The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-12-16
U. P. FARMING
is PROFITABLE
NORTHERN MICHIGAN TO BE A
GREAT COUNTRY.
/. APPRECIATION OF TIMBER
Price Of Timber Lands has Advanced
Fise.FoId in the Past Ten Years
All Woods are Valuable.

'The tide Of immigration has been .
westward for some years owing 10 the /
fact that many reservations have been I
opened mp. and the government has
thrown much land on the market for
settlement, said f. H. Van Cleve, OF
Escanaba, Tuesday. Mr.. Van Cleve !
is land commissioner for the Chicago |
a. North western railway. and his dis
trict comprises practically all the com
pany's land holdings in the upper pen
insula.
"There are other causes why the
people have gone west instead OF stop
ping in the central states The grang-
or roads have made business OF Sc
curing settlers on the prairie lands OF
the western states for without settlers
10 develop the country and produce
crops the railroads would be without
business Consequently IL was "A mat
ter OF necessity that prompted the
establishment and mainteinance Of i'm
migration bureaus
1OLit Oi ltlt Ufri iMilItAk minus III
the United States are in the upper
peninsula OF Michigan. do not make
the statement because the Chicago *
North western has lands 10 sell or we
need settlers for the purpose Of or
iginsting business. for such is not the
case The upper peninsula railroads
depend largely on the mining and
lumber industries for business and
while numbering lasts tho acquisition
Of settlers must necessarily be Of
secondary consideration We have any
number Of fine farms iu Delta county
that are making immcnes profits tor
the owners. and IN proportion 70 the
----asaount OF money invested yield larger
revenue than almost any other busi-
ness. Farming has come to pe q
science. and wherever il has been car
ried on in business like manner
good results have been forthcoming.
Tho upper peninsula first Of al needs
to rid itself Of what is known as the
oss-back farmer he who ia the
winter does odd jobs in the numbering
business. and after bark peeling season
has closed in the spring attempts to
work farm. Such farming is de
trimental TO the one who practices it,
and also gives the country the reputa-
tion Of being nnproductive.
In few years the upper peninsula
will become famous as grazing and
stock growing country, and lands will
be worth great deal more than the
present market price Settlers are now
returning from the western prairies "a
find homes in the wooded sections of
Michigan. and the tide Of immigration
will in the near future be turned this
way through legitimats channels. The
mining section affords an unexcelled
market for vast amount Of farm pro
duce, and at much higher prices than
can be obtained anyw here else in the
country. Settlers who have engaged
in farming here on "A business basis,
have made money. and the develop
ment OF the country will follow as soon
as the value OF the land becomes
generally known. Every railroad in
the upper peninsula Is doing some
work in the matter Of encouraging
settlers. but an influx of farmers will
not occur until the west has beer
peopled in sections contiguous to the
railroads
Timber lands Of every kind have al
vanced in price in the upper peninsnl5
within the past ten years, and IL j.
now almost impossible q obtain hold
ines IN any considerable amount Tn,
railroads owning timber adjacent Z
their lines are careful that such land
do not fall into the hands Of specula
tors. bat rather that they are sold &
lumbermen for the purpose Of manu-
featuring. Timber lands that ten year
ago sold at S. an acre cannot be bough
today for S95 an acre In tho soft WOO,
timber belt the pine was first lumber
ed Aand hardwood was considered o
little value. However, since hardwoo,
has come TO be used In the manufac
ture Of furniture. the market thu
created has sent the price Of the cias
OF lumber soaring. A thoueand feet o
hardwood lumber commands highe
price today than an acre Of hardwood
timber land cost eight years ago Th'
same may be said in truth regarding
hemloclx, birch. elm and other woods
In the early days Of pine numbering
no other class Of timber had a stabl
and real market value Woods tina