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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-19
THE LAND KING OF THE WORLD

obliged to leave the town TO get away
from the office and out of politics. Be
this as 1t may. the change of residence
failed to rid him of public life. as one
evening just previous to the primary
election last fall mass meeting was
held in his district and 200 of the best
citizens called at his residence in a
body and demanded that he permit his
name to be entered as a candidate at
the primary. Mr.. Lund good naturally
consented. little thinking that he would
be nominated. To his surprise he was
nominated by a handsome majority.
The result was that at the election he
led his colleague by 600 votes, some
thing before unheard of in that dis
trict.
Mr.. Lund has shown the same deter
mined interest in representing his fell
low citizens in the affairs of the state
as in the management of his own
business Speaker Clague recognized
his ability by making him chairman of
the committee on public lands-a po-
sition for which he was admirably
adapted, as this state and the Dakotas
are as an open book to him.
Mr.. Lund is father of the primary
, election bill. which purposes TO extend
the primary election law to cover state
officers. He has also introduced bill
for the abolition of private banks and
another bill to do away with capital
punishment in this state. His primary
election bill has been placed upon the
calendar for special order next Thurs
day afternoon at o'clock. Mr.. Lunds
untiring efforts have attracted special
attention, as he is prominently mem
toned as the next candidate for gov
ernor oD-sthe Republican ticket. A
clipping bureau states that it has coll
lected more than 500 clippings from
different papers throughout the state.
connecting Mr.. Lund with the next
contest for the governorship
80 In speaking OF the matter an en-
thusiaStic friend of Mr.. Lund said:
John G. Lund in many respects is
hkened to President Roosevelt He is
determined and fearless. He assaiIs
WRONG wherever he sees ii, regardless
of consequences. He first outlines his
policy and refuses emphatically to
deviate from IL. When once his mind
is made UP he viii fight with a bull
dog tenacity to accomplish his pur-
spirited. He is a thorough western
man and holds the implicit confidence
of the people of three states in the
palm Of his hand because they know
they can trust him. In many little per-
sonal characteristics the presidents
disposition and his are almost identi-
cal. He has never sought an office,
but had them thrust upon him. Like
is said of Roosevelt. have heard more
than once the remark that John Lund
was born with a silver spoon in his
mouth In this 1 cannot concur, how
ever, as / have known Mr. Lund for a
good many years, and l know his sue
cess has been due TO his diligence. un-
daunted courage and answering dis
position. He started in with a deter
mination 10 build up the northwest
and success is his.
Il predict that before he reaches the
age that DR.. Osler would taboo his
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by the fire itself and the impact of
the projectiles.
These bulkheads are so arranged as
to afford the utmost security to the
men.
Down on the sides of the ship is the
main armor belt. This is 9 inches
thick oveF the vitals of the vessel, and
extending 2S5 feet along the mailed
sides. There win also be other sec
ondary armor on the sides and trans
verse armored bulkheads in the in
terror of the ship.
Over the engines there will be q pro-
tective deck of curved steel strong
enough to turn dropping shells. But
along the inside of the Minnesota deep
down between the coal bunkers and
the ribs of the monster. there viii be
a Golfer dam 80 inches thick lying close
to the steel sides and filed with cellu-
lose, material that expands suddenly
when wetted, and in case a shot came
through the tough side of the ship the
eellulose viii promptly expand and fill
the gap that might prove otherwise to
be the death wound of the vessel
Complement of Boats
The battleship will have twenty-tw
boats as her complement. One of
these will be so foot steam cutter
fully QUILTED. Aside from this there
viii be two 80 foot steam cutters. All
the rest of the boats are TO be sail and
oar power.
Like the gallant ship whose mission
ended during the civil war, the Min
nesota will be fitted up as flagship.
Aside from the admiral of the fleet
she win have quarters for IL officers
and S13 men, including so marines.
When the ship is turned over to the
government for her armor and guns
she will have cost $4,212, 900. These
two additional items bring the total
cost of the ship close to S6,000,0 900.
Miss Rose Marie Schaller, one of
the typical Minnesota girls, will stand
sponsor for the biggest ship of the navy.
Miss Schaller April s viii break bot
tie of champagne over the moving
prov of the battleship as she slips
. backward like a turtle into the sea
from the ways OF the Newport News
Shipbuilding company.
Miss Constance Day daughter OF
Frank A. Day. secretary to Gov. John
A. Johnson, viii be Miss Schaller's
maid of honor
The Vermont and Kansas, first class
battleships authorized by the same act
of congress that created the Minneso-
ia, viii be practically identical with
the new ship. Two more battleships
were also provided in the act, but they
viii be smaller vessels, although car
rying much the same battery as the
big ships.
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may be concentrated on a target be-
fore and abaft the beam of the ship.
and each turret may direct its fire
along the line parallel with the keel
of the ship.
inch Guns
In each corner of the superstructure
there will be pair of inch guns
mounted in heavy turrets. 1t was this
type of cannon that proved most eff
fectfve in the late war with Spain on
account Of the ease with which the
guns could be handled.
In the armored fort provided by the
paroettes apd the superstructure a
new type of gun will be mounted in
large numbers. These will be the 7
inch rifies-smaller than the turret
guns that sank Cervera's fleet. but
heavier and longer than the 6 inch
guns that did such execution at the
battle OF Manila bay. These guns are
10 nave a range practically Identical
with that OF the bigger rifles. but will
De SO much easier to handle that they
VIII be mounted on stationary car
riages along the broadside of the Min
nesota.
II the battleship is ever called upon
20 take part in action and she comes
alongside OF its enemy some of the
picturesque features of an ancient ssa
battle may be reenacted- The big guns
SIX on a side, will fire a weight of
metal that exceeds that thrown by the
whole seyenty-two guns of one of the
batteries Of Nelson's flagship. the his
toric Victory. Each one of the shells
VIII have potential force greater
than the whole weight of the fleet
that defeated the French at the battle
of the Nile
With an enemy abeam the Minnesota
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-19

OMETHING more than half
century ago a big ship slipped
down the ways of a New Eng
land Sbinvard and when she
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-19

could discharge at one fire the four IL
inch guns, four of the s inch giants.
six of the inch barbette or broad
side guns, and the whole fifty guns
OF the secondary battery
Shatter Hardest Arnor
The experts OF the navy declare that
such a cataclysm of fire Is more than
any work OF human hands could with
stand. One xolley of either battery OF
the ship and the heaviest armor made
so far crumples up like autumn leaves.
Gun making has always so far in his
tory been one step in advance of armor
making. When a certain penetration
is developed for a weapon the effort
of the builders is to invent something
that will defeat it's force. This has
been found in all cases. and the gun
makers are again obliged to think up
a rifle or a powder or a shell that win
nullify the effort of the defense.
This. too. has always happened. and
while an actual test of the latest
types of guns on-the latest types Of
armor has not. been made yet, II is
thought that under favoring cireum-
stances a IL inch armor piercing shell
from the guns of ship like the Min
nesota would get through At the
same time the experts say that with
the circumstances in favor OF the
armor IL would be able to turn the
shell.
When the battleship leaves the ways
II will be in a chaotic state as far
as the observation of the uninitiated
is concerned It viii have no armor
and no guns, and save for some of the
heavier pieces of machinery will be
without engines. Like great fat
porpoise the grim battieship win slide
into the water aud when its monen-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-19

modern ship for days without effect
ing any particular inconvenience to the
men who were stationed on the new
ship. The old smooth bores and
breech loading rifles of the great flag
ship of the civil war would have no
more effect on the new Minnesota than
so many peashooters.
On the other hand the new ship
could with single shot of one of its
secondary battery guns rake the old
ship from stem to stern. destroy its
vitals and sink it, and when the small
shot was fired the new vessel could be
lying entirely beyond the reach of the
puny guns of the old timer.
If for any reason the commander of
the battleship should not wish to de-
stroy the frigate he could put on about
half speed ahead or astern and drop
the other ship below the horizon in q
six hour run.
Ii the small guns of the battleship
should be unavailable at the time II
became necessary to fire on the old
vessel, one shot from any one of the
twenty-four great guns would blow
the old ship into small fragments. The
Dattleship viii be equipped with four
IL inch guns mounted in turrets fore
and aft of the superstructure. They
viii have firing arc of 27O degrees
or three-quarters of circle, and thus
all four Of the heavy pieces OF ordnance
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-19
John e. Lnnd, Although Young Man, Has Done More
to Populate the Northwest Than Any
Ten Men Combined
The Best Known and Most Popular Man in Three Saes-ToasaHds
Independent Farmers This Section Owe Their Success
to Ills PersStency-Ihe Lund Agency the
Largest in the World

Some people scott at the idea of
every man being the architect of his
own fortune" yet it seems to be well
established fact. The unsuccessful are
wont to argue that luck plays a very
important part in ones career. While
others try to discount the achievements
of their fellow man by calling atten-
ton to his advantages acquired by
birth or, as some put it, he rides
through upon the coat tail of his an
cestors
These different views are no doubt
responsible for the old adage that
"some men are born great, some
achieve greatness, while others have
greatness thrust upon them" Howev
er, this in no manner alters the fact
that man is to a greater or lesser de-
gree responsible for his own circum-
stance and his success or failure Is
governed by how well he builds.
Probably no more fitting example
of those who achieve greatness" can
be found in the northwest than John
G.. Lund, the land man, who has ac-
quired a reputation with real estate
men and tillers of the soil throughout
the middle and western states. In the
land world of the western continent
John G. Lund is king, and no one ques-
lions his right to this title. Mr. Lund' 5
right to the title was not thrust upon
him, nor was it inherited
John G. Lund was born in Fillmore
county, in the eastern part of Mime
sofa, in 1868. He is of Norwegian ex-
traction, his parents having immigrant
ed to this country from Norway a
number of years before. They were
among the early settlers of the state,
and participated in the vicissitudes
and obstacles incident to the upbuild-
ing of the country.
In 1876 Mr.. Lunds parents removed
TO. Candy, Yellow Medicine county, in
the western part of the state. When
Mr.. Lund was only 20 years of age he
foresaw the great future of the great
northwest and opened a little land Of
fee in Candy. The business prospered
from the very beginning, and for sew
eral years his office was known as the
beehive Of Candy. In time it became
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necessary to establish agencies in or
der to facilitate matters in locating
the influx of settlers whose footsteps
had been turned westward by his per-
sistent efforts to build up the country.
After several years Mr.. Lund. in line
with his progressiveness, conceived
the idea of establishing branch offices
at important points throughout Iowa,
Minnesota and the Dakotas, with Can
by as the central point. This plan
proved a wonderful success, and thou
sands of families became convinced
that their future fortune must lie in
the soil of this garden of plenty. The
business had grown to such tremendous
proportions that in 1902 no land firm in
the United States and only the do
minion government of Canada even
approached the Lund agency in the
number of acres settled.
In 1903 the volume of business of
the concern became so great that il
was necessary to remove the central
or head office to Minneapolis, which of
course necessitated Mr.. Lund's chang
ing his place of residence also. The
Minneapolis Office now occupies the
entire first floor on the corner of First
avenue south and Third street, oppo-
site the postoffice. Important Offices
are also maintained in Chicago and
Omaha, besides forty other branch Of
fees that are managed by salaried
employees, to say nothing of the hun
dreds of agencies throughout the
United States.
The Lund agency now employs about
$50 men. The land owned and control
led by this agency in Minnesota, North
and South Dakota alone will approx
mate 100000 acres. Thousands of
dollars are spent by this institution
every week for printing and postage,
sowing the gospel of the possibilities
of these three states.
Throughout the entire system of the
Lund agency the irresistible energy
and dominant spirit of John G. Lund
is apparent. The marvellous executive
ability of the man can scarcely be i'm
agined without being familiar with the
wonderful system employed. Mr. Lund
Is one of the brainiest men in the
northwest. His vast experience in the
land business has caused him to be
recognized as authority on all mat
tiers of realty in this section. His re-
markable ability is demonstrated by
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usefulness, he will be the most popular
man in the three states he has been
instrumental in building up. No man
in the entire country has done more
Tor this section than he and he is en-
Titled to every particle of credit he viii
ever get for it,
One Reason for Success
Much of Mr.. Lund's success as a
land man is due to the investors mar
uelpating plan, which is original with
MI Lund and used exclusively nv his
agency This enables the small in
vestor to pool his interests with hun
dreds of others and receive half tho
Pfonts earned by his capital. II Is
practically the same principle that ia
employed by the big life insurance
nlpames' that have amassed millions.
applied TO the land business in a grow
ing country where it is impossible to
sustain loss with a man like Mr.
Lund at the helm.
The plan, TO state it briefly. is this:
That through all of these wide awake
energetic laborers with Mr. Lund. lands
are offered at their different Offices at
prices far below its actual value
There are always those who are
willing to sacrifice in order to get Quick
money. There are always those who
thlnk they are land men, and after n
while discover that they are not and
are willing TO unload investments at a
loss. There are always mortgage com
panies who are liquidating. There are
banks which are closing down on the
poor unfortunate, and in order to get
out from under, seek the most natural
chaEnel on earth, and put their trou-
pies before one of Lund's men,
In this wise. with a multitude of Of
hces and multitude of men. oppor-
tunities are daily had for making the
best investments on earth.
Chances for the Investor
While Mr.. Lund personally buys
much of this land, it would be inpossi-
bic to buy all of the good offers. and in
consequence he manufactured or in
vented the half profit plan, which has
become famous
1t is plan whereby the investor
buys actual title and Mr.. Lund handles
and resells and half the profit goes to
the buyer of the snap and half to
Lund's Land agency. Any one who has
500 or $1,000 or $4,000 can obtain
equal proportionate results. because the
smaller amounts are pooled to make an
investment.
An Investment in Minnesota or Da-
kota land is as gilt edged as a govern
ment bond, for the northwest is but
in its infancy. He who would guard
and care for his money would do well
to buy land and if he did not care for
the troIble of looking after his invest
ment, of caring for the rents, crops,
etc. buy upon the half profit plan,
through Lund's Land agency, and it's
men, who are the best business men
on earth, viii care for and protect your
interests. They viii care for the crops
and will sell the land and make a hand
some profit. Put In $100 or $500 or
$1,000 or $4,000 and the result will be
the same, and your business will have
the same careful consideration.
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fett hY.-the American public lest il
meet up with a flying squadron of the
enemysrbut after the work OF that ship
on Santiago was written down in
broadsides that collapsed the Spanish
fleet the question has often arisen:
rust Think what would have hap
pened if The Spanish fleet had caught
the Oregon out in the ocean,"
The thought is entirely too painful
10 dwell upon from the Spanish stand
point. 1t may be ventured as an opin-
ion of men who ought to know, that
the Spanish cruisers might not have
gone SO far. but they certainly would
have gone deeper.
From present naval standards il is
judged that ii would take a pretty
husky squadron to keep all the guns
of the Minnesota even reasonably
busy, to say nothing of taking it.
The engines for propulsion must de-
velop a force OF 1920 indicated horse
power, which in common terms means
force great enough to raise 405, $780,
600 pounds one foot in one minute As
that weight is three times the dis
placement of the battleship the en-
gines OF the Minnesota would be able
to lift IL bodily IL feet in one minute
1t must be able to make about IS
knots an hour. which is not far from
p land miles This speed would make
pdcScnEcT Oh twenty years
ago look like a stage coach, and vastly
exceeds the fastest of freight service
today. In the bunkers it will be pos
sible to ship 2.200 tons of COAL which
will give the Minnesota very wide
steaming radius. Inside the ship there
are numberless divisional walls called
buikheads. These are of several sorts
and for several purposes. Some of
them are to divide the ship into water
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be used as protection against fire.
Splinter BuIkheads
There will be one system of bulk
heads known as the splinter protection
buikheads that will be unique. These
are Of 2 inch nickel steel and are
strong enough to turn a modern 10
pound shell That, however. Is not
their object II is generally conceded
that more men are killed with splin-
tiers OF wood and steel knocked off
by the fire Of an enemy than are hurt
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-19

never politician. in 1899 while a resi-
dent OF Candy he was nominated for
mayor, and not alone elected but re-
ceived every vote cast in the town.
This all occurred while Mr.. Lund was
on recuperative trip in the south and
he did not even know he was nomi-
mated until advised by wire of his
election He was successfully elected
without opposition to the same Office
and was Canby's chief executive when
he removed to Minneapolis. One Of
his friends jestingly said that he was
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-19

~ OMETHING more than a half
w. century ago a big ship slipped
III down the ways of a New Eng
land shipyard, and when she
righted herself in the fairway the
United States possessed the finest war
ship in the world. 1t was the old Min
nesota, first rate steam Eisate and
little later destined to bear the proud
banner of the nation in all parts of
the world.
The old Minnesota was copied down
to the details of construction by sew
eral of the nations of Europe and in
the civil war furnished the main OBJ
ject of the first great fight of iron
clads. 1t was the purpose of the con-
federate officer in command of the
steam frigate Virginia to sink the
United States squadron in Hampton
roads, and Commander Worden of the
little Monitor was equally determined
to save the lordly frigates of which
the Minnesota was one.
The mailclad monsters battled for
the prize and the Monitor won. That
the Minnesota was the main object OF
the attack has come down in history
with full verifcation; for Worden,
blinded with splinters of a great shell
and believing himself to be dying, ex-
claimed: Did l save the Minnesota ?"
Mute and inglorious was the end of
the great ship, and for years the reg
lister of the navy has not borne its
name, but after April the title will
again be placed on the official list of
ships Of the nations navy, and in this
case it will once more be borne by a
vessel that may well change the ideas
of the world on the subject of war
ships.
Monster Battleship
The old Minnesota was a large ves-
sci in her time, but the new leviathan
that will breast the waves for the first
time next month is so much larger
than its namesake that the two are
hardly comparable.
The new battleship will be 45O feet
long, rs feet 10 inches extreme beam,
and will displace 5000 tons of water.
The old Minnesota weighed about one
fifth as much and measured little
more than half as long, while her great
guns of fifty years ago could be dis
charged in broadsides against the
arInor, barbettes and turrets of the
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tum has carried It TO the end of its
bolt IL will be secured by cable and
towed helplessly back TO its moorings.
High out of the water its sides will
stand and a more ungraceful and IN
handy looking craft would be hard TO
imagine Then comes the transforrfia-
ton. metamorphosis almost, OF the bat
ueship- Tons on tons OF steel machfn-
cry win be gradually introduced into
its holds until the separate and distinct
motors OF various kinds number 15f.
These viii be used for everything i'm
aginable that the ship needs with re-
gard to power. The giant screws with
blades longer than the average room
Will be whirled by several OF them:
ammunition will be brought TO the
guns by others; pumps viii be operat-
ed with another set; ship steered with
another: turrefs swung with stilf an
other, and dozens of other engines for
dozens of other purposes.
Then VIII come the installation. of
the guns and finally the covering OF
the ship with its armor.
High in the Water
Still IL Will sit well up out of the
water, and in that condition would
prove q fair mark and an easy victim
for almost any battleship In commits
Sion, But when the stores. ammuni-
ton, coal and crew are aboard; when
the boilers are pulsing with steam
power; when the vessel, racing toward
an enemy with men at gun stations
and officers invisible, stands but a few
feet above the water level, the Minne-
sofa would be no mean prey for the
proudest feet on the sea- Like when
the Oregon creeping around the Horn
and the South American coast to join
the Cuban squadron. some fears wero
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also a diligent worker on the floor OF
the house of the legislature of Min
nesota, which is now in session. He
was elected to represent the forty
fourth district last fall.
Mr.. Lund possesses that bold. frank.
honest spirit TO such a degree that ii
might be termed personal magnetism.
To meet him is like meeting an old
friend. and mere acquaintances in
Yariably become his stanch friends.
To portray the extreme popularity of
the man. ii may be said that although