The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-05
NORTH DAKOTA'S
FACTORIES GROW
Manufacturing Interests Of Flick
ertal State Show Big Cain
in Four Years.
BY w. w. Jermane.

. a today made public its preliminary
summary of the manufacturers Of
North Dakota for the calendar year
1904, thus furnishing basis for a com
parison with the report of 1900. This
shows considerable gains in all branch
es. The report is confined TO establish
ments which are producers of $500 or
more, thus excluding many smaller
neighborhood industries and hand
trades. The number of listed establish
ments in the state is 5o7-an increase
of so per cent. The capital invested is
$5,703,S37-an increase of 6211a per cent.
The number of salaried officers, clerks,
ETC., is 296-an increase Of almost 20
per cent. The salaries paid these men
have increased $257,8l2.aa gain Of W
have increased 20 per cent, and the
wages paid are now S ,03I, 507-an in,
crease Of "a per cent. The value of
the manufactured products of the state
IN 1905 was $lO,223,914, which is a
manufacturers Of the state are divided
between -four and grist mills and print
ing and publishing houses. Of the for
Amer, there are now SO and of the lat
bte3 229. The great gain in the total
ntheber of establishments is accounted
for by the gain in printing and ! publish,
and now there are 229 of them.
H%ansbrough Very Busy.
Senator Hansbrough has introduced
the following bills: Creating the west
ern division judicial district of North
Dakota and providing for the holding
! of terms Of court at Mipot; increasing
the limit Of allowance for expenses OF
Officers while in the field from So to
So per diem; amending the Indian ap-
preparations bill so as to authorize
the secretary Of the interior to pay
10 Devils Lake Indians a balance of
$4,000 due on the first payment for
their ceded lands; providing for a new
land district in the western part of
Nilliston; granting 10000 acres of land
20 the state school Of forestry at Bot
,ineau; granting 10000 acres Of land
20 the institution for feeble-minded at
Grafton; limiting to ninety days the
time for settlement O. lands with
drawn for forestry purposes and after
wards restored to the public domain;
for a public building at Devils LAX
to cost $150,000.
Mr.. Hansbrough has also reintro
duced a bill, which passed the senate
last session and which died In the
house committee On public lands, tx
repeal the timber and stone act, anC
authorizing the sale Of timber on pub
JIG domain under rules and regulations
prescribed by the secretary Of the in
ierior, with an amendment providing
FOR the payment of 10 per cent Of tn
! proceeds to the various states, for tn
hse and benefit Of counties in whic]
timber is located.
Want Indians to Sell Lands.
In response to am inquiry made be
fore the holiday recess, Senator Gambl
has received a letter from Commission
ter ,Leupp Of the Indian bureau, Stain
THAT a1lotments have been made to a.
; che Indians Of the Cheyenne reserve
Sion except about seventy, all follower
IF Chief Hump. Schedules have no
been received here, but it is expecte
that they will be examined and tina
conflicts between allotters will be az
justed by the end Of the fiscal yea
July l next. Upon the approval Of tt
sllotments, steps will be taken to s
cure the consent Of the Indians to a
agreement to sell surplus lands. TT
extension Of the Milwaukee road thu
the reservation is expected to create
demand for these lands.