The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-22
City News
TALKS WITH TRAVELLERS

what's the trouble, said e. ~. Wilde |
Of Detroit, Mich, today at the National
b hotel L. and = IA, travelling rave man who
within that state. "The state has de.
veloped faster than the railroad sys-
TENS and there is more traffic than the
existing roads can handle. There are
hundreds of farmers in North Dakota
today who have not hauled bushel Of
their last seasons crop to market as
yet. When at Harvey a few days ago,
l saw $50, 900 bushels Of wheat piled up
in the open and with the amount being
increased every day: The same condi.
ton Of affairs to perhaps lesser extent
is true generally at all market points in
North Dakota The result is, that altho
the farmers had a bumper crop, they
are actually getting hard up for money
because they cannot sell it, all the re-
ceiving elevators being full. And mer-
chants, in turn, are holding special bar.
gain sales to get rid Of the big stocks
they purchased for the winter trade in
for for" instance as don't Believe You can can
find fur-lined coat for sale in the town.
The merchants have been holding special
sales to get rid Of them and convert
their stocks into money.
'"The general cry everywhere is for
freight cars to move the crop. But PEG.
pie do not generally know that the Still
moro important shortage is in motive
power. Do you know, cars have been
standing on the sidetracks at some
North Dakota towns for monthly The
railroads simply cannot get enough loco
motives. Every locomotive works has
orders for engines to keep the plants
working for two years if they never
received another order. ,
1In some towns merchants have hard.
" taken an article Of, their winter
stocks off their shelves, and primarily
the lack Of transportation facilities is
at the bottom Of it. Usually at this
farmers second supplies Of overshoes
and like goods, but this season. they.
have yet to sell the first supplies in
many cases. (" -e~- .s,- +
Lieutenant S. T. Major and Assist
ant Surgeon A. 81. Wise of the. United
States navy, on detached service, are
registered at the West hotel today.
They have been in charge Of recruiting
corps for the past two. years, ana nave
covered the country from Boston to
Butte. They are now on their way to
Washington, where they expect to be
assigned to sea dut~" once more, tho
thew have not yet been notified to what
ship they will be attached. At present
thew have just returned from points IN
| the northwest.
HThe northwest has been a poor field
Of late in which to secure navy re-
| cruits," said Lieutenant Major: mere
seems to be a great demand Tor iapor
thruout this entire district, IN spite OF
the fact that winter is now on, but one
would expect there were many men out
of Jobs who would be glad to enter
! Uncle Sam s sea service. The entire
northwest this trip has yielded but
three recruits. Our Office at Duluth
and Superior was also unsuccessful ana
only secured two men. o;xo7oa
'5Since last June we have. clreleo
around from st. Louis, going thru
Kansas. Colorado, Wyoming, Montana,
North and South Dakota, and finally
working eastward to Minneapolis. In
ali that time we secured recruits mum
herring about four hundred, but nearly
all Of them came from Mississippi val
lev points. Most Of those enlisted were
apprentice seamen. r. w..
j. Carlton Jacks manager OF Ifh'
&9gsrs R % acFs his father s' Who
and operates large fruit ranch on thu
Isle Of Pines. The letter says that al
is now quiet on the island and, rattle
makes fun Of the recent sensational
stories published Of a move to seced
from Cuba, and become part OF tn
United States.
USome New York newspaper sent
reporter here to look up such story,
says the letter. "The reporter was a.
enterprising fellow and hustled aroun
among the natives and a few other
and cot up meeting Of which he wrot
to New York his sensational story Q
proposed secession from Cuba, and thi
story was telegraphed all over tn
country" H. "
Miss Hannah Swindlehurst, agent o
the state public school at Owatonns
was guest at the Vendome today,
ct think our school was somewha
unjustly criticised" she said today
"by recent newspaper article whic
said we had refused to care for two uI
Fortunate children. The article di
not give any reason for the rejection Q
the children, but it was good one. L
an institution where there are numbe
! of children, every precaution has t
be taken for their general health. Tn
two children mentioned were Athlete
with a contagious disease, and henc
we were in duty bound to refuse thel
admission. The state school takes l
all it possibly can, and is doing grea
WORK Tor homeless cl1lClIeu.
Senator Barker Of Cambridge is res
= istered at the Vendome hotel toda.
: Senator Barker has sold the pape
which he formerly published in n
: home town and is now devoting himse
entirely to his extensive law practice
"We don't hear any talk in our
s saia the a0 Senator sae Il Suppose It IS
little early yet. Julius Block seen
to be the only man who IS actively
/ the field for the next republican, nom
nation. The next gubernatorial cor
\ bat is going to be a hard fight for VIII
ever is nominated and it will behoo'
the grand old party to stick togeth
this time if it is to win. -
l "There ism It much left of the rece7
spell of hard winter experienced
South Dakota said G. W. Sprague
/ WATERFOWL, guest at the Hotel Nice
let today 'tThe thaw has been &c
ting in it's work in that state as W.
as in Minnesota and around Waite
town, at least, there ism It a bit
SNOW left. We re just as warn
South, Dakota as you are in MINI
sota.' rs. u. ~
liver Lund and F. Larson of Sarr
borp Norway. were at the Nicoll
hotel today. They are prominent in T
shipping industry in their. home cou
try, and are making tour of t