The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-30
TALKS WITH TRAVELLERS

J. 6. Lrunley of Pierre, S. D.. was
among the guests at the Nicollet yes
terday. Mr.. Lumley is interested in
South Dakota lands and in livestock
"TheEdayIof range cattle in immense
herds is fast coming to be thing Of
the past,'' he said in, conversation with
a reporter '1TheAreason is that the
great. ranges are being taken up& by
settlers-homesteadar ars-and there is no
longer the wild openaland for the cattle
to ranble. over. lsee ls!e that the Milwau-
line thru ssffhe state&to the coast. This
prospective sline Wil! Gut thru range
country & t.apdssopenait up for settlers.
Yet In SPITE Of this, there have been.
morc3 cattle shipped from Pierre: the
pasts.fal than eversbefore: Prices have
also@$been good; No, l. do not believe
the occupancy Of the ranges by settlers
will cause a decrease in the amount of.
/ Eivestock raised. but it will mean that
hereafter the cattle will not be owned
by a large number of small cattle
raisers." :
" "Half my Minneapolis friends call
city ei now now said J. M. Rose, a New York
travelling man, who is today a guest at
| the West. "It all came about thru my
being mistaken several years ago, while
in Minneapolis, for the mayor of Mil
waukee. The mayors. name was the
same as mine, Rose, and he was expect
, guest at a. celebration of some sort in
Minneapolis. Well the Minneapolis
brass band and a big delegation to give
him the glad hando: For some reason
the mayor was not here, but l was.
And being the only Rose on the hotel
register, was called down and the del
egation actually started to give me a
rousing reception before / was able to
explain who I was and who I was not.
Ever since, however, my Minneapolis
friends have called me Mayor Rose. -
/ O. c.. Jacobs, who four years age
gave up residence in Minneapolis to re
side at Portland, Ore, is today a guest
We had a lot of minneapolis. people
at our fair in Portland,'' he said this
morning, ."but ] believe very few OF
them would recognize the fair grounds
as. they look now. But few of the
buildings are left, and they are rapidly
being torn down. The only one remain
ing will be the forestry building ;
structure which cost something owe
ne Mes fty es fa has %as SsS
will make it into a beautiful park, will
the forestry building as central struc
ture. The city is to issue bonds for thu
purchase of the land Parties in tn
east offered 100000 for the forestr,
building, with the intention of tearing
it down and re..erecting it on Gomez
Island, New York, where it was to b.
turned into big cafe. The offer wa
refused. 80 $3.50 ~
! THE fair did Portland lot Of good
Wealthy-people who attended saw wha
promise of great city Portland has
!: They. have. since heavily invested j
real estate, and capital from the eas
ard south is now erecting a number o
!, large business blocks Business is boom
! ing in Portland and the city is still
growing rapidly. The fact that in Or
tober Portland real-estate transaction
aggregated over $2,000,000, demon
) strates what the city is doing and hoy
l prosperous it is.
HI. Howe, secretary of the souther
Minnesota board Of fire insurance III
a guest at the Hotel NicoTet today.
Our office is very busy at the pre-
ent time, y said Mr.. Howe There j
. a great amount Of insurance now bein
= written in our territory. There is n
/ change at present of any Importing
: in the rating of any of the souther
) Minnesota towns. Most of these towr
have in late years been rerated an
q agents and insured seem satisfied. /"
esTen million tons of ore have bee
taken out of the iron mines in the Hi
bing district this season, said Dr..
: S. Adams Of Hibbing, who is today
= guest at the Rogers hotel 1The M
Saba range this past. year: has #yielde
. l6, 6,O0O,OOO to1ls---fu Hyssa third more ths
the year before The new Morris mil
n opened at Hibbing BY, the steel tr,,
d the past season, produced over "a m
10 lion tons of ore: This is a new recol
r lin Minnesota mining for the output
IS. a mine. the first year Of operation. 81
# new. mine seems. t1t be a winner, vii
is the ore averaging considerably over