantly growing in favor
In regard to briquettes, your CORE
spcndent was shown sample in Minot
that was as hard as a common brick
and as clean to handle as prayer-book.
It does away with the smoke nuisance,
from the best grade of frewood. These
can be produced for less than 81
ton, and should be sold to the con-
sumner in all parts of the state for less
than SIS a ton, or less than half the cost
of anthracite, and will give out fully
as much, If not more, heat. ."
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Special Correspondence.


Minot, n. D., May ga great
many people in the east and middle
west believe that North Dakota is at
the mercy of the Iowa, Illinois and
pennsylvania coal men, but such is not
in North Dakota do not buy any more
coal from without the state than does
Illinois or Iowa. 49,. .
4 prairie country without fuel is
quite different place from the prairie
country with plenty Of good fuel, and
Ward county has all kinds of fuel and
supplies a large portion of the state
with her coal. The coal industry is only
commencing, however.
Briquettes made Of Ignite have been
engaging the attention Of scientists for
some time, and we have been assured
by experts who have made Ignite a
study for years that within year
something would be doing in the way
OF making briquettes that would sur
prise the entire northwest. That not
only would it drive the anthracite deal
ers out Of business, but would be much
cheaper and better in, every respect than
anthracite. It would be absolutely clean
would in fact make the ideal fuel for
all purposes-both for the home and for
steam purposes. :. %....'- .; b
There are thousands of acres Of Ward
county land undertake. with from i've
to twenty, feet of ,hgnite, and it is all
suitable for briquettes. Think what this
means when North Dakota is supplying
the railroads and driven out the an
thracite from the entire northwest.
The question of cheap fuel is an i'm
portant one and one that does not
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-31
You Can't Lose
Root, The Man
That Does Things
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Lakota, N. D., May 20, leo5.-out
here on the line of the Great North
ern railway, about twelve hours west Of
little city Of Lakota. Lakota is not as
large as Minneapolis or st. Paul, but
this little town is possessed of modern
business blocks, beautiful residences
and pushing, energetic class of bust
ness men that are alive to the opportun-
tiles and chances offered by the city
and county. The county is populated
by hardy, thrifty, progressive class
Illinois, Ohio and the middle west, and
the farm buildings and machinery and
country, homes reminds one Of the
splendid improvements on some Of the
or. New York state. Among the live
ones in this section is Frank P. Root.
Here is a man who is doing a giant s
work in bringing in desirable class
of homeseekers into the county. Root
is not only known locally, but has a
reputation Of being one Of the squarest
business men in the great northwest
and any homeseeker who does business
with Frank P. Root will always be sure
of getting everything that is coming to
him. You cannot get him to talk about
himself, but if it comes down to his
town and county, he can put "gat.
ling gum out Of bust ness and can
prove by facts and figures every state
ment he makes. When Root advertises
he always has something definite to
offer, and if the homeseekers of the
east will spend one cent, they can ob.
tain detailed information regarding La:
kota and her county from Root that can
be absolutely relied upon. T.
Ward D. Williams.
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large amount of traffic that will come in play
later, and from other points west of Mountain
Iron. .a..- ~.
No announcement has yet been made of any
decision in the matter of West ba
come shortly and that the line will be built
the coming winter, This will be the most i'm.
portant branch that has been built by the Du.
luth, M1ssabe & Northern since 1893, when the
original Hibbing branch put thru.
An immense amount of railway work has
been done along the Mesaba range the past win
ter and this spring, almost entirely in spurs
to mines short reaches Of track to AVOID OBJ
StacleS and changes on account of mine opera
tons Around Hibbng there Is a network OF
tracks. both of the Duluth. Missabe & Northern
and the Great Northern. that is bewiIdering to
range, espectany that town, been en-
tlrely changed the past year.
There Is constant struggle between mine and
railway arrangements Of the Mesaba range to
maintain separate grades on the one hand and
to lessen the number and the demand on
cars the other. This is one of the most
vexing problems confronts the railway
many grades Of ore and SO many subdivisions
of single grades on account of the varying fee
ownerships of ores similar in character, and
there Is such a heavy and constant strain on
ore docks In consequence by reason of the i'm
mense amount of switching to be done, that
the problem seems to be an increasing one year
The Oliver Iron Mining company. by grouping
its ores in Minnesota in groups /. and g. re-
CARELESS of ownership, and based on the guaran
tees of iron. phosphorus and silica, has done
much to simplify the matter. But there is no
attention paid In these groupings to the vary.
Ing phys1cal characters of the ores, and the
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Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence
Lisbon, N. D., May 2s.-Your cores
pendent has been wondering the past
week why it is that the renter and the
small farmer in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Minnesota and Wisconsin, who can sell
their lands anywheres from 500 to $3.50
ana $leo an acre, are hanging on and
paying big rents when they can come up
to North Dakota and buy lands at from
$40 to gao an acre, which will produce
just, a. much crop, and just the same
KING OF crops with not as much hard
work on the lands that are selling for
one.hfth to one.tenth the price OF the
old lands.
! was reading in one Of the high-class
Farming industry Of the United States,
the magazine the "Independent Of New
York, = one Of the most creditable mag
azlnes printed, maintains with all force
that land prices must increase, farming
must pc done more intensely, an acre of
land must produce two and three times
what. they are now producing. The
congregation Of such masses into the
large cities taking them out Of the line
OF food producing calls upon those who
remain on the farms for an extra effort
and most intensified farming. The
acreage: OF arabic lands is at standstill
and this acreage for some years must
advance rapidly and permanently.
There is an acreage of land whose soil
is non-productive at the present time,
this acreage can be made productive,
and that, very productive by irrigation,
but. to make this land productive for
agricultural interests, it entails very
heayy expense and number Of years,
the localized scheme of irrigation bears
very little effect on the agricultural de-
velopment, this can be made profitable
and substantial for the small fruit
farms, but for agricultural sources it is
ineffective. The largo irripatinn
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-31
Dlckey Commty,
North DAKOTA
LOOKS LIKE A GARDEN OF EDEN
NEW CROPS GROWING FINE
AND A BUMPER CROP PRE-
DTCTE0
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Cakes, n. D., May %, 19o5.-Condi-
tions in Dickey county were never
are all covered with the beautiful green
Of early growing grains. The weather
conditions, so far this spring, have
been perfect, and every farmer in the
county is already counting the dollars
to come from the banner bumper crop
the county or state has ever known. -.
Flax, which has always been biz
revenue-producer in North Dakota, will
all be sown within a few days. Sew
eral farmers who have moved into this
county this spring expect their flax crop
alone to almost pay for their newly pur-
chased farms; They base their judg-
have been here for three or four years.
One of the features which make
Dickey county especially attractive to
home and landseekers who are focking
into North Dakota this year, is the rail-
road facilities. The 500, Northern Pa
cific and n th-W estern systems all cen
ter to this city-with the very natural
result that competitive tariffs obtain
for all products which the farmer has
to ship. This is a boon which no home
seeker can afford to overlook when
seeking new location. Cakes is ia
vored with land men and companies of
the strictest integrity. There is a
scarcity of the curbstone broker-the
man who is a curse to the homeseeker.
w. A. Otis.
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Ransom County, North Dakota .
The County that Does Things and One Of the Best in the
Great Northwest.

scheme entails an enormous amount of
money, running into the millions, a
number Of years to perfect the plan,
and the land is then dependent upon
constant and regular flow, so it seems to
your correspondent that the Illinois,
the Indiana, the Iowa, Minnesota and
Wisconsin farmer, who is contemplating
priced lands of these states to a newer
state or North Dakota, is lacking in
good Judgment if he does not quickly
arrange his plans and move to Ransom
county, N. D. Here is the county most
admirably located for diversified or
mixed farming, the soil is rich, heavy
black loan, excelled by nothing in any
Of the states above mentioned, for the
have been farmed by reputable, intel
ligent class Of farmers from these states
who have demonstrated beyond any
doubt the fertility Of the soil, the ex-
cellency Of the climate to produce a gen
eral variety of grains, grasses, fruits
and vegetables, while the stock indus
try has met the most sanguine expecta-
tions of the enthusiast, and surprised
and COMPOUNDED the pessimistic promises
Of the critical. -s
Ransom county, North Dakota is the
county for me, ard I advise the renter,
CHe young IdTmeT, DIS well as the Well
TODD farmer, who cannot find profitable
inv investment f for mis- money to buy Ran,
reputable and creditable business men
all of them of long standing in the COM
munity, large holders Of land under
their o w.n names, and any business
transacted with them can be depended
on as being regular, safe and faithfully
carried out. .-.
The Adams & Frees Company,
Lisbon Land & Loan Agency.
A. E. Jones & Co.,
| 49, w. l.. Williamson,
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James Holes, who opened the first
"Of the thirty-three years I have
grown corn in North Dakota I have
had but three failures. These were
from August ,frosts:: The average date
was Sept. IS, and in 1902, Sept. IL.
Only one day shy. of the average, but
tho corn was kept back by the cold sum.
mer. In ordinary seasons corn is out
of the way before Sept: II. In 1888
crops stood still two or three weeks in
middle Of August, and Of course there
was ruin everywhere. But that was
only one out Of thirty-one years. Two
other years the corn and the very late
grains have been caught by frost, but
that is all. There has been no failure
from drought.
II see you wisely warn people not to
think of eighty bushels of corn an acre
when they think of North Dakota as
q corn state, because we do not raise
such crops, but we do raise a good and
profitable crop Of corn almost every
year,
Naturally Adapted to Stock.
The entire state is adapted to the
growth and development of the best
types of livestock, from the rich farm
ing lands Of, the Red river valley on
luo eiStbIu DUIuCl " Iu6 SU-Cd1l6u
Lands, or broken country, on the state 9
western slope.
In the eastern portion of the state
livestock be raised and handled in
the usual manner practiced by farming
communities. AS one goes west, the al
titude increases from 903 feet above sea
level at the Red river to 2,403 feet at
dickinson on the Northern Pacific rail-
road and 2,784 feet at the summit Of the
Bad Lands.
In the western part large areas of
public land yet remain open for settle
ment and are available for grazing pur-
poses by the settlers in that vicinity.
Here the livestock industry fourishes
while the country is in transition from
the pastoral to the agricultural stage.
What North Dakota Offers.
North Dakota offers a splendid eli,
mate, one Of the most productive soils
in the world, cheap fuel, fine water,
good American communities. every So
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SO rapid has been the settlement IN
the western part of the state, and so
great has been the demand for lands,
that a new land district has been Gre
ns% oh as Rss for
ness July l, 1904, and there has been
a greater demand than ever for these
lands, as nowhere in the country can
better homesteads be procured, and no
where can lands for diversified farming
be secured on such favorable terms.
The early purchasers of lands now
on the market will reap the greatest
reward. The filings at the Bismarck
of so to 100 a day. This is the last
of the public domain and soon there
will be no free or cheap lands to be
had.
One Years Production.
duction each year. North Dakota mar.
keted 53,S92,193 bushels of wheat, 3D.
010,360 bushels Of oats, 17,5Q8,074 bush
els Of barley, 1,9l4,53O bushels of corn,
4l4,l7l bushels Of rye and 24,926 bush
els Of Irish potatoes, 49, 900 900 bush
yield being Is bushels to the acre.
Red top, bronze grasses, millet and
alfalfa are, standard tame hays. Small
fruits and apples are successfully
grown.
Potatoes, the best produced any.
where, yield as high as 400 bushels to
the acre. Flax is sown on the new
breaking. This crop is a disintegrator
of the soil and leaves the ground in
shape for wheat the next season. Wheat
Of course, is the great crop and is east
durum, is becoming a favorite and often
yields forty bushels to the acre. Oats
often run as high as 100 bushels ar
acre.
Much Of the lumber used here comes
from the Pacific coast and the prices
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-31
MONUMENT FOR SOLDIERS
dwelling Is Chief Feature of Memo.
rial Day at Aberdeen.

ABERDEEN, s. D.-The monument to the
soldier dead; erected by Robert Anderson post
w R. G. No. 1s, was unveiled yesterday at
The speech presenting the monument to the G..
r. R. was made by Mrs. Eva Williams, state
by Captain ]. H. Hauser on behalf of the G.. A.
r., and by City Attorney E. T. Taubman on
behalf of the city.
The monument is twenty-one feet high, and is
very beautiful specimen of the stonecutter's
art The base consists OF a mammoth slab OF
granite, eleven feet square and four feet high.
This Is surmounted by a smaller stone. six feet
square and two feet high, upon which stands the
figure of soldier.
The inscription upon the monument is SIN
memory OF the soldiers and sailors 1s61-65.
Erected by Robert Anderson post, w. r. G. No.
16.n Below are the words: Mustered out,
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On the base appears the following: Liberty has
been bought at great price. The unselfsh
workers Of the country-they beyond the
reach Of honors. Dedicated May 80. 1906"
Another shipment of Texas cattle is passing
thru Aberdeen to Evarts, where the cattle viii
be driven to the range for feeding. 1t consists
cars averaging thirty -fve head of cattle. Mil
waukee railroad men say total of 1000 head
will be shipped from the south to the range
during the season.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-31
ANOTHER POISONED
Patrons of Duluth Boarding House
Dazed by Growing Mystery.

DULUTH, NINN.-The mystery concerning
the poisoning of fifteen persons at a boarding
house last Sunday, when several had narrow es-
capes from death. has deepened and public in
terest is. centering on the place because Of the
serious sickness of Oscar Pumala another board
er there. He has been taken i'll with the same
symptSms that attacked the fifteen bearders.
yanced by some of the boarders,
Agnes Blatte, the 6'year-old daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs John Blatte of West Duluth died in
great agony result of burns. While play
ing her clothing caught fire and in her terror she
ran wildly about the street
w. J. Stevenson. an attorney was severely
injured last evening in an accident to his auto.
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SINGLE AND DOUBLE.

----.' Chicago Tribune.
"This,'' said the man who was showing the
stranger around the city,. as he pointed to a
Rud Its It's all made 1ee+ land That's his house.
stranger.
mo: that's on married land. He got II with
his wife, . .-7-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-31
HIBBIUG CUTOFF
SAVES ; MILES
DULUTH, MISSABE & NORTHERN
COMPLETES A SHORT LINE.
Congestion Of Ore Cars at the Old juno
tion Point Will Be Avoided Hereafter
New West Mesaba Branch Likely
to Be Built the Coming winter-Irn-
( mense Amount Of Work Done.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal
Hibbns- Mimi, May 31.-The Duluth. Niissa be
Northern road has completed a cutoff to
Hibbing from Shaw, on the st. Louis river
and will put it into service in a few DAVIS
This cutoff is twelve miles long and straight
as an arrow from end to end It saves three
miles over the old line, and avoids much trouble
that was met with at the old junction point
where all branch lines came together.
1t theory that branches
of the road coming from mines should reach the
main line at one point but this has been aball-
doned. The old line between Shaw and Hibbing
will be used for ore coming out from points
east of Hibbing, such the Pillsbury. Glen
Monroe and adjacent mines, from the vicinity
of 1s-5s-le, where the road is in control of a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-31

mobile. Mrs. Stevenson and their 4-year old
son were in the machine and the former was
slightly injured. The child was not hurt.
The machine collided with telephone pole on
London Lon road. and. tln was rc,ked Mr.. Stevenson
pole He was unconscious - ten minutes.
: Fred CoryeI, 4 locomotive engineer in the
employ Of the Duluth & Iron Range road. was
run over and killed by his engine at Murray
station.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-31

RoLLA, N. D.-The Sunday school convention
held here was success. The officers elected
Johnson Rolla; vice president, Mrs. A. M.
Beede,- Rolla; Superintendent of home work:
norfaai Work, w J. I1osEins, Fo1ia; superintes,-
dent of primary work. Mrs. A. Wheaton. st.
Crum, Dunseith; secretary Miss Clara Hesketh,
Polla; treasurer. Mrs. E. P. johnson, Rolla.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-31
ELK POINTS MEMORIAL
Exercises by the Schools and an ORATOR
by Woodburu.

ELK POINT, S. D.--Memorial Day was OBJ
served under the direction of Stephen A. Hurl-
but post No., 8. G. A. r., and the local W. r..
c. Thirty graves in the city cemetery were
decorated. The service in Henkins' operaho':se
was largely an exercise by the public schools
with an appropriate grafton by Professor E. c..
WOODBURY..
Mrs Ole C. Bergun Is dead at the age of 81.
She had lived in this county thirty-one years.
Jefferson. this county has just installed a new
Independent telephone system. extending thru
the town and surrounding country. 1t is being
literally patronized by business men and farm
erS.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-31
Worth Dnk0tn's Record as
A Great Producer of Corn
Thirty Good Crops in 7hirzy-tltree Years-Best
Types OF Livestock Groom im All Parts
of tie State

cial and commercial advantage. North
Dakota when compared with Ohio, Hi
nois and Iowa, shows hogs, horses sheep
and cattle for every 100 Inhabitants as
follows. -.. Vs..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-31

DRAYTON, N. D.-Work has commenced on
large new Methodist church, Excavations will
soon begin for the new school budng.-The
high school graduating exercises were held last
week. The class numbered thirteen, the larg-
est in the history Of the town.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-31

sTARKwEATHER, N. D.-The state school
of forestry board has decided to build at Botti-
neau at cost of go 600. The main building will
be 44xT6 feet, with wings either side 36x36
feet,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-31
SOUTH DAKOTA HOMEoPATHISTs
Annual State Convention to Be Held at
Mitchell This Week.

MITCHELL. S. D.-The fourteenth annual con-
vention of the HOMEOPATHIC physicians of the
state will be held in this city Wednesday and
Thursday- Fifty members viii be present.
DR.. C. A. Bower Of this city is president
of the society; DR.. H. c. Burch OF Redfeld vice
PRESIDENT DR.. A. c. Clark of Aberdeen, secre-
tary treasurer
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-31

WlNoNA, MIEN-The trustees of the Mar
garet Simpson home reelected NJ. G.. Norton
president; Edwin Lees, secretary, and Mrs
Augusta 9. Rising, treasurer. The home has
received $4,000 beaest left it by the late
James h. Norton. This money has been In.
applied to the relief of the poor.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-31

souR1s. N. DC. L. Jafrey of Minneapolis
John Burkholz of Grand Forks and NJ. E. Hayes
Of this place will establish state bank here.
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IRON MOUNTAIN, MICH-The Oliver Min
ing company of the Steel corporation has con-
tributed $500 to fund being raised to meet
the Indebtedness hanging st. Mary's Cath
olic church.
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MEDFoRD, N. DC. L. Jaffrey Of Mime
apolis, John Burkholz of Grand Forks, and
Charles Evan A1ndale of Conway, will establish
the First State bank here.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-31

NORWAY, MICH.-The $4,000 of bonds to
be issued by the school board to secure funds
have been sold TO Nuveen & Co. of Chicago
for a premium of S9275O.
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Their names are: China Eyenson, Cora Giere.
Florence Habberstad, Arnold Krogstad, Theo-
dore KnudsOn and Herman Serfing
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STURGIS, s. D.-Edward Sheer has returned
from his woling trip. At West Elms den that
had twenty-five old wolves and many pups was,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-31

PIERRE, S. D.-Governor Elrod has issued
proclamation fixing Wednesday, I'M as
flag day.-The reports coming to the state audi
tor, for assessment purposes, show that more
more than fifty new telephone companies will
be placed on the tax list this year.