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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-08

= What makes this reasonably safe
country doubly sure is the fact that it
is bound ultimately to be mixed farm,
ing country. There are no failures
where the farmers mix things. Another
valuable asset Of the railway company
is the townsites.- Of course, the rail-
way that builds a town has a perfect
right to acquire what land is needed,
while land is cheap, and they usually
take advantage Of the opportunity be-
they, can depend upon I S Being held up By
the lucky landowners who have pos
session, for it is counted no crime to
squeeze "soulless corporation
:.:.:> Forest 100 Miles Wide.
= I visited Melfort, at the end Of the
Canadian Northern north line, last
summer. We, came to .Melfort after
passing thru a forest 100 miles wide.
In this forest belt. the minister of the
interior. proposes to plant colony Of
timber lands to the prairie. This
would be master move, for while these
bush jewellers cleared their lands they
could supply the prairie farmer with
wood and lumber and furnish freight
for the empties west bound. IL
MeAolC YVES tHen IWSHIy months oiu,
had h4,t an artistic -, railway depot, graded
cred three and four town lots, and were
themselves. covered by the canopy of
heaven, town lots from 5000 up. and q
hotel that took in $500 on single holi-
day $200@for food and $500 for liquid
lightning to wash it down. .'s'
Humboldt, on the main line, was at the
end Of steel on the I'd of September
last. The graded siding and small
tepee were all there was to Humboldt
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-08

then. A week later the rails went down
and the "town' went on the market.
Eighteen thousand dollars worth Of
lots were sold on the opening day and
$780, 900 in the next sixty days. Here is
"city' already assurea Of two whole
sale houses, while the wild grass still
waves in Main street and Mcleod ave-
nue. is visible to the naked eye only
when you have the map before YOU,
Record of the Road.
Despite the fact that Canada has only
lately. been. discovered, the record Of
the Canadian Northern railway is one
of continuous and uninterrupted pro-
gress From the day the first section
Of 100 miles was completed and opened,
for, public business, in January, 1897, to
this date the gross earnings have in
every year been more than sufficient to
pay all operating expenses and meet the
fixed charges Of the undertaking.
Messrs. Mackenzie, Mann & Co., who
control the Canadian Northern railway,
construction between Toronto, Ont, and
Sudbury, a. point $50 miles north and
west, where connection will be made
with the Canadian Pacific railway.
They are also applying to the Dominion
government this season for power to
build from point on the James Bay
railway eastward thru Ottawa to
Hawkesbnry and Montreal, where they
will connect with the Great Northern
both controlled by Messrs. Mackenzie
& Mann. During the summer nsonths,
with connection from Port Arthur by
water, it will be possible to establish
thru connection from Edmonton, in the
Northwest Territories, and other Mani
toba points, with Ottawa, Toronto
| Montreal and Quebec. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-08

Special Correspondence. .-
Winnipeg, Man. April 5.-William
Pearson of Winnipeg, in an interview
today sounded a note Of warning to
American homeseekers who are definite
ly planning to move into Canada and
yet are postponing the day of their de-
parture from month to month in the
false belief that next year will do as
well as this, "since there is so much
good land that few months or a year
or two will make no difference. Mr..
Pearson is one of the biggest and best
known operators in western Canada,
fertile valley known as the "Last
Mountain district" His words there
fore, are significant.
"While the government reports"
said Mr.. Pearson, 'show millions of
acres Of open lands, the American home
seeker ought not to be deceived into
taking it for granted that these acres
are all good frst-class farm lands. The
very opposite is the case. With the
present large immigration, choice wheat
lands will soon be comparatively scarce
and the American homeseeker must lose
no time in selecting his farm. A proof
of this is the fact that the average price
OF land has more than doubled in the
iaoo InIec years al over INC SdHduldH
west. Those who have given the north
west any practical investigation know
that the great wheat belt is compare
lively narrow strip of land running di-
agonally in northwesterly course
across the country known as the North
west Territories. In the very heart of
the southern part of this country is the
Last Mountain valley district, in which
are located the lands which 1 have been
making over to American settlers. l
can judge of the rapidity with which
all the good wheat country is being tax.
en- up by individuals by the way my
own lands are being purchased.
ut has been demonstrated that the
Saskatchewan and Qu'Appelle valleys
enjoy such advantages as these. over
certain other parts of western Canada:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-08
William Peurs011's Adsvce
r To H0meseekers IN Cuundn

rank, slow growth, but is deep black
clay loan, with the celebrated friable
chocolate-colored clay subsoil which is
filled with root fiber and loaded with
phosphates; they are surrounded by and
have within their area several beautl-
full, deep, clearwater lakes in which
great qualities of fine fish are found,
and, lastly, these valleys are within
easy access of the market, as railroads
have preceded our settlers, furnishing
them at once the means of securing the
comforts of modern farm life and splen-
did transportation facilities for the
products Of the soil. - ~ 50
stThe Last Mountain valley country
lies directly north of Regina, and the
main line of the Prince Albert branch
of the Canadian Pacific railway. runs
within five miles of the south end of Last
ing Lumsden. For shipping purposes
spur has been built up to Craven, stu
ated on the lower end of the lake. The
Kirkella branch of the Canadian Pacific
railway is now being constructed thru
the Last Mountain valley country, and
most important of all the new Grand
Trunk Pacific railway from coast to
coast will cut the northern portion OF
the valley in half.
"No wonder our land is being taken
up rapidly by your farmers of the mid
die states. Our prices, which range
from SO to $40 an acre, insure tins, and
we now have less than 100000 acres
left from which selection can be made.
Even the prices which l have just men,
toned are not stationary. as little colo
MES of American farmers are taking up
our land in blocks of 5000 acres at even
lower rates.
GAS the wheat belt is so narrow
those who contemplate purchasing
farm should bear in mind the facts /
have pointed out. l have always been
ready to answer letters of inquiry from
American homeseekers and to do my ut
most in assisting them to the acquire
ment of productive lands on their ar
rival in Winnipeg. This practice shall
continue.
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All of which has nothing whatever
to do with the builders 1 set out to

All of which has nothing whatever
to do with the builders 1 set out to
write about. ..- ..+
Mackenzie, Mann g. Co. remind me
of those. brave builders who. stole a
street while the city slept, in that they
make no noise. If they were stealing
the right Of way from the crown, they
could not build with less fuss and fire.
works.
Doubtless scores of my readers have
never heard of the Canadian Northern
railway, and yet it is an important and
growing system in a great and growing
country. It has grown from 100 miles
in 1879 to over 1900 miles at the close
Of 1904, and will measure about 2,7OO
m miles by. the end Of this year: It is
ly Canadian. The: Canadian Pacific
was completed and has since been domi-
mated by Yankee brains. The Grand
Trunk Pacific was conceived by an
American, and under his guidance will
be made to bridge the continent.
The story of the Canadian Northern,
however, is the story Of Mackenzie &
Mann, contractors.
ombination: The former is a cultured,
affable, gracious, yet forceful man, who
moves about with the least possible
noise. Despite the vast amount of
work already done, he is still young
man-an unusually happy man-with a
laugh as glad as the cry of the lark
as he lifts from a dewy mead. The
best thing about him is the fact that
| he has. not only the loyalty but the
him and works with him.
Damn Mann is of a different fiber,
as strong and useful in his way, but
totally different.
If Mackenzie can measure to cent
| the borrowing power of a piece of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-08
Biz Deal at Calgary.
Calgary Colonization Co. Sells the
SpauIding Ranch for $4,000.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Calgary Alberta, April s.-The
movement Of land-seekers from the
states to this part Of Alberta promises
to be even greater this year than any
previous year in the history of the coun-
try The great attraction is WINTER
WHEAT, which never looked better
than at the present time. A great deal
of land is exchanging hands at advanced
prices. Among recent purchasers were
William, J. and. John r.. Alexander and
w. G.. Cathcart of Sidell, Illinois, who
e sSg the cSPsadpg ra3sh for
this city. The same company also sold
three sections of raw land to Hanes
Garlaugh of Sidell, Illinois. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-08
WHERE UNIONS COUNT
Booklovers' Magazine.

Far more than one-quarter of all the
citizens Of Australia live in Sydney and
!Mellbourne; more than one-third live
ly. one-half live in towns of 5000 or up
ward. This concentration of people
in the cities and the simplicity of the
industrial system combine to make the
organization Of labor easy and effective.
And organized labor, during the last ten
years, has played upon the mobility Of
the party system here to bring about
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-08
JUDGE COMMITTED COUNSEL
Had Pleaded Guilty for His Gambling
Clients.
Washington Times.

10
Washington Times.
Senator Berry of Arkansas is the
father Of this really good story.
A number Of gamblers were indicted
before the circuit court in a certain
section Of Arkansas for engaging in
practices in such cases made and pro-
vided. The delinquents, finding that
the prosecuting attorney had a "sure
thing on them, concluded not to come
before the court in person, but retained
a well-known attorney to appear for
them, plead guilty and pay the fine.
called, the attorney said:
u appear. for the defendant and
plead guilty
The judge eyed the attorney mo-
ment and then said:
.,M Y! Hester appears, pleads guilty,
"But, your, honor, I. have not re-
ceived the money for the fne-expect
to receive it tomorrow.
1t makes no difference, sir. You
are fined and stand committed. to Jail
until it is paid. y
That was the last time an attorney
could be secured to appear and plead
guilty for any Of the sporting fra
ternity.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-08

A bankrupt sawyer recently stated
been ruined by the advance in the price
of sugar. Confectioners and candy
manufacturers were economizing by do
ing without wooden boxes and cases.
Eggs are current coin in Mayo, Ker-
.ry, Donegal and Leitrim, Ireland. They
are everywhere received over the coun-
ter in payment for tea, sugar, meal,
oil. bread, tobacco, patent medicines
and general haberdashery. Accounts
are kept open and goods supplied on
credit in eggs.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-08

From the LIST Of July next; the date at
which the. new Canadian provinces Of
Alberta. and Saskatchewan begin to ex-
list, each shall receive $685. 500 a year
years, for the erection Of public build
ings. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-08

This play took place ina Colo
RADIO camp some twenty years
ago-in those brave days when
we drank ditch water and ate
turnips in the rough.
We did not know that disease
ana death lurked in the turnip
tops and swan in the rills. We
only knew rills leaped crystal
clear from the heart of the
Rockies, sang down the mountain
side, laughed along the foothills
gurgled IN the cutters, tiuttered
thru the fumes at street cross
ings, flowed by the door of every
house in the town, and that the
desert drank the residue-the
adobe desert that lay below the
limits of this metaliferous munic-
ipality. 1t was 1859 pm. and
Saturday. The superintendent
and l stood in the shadow Of a
cottonwood that grew beside the
aforesaid street rill, listening to
the purring of an air pump in the
enginehouse, not far away.
About a minute after midnight
roundhouse, went round the "Y"
SOD LII DClllllu d IOuS OIL NY VI
flats that were loaded with Steel
rails and cedar cross ties, and
showed them out on spur that
pointed up Main street, but
ended where the "city marshal,
the mayor, and other influential
and Well-armed citizens had
tagged the builders down. .
About this time we heard an
other air pump painting behind
the yard engine, and on going
back found black locomotive
with her nose under the shunter
tank, and Immediately behind her
q long string of. day coaches from
which an army Of 1000 men were
pouring. There was not lamp
In sight. The stars burning in
the clear Colorado sky made it
possible for the men to distin-
guish between rail and a cross
tie, and that was enough.
Worked During the Night.
Five minutes later the men '
stringing these ties along the smo
fat surface Of the street, which
che unplowed plain, and laying the .
In a whisper. They put on the
plates and bolted them together :
nnuffled wrenches. They fastened
rails together with switch brides,
drove no spikes. The little twelve
narrow-gage yard engine glided back
forth over the teething track like q
on the edge of an cave trough.
careless bolter let his wrench rattl
a rail, or if one rail fell upon anot
the foreman fell upon the often
workman.
For four hours the little army
builders built down Main street "
the enemy slept. At dawn a long
of men stood with spike and mau
hand. The little yard engine screa
Il signal, and thousand-well,
half thousand-spike mauls b.
beating in the spikes.
leaped, and out of another the
the jailer, followed by the night (
Hogback.
The mayor and his men locke,
the superintendent on the rear of
private car, with his 1000 maulers
ing down the rails that reached :
end to end Of Main street. 1870
"We're just a little late, -,
the mayor to the marshal. -.
''Just, in time said the mar
the rear of the special. "Come in
let us celebrate"
And the mayor and the city cou
the .ailer and the city marshal wei
and came out half an hour later s.
ing and smiling like the morning.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-08

A vein of silver has been discovered
on lands north of Massey and the Bruce
mines, near North Bay, Ont. -Four
carloads of the ore, shipped to smelt-
ing plant in New Jersey, Melted $780,
900, and two carloads have been for
warded, which are expected to average
$4,000 "a car.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-08

Austria Hungary has, $4,000 medical
men to take care Of a population of
4nyoo,eooi ms l g. one-nalf + the
Britain and Ireland.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-08

So poor are the Russian peasants,
says DR.. E. j. Dillon, in an article in
the Nineteenth Century, that even the
roach and black beetle cannot find sus-
tenance in their huts.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-25
SEES BROTHER IN
MOVING PICTURE
Lincoln Man Communicates with
Loag-Lost Relative Thru
Strange Medium.
Special to The journal.

Special to The Journal
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 25.-separated
from his family for more than FIVE
years, George Gebharut was restored
to communication with his relatives
thru the agency Of moving picture
entertainment given at a theater in
Lincoln. George Gebhardt, who is the
son Of a Lincoln shoemaker Of the
same name, disappeared about FIVE
years ago.
Adolph, a brother Of the missing
man, happened to visit the theater re-
Gently. He paid little heed to the en-
tertainment and was about to leave,
when his attention was suddenly at
tracted by certain familiarity about
the actions Of one Of the figures on
a moving picture screen. He watched
it closely, but could not connect it
with any person he knew. He returned
the following night and for Ave sue
cessive nights he watched the moving
picture. Suddenly he remembered. It
was the figure Of his brother, George.
INQUIRIES were at once made. Let
tiers were written to New York, where
the pictures we're made, and word was
received that George Gebhardt had
worked for the Edison moving picture
company, and that he was now a we'll
known actor, playing with the Ninety
and Nine company. Communication
was established and now the Gebhardt
family is anxiously awaiting visit
from the long-lost man.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-25
MILLIONAIRE KILLED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT

New York, Dec. 25.-James E. Mar.
tin, prominent in New York society, =
member of the New York Yacht club.
the Metropolitan society and the Coun-
day near Flushing, L. T., when his au-
tomobile plowed into a strip Of loose
dirt on the side Of the road and turned
completely over. Stacey Clark, who was
in the car, was seriously injured. Mr..
Martin g skull was fractured.
The accident was witnessed by Mr..
Martin IS wife and his son and daughter
in-law, who were following in another
automobile.
The chauffeur was arrested and
charged with criminal negligence. Mag.
istrate connort 1 oo later accepted bail in
at 803 Fifth avenue.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-25
FIRE INTERRUPTS
CHRISTMAS JOY
Tenement Section Of New York Is
55
Threatened by EARLY Morn
ing Blaze.

New York, Dec. 25.-Hundreds Of
tenement house babies and their toy
laden Christmas trees were carried into
the street before daylight today, during
a fire which threatened to obhterate
several blocks Of the city in the vlcln-
ity Of Fifty-eig street ana EieX Isina
at 5S4 and 53s West Fifty-eighth
street was completely destroyed, with a
loss Of 100000.
With tenement houses on three sides
and with the gas tanks Of the Consol1-
dated Gas company within reach Of the
showers Of sparks, the water pressure
partially failed when the fire was not,
test. Fire engines were hastily sou f6api do
vice, together with the bold work or
the fremen, who advanced almost to the
zone Of the flames in order to play on
the fire with their weak streams, finally
saved the hundreds Of surrounding
Ladders Refuse to Work.
The fire was first discoyered when
flames burst from the third,!story win wi !,
dows and belched across Fifty eighth
street with a roar like 2 dlscharglng
cannon. When the fire department. ar
rived and tried to- put, up its com
pressed air extension ladders to the
S1XLn Guc 1doOClo tOA35o" w. "
tend. This delayed the f1remen several
minutes. Half an hour after the lire
started, altho it was still long before
daylight, the rooms Of the Roosevelt
hospital, some distance away, were
lighted as if by daylight. There was
great alarm among both patients and
their attendants. ..
| Such crowds rushed out Of the tene
ment houses near the FIRE, that the pc
| lice from several stations were called
| out to handle them.
Battle on Window Sill,
At the height of the fire thousands
of spectators momentarily forgot the
burning building in watching strug
gle in the upper window of tenement
house In Fifty eighth street: A maj
started to climb over the window sil
preparing to drop to the street in hi
nightciothes. Another man reached
out to save him. The two fought il
the window above the sidewalk, while
the crowd below cleared semiclrcle
A blanket picked up at a hazard from
bedding which other tenants were try
ing to save, was stretched directly un
der the window. It was not needed
however, for the half crazed man wa
drawn back thru his window by mali
strength.
One fireman was injured by falling
glass.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-25
0DELL HAS BOLT
FOR ROOSEVELT
New York Man Preparing {
Series Of Bitter Attacks
on President. ....
journal Special Service.

journal Special Service.
New York, Dec. 25.0'In Russia the
people are fighting for a constitution.
Here in Now York we are fighting to
maintain a constitution.
This shot at President Roosevelt and
Governor Higgins by State Senator
George R. Maltby, as he was leaving
for his home at Ogdensburg last night,
indicates the bitterness which has been
stirred up in the republican party by
the entrance Of President Roosevelt and
Governor Higgins into the speakership
fight.
Senator Maltby, who was in consul,
tation all day with Edward a. Merritt
and Assemblyman Louis Bedde1 from
Chairman Odell g home county, asserted
that whether or not young Mr.. Wads-
worth is to be elected depends upon how
many assemblymen can be "sand.
bagged'' by the president and the gov
ernor into voting for him. Severe crit
icism Of the interference" Of both
these officials was made.
It was said last night that Odell was
preparing to launch another attack on
President Roosev cit. This is to be fol
lowed by still other attacks, revealing
Inside facts,'' and those who appear
to be in Odel1 g confidence assert that
before he ia thru with the president the
republican organization will be turned
upside down.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-25
I FEARS
CHINESE REVOLT
Increases Philippines Forces in
Expectation of Great Out
break in China.
journal Speoial Service,

Washington, Dec. 25.-The president
and secretary Of state are seriously
concerned over the situation in China,
where all the signs indicate that an
internal revolution is about to occur.
Unless the situation is quickly con-
trelled by strong hands, trouble far
more serious than the Boxer war Is ex-
pected. The Boxer disturbance was
confined to one province, but the pres
emit threatened uprising spreads thru
Canton, Shanghai and other sections,
The administration is preparing for
an early outbreak and an increase Of
troops in the Philippines has been or
dered. When the Boxer outbreak oc-
Cured this government was badly
handicapped by not having an armed
force ready to send to the relief of
endangered Americans. This folly
will not be repeated. Advices from
American consuls in China indicate
that the people are getting away from
the viceroys. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-25
OF RUSSIA
HANGS BY THREAD
Cars Capital Looks for a Strong
Reaction Toward the
Autocracy.
Progress Of Revolutionists in the
Next Two Days Will Settle
Question.
COST IN BLOOD AND
FLAMES TO RUSSIA

Deaths and property damage in
Russia since the first great strike
began are estimated as follows:
Killed by Troops and Mobs.
Moscow, 1000.
st. Petersburg, 1900.
Finland, 5000.
Poland, 5000.
Kishinef (Jews), 750. !
Kharkof, $500.
Kronstadt, 1000.
Odessa (Jews), $4,000.
Caucasus states, $500.
Vladivostok, 500.
Sevastopol, 5000.
Kief, $4,000.
Total g., $40.
Fire and Pillage.
Baku, $9O,0OO,000.
st. Petersburg, s1o,ooo,ooO.
Odessa, 100000.
Vladivostok, $25,000,00o.
Sevastopol. $25,000,000.
Riga, $15,OO0,000.
Caucasus states, s40,00O,0OO.
Moscow, $1O,00O,000.
Total, $245, 100000.
Troops Killed by Rioters.
Moscow, $50.
st. Petersburg, 1000.
Finland, 500.
Poland, 800.
Kharkoff, 1000.
Kronstadt, 1000.
Odessa, 1900.
Caucasus states, 10000.
Vladiyostok, 300.
Sevastopol, 4,OO0I
Kieff, 5000.
Total $4,000.