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The Washington times., 1906-07-08

York. 400 in Chicago; or. IN detail
theaters. s public halls. 70 churches.
10 schools. hospitals, asylums. 2
colleges. @ apartment houses. depart
ment stores. ? jails. Is hotels. 40 fiat
buildings. and 1900 homes the country
over. burned every normal week, and
during that operation 5000 lives are
directly endangered every day in the
year.
San Francisco's lesson must clearly
chow that the average. ordinary build
ing is an easy prey 10 fame (the quake
can, or course. be blamed for starting
fires. but as far as actual quake dam
age was concerned. II would not have
exceeded 10000 OF the more than
$500. O0O. 900 total damage in the burned
district. Those people must see that
the thirty or so tall ordinary called
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4 Huge Fire Bill

Americans as a nation have built
fiimsily. They spend vast sums on
tawdry decoration and upon very great
conveniences. but 1t Is a sad commen-
tary upon the intelligence to realize
that their fire loss today exceeds that
or any other nation on earth, actual
" and I'm per capita ratio. An ordi-
nary years fire bill equals 500. 900. 900.
but with confiagration like that OF
Baltimore one year and San Francis
cos the second year after. with the
probability of almost as great disaster
I'm New Orleans or some OF our par
ticularly tiimsily built cities. next year.
II not this. We may rightfully ask.
which year is the normal one. This
last great cOntiagration has added pos
sibly $3.50 900 to the $500. 900. 900 nor
mai loss for the year. Five hundred
million. so far positively assured and
with but half the year gone by. Build
ing as fast and as much as they can.
It. Is doubtful II moro than $50. 900. 900
worth Of building will be done during
the years time. Destroying five-sev-
enths of a yearly product will even
tually bankrupt even America, the
richest nation on earth. And that great
loss represents merely smoke.
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The Destruction of San Francisco By Fire. Following Closely
Upon the Baltimore Disaster Has Caused the Average
LaymaR 10 Form the Conclusion That the Term Fire
proof as Applied to Buildings, Is Misnomer-Yet From
This Last Calamity Experts Are Now Able 10 Point Out
the Fatal Defects Of Modern Construction and Show How
Buildings Can Be Constructed That Will Be Really I'M
pervious to the RaYages of Flames, Thereby Saving
Thousands Of Lives and F1llions in Property
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1t really costs infinitely more than
that. but some portions OF the other
cost become more or less an exchange.
For instance, Americans pay the COM
panies who bet with them that their
buildings will not burn 81. .610.S $50. .242 in
premiums every year; they pay $780,
600 900 I'm salaries to fire departments,
over 500, 600 more for fire. water
supply. and probably another 500. O0J.
coo in fire department incidentals.
Money circulated, II you wish. but that
certainly could be put TO better account
had Americans and their progenitors
used "a little more intelligence in build
ing. Besides all this expense in money.
what think you OF the 5000 and more
lives destroyed by fire every year2 Do
you ever pick up a daily newspaper
without seeing the record Of this or
that building DESTROYED with so many
inmates. or that so many firemen were
killed at such and such a fire? We
indulge in $500 fires every year in New
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THE S. F. GAS AND ELEC. co. BLDG.
Completely Gurted Internally, But the
Brick Work Of the Front Is in
Good Shape.

features contributed LARGELY 20 the
partial salvation. Even an ordinarily
observant Iayman must have seen that
granite and stone. wherever exposed
10 fire. were greatly damaged. while
the brick interiors. properly built. went
unscathed, that terra ctta. when prop
erly made and applied was the best
material for external dcc0r7 tiOn: that
the Flood. the Mutual Life. and the
new Chronicle. whose steel work and
floors and partitions were even mod
Crately well freprOOfed with hollow
tile. suffered the least damage IN those
parts. that the Call. the sloan. and tho
St Francis with various systems OF
concrete fireproofnE substituted for
the tile did surprisingly We'll. al
things considered. that the steel work
OF even the rsIlest buildings was vir-
tuaIly uudsWaged by quake and where
at all protected by anv adequate fire.
pr00fng perfectly resisted FIRE; that
wherever stairways and elevator wells
We're inclosSd. cutting of a building.
story by story. or q building of several
units absolutely cut of one from tina
other. the fire damage was minimized;
that where even q highly iuiammabls
building. such as the California Flee
trio Supply Company building. was
protected from external attack by
stout brick walls and wire glass pro-
tected windows and where the attack
was altogether from the outside. such
a building was preserved absolutely
intact and men were at work IN their
usual places inside Of twenty-four
hours after the catastrophe.
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the training or splendid fire depart
ments 10 cope with fire rather than
teaching people TO give FIRE less fuel
10 burn.
A really hreproof building is posi-
BILE, one in which absolute immunity
can be assured the occupant. and that
in itself viii suffer the very minimum
OF. II. indeed. any. damage.
The people OF San Francisco were
horrifed at the extent Of their terrible
FIRE. but 80 were the people OF BalU-
more. two years ago and since then
the people OF Toronto and thirty other
places that have suffered severe losses.
The average layman now says there IS
nothing fireprOof: the average inhabi-
tant OF San Francisco has even got
ten the notion that he IS just as safe
in a wooden building as any other.
The real lesson OF the ire is before him
but unless the press the accepted
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THE UNION TRUST BUILDING,
Partially FirepToof and Not Badly Dam
aged. The Piles of Brick in the Fore
ground Attest the Folly Of the
Poor Construction Used in
Neighboring Buildings.
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THE ARoNSoN BUILDING

moiders Of public opinion. the great
journals of our day. point out that
lesson forcefully. emphaticaliy. com
pei people TO see It. II is more than
certain that IT will be lost, as were
lost the other fire lessons of our time.
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expeditions we're sent out TO study
these people. VINO we're recognized as
among the most interesting Of all
the aboriginal tribes. The result Of
these researches, extending over a
period Of many years. has never been
fully recounted until the report Of
Mrs. Stevenson was recently given 10
the public.
Like Westinghouse, many ZunI
families live in fats. These flats
vary in size from eight rooms among
the well to-do 10 two rooms among
the poorer classes. There is always
large living and dinins room which
is also utilized as a meeting place
for the various clubs 10 which the
men and women Of the household be-
long.
The domestic life Of these Indians
is in many respects ideal Here the
mother-in-law' joke" reaches the
highest degree Of perfection for every
man lives with the parents of his
wife II is d1ty, for he is supposed
10 assist in maintaining the house
hold since he has Joined his lot with
a former worker for the family, and
as long as the girls parents live the
husband has no home of his own
II there are several daughters in a
family II frequently happens that
four or five families are 70 he found
living In the same suite of rooms.
Fortunately for the peace and the
health OF the Eunis, their families
are seldom large. and the children
are so we'll trained from earliest
childhood that discord in the house
as a result OF quarrels among the
juvenile members is almost unheard
of. The young mothers are devoted
10 their children and give them the
most careful personal attention The
fathers. too. take a great pride in
their offspring. and when they are
not in attendance upon some one Of
their numerous clubs at night they
may be seen fondling the infants and
entering into the pastimes Of the
older children.
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The Zuni children are rarely sdjs-
obedient. and Mrs. Stevenson st5{res
that during all her experience among
them, she only know OF one insfan~o
in which a parent was forcedN 10
strike a child and speak harsblysto
him.
The girls Of the household are self
appointed nurses OF their youPscr
brothers and sisters, and it is ffc-
quently the case that a little tot may
be seen staggering under the loadsof
a baby strapped TO her shoulder
The moral code among theSZua q
is of the highest order. The sis
do not as q rule go about the village
alone, and the only place which hey
are, allowed 10 frequent. unaae6n-
panied by their. parents or by. some
other relative, is the town we'll Here
they are accustomed to gather abe
twilight. and the youths of tho town
also come at this. hour, each 10 nave
a moments conversation with iho
girl whom he hopes 10 win for bis
bride
The marriage ceremony IS Rliie
simple The sutton IS required 10
go 10 the home Of the girl Whom he
would we'd and there he must pledge
that he r.ill assist in maintsiRinS
the family. To prove his wilIHg
ness 10 carry out his promise ie re
mains at the house of the brideet0-
be for five days. sleeping outside a.
night on the sixth day he return
TO the home of his own parents and
advises them that he is about -
marry. When their consent is gain
cd he goes back 10 the nome of the
girl. taking with him presents from
his own household. indicating that
the girl islooked upon as an accept
able daushter-in-iaw
The club life among the Zunis S.
the most interesting feature OF their
social code. All the men and many
women and children belong 10 fvo
or six clubs or fraternal orEsniza-
tons These frsternities arc OF >
more or less religious character
Many of them, however, are prim-
arily for the promotion of social
dances and fetes which always take
on the significance OF religious fes-
CONTINUED on Pase Two, this ssetien.)
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has furnished the Bureau of Ameri-
can Ethnology with a voiuminous re-
port telling of the lives and manners
of these American aborigines who
have attained a high degree of civiIi-
zation and whose domestic relations
in many respects put 70 shame those
which exist among our own people.
The Zunis have thougnt deeply.
There is a universal q1vsJ for hap
piness. and in their endeav6r to gain
this. they have buiIt up system Of
philosophy that presents many curl
Gus phases. Their religion closely re-
sembles the mythology of the ancient
Greeks. in that the phenomena of
nature are explain d by deifying the
elements. As conse I1ence tho
number of gods worshiped by these
cliff jewellers is most nnystifying TO
one who has not studied them close
~.
One of the inviolab,e tenets OF the
Zuni religion is that every man shall
speak the truth on all occasions. He
must have but one tongue to speak
his prayers 70 his various gods if
he would have his suppl'catioRs an
swered. Neracity, therefore, is the
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western New Mexico which far sur
passes Newport in respect 10 the
number Of ceremonies snc social af-
fairs that are annually carried out.
Strange to say. in this little known
city. far away from the turmoil Of
tic everyday world. wealth does not
constitute any part of the social re-
quirements. yet almost every night
of tho week the father of the house
hold and not infrequeutly the female
members. leave their homes in order
to attend a club or fraternity meet
ing.
This city In the far West is known
as Zuni. and its inhabitants. 500 in
number, BOAST Of more clubs and or
ders than Yale University with its
more than 1000 fraternity-enthus-
lasts
After having spent many years in
the homes of the Zuni Indians. Mrs.
Matilda Coke Stevenson has return
cd to the abodes of white men, and
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E9WACNE GODS
RRNCIlG m .DLAZ4

LIB life and social func-
tions arc not the oxclu-
sive preroSative of the
smart sets of the East.
TherP is q community in
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cemmonest Of virtues among thcm.
The zunis were discovered in 1893
by the Spauiards, who Immediately
sent ont Roman Catholic mission
aries to convert them. IN 1850 the
Zunis revolted against Spanish rule
and re-established their own faith
In 1879. when the Bureau of Amer
lean Ethnology was first organized
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(contiHueG on Pase Two this ssetien)
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-21
REAL, ESTATE TRANSFERS;

N~~~~~~-~~~~~>co~~~~
BENJAMIN Drake and wife to Shirley a.
Drake, southwest of northwest section
"a, township 11S, range "a, and north j
one-third Of east one-half and all Of
west one1half Of southeast, section "a, 4
township 11S, range "a, and part OF osis
west one.half Of southeast, section24,
township 11S. range "a, and east one. z. z.
half Of southeast Of northeast and
east one-half of southeast, section q.
township 11S, range "a, except right
Of way and 9.5 acres south Of same,
No. -. -: .: -: -. 5000
Drake, west one-half Of southwest, Sec
tion "a, township 11s, range "A, except
west of Maple Plain and subject to
Great Northern Railway cornpany's
Esten ten Lobers o.d j. wife n to Minneapolis,
lots and Q block Is, Hoyt's add. =.
r 1Sn Rlnnan and wite to Frank wcits...i
= part n of M lots asS 5. block i, Bot.
tineaus addition ..................-. 81
John Stewart to Teofl Krawczky and
wife, lot Z, block 10. Bottineau's ad- .. ..
Frederick J. wuiiins and wife to Jennie -
K. Newell, lot /, block 2, Hastings
Second addition .................... 8,4s
Townsend, lot and north one-haK Of
lot 2, block so, Groveland addition..... 6s6t
Rutheven b. Thompson and wife to Q. 3.
nadH H.tee sdSsn 10 feet s e lot S9ei
Minneapolis improvement company, NE,
to Peter N. Hansen, lot II, block lit,
Columbia Heights .................... ~
Peter N. Hanson and wife to John F. aasf:
Fleetham, lot II, block III, Colun- ,do5
ola Heights -l
William n. Putnam and wife to Pauline
B. R. Kfssinger, lots and 8, block i,
Pleasant Park addition. on................. B
William s. Wright and wife to William
Hoffman,, lot 2, block Is, Cable Line
aQQltlon
Rerecord. .Monett Investment company to
Margaret G. Ecton, lot 10, block D.
Park addition ....................... 90
Gustaf L. Nelson ana wife to Jennie
Charles Swenson, lot a, block 4, Chi
cago Lake Park addition. n.............. Ia
Walter ]. Trask and wife to william G.
Palmer. lot 8, block 8, Lyndale Ave-
nue. addition .-:........:........... IL
William @. Palmer to Anna n. Schober,
lot 8, block 8, Lyndale Avenue addi-
ton ....... Il
Pearl Klose to John Miller, lot ls,
block 8, Motor Line addition. .......... 10
Globe Land & Loan company to A. N.
Douglas, lots 18 to IS, block 8. and
lots 16 and II, block 4, South Lawn
Caroline a. and j. G. Paneoast to John z
Thorson, lot 5, block 1, Powderhorn
Park addition ........................ 8
Girard Investment company to Abbott X.
Bailey, lot 2, block 1b, Motor Line adj
dlt10n s...........s...s..ss.. 30
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THE MOST FERTILE LAND

:.r. 1HE MOST FERTILE LAND
1r the state of Minnesota is offered you at
80 to 500 per acre. Extra easy terms. Lo-
Gated in Kanabec! county, the home Of the
f. big red clover; greatest stock raising, dairying,
general farming and tame grass land under
the sun; an acre pastures cow; yields from
three to SIX tons Of tame hay to acre.; get
. home on this rich soil Come and see me.
Write for map Err,
L. 4. Howard. bo2 Oneida bldg. Minneapolis
WE OWN sEVERAL CHOICE TRACTS OF
land in the celebrated Sweet Grass county,
Montana, at prices ranging from $3.50 per
under cultivation. will sell readily at $50 per
All near railroad and well adapted to all
Market. - "
.r..- O. W. Kerr Co.,
. ''...~ 3. $40 Guaranty Bldg.
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
Improved.

improved.
.S1DsunRzs 5 + N ( sstosSs & 8. fos se saHsas2 ss2
8 S homes. Buy now when you can buy
! = sfM cheap and have home to move /.
Into when your lease expires this
sa,soolBig Big snap; good Cd house aa st Il! rooms;
road. near Western av.
s2,sSo New house. SIX rooms, gas, city
sss,3s water, hardwood floors and finish.
beautiful lawn and aowers; Bryant
ay s near 3Sd st.
$3.50 Lake Calhoun district home on
Humboldt av S near 31st six
rooms, gas and city water; lot
46x130. east front. RI
!, $8, ,600-Fully modern home Of eight
rooms, good barn, corner lot, Penn
} ay near 9Th av ear line. This
is bargain.
$3,soe-Quick sale price for modern home.
szt1N mahogany and oak finish, hardwood
~ floors throughout. hot water heat, :
first class in every respect, on cor
ner. lot. 3Sd tst. one block from
J Bryant av car, line.
81, ,5e0-New, up-to- date, modern house OF
eight rooms, beautifully polished,
hardwood finish and floors, pantry,
full plastered basement laundry.
hot water heater, burned only six
tons Of coal last winter, full size
window screens, storm windows
) s* new barn. This price for quick
/. sale. glt5qs. 5,
, $16,0OO-Lowry Fill home none better
built or finished in city: every mod
=. Srn convenience polished hardwood
, finish and floors gas and electric
, light. steam heating plant, good
barn with mans apartments. Call
, and get particulars. mi
II you are interested in either Of above
D advertised properties, fill out blank and
D /, mail to us: .l<s .tg
. No. Of property advertised for $..........
D On... ...................... av or st.
. Call and see me ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
name .'.'.....s...... .....................S
Aaa,.,. - 'N .--...' S.. - .. .is.. se %.
ADDRESS ...'.. .......
D. Sloane Met cCulloch Agency. -
0 Oneida Block, 104 4th st s.
D a q. O
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

,,sss THE CALIFORNIA FRUIT STORE, ss
Corner 6th st and 1st av 8.
& wishes. to announce to their friends and pa.
irons that they have recently installed one OF
ihes hnest and most expensive soda fountains
in the city. s&; E.s. s53 d !. I.
Ladies cordially invited to make our store
headquarters for resting place after shopping
OF. while waiting for the cars. Large. comfort.
able, seats, electric fans and public phones.
THE PUBLISHERS OF THE HUMANE AD.
yocate desires to announce that his publfcatiou
Is In no way connected with any local or na.
ttonal organization. 5S 59s
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BUILDING PERMITS

hve.story BRICK sn stores ores and T Warehouse s54 900
street s. foundation -. ......:. :. 5000
Emil Olson. BAL Sixteenth avenue s,
" STORY. frame dwelling ............ 1850
Cooperative Barrel Manufacturing COM
pany, 1927 Sixth street s. twostory
frame and brick factory .............. 1900
Mrs. Esther NJ. Trolander. 4414 Pillsbury
avenue, 1h STORY frame dwelling ...... 1,200
Albert Harrington. 30oo-11 Hennepin ave.
nue.. two.story brick veneercd 6at 80. 800
two-story rysi stone dwelling :........s.. 10000
avenue, two-story frame Office building $4,000
Bertha Wise. 3541 Bryant avenue s. two
story frame dwelling .................. 1000
Northwestern Knitting company, 261 Lyn-
dale avenue N. six-story brick factory 68o00
vsssssss ssss ssssi,. sSs5.. sss ssss
Total ....................... .si4s,s7o
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OCEAN STEAMERS

THE EMPRESS LINE OF THE ATLANTIC
High class accommodations on the new ex..
press steamers Empress tof Britain and En.s
steamers between st. Lawrence ports and Eu.
rope; every luxury Of travel and all the com.
Portable appointments are at the disposal Of
Canadian Pacific Royal Mail Steamship Lines,
232 Nicollet ay, Minneapolis, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-21
For Rent-stores.

(
o O. o o q
e14-616 HENNEPIN Av. q
Second and third floors, 56x125,s extra q
we'll lighted. New steam heating plant, q
VIII rent all or part to suit tenant. ,5'11. q
o 129 11th st N. @
Warehouse, large, light office and plenty @
of yard space In rear; centrally located q
. and well adapted for light manufacturing. q
5t0-512 I'd Av s. ss5 Z
4o160, first floor, choice location for any {
o kind of business. s,-sg. - {
5575T 10th st s. ..sst
30x90, first and second floors, large,
light store, with large alley on side and
o 25O I'd Av s.
Second and third floor, 24x90; good light, (
suitable for light manufacturing or any !,
kind Of business. very reasonable rent.
Apply ri /,
o Thorpe Bros, II. '.s ~
o 206 Andrus Building.
o Q. Q 90 o o % O. o. @, Q. o o
FOR RENT-sECQND, FLOOR OF BUILDING
q 9th st s.; good location for merchant tailol
or other light business. Inquire at Wells
42-44 9th st 8. ~ Ill i
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AGENTS WANTED

HAIL AND CYCLONE INSURANCE, CASH
dsy IN Minnesota. Address 826 Railway Bldg.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-21
For Rent-Furnished Rooms.

For Rent-Furnished Rooms.
FRONT ROOM ON THIRD FLOOR, NICELY
furnished, all modern conveniences; will rent
for $40 any other time. 929 Nicollet av.
90 TO HOTEL ROOSEVELT FOR FINE COOL.
bright rooms, 81 per week up; special atten.
ton to transients. 26 9th st s, between
Hennepin and Nicollet =
ron RENr-FURNIsHED ROOM, FACING
Loring park; spring water and telephone:
walking distance; with without meals
1872 Harmon place. . - :.
&C. ELEGANTLY FURNISHED ROOMS. IN
moSarn house. honeiiLa naighhorhooJ. 81, ~
or phone Walker: 404 Century building. Main
3154 L.. T. -. = -
NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS. SINGLE AND
en- suite corner house, new and 5modern;, de-
sirable location; rent cheap. 1853 18th av 8.
TRUNKS delivered any part Of city o5c. Com.
mercial Delivery. lit 7th st s. Both phones.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-21

,$2,50o--Big snap; good house Of six rooms,
barn, lot 1O5x175. Cedar Lake
road, near Western av.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-21
Uninproved.

Unimproved.
2s FINE LOTS, COMPRISING "A FULL BLOCK
at Lake Harriet, lying well and close to
street car, only 81 800; terms IL desired; 4
chance to make some money. Ia ..gs
Seven fine east-front lots, corner Of 42d st
near Chicago, cheap $S75.
4 Thirty lots, over five acres north part of
the city, two blocks from car. line; 81, 900,
terms. Yale Realty Co., 2O6 4th st s.
81, SOC o-THREE LOTS, 42x16o EACH, ON s2d
sy N and Penn: good business property:
half block from four stores: junction Of
Robbinsdale and Doth av N car lines
81, 1,790-ReoiltifuI 60-foot east front lot on Hum
boldt 8, near Douglas; good buildings on
sF adjoining lots; cheapest lot on Lowry hill.
s.,ss Sloane -McCulloch Agency,
Oneida Block. 1o4 4th St. S.
THE CHEAPEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL
lots In this city are at Sevenoaks on Selby-
Lake street tnterurban line We have river
bank frontage and good inside lots from $3.50
up, ON easy terms. For plats and informa-
ton call at our Offices, corner 42d av s and
Lake st, OF ia 4th st s. Edmund @. Walton
Agency Sg sss.55 ss
soUTHEAsT-FoR QUICK SALE / WILL SELL
few $1,000 vacant lots for $1,000 each net
to me: these lots are near the university and
j the East Side parkway facing on Union,s Es-
sex and Delaware! SITS Sc; street improvements
In; only quick acuon will get one OF these
lots. Gould, owner 40 Guaranty building
LOWRY & WALLING, BUILDING CoNTRAOT.
orA Get our estimates. 500 Bospon block.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-21

o''o o. Q. . 90 % o
> ysryT e.. -.-' ~ r.. :. ..-- r..
, -: PLEASE Sc Sell egR LAND.
, We have large blocks Of land in South,
. Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota and
> Canada, bright literature and local sales,
, men for each point. Big commissions to
0 good agents.. Write today. Get busy for
Q, the autumn Immigration: Write us for
D terms. : .ii~'Ss % =
. Elwood Land Co:.,11nc.), Capital 500, 1000.
, 71S Guaranty Building, Minneapolis, MINI.
} 90 o %. o o. aot toE 90 o
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-21

, So, 4b0-New house, six rooms gas, city.
, S, n water, hardwood floors and finish,
, beautiful lawn and aowers; Bryant
D a. ay near ,3Sd st. @