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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
# Picks Out Minneapolis.

It was in 1892 that I came to Minneapolis
and began to invest In real estate here, after
having thoroly studied, Chicago, ST. Louis. Kan
sas City, Omaha: Denver, Salt Lake City, st.
Paul and Minneapolis. Il we'll remember how
advised our people that Minneapolis gave greater
promise of a large development and that in the
long run investments here would prove more
You know something Of the investments We
have made here and ay0H know that we have not
lost on anything we have touched. Some people
have thought me- too hopeful in regard to mat
ters,, in Minneapolis, 2but during the last six
months have been carefully watching every
movement and studying thoroly all the details
which go to make up values, y have been think
ing, until It has come to be a conviction, that
values in Minneapolis are going as far beyond
my former expectations as valuesSsin southern
Minnesota went beyond my earlier thoughts. y
| II am not going toIsay to you tonight, gentle
men, what I: think values may be, but l be-
lieve that few Of vs. had any; idea In the past
of what Minneapotis, and the northwest are
really to be- When one endeavors to form an
opinion to the possibilities Of real estate he
needs to take broad sweep of the horizon and
COME to the study sfof the question with an I'M
prejudtced mind willing to weigh carefully all
the possibilities - ..., -, .<-
| It, would be interesting, If we had time to
talk about 1t, to speak of the wonderful devel-
opment that has come to this northwest the
| last few years.. which is all tributary to Min
neap polls and tends to make certain its future.
| IT would be Interesting If we had time, to
speak Of the railroad mileage built in 1905, and
of what is to be built in 1906 and 1907 r. w.. b..
It would be interesting tonight, If we had
| time. to speak of the: rebuilding which is actu
ally taking place of every railroad system In
| the United States. -; 49,, T.. g. r. g.. y
1t would be Interesting tonight. If we had
time, to speak of the wonderful development
along electrical lines, which going to NEAR
Eso much to Minneapolis. p '':-t@ 49, -,
| It would be interesting, If we had time, tt
speak of the wonderful increase in acreage IL
Minnesota, North and South Dakota, all Of which
is tributary to Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
~: MARVEL AT Low PRICES
Outside People Cannot Understand
Minneapolis Values.

Low prices Of real estate in Mime
apolis are a curiosity to- people from
other cities who have occasion to look
into values here. Where, in cities OF
the class Of Minneapolis, residence prop.
erty sells at from $3.50 to 5000 front
foot, the prevailing prices here are
from $75&to 800. - a 10
ssThis ayear is going to be goo6
year. says Walter A. Badger, Hanc
prices are sure to increase; but remem
Der, this is only starter. It would be
a good plan for every one to buy, ever
if he has only 1926 to pay down,
An$example Of values in Indianapolis
with 170, 000Spopulation, lot on Wash
ington street, with a frontage Of 67E
feet, and 100 on Illinois, sold for So, SS!
front foot, or 100000. The last sal,
of this property was in 1872, at 1925,
900. On this site will be built four
teen-story office building. The price i
,,adouble the amount what the Yerxa cor
ner sold for, and the lot is about tn
same size. l.@G ..-r
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01

| shoulder in the effort to push forward Mime
anolis real estate 10. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01

shoulder in the effort to push forward Mime
apolis real estate.
Keep Money at Home.
Another line Of thought want to speak of
tonight is this: There is too much money going
do not know how much money those gentlemen
are going to invest down in Cuba but itris all
wrong. That money should have been invested
here in Minneapolis, and in my Judgment, in
the long run 1T would have produced better re-
turns for them. I do not know how much money
has gone to Canada and to Utah and other places
from Minneapolis, but the principle Is wrong.
That money should have been invested here at
home; 1t seems to me that it is the duty Of
you real estate men to SO inform the citizens of
Minneapolis as to the possibilities Of real es-
tate here. and to cultivate such an enthusiasm
for Minneapolis real estate that the large
amounts OF money belonging to Minneapolis peo-
pie will be invested here at home.
Now, evidence that believe what am
saying, tell you that we have % 900 acres OF
farm land and that it is all in Minnesota We
have not crpssed the line into Canada to buy
| an acre and we never will. Minnesota is good
| enough for us. In 1905 we built thirty-twc
houses here in Minneapolis. Every one Of them
sold SO far as we are concerned Since Jan. 1
1906, we have started ten houses here In
Minneapolis. Now, 1t seems to me that yol
real estate men should do likewise-buy rea
estate yourselves and improve it. Then advise
every one else to DO similarly, and the beauty
| of it all is that you can truthfully and con
scientiously say to your friends. and every one
else that there is not city in the United States
] where the prospects for future development are
brighter than here in apolis-that there j.
| no state in the union that has surer founda
! ton for permanent growth and improvement
| than has Minnesota, and that there has never
4 been year that gave promise of better result:
] than does the year 1906 in this city \ ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
rs WEEKS REALTY FIGURES
Transfers Amount to t$252.6S1 and Per
1nits to S99, 325.

Figures, on the real estate transfers
and building permits for the week end
ing March 80, compared with the totals
for a year ago, as prepared by the
Daily Legal News, are as follows
+ Comparative statement of transfers:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
FIGURES TELL STORY

-" : EIFUREiS TELL STONY =
Real Estate Transfers and Building
Permits for 1906 Lead 1905.
The Daily Legal News has prepared
the following table comparing the real
estate transfers and the building per-
mits for the first three months Of 1906
with similar figures for 1905:
Real estate transfers 1906 1906.
January ................$ 1,14O.759 S945,s77
February .......... -. 985 2S4 81, 1853
March ............ B.. 1907, s55 1,47O,753
Totals ::...... .sse1sses So, 2ss, 1888
Building permits
January ............... 1854, $50 $121, $50
February ............. $40 1872, 395
March ................. S7O,S65 $3.50, 922
Totals ............. 81 ,639,995 '$1,s7o,se7
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
What Dayton Said,

Said Mr. Dayton: =.
1t was a matter Of, a good deal Of surprise
to me when word came Of an invitation to talk
to you tonight
The atmosphere Of real estate gathering is
very congenal to me-. There is something fas-
cinating to me about real estate. 1 have said
that would rather manipulate piece Of real
estate than to eat meal. am sure would
go without meal any time in order to close
a real estate transaction. I love real estate
and I want to say to you gentlemen that If
any of you find your vocation drudgery you
had better get out Of it, for you can't make
much success in handling real estate unless you
come to love 1T. Z ssaiEt ~ a'4.- ..-. 1.
, feel as if were veteran in the real estate
business. 1t is twenty three years this month
since left central New York and came to Min
nesota to organize a company to buy and sell
land, deal in mortgages. etc. At that time we
could buy land for SIS an acre and we bought
large quantities Of It, selling it on all sorts OF
terms I used to say that the day would come
when land in southern Minnesota would sell al
$40 to $50 an People thought me too hope
full and optimistic. Some laughed at ant
some questioned if, I were sincere in my e1
pressions, but the day has come and passed
when land in southern Minnesota has sold fo
$50 an acre-considerably more than the figure
! I set in the earlier days. II ~. " ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
VETERAN REAL ESTATE
DEALER IS OPTIMISTIC
George D. Dayton Gives Dealers His Experience EARLY
Days and Advises Them to Work in Harmony for Good
Of Minneapolis Property Believes Thoroly That Prices
Will Increase Rapidly.

- APITAL talked back to dealers
4 Saturday night at the special
- meeting of the Minneapolis Real
Estate board. George D. Dayton, a
pioneer in many of the best real estate
movements in Minneapolis, and an in
gave several sidelights on the situation,
which were interesting as coming from
veteran in the market.
His talk was optimistic. He pointed
out the many forms of northwestern
development which will be factors in
continued prosperity for the commercial
metropolis In closing he preached a
sermon to the dealers. The talk
| the development ,.of Minneapolis, and
which have contributed. Ito making the
market backward. Is
, 1906-03-06
IMMENSE STEEL HOOD TO BE
PLACED OVER OPENING IN EFF
FORT TO STOP FLAMES
AND SAVE GAS.
Hood Rushed by Special Train From
independence, and Huge Derrick
and Special Track Erected to
Handle Heavy Machinery-Men
Working at Great Danger From
Heat and Disadvantage From Noise

Caney, Kas., March with the ar
rival of a special train from %Independ-
ence with a steel hood, the work of
attempting to eXtinguish the flames
consuming the output of the biggest
gas well in the world was undertaken
in earnest this morning. The first big
task is to ballast the hood over the
well so it will resist the pressure Of
$50 pounds to the square inch. The
hood has a long funnel, through which
it is hoped to divert the flow and then
shut it off. Streams of water are kept
playing on the workmen and at brief
intervals they are forced to retreat
from the heat zone to breathe fresh
air. Great danger attends the work,
as a gust of wind may sweep the
flames in any direction. The terrific
roar of the burning gas, which pre-
vents communication by voice, in
creases the difficulty of the work, as
commands cannot be heard by the
workers.
, 1906-03-06
Was Well Known Here.

Arthur Donahue, the engineer who
was fatally hurt in the Cheyenne and
Northern wreck and who died at noon
yesterday, was well known here, where
he has many friends. He was a Scot
fish Rites and Mystic Shrine Mason,
having participated in the recent cere,
monial session of Korein temple, Mys,
tic Shrine, at Rawlins, passing through
here on the 10th of February en- route
home. He came to Laramie with Hugh
.Hynds, also a member of the temple
and the two were good friends. Mr.
Donahue and Engineer William Hodge
man of this city ran engines on the
same road in New York state and were
fast friends at the time Of the death
of the former. The funeral will occur
at Cheyenne tomorrow afternoon, ant
some of his Laramie Masonic friends
will be present.
, 1906-03-06
Railroad Notes,

The trains were late again today.
The funeral of Arthur Donahue, the
engineer who vas fatally hurt in the
Cheyenne and Northern wreck near
Wheatland, will occur at Cheyenne to-
morrow afternoon, from the Masonic
temple, the Scottish Rites services be
ing held.
C. E. Horton, the night Waterman
for the railroad company at this place,
returned yesterday afternoon from
Kansas, where he had been with the
body of his daughter, Bessie, who was
burned to death in this city a few days
'ago.
Frank Meyer, formerly connected
with Assistant Superintendent Whit
ney's office in this city, when it was To-
Gated here, and recently in the employ
of the Denver and Rio Grande at Den
yer, spent the day here, leaving for the
west this afternoon. He is going to
Salt Lake for temporary duty and may
to locate at Los Angeles later.
, 1906-03-06
NOTES FROM THE COURT HOUSE

The commissioners were in session
this afternoon.
Rose Werner today filed claims for
the Gold King mines Nos. 1, 2 and 3.
Clerk F~eatherstone is today making
UP the list of jurors residing within
the five-mile limit for next weeks
term OF court.
Lola Bryceson today filed a petition
for divorce from Fred w. B%ryceson,
alleging n~on-support. Mrs. Bryceson
resides at Medicine Bow.
L. Frazer presented one coyote pelt
for bounty and Charles Hall presented
two.
John E. and Pearl Johnson today
sold to George H. Chapman 100 acres
in section IA, township II, range II,
for $1,000.
Frederick Richard today filed a
United States patent, dated August 81,
1905, for 100 acres in section IA, town.
ship IA, range 70.
Laura A. Bush as the Administrative
| Of Lewis J.. Bush, deceased, today sold
10 Frederick Richard 800 acres in sec.
ton -, township IA, range rs, for
SO, 200.
, 1906-03-06
REPUBLICAN INSURGENTS IN THE
HOUSE TO BE MET WITH
COUNTER MOVEMENT
BY SPEAKER.
Babcock Of Wisconsin and knowiand
of California Threaten to Absent
Themselves From Conference
When Bill Comes Back and Can
non n Associates May Apply
Knife to Oklahoma Feature.

Washington, d. c., March Ga sec
ond movement for the defeat of the
joint statehood bill is on foot in the
house, where the republicans are or
ganizing another insurrection, in spite
of the disaster that overwhelmed the
first attempt a few weeks ago. The
movement is headed by Babcock of
Wisconsin and Knowland of California,
n their plan Of campaign is to re-
main away from the republican 20
ference when the bill with the Foraker
amendment comes back from the sen
ate. Speaker Cannon and his asso-
ciates threaten to kill the whole bill,
depriving Oklahoma Of statehood and
leaving the whole subject for another
congress, If this takes place.
, 1906-03-06
FORMIDABLE OPPONENT TO THE
STEEL CORPORATION FORM
ING WITH GATES AS ITS
WORKING HEAD.
Will Include Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company, Republic Iron and Steel
Company, Tennessee Coal and
Railway Company and the LaSalIe
Iron Works-companies and Min,
ers' Officials in Conference.

Denver, Colo, March 6.-The United
States Steel corporation, known as the
Steel trust, will soon have a formid-
able rival under the head of John w.
Gates and other magnates. Negotia,
lions are now under way for the ALI,
ance Of the Colorado Fuel n Iron
company, the Republic Iron and Steel
company, the Tennessee Coal and Rail
way company, the LaSalle Iron works
and large ore interests neal the Great
lakes. The price to be paid is esti'
mated at approximately $4,000, 900.
]. J.. Hill of the Great Northern has
frequently denied that the Great
Northern coal lands were for sale, but
negotiations for their lease to the Steel
trust have been hanging fire for over
a month.
, 1906-03-06
GANG OF MEN LINING UP TRACK
IN YARDS OF LARAMIE
PLAINS LINE FOR CON-
STRUcTIoN TRAIN.
M. F. Reed of Centennial in Charge of
Work, Under Personal Direction of
President Fred A. Miller, and
More Steel Expected to Begin Ar
irving by May-Greek and Italian
Section Laborers Coming.

Work was resumed today on the
Laramie, Hahns Peak and Pacific rail.
road, and President Fred A. Miller,
who is in direct charge of the work,
in the absence of Chief Engineer
Stewart, stated that it was his belief
that no more delay would occur until
the line had been built into Centennial.
M. F. Reed of Centennial is in charge
of the gang of men, organized today
for the prosecution of the work. The
force is being added to as men are
found, Mr.. Reed reporting to the pres
ident from time to time.
According to the plans of President
Miller, given to a representative of
The Republican this morning, Mr..
Reed will proceed with the work of
getting the tracks in the yard on the
river front n that portion of the
track on the grade to Centennial al
ready laid in order for the coming of
a construction train, which is con-
fidently looked for in May. The steel
now on hand, enough to complete
about ten miles of road toward the
mountains, will be laid, Mr.. Reed ex-
pecting to have this accomplished by
the time the construction train arrives
and the resumption of shipments of
steel from the Bessemer plant in Penn.
.sylvania.
d. d. Morgan and his teams were
placed at work today and they will be
used from now on, with such other
help as is desired. The steel now in
the yards will be drawn to the present
end of the track and spiked down.
The sidetracks will be lined up and
the road ballasted. An immense
amount of lumber for use in the yards
here, in the building of the depots and
other structures necessary, has been
gotten out in the forests at Centennial,
some of it drawn from the mill to the
yards in the townsite, and this will be
brought to Laramie as rapidly as it is
needed.
1T may be set down for a fact" said
President Miller, that 1 should not
now begin work if | had not a reason
able assurance that the balance of the
material would come in time. 1t may
be in May, but it will come, and from
what | now know, the road will be
laid to Centennial without further de-
lay. Mr.. Reed and his construction
force will work as best they a until
the arrival of more steel, an engine
and the proper number of cars for the
construction work, and the reasonable
assumption is that there will be no
let-up from now on. We cannot yet
see the smoke from our own locomo-
tive, but we believe it is coming and
that the match is almost ready to be
applied to the kindling."
, 1906-03-06
THE BUREAU
TAKES NOTICE
ANIMAL INDUSTRY BRANCH WILL
LOOK AFTER HORSE DISEASE
SAID TO EXIST HERE.
Letter From Chief Received by DR.. A.
w. Whitehouse of This City, Who
Sent Extensive Report of Cases
September or October Proper
Months, Chief Says.

Some time ago DR.. A. w. White
house of this city, the veterinary sur
geon, sent to the bureau of animal in
dustry, department of agriculture, at
Washington, a lengthy report of the
disease affecting the horses Of this
plain, the report covering a hundred
or more pages. This morning the sur
geon received the following note in
reply:
Washington, March l, 1906.
DIR. A. w. Whitehouse, Laramie, Wyo.
Dear Sir:-Referring to your letter
of Februry 10, | would say that this
bureau will endeavor to make an in,
vestigation into the disease Of horses
to which you refer as soon as the con,
ditions again become favorable for
such investigation. Judging from the
information which we have received,
it seems that September or October
would be the most suitable time for
such an undertaking.
Il would be glad to hear further from
you with regard to anything e con
, 1906-03-06
YOUNG LADY
MARRIED AT DENVER.

A marriage license was issued at
Denver yesterday to Edward S. d,
Gordon of Boston and Miss Rebecca
Cook of this city, the daughter of Mr.,
and Mrs. Jabez Cook of this city, and
they were probably married there yes
terday. Miss Cook started from here,
as far as her friends knew, to Bisbee,
Ariz., where she was to play with
Prof. C. A. Jones. Instead, she went
to Denver, where she met Mr.. Gordon,
her father being notified today. Mr..
Gordon came here as a representative
of the National Magazine and met
Miss Cook, the attachment being mu-
tual. Mr.. Gordon is an ex-soldier in
the BOer war.
, 1906-03-06
ATTRACTIONS FOR
THE COMING


A. N. Hasenkamp, who managed the
lecture course for the Y. p. S. G. e. of
the Presbyterian church last season, an
nounces that plans for another course
are practically completed, the follow,
ing attractions having been booked:
Slayton's Jubilee Singers, in October
w. j. Bryan, in November.
DR.. John Merritte Driver, in Deem
Der.
Marc, the magician, in January.
The Dunbar company, in March.
DR.. Driver is pastor of the Peoples
church at Chicago, the Dunbar com
pany, includes a male quartette and
bell ringers, and the Slayton Jubilee
Singers is one of the most noted col
ored organizations in the country. Sen,
ator LaFollette of Wisconsin may be
added later as an additional attraction.
, 1906-03-06
WONDERFUL CAVERN IN NOUN
TAlNS IN THE JACKSON HOLE
COUNTRY OF NORTH
WESTERN WYOMING.
Discovered Nearly Six Years Ago by
Gentleman from Boston and Resi-
dent of Toltec, in This County, and
dred Feet Last Year-Maps and
Photographs on Exhibition,

Neal Matheson Of Toltec is in the
city today, bringing with him maps
and pictures of Holmes cave, at Jack
son hole, Wyo., near the headwaters
of the Black Rock creek, north of the
Washable trail. The cave was discov-
cred in September, 1898, by Mr.. Mathe-
son, Edwin b.. Holmes of B~rookhue,
Mass, and John H. Holland of Scio,
Ore, where they had been encamped
for a few days. 1t was explored and
plated on the 9th, 18th, Sth and 9th of
September, 1905, by Messrs. Holmes,
Holland and Matheson, other members
of the party being Edwin p. Holmes of
Brookline, Mass, and 7. r. Wilson, R.
b. Griggs and H. e. Green of Alta,
Wyo. The maps are drawn to a scale
of ten feet to one inch, the cave lying
in township As north, range Ill west.
Entrance In Hillside.
The entrance is in the side of a hill
about $3.50 feet above sea level and is
not very large. The tunnel proceeds
westward for about twenty-five feet,
thence trending to the northwest, there
being a waterfall in the sharp bend
made to the north. The tunnel then
goes to Matheson falls, more than a
hundred feet, branching, one small OPP
ening going to the northeast, where it
seems to end in the rock. The other
or main entrance bears to the south
west sharply, broadening from the
turn, a large rock interfering with the
flow of the stream. At this rock the
tunnel is perhaps ten feet wide. A lit
tie way from this rock, when the tun-
mel narrows to perhaps three or o u
feet in width, it crosses another tunnel
considerably below this one, the dis,
covery of which was made later.
Hanging Shelves In Cavern
Passing under a natural bridge at
the opening Of what has been named
Holland chamber, the ~ruggedness OF
the walls is something marvellous,
Here are hanging shelves, boulders and
the right the walls being very rough
inc Uneven.
Holland cave is an immense cavern
seventy-five feet long by forty-five feet
wide, the extreme length being nortf
and south, forming the western limit
of the cavern.
One TunneI Crossee Other
Considerably to the south of the
, 1906-03-06

Washington, March 1T is conf
IDENTIFY believed that war between Ger
many n France is inevitable and that
the Algeziras atmosphere is heavily
charged with var dangers. Germany
is said to be pushing the patience of
France to the limit, and unless the
latter makes concessions in the Moroc-
can question, which now seems improb-
able, a war, which may involve, all Eu-
rope, will result inevitably. France is
ready for war and can throw an army
into the field at a moments notice.
that President Roosevelt confidently
believed the situation serious is shown
by his urging congress to ,fortify our
oas line n to strengthen the de-
lenses Of insular possessions.
, 1906-03-06
Anxious to Get Home.

Hostler Withstand of the local shops,
who fell from the cab of his engine
some time ago and broke his arm, and
who is now at his former home in Mis-,
souri,, writes to his wife here that his
arm is not mending as rapidly as it
should, he still being unable to use it.
He adds that the mud in Missouri is
.frightful, n he can't get about with
out going in up to the driving boxes"
with every step, and longs to be home.
, 1906-03-06
Death of an Engineer,

Arthur Donahue, engineer of the pas
senger train hat went through the
trestle over Buckhorn creek on the
Cheyenne and Northern last Friday,
died at st. Johns hospital at noon yes
terday. He received some broken ribs
and cuts under the chin and at the
base of the brain and bruises owe the
kidneys. The immediate cause of his
death vas nephritis, brought on by in
juries received in the wreck.
, 1906-03-06

one sections in Mr.. Liddell's district
affected by the order, ten men being as
signed to each. The Laramie yards
and the Percy section are exempted
from the order, Japanese being retain
ed at those places. The reason for the
order was not stated. The exchange
will be made upon the arrival on the
territory of the Greeks and Italians to
be assigned TO Mr.. LiddelIs care.
, 1906-03-06
Farmers May Sell Tobacco.

Washington, D. c., March 6.-The
house today passed the bill removing
the tax of G cents a pound on leaf to-
bacco, so that farmers may sell to the
consumer direct, without paying the
tax imposed upon manufacturers. The
house then took up the Indian appro-
preparation bill in committee of the
whole.