The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-12-06
Resources OF The
Northwest States
Products Exposition Held in St. Paul
Recently Brought 0ut Facts
About Emigration

The Northwestern Products Exposition,
which was held in the Minneapolis
armory, becomes the official land show
of the seven states banded together in
the Northwest Development league. 1t
is. the one products exposition given
annually by the states and communities
for their own benefit and the benefit of
the public at large. and not to boost
the fortunes of any individual or COM
pany of men. 1t is an exposition of
the products of the soil, the forests,
factories, mines, lakes and rivers which
bears the official approval of the COM
mercial and business organizations of
the American northwest.
This years exposition covers 10000
square feet, and is an exposition of the
land that represents twenty-one per
cent of the total area of the United
States. The seven states, many COM
munities and the railroads serving the
territory west of the Mississippi have
combined their exhibits to give the
rest of the world bird s-eye view of
the opportunities and pooibilities for
homeseekers, investors, manufacturers,
merchants and capitalists in the great
American northwest.
1t has been estimated that $4,000
Americans, carrying with them $110,-
600, 900 worth of household furnishings
and cash, have migrated to Canada in
the last five months. The purpose of
the exposition was to demonstrate to
the people of the east and of the middle
west, and the American farmer in
particular, that he has the best of soil
end the best of markets in this country,
and to direct the tide of migration to
the northwestern states instead of to
Canada.
1t is estimated that there is easily
room in the American northwest for
80, 1000, 900 people, where but 1000, 900
now reside on more than 1896, 200, 900
acres of land. The exposition this
year brought under one roof of the
best of products exhibited at seven
state fairs and more than seventy-fve
county fairs, and gave an excellent
idea of just what the northwest had
and can produce.
Figures recently compiled. which
were given prominence at the expo
sition this year, will be- the statistics
of the land in order to show visitors
from other states, interested in the,
northwest, just how and where they
may secure new home in the Zone
Of Plenty" In Minnesota are 1,759, $50
acres of surveyed homestead land
subject to entry, with 1886 acres yet
to be surveyed. The average value of
land in the state per acre is given at
sss6.82. Ter. .,xsarlaso it, was $2l.sl.'
sLandsssRssd M yate companies, un-
piowed and unindS 56rovsd, is saidAo reach.
25, 900, 900 acres. This land may be
had for S. per acre and upwards.
School lands for sale are $4,000 acres
annually, with total of 2, 600. 900 acres
to be disposed of.
Il The average value Of land in North
Dakota is $25.69. Homestead lands
in. the state reach 1900, 1888 acres.
School lands in the state reached . total
Of ], ,691. .6l9 acres, with minimum
price Of so per acre. In South Da-l
kota the average Of land per acre is
$Sl.69. Homestead lands surveyed and
subject to entry reach $3.50, ,678 acres.
Surveyed and msurveyed land in North
Dakota for entry reaches 1858, ,29s
acres. State land for sale will reach
5000, 600 acres, with q minimum price
Of SO per acre. +.
The North Dakota exhibit is aT re-
markable showing Of the states pro-.
ducts. In the large booth was . 6re-I
place built of Hebron pressed brick.
There were many exhibits of wheat=in:
sheaf, in the bushel, in glass jars. s$ 4
Flax, barley, oats and rye were also
shown, and corn -. we'll. No one ordi--
narily thinks Of North Dskota s =
corn state.s People think Of It q noted.
for wheat and fax. But fine~ corn, Is
raised in North Dakota, and samples
fit was seen on display.
Commissioners Gilbreath is giving ont
booklets calling attention 70 the fact
that twenty-five years covers the his
tory Of North Dakota e : state, and
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