The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-29
Northern Minnesota, Land Of Hope.

Northern Minnesota, Lana OF nope
We believe in the soil of northern
Minnesota.
We believe that no place in thu
country offers more golden oppor
tunity to the homeseeker.
We believe that nowhere else i:
there better land, better and surel
market, a better chance for the set
tier to lay the foundation for con
tented and prosperous career.
We believe that in the life Of this
generation northern Minnesota viii
provide farm homes for greater ag
ricultural population than there is
now in the whole of Minnesota.
We believe that in the next gener
alton the product Of farm wealth
from the soil or northern Minnesota
will aggregate greater sum than
the whole of Minnesota produces to,
day, says the Duluth Herald.
Believing these things, it is en-
couraging to note such testimony as
the Duluth Herald furnished the
other! evening in a dispatch from
Baudette, giving letter written by
W. j. Thompson, formerly of Neb.
raska, in which he tells his expert
erces as a settler in northern Min
nesota The letter is too long fol-
f1r, hp,t q rn
OF the more salient parts Of it:
My family and liked it from
the start, and we find ourselves
liking it better every day. We
have raised with splendid sue
cess everything that we plant
ed: corn, potatoes, beans, peas,
tomatoes, beets, parsnips, car
rOts, celery and cabbage. Our
tomatoes were the best we ever
raised in any part of the coun-
try They began to ripen in July
and we used the last in Novem-
ber. ** We1Sfound the wild.
fruits the bestwe ever had Bet,
ter fruit never went on kings
table And who ever saw the
equal 4of the game and fish?
y, I don't believe there is
better soil anywhere in the
United States than right here in
northern Beltrami county. Clo-
yer and timothy are natural to
the soil. 1t is certainly a won
derful dairy country.
AS to climate, I never saw
anything to beat it. came here
rather feeble old man, but
with all truth l can say l never
felt better, and with my almost
sixty years have never within
the last thirty years felt bet
ter able to do a days work than
now. Anyone doubling my state
ment is invited to work along
side Of me at my present occupa-
tion of clearing land, and if he
isn't tired when night comes
l will give him two days pay for
his trouble II I will have
apples to sell within three
years. My plum trees are doing
nicely, and my Strawberries are
as fine as ever saw any place.
have raspberry bushes higher
than my head.
In the years time we have
been here, WE FIND 1T ONE OF
THE GREATEST AGRICUL-
TURAL {" SECTIONS IN THE
UNITED STATES, and with it's
wonderful rivers and lakes, it's
healthful climate, and it's mex
haustible soil, I believe it is
destlnedtto be one of the gar
den spots of the country I am
hereto stay
Rich. soil, rich markets, cheap land
game and fish, climatic conditions
that make for health and strength
and energy-are all to be found in
northern Minnesota. What more
ideal combination for the homeseek-
er can be imagined?
Northern Minnesota, yet to be the
garden spot OF America, today offers
the widest opportunity in all the land
for the settler who seeks chance to
plant his foot upon the soil and to
make "a home of prosperous content
ment for his family.