The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-07-17
HOMES EKERS GIVEN.
ADVICE BY SHER Ian
Commissioner says Work Of Develop
ment Association Has Brought
Hundreds to This Section. .
By FERTILE EMPIRE
Says Land When Properly TILED
Will Produce Foodstufa for
Five Million Persons.

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Five Million Persons.
Hundreds of homeseekers have.
been attracted to Minnesota through.
the work OF Fred d. sherman. state
immigration commissioner, who by.
his systematic plan Of advertising, is.
making his department Of unlimited
value to the state. s5S ss
S Commissioner. Sherman in speak.
ing Of the states advantages in the
Minnesota Booster, says,
THE counties in the territory en-
braced by the Northern Minnesota
Development association, are at the:
present time, the scene~of much ac-
tivity In the way of development and
land transfers. It is only few years
ago=that the Northern Minnesota De-
velopment association was organized,
and like the beginning of all such
new organizations, its work was
hard and its achievements few, but
with each succeeding year it. has
gained ground and until today that
association is playing a prominent
part in the development of the thous-
ands of acres of unimproved lands in.
northern Minnesota <sz
Hundreds Coming.
.''.By system of persistent adver-
Using and agitation, that section Of
this state has been brought into
prominence in every section of Min
nesota, as we'll as. other states, and
the result is that today these coun-
ties are. receiving hundreds of immi-
grants. These immigrants are Of
the substantial kind. They are men
with their families, who have been
attracted to this great, fertile em-
ipire and are clearing the land, build
ing homes, roads, schools and church
;es, and their energy is very much in
evidence. >>t ~. z..... >.
Farms Developed.
"Not many years ago in travelling
through the counties of northern
Minnesota, one would find only here
and there settler and the improves
:ments about him were very limited.
In most cases hardly sufficient to
bear the name of farm home. To-
day if you visit that section of the
state you will find many we'll devel-
oped farms with large fields of well
titled crops, good houses, barns, etc.
The villages 5builded in this section
of the state are also in a prosperous
condition.
"The rural consolidated schools and
the numerous churches speak we'll for
the class of citizens that northern
Minnesota is receiving today. A few
years ago, if you would visit al
most any village in northern Mime
sofa, particularly the towns ada
cent to the great iron mines, you
would find that the trains coming
from the large cities would deposit
on the platforms of these towns, cans
of cream, cases of eggs, tubs of but
ter, vegetables, etc, and if you would
walk down the street you would find
the citizens of the village asking each
other what. lumber camp he was
working in, what wages were being
paid in the saw mills or on the drive,
but today the villages of northern
Minnesota present a very diffedent
aspect. =. - = =, .4.c.s
Richest Section.
In large majority of the villages
of Northern Minnesota you can see
them shipping out cans Of cream
cases Of eggs, tubs of butter, vegeta.
bles; etc, and the citizens, instead
Investing their money in cross-cut
saws and cant hooks, are buying
plows, cultivators and farm maohin.
cry. This simply illustrates the
fact that Northern Minnesota is be.
ing developed and is destined to be
in few years. the "ichest agricul
tural section of the state.
While this work of development Il
moving rapidly forward, it must con
tinue. to do so for many years t.
come, because there is much room
left for development in Northern
Minnesota yet. @
Room for Thousands.
Thousands of acres Of Homestead