The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-05
nneso Rich Farm Lands Attracting Homeseekes and Investors

winter III other states IS more severe
and penetrating than the crisp, salubri-
Gus atmosphere of Minnesota.
Minnesota is becoming known as a
noted health resort, and, because of it's
temperate climate, it's pure water, it's
clear. bracing atmosphere, its bright
sunshine and its nutritious vegetable
diets, furnishes superior advantages to
persons of weak constitutions or those
in failing health. For hea1thfulness
and comfort the congenial, refreshing
climate of Minnesota is probably un.
surpassed.
Three Western Counties.
Traverse, Big Stone and Stevens
counties, In the western part of Mime
sofa, are three of the best prairie coun-
ties in the state. While the first settle
| ments were made years ago, this region
| IS by no means closely inhabited. There
IS room for thousands, and the products
OF the soil can be multiplied many
times.
Land in Traverse, Big Stone and Ste
Vens can be bought right and unques-
tlonably will increase rapidly in value.
An ordinary investment by the indus
trlous homeseeker will make him we'll
TODD IN a few years. Lakes abound in
| thus region and much of the land is
| rolling.
| The district is well settled and it's
social and educational advantages are
as good as in many older settled locali-
ties. Statistics show that at the pres
ent increase IN population in this coun-
try there will be $40 persons for every
seGtlon OF land fifty years hence. What
comes to pass
IL IS not so many years ago that
eastern men We're focking into the Till
nols country and buying land for al
most nothing which cannot be bought
for money today. It is hardly twenty
years since the great influx Of Iowans
INTO IA the Red River valley took place.
! altho people said at the time that It
Z was risky movement. The man
ENho gets IN on the ground floor of a
| new country and grows up with it and
IN 1t IS generally the man who has
something to show for his life of eff.
fort IN later years.
Working for a Home
A farm home is not only home. but
provision for maintenance and prog
ress: 1t Is also the motive force Of
pubic enterprise. A man never makes
money SO fast as when he is laborino
to pay for a home. A man never Duts
so much OF his best self into all that
ne does as when he has a home of his
own. 1t makes him a better and bigge,
man, because it emphasizes to himself
MS S, responsibilities and privileges.
There has never been time in the
history of this country when there was
a wider interest manifested by the
ordinary. man in the all-absorbing cues
ton Of homeseeking. There has never
been time when it was easier for 8
man to find a good suitable location fo1
the, investment of his money in farm
lands. The progress Of civilization has
done away with many Of the pioneer
hardshlPs, even In the more remote ant
less thickly settled portions of the coun
try. and at the same time the oppor
tunity to buy land at figure whicl
lnsures its future increase in value i
greater now than it has been for som,
4 years. s>' = e.. :: 2 .,: 5z - .. f. -
With the ever-increasing population
with the steady immigration from for
ellgn Shores and with the growing de
sire ON the part of city. workers to owl
country homes, the tide of homeseeker
has grown to tremendous proportions