The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-06-08
Auditor Preus sdys a,1e& 600 Acres
Remain in Northern Part q Min
nesota- Sc, 600 in Beltzami.
PAYMENTS MADE on EASY TERMS
Purchaser. Arr Urged to Examine
Ground Before Buying Lands Are
Sold in: 40-Aore Tracts.

cOrd1ng to J. A. y. Freus, state audi
tor. During this year approximate
ly 10000 acres have been sold by the
state. 49,, J -. 49,:
On the dates liked by law, there
are sales held in Reltrami, st. Louis,
Itasca, Keochichiiig, Cass, ;Aitkin and
Ruseau counties each month. The
land is being sold to the highest bid
der and the ayelage price broug ht
up to date has been 37.22. In tell
ing of the sales Mr.. Preus says: =
The lands offered for sale have
been appraised. Under the supervi-
sion of the state auditors office. No
lands can be sold for less than SIS
per acre nor less than the appraised
price. The lands are offered for sale
at the court house in each county at
the times designated. The lands are
sold in 40-acre- tracts where request
ed and at no time is more than 100
acres put up for auction at one time.
Should Inspect Lands,
Minnesota gives no commissions
and employs no agents. Persons de-
string the lands may examine the
records of the state auditors office,
which give the field notes Of the ap-
praisers of state lands. Where these
have been examined the Office still
suggests that prospective purchasers
should examine the lands PERSONAL
ly. No one in purchasing any lands
should take anything for granted,
except what they know of their
own knowledge. - - 81.
Fifteen per cent of the purchase
price is collected at the time Of sale,
and the balance Isl payable any time
within 40 years at 4 per cent in
terest per annum%
Not more than $40 acres can be
sold to any one purchaser and no
state. lands are e9es sold 1:at private
sale. ;. The lands Of Northern Mime
sofa, which now are for SALE, offer
splendid opportunities for people de-
string to make a home for themselves
in Northern Minnesota. The lands
in the counties. mentioned, other
than Roseau county, are a@cut-over
lands. A great many Of them are
swampy, some of them properly
drained, and ready for cultivation.
Crops Same as Elsewhere.
Northern Minnesota grows to adj
vantage substantially :: every crop
grown in any other section of the
state. 1t is not fair, however, to- say
that the corn crop in Northern Min
nesota is the same as the South Min
nesota corn crop. The same kind of
corn will not mature. Flint corn
and corn with short ears, however,
do very we'll. The amount of corn
grown in the northern section of the
state is rapidly increasing.
Small grain, such as oats, rye,
wheat and fax, do about. as we'll as
anywhere else.
>Dairying is becoming a prominent
industry in this portion of the state.
Timber Sold Separately. r..
- On the cut-over lands the state is
generally selling the timber separ-
ately, unless a very small amount of
timber is found upon the land. Good
water is found everywhere and the
vegetation of wild grasses is very pro-
life.
Splendid markets are to be found
all over Northern Minnesota and this
section of the state is only awaiting
development The development Ct
Northern Minnesota has been slow
because it costs to clear the cut-over
lands. The strategical position Of
these lands lying as they do near to
the great markets of the Twin Cities
and also Duluth, must however,
cause them to be sold at a good price
eventually, and bring the highest de-
velopment. Good roads, drainage
and advanced methods of clearing
stump lands is what Northern Min
nesota wants. ..-.# /
+ Less Than so Per Cent.
Less than SO per cent of the lands