The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-05-08
Gopher State Proves /.
Magnet For Farmers
from saturday. Dally.

had last. according to figures COM
piled by Fred d. Sherman. commits
sioner of immigration. Taking these
5000 farmers and calculating on the
usual basis OF Eve to each family. It
means that $4,000 immigrants have
come to Minnesota during the past
year.
These figures are arrived at by
system OF correspondence with land !
dealers MI over the state Thirty
days ago Mr. Sherman sent letters
to 5000 land dealers in Minnesota
asking them to give him the names
of parties to whom they had sold Min
nesota land in other states who had
moved to Minnesota and were oc-
ctpying their farms.
Many Replies Received. 4
To these letters 445 have replied.
which when totaled show that g.
1858 living in other states have
bought Minnesota. land and moved
here The states contributing to this.
immigration are as follows in order
named: Iowa, illinois, Nebraska,
South Dakota and Indiana; and the
balance scattering from practically
every state IN the union. Accord
Ing to returns every county In tie
state has received some new farm
ers. or the number received Pine
county. tops the. list with i52 re-
ported in; Cass county comes next
with H.. Swift county lis; Bel
trami ,iO7; watonwan SO; wiikin
SIS; and the lowest county gives a
report OF ten new farmers.
Southern Minnesota Profited.
A significant. feature Of this report
is that the counties OF southern and
central Minnesota have received the
largest number of immigrants. This
clearly. indicates that the step sys.
tenn. is taking place In Minnesota,
In other words, the Iowa and Illinois
farmers are selling their 5000 and
5000 lands and buying the sioe lands
OF the farmers in southern Minnesota
and the southern Minnesota farmers
are moving farther north. and, buy
ing the cheaper lands. OF northern
Minnesota. No attempt was made to
gather data as to , sales made TO
Minnesota men, but great many
letters recsived from northern Min
nesota land dealers inform Mr.. Sher-
man that they have sold but very
few tracts to people living outside
OF the state and have. dealt almost
entirely with men from Southern and
central Minnesota.
= State lands Sold.
These figures do not take into con-
sideratlon the state lands sold to
non-residents. The state auditors re-
port for the year OF 1913 shows that
state lands were sold to 100 parties
living outside OF Minnesota. Neither
does Il take into consideration the
men who have filed on Minnesota
homesteads. Reports from the three
government land Offices show that
during the past year 1904 people
have fiied on Minnesota homestead
lands, and as replies are coming In
slowly every day from these letters,
It is very conservative estimate 70
place the total OF new residents In
this state at 5000.
From ssturdsy's Daily.
Weary OF life In his seventy eighth
year, Fefdrend Roseau. an old sol
der, committed suicide by drinking
carbblfc aeid at the home OF Ills
Daughter, Mrs. Tfaubert KastiIer at
Rapldan this morning. II seems that
the aged man had fotnd no pleasure
IN living since the death OF bis wife
ten years ago. He had tried inatri-
mony again. and had established q
home at Elyslan, but did not seem
TO derive the happiness from Il that
he expected.
He Is survived by four sons ard
three daughters, Rudlph Rosenad OF
Mankato. Julius Rosenaii OF Colorado,
Fred Resenou OF VAUDEVILLE, MINI. Mrs
Traubert Kastner OF Rapidan, Mrs.
William Geire of Lake francis and
affs. ERNEST Pischner OF Spokane
Fails, Wash.
The body was brought this after
noon to the Landkanier undertaking
rooms.
Mr.. Rosenau came to Mahkato
yesterday and made several pur-
chases and among them was the
poison with which he took his life.
He thereupon made his way to the
home OF his daughter. Mrs. Kastner.
and. on arriving there, asked wheth-
er they .'took any tramps." He
seemed IN a joviai mood. They vel
coined him and said, Eyes, certain
"" Last evening he went to bed
and no one IN the house had any.
idea OF anything wrong. In the
morning, the family did the farm
chores. as usual. About seven
o'clock, daughter of Mrs. kast-
ner's went to her grandfather's room
and tried 10 rouse him. She noticed
that he was not breathing properly,
and at once told the rest OF the
family. All became alarmed and
sent for DIT. Dahl, who hurried ont
to the place. and after hurried
examination. administered an emetic
and refffoved tIc dvino man ~ fhol