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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-15
WAR IN FARGo's BOARD
II. R. Turner Dismissed from Member
ship by New School Officials.

FARGO, N D.-That there is little prob
ability of peace on the Fargo board OF education
was demonstrated by the perenptory manner IN
which the ma jority of the board fired 81. r. Iur-
ner. At the meeting of the old board ). I.
Dahlauist who is to remove from the city.
rendered his resignation and just few minutes
before the expiration of the life OF the oid
organization, Ii. K. Turner was elected.
The new board is organized by another ele-
ment to that which has controlled Tor tnree
years and the members asserted that the oid
board had no authority to transact new business
and that Turney's election was Illegal After
removing him from the board. Herbert Harrln?-
ten was selected TO fill the vacancy Turner rs
an attorney and insists he will fight the matter
in the courts.
rer's after being Instructed not TO- anu
he is slated for slaughter at the next meeting.
The high school course of study Will PROD
ably be radically changed at the next meetlng.
The claim is made that 1t Is being run eA-
clusfveIy for the preparation of the graduates
for entry into the freshman class of the big
universities without further oxsminatlon As
only about 10 per cent Of the graduates go TO
colleges some members of the board say the
course is unfair to the others. who could derive
greater benefits under different curriculum.
Judge Amidol begins the May term OF the
seventeen civil and large number of criminal
cases The majority of the latter are on charges
of smuggling, principally wheat, across the IN
ternational boundary line.
The late NJ F. Williams of Minneapolis Is
succeeded manager Of he Northwestern Port
F. E. Smith OF WahDeton was elected presi-
dent for the next term of the Southeastern Da-
kota Educational association. Mrs. n. G. Nc
Donald of Lidgerwood was chosen secretary.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-15
ZAlNOURE COUNTY
Has $4,000 in Its Teasm.y-Doed With Schoozloases and
Crisis Crossed by Railroads.

the county that is more than ten miles
from railway town market. While in
the county l met several farmers who
recently moved there, and desire to
mention one whose success stood. out
prominently. He broke 100 acres of wild
land and put it into flax which sold
for 81 $40; he had in SO acres of barley
of oats that went 70 bushels to the
acre; he paid $lS an acre for his land.
This looks to me like a most excellent
showing, and is no more than any farm
er can do who wants to hustle.
One farmer told me that the Danaher
& Maben Land and Investment COM
pany, whose main office is at 1875 Rail
road building, Minneapolis, had sold
more land in the past five years they
had been operating in southeastern
North Dakota than any other land con-
Germ which had been operating there
in fact, they had turned over $4,000
acres in the past five years, and that
they still own and control about $4,000
acres more. Their sales in 1902 to La
Sale county, Illinois, parties alone
amounted to $500 Of which $245, 900
was spot cash-this was certainly going
some. -s 81
Their plan Of operation is to secure
small payment down and give a good,
long time on the balance, and they. al
ways deduct a purchaser s railroad fare
from the first payment he makes
on anything he buys. Their buyers all
ticket to Edgeley, N. D., and when they
get there are taken over as much of
the county as they desire to see in auto
mobiles which are handled by the most
competent men they can find. Another
thing they always do is to show every
buyer the best they have to offer at the
time.-W. A. Otis.
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YOUNG MEr


wreck Of Inflated trusts it will be OBJ
served that land and urban real estate
are showing no tokens of panic or
shrinking. Into all of the states OF
the west the procession of farmers con,
tinues to move in an uninterrupte
stream. None Of the reverses of spec.
.ulation has precipitated any lack of
will for all time, the firm and unshaken
basis of the coun'try's wealth.
The man who is the possessor Of a
piece Of land has the game in his own
hands. There is no promoter or stock
gambler who can jeopardize his invest
ment. Where it is purchased with
Judgment, land is always worth the
money paid for it, and it is bound to in
crease in value. It cannot be destroyed
industry to make it profitable and pro-
ductive. 1t constitutes source Of in
dependence in any condition of the
money market and amid all the muta-
tions Of speculative enterprises.
Land is the one thing in this world
whose value is absolutely intrinsic, and
its worth and desirability ought to be
made apparent as it never has been
made apparent before, by the ruin that
has overtaken those unfortunate per-
sons who have been feeced Of their all
by licensed stock robbers.
The above is something Sspat0 for
the cold states" farmer, and direct
from the man who knows and
should cause them ''to sit up mighty
straight and take notice. 1t only
cost zone cent to write to John Wyman
at Fargo. and he can give you detailed
| information about this section of North
Dakota that is very valuable and abso
lutely reliable.
Ward D. Williams
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Special Correspondence.

oPooAaA Ooi1oSPVuuonCe.
Lisbon, N. D., May 14.-Truly the
trainers of the great territory Of the
northwest built wiser than they knew
when they provided for the education
Of the young America and the establish
ment and maintenance of system Of
public education.
The total fund of the state and coun-
ty amounts to about $3.50 per capita a
year. The resources already accrued
from the sale of public lands amount to
over $3,OOO,OOO. The interest Of this is
divided pro rata among the various
counties of the state per. capita to the
school census. The endowment Of these
school lands originally comprised APP
proximately 100000 acres, of this
about $4,000 acres have already been
sold. None of these lands can be sold
at less sum than $40 an acre so event
ual1y the permanent school fund of this
state will aggregate $4,000, 900, the in
come of which is to be used for no other
purpose except the educational inter
ests.
While there has already been $3,OOO,-
600 worth of land sold and put out at
interest, it must not be thought that
the balance Of the lands are not pro-
ductive, for a very large acreage, just
the amount / could not obtain, is rented
either for pasture purposes, hay lands
or some Of it being under cultivation
are rented as farm lands. The in.
come from this great endowment is div.
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RANSDZN COUNTY FROM AV
EDUCATIONAL STANDPOINT

ided among the various educational in
two normal schools, an agricultural col
lege, two experimental stations, an in
dustrial and manual training school,
and an academy of science, all of which
have an apportionment of these funds.
/ have been particularly interested in
looking into this matter in view of the
great interest now being manifested
over the middle west, concerning the
immigration of the renter and the
young farmer to North Dakota. Ran
som county being one of the most pro-
gressive and prosperous counties Of the
state, and now receiving such marked
atten'tion by the industrious and
energetic farmers Of Indiana, Iowa,
Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin,
thought it well to let them know some
what Of these educational facilities and
to advise them Of the great support
given to the local country schools, in
many cases the, local tax being assessed
only sufficient for the current year,
the school districts being out Of debt
and many of them with a good bank ac-
count.
No state do I think in these great
| United States surpasses North Dakota
in the provision for the education of the
boys and girls who are to become the
future men and women, and upon whom
will evolve the responsibility Of making
Ransom county, North Dakota, the peer
of any county, educationally, in the
| country,
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ENTERPRISE AND PUSH OF
PROMINENT YOUNG FIRM
Iheezock Bras of Fargo Example of Western Energy
.Snccess-Gyeat Chances for the Young Business
Man in North Dakota.

ment plan, by which the homeseeker
and investor pays small amount down
on his purchase and the balance from
year to year until he has an undis-
puted deed to his land. On this plan
he cannot lose, for in case of no crop,
no money is paid The wonderful sue
cess of this plan is shown by many
strong testimonials in the possession Of
the Wheelocks that are mighty inter
esting reading for the man who wishes
to "cut LOOSE from the older settled
states where he is paying high rent for
Indifferent land. This firm is only an
example Of what hundreds of young
men are doing thruout the great north
west and trip over the different lines
modern and progressive towns of the
state produces hundreds of such cases.
North Dakota is certainly the "young
hustlers - state, with every section
gridironed with splendid lines of road.
with shipping facilities second to none,
the best of markets at hand where the
highest prices are ,paid. for products A
chance Of lifetime. Duluth and Su-
perior, the Great Lake points, only
200 miles away; Minneapolis, the
greatest grain, -four, and lumber
center in the world. only a nights
ride, such conditions with shipping
rates that put Chicago out of business
should appeal to the young investor
and business man who wishes to strike
out for himself Don It take my word
for it, but come out here for week
you "good fellows of the east. You
don It have to ride in stock trains or
sidedoor sleepers, but take one of the
Great Northern or Northern Pacific
| limited trains, made up of Pullmans,
with dining-car attachments. Do the
route from Fargo to Mandan, drop off
or Mandan, look over the business
openings al Fargo and Grand Forks;
90 down the valley to Lisbon and take
4 the 500 to Kenmare and Minot. Let
your wants and wishes be known and
mix up with these splendid young men
turnout North Dakota, and you will
commence to live and expand and cease
to be s'dead one'' You will go back
with bunch of land or many business
schemes under your hat and make prep
arations to "get in the push. - There
are openings for almost every line out
here except "sleepers,' and with the
movement setting in for North Dakota,
an era of development and progress Is
commencing that will cost you 300 per
cent more for these "good things in
a very short time. The commercial
men who travel this state from end TO
end are about the most reliable barom-
eters that exist. They are wideawake
s'bunch' and you can't fool them. If
you have any friends of the grip who
make this state, ask them what the
openings are. Then "take my tip'
and get ''move on
1 Ward D. Williams.
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CROP CONDITIONS LDEAL
FOR BANNER. YIELD ~. 1905
Famous Red River VaHey Win Be the Goal for Thousands oj
Eastern Farmers This Year-Johm Lyman, the Pioneer
Land Man, and of North Dakota's "Great
Hon,efude,s,' y Talks to a ".StuB Man."

Special Correspondence.
Fargo n. D., May 13.-Yes, it has
been raining ''to beat the band' ont
here in these ''good old counties of
Cass and Trail
during the week and every time the
clouds wept land has increased in
value about So per acre per A-inch Of
moisture in this famous section, and if
the Farmers Of the east' could only
realize and appreciate what glorious OPP
portunities and results await them
out here along the Northern Pacific
and Great Northern railroads in the
old reliable
~ Red River Valley
there would be nothing "to it, but
the week and they would have to get
their applications in early to secure
some of the splendid farms in Cass
and Trail counties that are bound to
bring permanent prosperity, double
their present selling price and furnish
an assured income for life, and all this
In a few years.
you men who imagine you have good
thing, and are contented to work
rented land.
Look 1t Over
you eastern and middle west farmers,
who have a chance to sell out at from
$75 to 800 per acre.
Out here in Gods country where
every environment equals the best con-
ditions in your old state, you can buy
the best land on earth for from $25 to
$40 per acre, and understand this is
in no wilderness, but near Fargo, the
,pafr ~ ho 4C$o f,,1
City of $4,000
and in a section having every ship.
king facility. The best of mark cts
where the highest of prices are paid
for your products, where unrivalec
educational advantages are found fol
your "boys and girls,' and where so
cial and religious conditions compare
favorably with any state in the union
by the way and enjoy life while 20,
are "salting down the coin Of tn,
realm.'
I met "Honest John Wyman' ou
Fargo way this week and got him t,
talk. Everybody in
The Great Northwest
knows John: Wyman, the pioneer Ian,
man. Everybody knows that John i
one Of "The Great Homefnders, VIII
enjoys an enviable reputation an,
gives every homeseeker
IA Square Deal" -s.
and has made many families "com
into their own in North Dakota
You can't get Wyman to talk abou
himself or the way he has extended
helping hand to many good, homes
homeseekers, or about the seed whea
he has given toward getting the ne1
machine or advanced money for ne1
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barn or helped to bring, the old
folks = out to the new home. Oh, no.
You don It hear that from him, but get
your ear close to the ground, feel the
pulse Of these great, hardy, progress
i've farmers, have few heart to heart
talks with ft
These Builders
of. a country's prosperity, and they
will tell you this man is the salt of
He won't talk about this, but ask
him about Cass and Trail counties in
the, famous Red river valley, and a
Compared to his rapid-ire conversation
about this section, and then, if you
express any doubt, it is ''nuts' for
him to make good and prove all he
says by indisputable facts and figures.
=, told Mr.: Wyman / wanted to send
ngrreetings' and something readable
It was Sup to him. He said: 'AN'
Williams, Of course you know the
Red river valley is pretty well known
and it is natural for every, land man
to think his section is the, best; but
we certainly have some q money max
ing' propositions for the investor and
homeseeker in Cass and Trail counties,
and are ready to. prove our statements
and a sale is bound to result if he
means business and is anxions to bet
ter his condition: In short, we can
"deliver the goods'' if the buyer will
look them over.
| L have over
100000 Acres
OF land for sale, and it is the very
best agricultural land on earth, CON
sisting Of fine improved farms and also
some wild lands, all located in the
richest grain producing localities in the
world. These lands are all level, the
surface is black loan from one to four
an abundance of good water, and also
some fine groves Of timber. All of
these lands are within 200 or 300 miles
of Duluth, which is the largest shipping
point on Lake Superior and as good a
market town as Chicago, because it is
nearer by water to the large cities OF
the tn east and Liverpool, England, than
wheat, fax, corn, barley, oats, cattle
and hogs. North Dakota is raising
more fax than all the rest of the United
States put together. The ordinary yield
of corn is from 40 to so bushels ar
acre, wheat from IS TO- IS bush
and barley from 30 to 80 bushels. There
never was q failure of crops in this
country, and every farmer is sure Of
good reward on his investment and la
Dor every year. My lands are all nea1
3 churches, schools and railroad towns
]. All Of these. lands in the future will
t command prices ranging from $50 t,
= 800 an acre. The prices of these land
t are now ranging from SIS to $40 al
t acre. -..eaa, - =
! The Imperishable Value Of Farm Lands
VI Amid the crash of stocks and tn
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DICKE Y. COUNT Y
Is Sharing Literally in the Iflur of Homeseekers to
North Dakota.

are considering visit to the
northwest to see what this country real
ly is. I have just one thing to say to
them, and that is, "Dickey County far
mers all came here free to twelve years
ago; most Of them didn It have large
abundance of this world goods when
they landed, but / cannot find one Of
them today who does not control nice
bank account, and good many of them
Florida-however. the most of them are
very well pleased with their North Da-
kota winters.
fOakes is entirely dependent on the
farming country; it has 1920 people,
but its council recently voted to bond
the city for 100000 to put in sewer
age system and every dollar of these
bonds was bought at par by residents
of Cakes and farmers living near here.
A word to the wise, you know.
W. A. Otis.
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MADE 4 FORTUNE
RAISING GRAIN
HENRY VESSEL WAS A SECTION
HAND IN 1881.
Man Has Over 100000, Over $4,000
of Which Is Deposited in the Banks
of Fargo and Valley City-Sells His
Barnes County Farm of $50 Acres for
S25,5O0.
Special to The Journal,

Special to The Journal.
Valley City, n. D., May 15.-Henry VESSEL.
living about twelve miles northeast of Valley
City sold his farm of $50 acres last week for
S25.5 500. The deal involved a cash payment Of
ZOO, the balance being secured by mortgage
the farm.
Including the $4,000 in this transaction, it
is currently reported that Mr.. VESSEL now has
over $4,000 deposit in banks in Valley
City and Fargo. and that his total wealth is
over 500. 0C0. He worked as section hand on
the Northern Pacific in 1881 and has been
farming since that year. He has not raised
stock or speculated in land the section and
half he sold last week being his first real estate
transfer. He made his fortune raising grain.
A new bank to be known as the Bank OF
Valley City. has been organized. 1t will be
state bank with $4,000 capital. Governor E. Y
Sarles will be president and J. J. Farley. former
" connected with the Minnie Harvester CON-
pany of st. Paul. cashier. The directors are
e. Y. Sarles of Hillsboro, r. H. Bronson and
Henry Wolfer of Saltwater. Mimi, J. ]. Farley.
William Coop. Walter Coop. DR.. L. S. Platou.
n. P. Rasmussen and Toilet Olson of Valley
City.
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Special Correspondence.

special Correspondence.
Minneapolis, MINI, May 15.-There
have been all kinds Of statements made
about Lamoure county by men who
were interested directly, but I want to
say something about it myself. 1t joins
Ransom on the southwest and lies just
east of Sergeant. Financially, this
county is one of the best in the state.
1t has some $4,000 in it's treasury, all
to the good; eighty schoolhouses dot it
from one corner to the other, and it is
not such big one, either. All the
roads are graded up in fine shape and
there is not a county in the state that
has any better railroad facilities. Three
competitive lines criss-cross the county
the Milwaukee, Northern Pacific and
500. Turnout, it is especially we'll adap-
ted to dairying, diversified farming and
stock-raising. Several new creameries
were built last year and more are con-
tracted for at different points this com.
ing summer. There is not a. farm in
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Special Correspondence

Special Correspondence.
Fargo, N. D.. May Pin this SPLEEN
metropolis of this great young state Of
North Dakota, the young man of energy
and brains, has rapidly forged to the
front until today in the banking, whole,
sale, manufacturing Ind professional
life of this young giant we find the
"kids'' Of 90 and 35 at the helm and
conducting the affairs of city and state
in manner that is the admiration and
despair of older settled communities.
One of the leading young firms of
the great northwest is that Of the
Wheelock boys at Fargo, conducting a
real estate and loan business that in
a few years has grown from small
beginning to one of immense proper:
tions, controlling thousands of acres Of
the most fertile and productive land in
the whole state of North Dakota. One of
the secrets of their success combined
with their recognized integrity and
square dealing is their half-crop pay
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Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Cakes, N. D., May 5-A quarter sec
tion Of land in Dickey county sold
within the past month to a resident OF
ago this same quarter was sold for $400
by the present purchaser IS brother. The
citizens Of this county do not make any
pretense of saying that land here has
all increased in value or selling price
600 per cent in four years, or that this
particular sale should be used as
basis for eastern buyers to use when
considering purchase, but they act
something else. They are buying more
land every day. Nothing SO thoroly
for its citizens to increase their hold
ings as rapidly as circumstances permit.
Eastern farmers, be they renters or
owners, or sons of owners, are going to
have little leisure time during this
month ard June. Some of them know
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ScARY TIM ES.
Dallas News.

81 saw an eruption of old Vesuvius
once
"That sop
II did indeed
Didn't it frighten you?
Well should say SO. Why, it even
made the earth quake.
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FoLLoWlNe LErTERs TELL THE sIoRY;-


OF .,
nearly 800 the raise in the value alone)
N.
in
in
Amundson The
and take Medina (Mr Amundon
or
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NE Sec. 1-13e-7o-A half section wild land .
only one-haif mile from Crystal Springs, the
main line of the Northern Pacific Railroad. 100
acres first class farming land, balance ideal hay
and grazing land Natural spring water. Three
years lease to school section adjoining at an
annual rental Of SIC per year. Splendid Ioca-
tlon for sheep or cattle ranch or feeding sta
tion '..rtss r. 5:t
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A Few Bargains In cass County
and tho Famous Red River Valley

A SNAP-32O acres, located miles north Of
Tower City. a town of 1000 people. on the main
of frame buildings that cost about $1,000
EACH two years ago, located but 20 rods apart:
good water. 2S0 acres under cultivation. bal
ance prairie used for pasture and hay. Splendid
settlement. Soil heavy black loan. undertake
with clay, free from stone and gravel. Price If
taken soon, s27 per acre; $4,000 cash, balance
easy terms. One-fourth crop goes to purchaser
if taken at once
MUST BE soLD-16o acres, located one
half mile from railroad siding and three miles
from Wheatand, on main line Of Northern Pa
cific Railroad All under cultivation, build
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for fare aroadt free application
INTERESTED
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STRAI0 hit TALK

efromla andwo
We OF
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with balance half the HER
100 miles
ooo ~, ,- For TIE AcTuAL FARMER 49,,
pa
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r0GK # you de- the follow; following ga, PROPOSE
Cdr@ ss4o: acre ranch located IL miles from Medil
ma, tStutsman County, North Dakota; the
main line Of che Northern Pacific r. r: An ele.
CANT set Of modern buildings, worth at least
$4,000. Plenty Of hay, the best of grazing,
WATERED By AN ELEGANT NATURAL
SPRING OF PURE WATER WHICH FLOWS
100 FEET FROM BUILDING AND PIPED FOR
USE. This Is snap at So. per acre. Terms
very easy Write for particulars.