The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31
VALUABLE YEAR FOR
]. THE STATES FUNDS.
SCORED IN AUDITOR
VERSIONS OFFICE DURING 1905.
Revenue From Iron Mines Reaches
Highest Figure in States History
Big Sum Put In Treasury by Lu1n-
bermen-State's Lands Bring Good
Settlers and Considerable Revenue.

bermen- States Lands Bring Good
Settlers aud Considerable Revenue.
Statistics compiled for The Jour
nal from records in the office of the
state auditor, Samuel G.. Iverson, show
the year to have been very prosperous
one in every way. The state s income
from some sources has been record
breaking and satisfactory developments
are shown in all channels.
During the past calendar year there
has been shipped from iron mines To-
Gated on state lands AS, 1000 tons Of ore.
Ihls IS the greatest amount Of iron
ever taken from state mines, and ex-
ceeds the state mine output Of 1904,
which was POI 900 tons, by $4,000 tons.
The state gets Is cents per ton royalty
on all ore taken from state lands. That
means payments by the steel trust,>
which controls the leases on all the state
mines, into the state treasury during
! the past twelve monthe have aggregat-
ca $lll,2oO, exceeding the royalties re-
$3S,5OO. e~. ~ = ~
There Is every Indication that next
year the royalties will be still further
increased. The steel trust is now
stripping' q new state mine. the
Yates, at Bull, and is beginning to take
ore from it in largo quantities. The
tonnage taken from state mines this
year is as follows:
po,, ,,, Tons
Messabe Mountain. at virginia. '' 9sSS
Hrant. at h4 P,; ............... $500
State Timber Sales
The state received during the past
year from the sale of timber on state
lands, 1901, O32.25. This sum repre-
SCENTS, however, but a part of the tim
Der sold, as at the sale Of state timber
held in the capitol last October, when
l00,O00,OO0 feet. were sold, the $780,
lll.25 paid to the state audoitor repre-
resented but the rs per cent down
which the state law demands. the bal
ance to be paid any time before June
l, 1917. In the event Of failure to pay
the timber reverts back to the state.
1t is believed by the state auditor. how
ever, that because of the great demand
and according high prices in the retail
market for it, that this state pine sold
last October will be practically all cut
and settled for during the coming log
| ging season.
In addition to the state timber sold
at the capitol in October, a number of
small patches were sold Nov. 1920 at
Altkln, Grand Rapids, Duluth, Be.
midi and Walker. These were all
cash sales aggregating $91,92l, and in
| clnGpH tho francfor 90 l.,
state to the purchasers Of odd lots of
tamarack ties at S cents each, spruce
pulpwood at about so cents cord,
fence posts at / cent each, telephone
and! telegraph poles at Is to rs cents
each, and small lots Of pine at Sd and
So per Thousand feet of timber. I. =.
-. Lands for Settlers.
The sale of state lands during the
past calendar year was very salts
factory. Mr.. Iverson made a special
| effort to attract bona fde settlers to
the sales Of state agricultural lands
I and to cut out the purchase Of big
tracts by spectators. He was entirely
successful, and as result is strong in
This commentator Of the law which
permits poor men to enter the state
4 and secure a farm by paying only IL
I per cent Of the purchase price down and
being allowed forty years in which tc
pay the balance, the debt drawing but
4 per cent interest.
| MIR. lverson reports $4,000 acres OF
| wild state lands sold at an average OF
STA an acre. The purchasers paid
down $4,000 in cash ard already have
become residents. The price per acre
is higher than has ever been secured
on the average for any previous year
and altho there have been years when
more state land was sold, in no pre-
vious year have Their been such a mum
Der Of purchasers, demonstrating that
sales were made to settlers and moi
spectators. -'~ ... =
Outlook Promising.
The outlook for the sale Of state az
ricultural lands next year is very prom
Using. At the various towns where
sales are to be held, the local CONNER
cial clubs are taking energetic actor
to advertise the sales, the good quail
ity of the land, and the general advan
tages to be found by hon-residents wh<
want good homes on the zzost liberia
terms.
| Spring sales Of lands are scheduled
as follows: Duluth, April 9; Carlton
April 10; Aitkin, April II; Brainerd
April IL; Walker, April 10; Park Rap
ids, April IA; Bemidji, April .16
Grand Rapids, April II.
So far, eighty-one telephone. com
panies have filed their statements will
the auditor for taxation. Every com
pany has reported except the Twin
City. These reports show a total tai
for the state Of $40, 381.78, of which tn,
big Northwestern! company alone pay
three-fourths, or $30;974. = =,