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to T \T T ' U-4H a* 6n Mb Mst lH IB Bm Ha^^ §9 iml lls 111 iH am* Q*t Desirable And Avail Yotsrself of the Rich OppofttMities Offered to the Settlers and Landseefcets ■ Who Take Claims in the Rich, Fertile Black Loam and Valuable Timber Districts Now Opened for Entry in Northern Minnesota* «a£ *& *& *&< <& Use Yot^f Rights Developments of the Land FREE LAND. Our company is the direct medium of settling and speedily developing the district we operate ™'WS Any One of Age (21 years or over), Single or Head of a Family, Is Entitled to in. We are locating thousands of homeseekers from all parts of the country, and can central- 31^1 Take FREE, Under the Homestead Laws, 160 Acres of Vacant Government ize and settle the most desirable district with; the most 'desirable settlers in a very few months, :;:.;■ Land. Such homestead entries can be proved up after five years residence and before the where it otherwise would take a great many years to settle a district, and no one v wants to **&£. ;; : expiration of seven years from date of entry, or can be commuted In Fourteen Months overlook this fact when looking for land, as we are able to : locate lahdseekers upon govern- \^:' x:: : or After, by Paying $1.25 Per Acre ($200). A homesteader is required to establish ment land, which is free, or almost free, at a very moderate cost, where the land and condi- i" r his or her residence upon the land within six months from the date of filing. Any one tions are far more desirable than where $10, $15 and even $20 per acre is asked and paid for land. r • having lost their homestead right, pre-empted or commuted a homestead entry previous to ~- ; -';".'"-''"-'■ -* \ June 5, 1900, can now make another homestead entry. ; " -"> :"..' "' . ■'.' . ■ . .;■";■; ■ / ' *. ■" .-.[■-'.''.._■ .."-.*"'.: ■"*'■"'"■. .-■ '-','■* '.':.* '" ij- \- -*. '■-" -■' '"■ v :-.-O*' i^- ".,- -" . --' - - :: -' * .-■ ■'- .:■'_: ■'. ■ - • ■ ■■. t • ■- r --■- -■; '. ' - -'.■•'"' - ■ " ■ Available Land. Timber Claims $2.50 Per Acre. We have vast tracts of government land recently opened up in NortnerOrn&efota which is, \ ;■ V * ny One of AgQ (Married Women Included) is Entitled to Take, Under the without doubt the richest and most valuable that has been opened for settlement in this Timber or Stone Act, 160 Acres of Vacant Government Land which is at state for the last twenty years. The land .-■ is level, cut up with brooks and rivers, finest *of &§&s£■.. M , r . .'. ' - - v c * - ; i* s * a . .* •>:« water, black loam soil, with yellow clay subsoil; no stone, no sand, no gravel; excellent Prese%| More Valuable for its Timber or stone than it is for Agricultural Pur- ; climate. Excepting the numerous meadows the land is covered more or less with valuable j : poses, by paying for it at $2.50 Per Acre in About Three Months from the timber , A great portion of the land is very easily cleared. Good markets, splendid rail- '/'%V* Date of Filing. Such Timber or Stone Claim can be taken separate or in addition to a way and shipping facilities. ' : homestead entry, or adjoining a homestead claim, if so desired. _.■_," '- ■ . - ' • '.-."•■ ••-.■'-.. ""-.:■' :■'■'' ' ' '■' ■ -■.."■.. "".'■■'.■■■'■..' ' ' - ■'■■ ■- '■■';'■:' '■ ■■■"-■ •'■■ :- '■' s' ' -***■'- ' - "-- ' ■ ■' ' ' "v ' ■'"'-■' • •' ■■-.■-. " ■--'■■■ -' V ~ '.'. "■ '■- ,' ■ ■■.■'■ •"■'..' ' •...-- ..-.-'■ ---..' < !' • ■■' ————_i —■— . ————— ill 1 MTI ' m 11 Till. ■ J I —^m^^—mmmmM—m^m—mmmMmmmm^^—^^—mmm—^mmm—m,^—~mmm^—^mmm^ V How We Are Pfepa*ecS to Serve the Prospective Settler ancf Locate the Most Valuable Claims. .In cruising and examining, we timber of the various kinds, also a claim has been sereeteu from the ordinary fees, however, for the cover the expense entered into by and that as far as the Northwest- /"i|»^n*fl < » <Mr l. «nif V confine our work to government showing the acreage of open land various reports and field notes, the choicest claims average from $50 to - our company in providing all these em Homestead Locating company VJT&IMJ V/ppunuQlC y , , ", • t^t - th f and meadows. These reports, with applicants are provided with half- ■ $65.- On such claims a deposit of ':• conveniences, and that this small is concerned It Is not in any way :4. A ' ' T ' J .land exclusively. We ga <3r. Rom the ; general knowledge obtained rate transportation to the nearest $25 will be required as part pay-' ; amount to a land seeker is a great benefited by reporting any tract bet- XO I\CQitetZ Ls&fl&* '• the state and ; government reports tnTOUgn th^ripwial operations, re- railroad point and sent out under ment on the leering fee before go- deal i less thian he would have to ter or worse than what It is, you ;'/-' ..;-,•; "':.■'; ._ : ' all data of general interest pertain- lating to all conditions and develop- y our directions, and at this point ing to the lafcwi. Considering the spend if he were to start out single- }, will realize that it will be no ad- - Families or neighbors with a llt ing to lands open to settlement In :: ments of the country, its railrtfad they are taken care of by our lo- great convenience of selecting in handed and without euch informa- vantage to the company to make tie means caa, under the existing the various districts Only expert prospects, etc, enables this com- ■ cators, who provide for their com- ? our office, from 1 our plats, miaps and tion and assistance as we furnish. misrepresentations or to exag- laws, take land under the home :'■■•- , : V- V pany to render great and valuable 1 fort and pilot them upon the claims . reports, the lokst claim in the best The balance of the fee is payable ; gera,te the reports in any way. The stead laws and timber and •tone act cruisers and estimars are e_m- „ assistance in securing the most de- with the best available facilities the district, the cheap railroad trans- upon filing. We guarantee our field ; traveling expenses to the land and together—32o acres. A man's wife ployed, who explore end examine g^bie tract obtainable, locality will "permit. * ?v V portation that'we provide and the notes to be a true description of back will amount to from $15 to $30. has a right to take land under the every .forty-acre tract of land sab- our various ofßces are In posses- "\: y::'-:'^-' - : '//. :> ■ :^:'v- ~l ■■'*-; -■"' - guides and cruisers we furnish to the character of the land and soil * v , -'-"" ':: '■-;'■ ■■-■ . -""■ : '-•..'. timber and stone act. The sons and ject to entry under general land sfon of information and are supplied; r:'-'.'-''-' '■'^'■■■■^■'- ■;;":::'"";' "•""■■■:--."'■'■■ take the applicants directly, upon and a correct estimate ;. of the _ <^ ; - -" . -'_-'-"- ;. daughters of age have each a right / Jaws, thereby securing complete, *au-' with plats, maps, reports and cor- . 1 LcC&'tiflfi! F&C* the land withottt£delay and unneces- amount of :timber and woods, ; and -. fltZldl'fc FCC* to take clainMt under the homestead ihcutie reports of all such land, reel knowledge of what land va- ■-•^;I.J-: y?:"ri-.r----.--;.:-:; . - r y . sary expense, the conveniences being that we examine all the va- . - . "~ law* and timber and atone act, etc. . s&?wing in detail the general condi-; cant. Oar company can thereby as- . Our fee for locating claims and and protection, offered through our - cant government land and are not "" -. The filing fees at the land office It can be readily seen, that such a ; tieu &n«[ character of the lands, soil '. sist to secure the best Quarter see- assisting applicants vary in accord- complete system- of operating, you . partial to any certain district, and for a homestead entry Is $14. L^ proposition Is far better than bay cua subsoil, sand an accurate esti- Eon In the best township in the best ance with the value and location, will readily see tSat : the $25 so re- that the land is eniyJEßbject to be There are no filing fees for tfm- Ing speculative land at speculative mate of tieVaaojiat of woods and district of the state, aad vrhen such and range from $10 and up. Ooi Qjzired in advance does not begin to taken under the general land laws, ber and stone entries. ; - prices. _ ' ; AVAIL YOURSELF OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES. Grasses, Rxasniasrs* Estimators fLfV-*^g. ,**. i^L#k«PiFj*.^A < **rfw%^fcrf*'|- I **±&%fm Tlk Laigest Government Land aniLocstDßof I^FCC OOVCfllllliCllX JL/£&lJL€i» Locating Coocmi fetncU.S. : • ' 83* - ffisr Hmmrii tart mm A f $mm%\ ftfflf a 17fi inhPft SfTPBf 551 Pftßt liiflfl CRIME OF A NEW SORT DISCOVERED Ccntortionist Who "Earned Damages" by Falling From Street Cars. A rather novel sort of crime is that for which a contortionist must shortly Stand trial at Philadelphia. An inge nious individual named Doran, having discovered that as an expert tumbler he could without risk to life hurl him- self from and before trolley cars, has for some time past enjoyed a steady in come in damages collected from the traction companies of New York and Philadelphia for injuries alleged to "have been received. At the psychologi cal moment he would be hurled from car platform to pavement, or by the sudden intrusion of his choulder into the sphere of action of the front of the car he would be knocked down in to assumed unconsciousness, and with a voluntary dislocation here or there on his person, for which the companies might be, and, it seems, have been, THJS ST. PAUL GLOBj;, .SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1902. ■ ". .. - - - • • - ■ £..■:■- - - made to pay. This would appear to be the strenuous life carried to the ex treme, and It seems a pity that a crea ture of such ingenuity and of such ex traordinary talents could not be sur rounded by such influences as should transform him into a useful and hon orable citizen. It would not be difficult to make of such as he a real and valu able factor in our modern life. It was recently said, for Instance, by an un doubted authority, that the injuries people sustained by riding in hansom cabs were largely due to their not knowing how to ride in vehicles of that •\H sort. It is a maiter>.of common knowl edge that the jKfcttron of our street car lines who knows the curves of the route and has got what we may call his "car legs on" reaches the end of his journey with fewer bruises than the fresh chap from the country who never enjoyed the experience before. Now here is a man who, through some special gift, knows how to fall all over himself without hurt. In such a hansom accident as recent ly befell Joseph Chamberlain, of Eng land, for example,, this man would probably have shot put over the horse t and landed on his feet, or, if on his ba«k, with no more bones broken than if the street were paved with mat tresses. To such as he the recent trolley accident to the president of the United States would have been of no more moment than that of the English man who, after falling head over heels down two nights of stairs, observed, to a solicitous inquirer as to his mis hap, that he always came down stairs that way. The talented Doran, being thus equipped, should be able to open a school in tumbling, wherein those persons of the present day who are worth saving might be taught the arts of which he is a master. The hour calls for the strenuous life, and of late we have been shown some of its perils. These may be averted If we can only be taught how, and we suggest to the capitalists of the traction companies who are prosecuting the man for crime that instead of sending Mr. Doran to jail they would far better incorporate him into an "Academy of the Fine Art of Lofty Tumbling," for the use of statesmen and other strenuous persons for whom the world still has use. Cer tainly Doran, and there is no telling how many other citizens of more lofty | mold, would be saved by such action, and no one can deny that the act would be one of the highest philanthropy and utility. Molten Wood. A French forest inspector has achieved a process for the production of "molten wood." By dry distillation and high pres sure developing gases are prevented from escaping and the "molten" condition thereby secured. When cooled the mass assumes the character of coal without showing traces of that material's organic structure. The new substance is hard, is Impervious to water and acids, but can be shaped and polished at will.