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1ARCH OF AN ARMY
ON NORTH DAKOTA
IAlready the Invasion of Home
seekers Has Begun, Allured by
the Cheap Lands and Opportun
ities for Wealth in the State.
AMAZING DEVELOPMENT
DUBING THE PAST DECADE
Towns Springing Up with Magical
Rapidity, Railways Pushing
Their Branch Lines and Prairies
Becoming Vast Wheat Fields.
BY HERBERT VANDERHOOF.
The spring tide of immigration to North
Dakota has already begun To be sure,
the movement so far this year has been
slight But the season has only opened,
and in a few weeks more the flood of
homeseekers will ha\e swelled into thou
sands, and the railways running into the
state will be taxed to their capacities
to take care of the men and women
with their household goods and live stock,
who are going to start new homes on the
virgin prairies of the state
There was a time when the great flood
of immigration to North Dakota con
sisted of the hard* Scandinavians, prin
cipally, with a smattering of other Euro
pean races and a few Americans from the
older settled states Today these con
ditions are re\ersed In the last eleven
ears over 110 000 immigrants have been
taken into North Dakota from the states
of the central West and the East There
must be some strong inducement to lead
men and women to break away from the
old surroundings and to venture into a
new countrv with, which they are un
familiar They are all Americans and
with the natural American pride in the
sections of the country where they were
born and brought up What lure has
been sufficient to draw them to the
boundless West?
Land' Land, and the desire for homes
of their own and homes for their chil
dren. Land, with the abundant crops
that are raised with the /slightest effort
on the prolific soil of North Dakota and
which will soon raise men from compara
tive povertv to wealth and independence
The men who were pioneers in this move
ment have sent back word of their suo
cess, or have \islted their old homes in
person and given visible evidence of it,
and the leaven thus placed in thousands
of western and eastern communities is
now working
In traveling through North Dakota I
have been impressed with the atmos
phere of hope and faith that is every
where met with The air is surcharged
with it Every man with the disposition
and the energy to work knows that it
is only a few years until he shall have
achieved independence If he has money
to start with so much the better, because
fortunes multiply here with a rapidity
that would be satisfactory to even a
Rockefeller or a Carnegie But even if a
man has nothing the same opportunities
are there waiting for him to garner them.
Land Plentiful and Cheap.
Land is plentiful in North Dakota and
it is cheap There are vast quantities
that can yet be obtained under the home
stead laws, and it is to these lands that
the great movement of the past few
years has gravitated The new settlers
ha\e taken up their habitations miles
away from any railway line, and as they
have prospered have bought adjoining
section after section of land, until their
farms have numbered thousands of acres
But even where lands have to be bought,
the prices they bring are so insignificant
compared with the prices of lands in the
older settled states as to be insignificant
I was talking with one husky young
farmer whom I met up there and who is
the owner of over 1,700 acres of land,
all under cultivation, and whose yearly in
come runs up into the thousands of dol
lars. He has built himself a fine house,
has every modern comfort and conven
ience in it, has fine blooded stock,
owns one of the latest makes of auto
mobiles and is an enthusiast about his
state, which he declares is destined to
become the greatest in the entire North
west
"All that I possess," he said, as we sat
on the porch of his house after dinner
one day, and smoked our cigars "is the
result of ten vears' work My home was
in Iowa and father had a good farm theie
and was counted a prosperous man But
there was a big family of us. and when
I was twenty-one I figured it out that
there was no chance for me at home I
could not buy land there, for land was
worth $100 an acre and more, and I had
no money and no means of acquiring It.
I knew how to farm, and that was all
"A man came to our section one day
and circulars were distributed all around
the community telling that he was going
to give an address at the schoolhouse
about North Dakota and the opportunities
it offered farmers I went to that meet
ing and found that I could get a home
stead for nothing Father said the chance
was worth taking and gave me J100 to
start out with
"I came here filed on my claim, and
then went to work for the man who
owned the adjoining one After working
for two vears I went to work for myself
on my own land and lived in a sodhouse
I had put up. My first year's crop of
wheat put me on easy street I bought
the adjoining quarter section of land
that year and have added to my holdings
every year since I have never had a
crop failure
Pleasure Follows the Work.
"I don't have to work so hard now."
he continued "In the winter my wife
and I with the children generally take
a trip somewhere We go to the East
and take life comfortably Next winter
we are going to take a trip to Cuba
"And my experience is nothing out of
the common. All about me are men who
have made just such a beginning, and
they are all wealthy today I tell you,
this is the land of promise
The railroads that traverse North Da
kota are responsible for the amazing de
velopment of the state in recent years,
to a great degree The main lines of road
have been conducting extensive building
operations in the shape of branch lines,
that serve as feeders to the parent stems
In many cases these branches have been
pushed fifty and sixty miles into country
that was apparently nothing but brown
and unproductive prairie But as fast
as the roads were constructed, and even
sometimes in advance of the track lay
ers, towns have sprung up. Today North
Dakota is being dotted all over with
towns, and the lands adjacent to them
are being taken up rapidly
In the history or most western com
munities, the first business to be estab
lished is the saloon They don't have
roons in North Dakota, as the state
prohibition. Here the first business Is
generally a bank, and the second is an
elevator to take care of the farmer's
wheat. And some of these little towns of
only a few weeks' existence do an enor
mous business In one place that I
visited the railroad office was in a box
car that had been run onto a siding,
and here the agent and telegraph operator
combined had headquarters
In the Nation's Granary.
"Much business here?" I inquired, more
as a matter of conversation than any
thing else. There were only a half dozen
or so of houses in the town, although
building- was going on briskly
"Pretty fair for a new beginner," he
responded. "You see, the road only
opened up business here two weeks ago.
but in that time I have taken and shipped
Out wheat on which the freight alone
was $10,000."
And then my attention was taken to
the scores of big wagons with four horses
to each of them, that were lined up in
front of the elevator waiting their chance
to unload wheat, and others that were
coming over the prairie roads to town.
It was all cash to the farmers, for as
fast as they received the elevator's che
of measure they would go to the lit
bank and get their money.
And then I realized that I was in
the granary of the United States.
Wednesday Evening,
City News
PDBLIG IS WEARY
OF INANE COMEDIES
^TWKYTVjmrtWO* \(tVrT"(TWWPV9WS*Wl!
5 KATHERINE BELL, 3
3 Who Flays Jane in Babes in Toyland. 8
JCJF jrsx VJf f.*-
1' The present season has brought pro
ducing managers of musical plays to a
crisis and to a realization of the fact
that there has been something wrong in
their methods of procedure," says
Katherine Bell.
"Many of them ha\e at once -jumped
to theAConclusion that the public has
tired ow that form of amusement, some
of them even going so far as to declare
that they will make no more produc
tions of that nature. Critics and news
paper writers have gleefully pointed to
the passing of the chorus girl, and have
not been ^backward asserting that
her days of usefulness are over. For
my part, however, I do not believe that
any such deplorable state of affairs ex
ists. The fault lies not in that the pub
lic has grown tired of good music and
pretty women, but that so much has
been foisted on them that is in no sense
worthy.
"Musical plays of the proper sort
will last as long as the theater exists.
The trouble has been principally with
the librettists who have failed to pro
vide interesting books, but perhaps
even they are not wholly to blame, and
the real fault probably lies with the
managers themselves who insist on
subordinating the story to scenic dis
play and garnish litter.
This is all wong, and as soon as this
fact is recognized the better it will be
for all concerned. The librettist must
provide the story, the situations, and
the characters, and all that the actors
should be allowed to do is to develop
them.''
K. OF P. BAUD CONCERT
Friends of the Knights of Pythias
band gathered in force last evening at
the Auditorium to give the band a lift
in its plan of going to the coming
convocation at New Orleans and inci
dentally en-joy an evening of unalloyed
pleasure. They were not disappointed
either way, for if the audience was
not quite as large as it should have
been, the band program furnished a
deal of entertainment and enthusiasm,
and before the evening was over the
band numbers had been more than
doubled.
B. H. Ayres, as conductor of the
band, has done wonders in grooming
his organization into shape. He is a
good disciplinarian and keeps the band
in line so that it plays with unusual
precision and with a fine attack. He
follows Creatore's methods somewhat,
altho his appearance on the stage
would not warrant such a comparison.
The band itself presented a fine appear
ance and played with great spirit. In
deed there would lie the principal line
of criticism. There is too much indi
vidual effort and not a sufficient sub
ordination of the individual to the en
semble effect. Each player makes his
particular instrument stand out prom
inently instead of making it a part of
an entire conception. With a more
careful attention to shading and phras
ing on the part of some of the soloists,
the band will take high rank.
Miss Frances Vincent was the soloist
of the evening, accompanied by Anna
DeWitt Cook. Miss Vincent, while not
in the best of voice, gave a good ac
count of herself. She did better with
her encore numbers, Jessie Gaynor's
"L'Enfant," d'Hardelot's "Mignon"
and "Just a Wearin' for You," than
she did with the solos, "In Spring
time" and "Oh, That We Two Were
Maying." Miss Vincent's singing
shows constant improvement toward
more artistic standards, and she is re
gaining those peculiar qualities of
timbre, especially in the mezza voce
register, which have always made hi
singing so enjoyable. The 'L'Enfant
-Howard Boardman.
Railroads
COFFINS MAY BE CHECKED
General Baggage Agents Will Discuss
Subject at Annual Meeting.
The question of checking coffins, in
stead of requiring an escort thru, IB# to
be discussed March 15 at the meeting
of the American Association of General
Baggage Agents at Los Angeles.
Some eastern roads use this system as
well as the southern transcontinentals.
The northern cross-country lines oppose
the checking system, but will not be
represented at the meeting.
The northern lines prefer to let the
express companies handle bodies, the
custom which has always been fol
lowed on the Mobile & Ohio.
Minot Loses Shops.
Minot haB lost the Great .North
era shops to Devils Lake, N. D. Citi
zens failed to arouse to the necessity
ot building homes for the employees
until too late. Four hundred and nfty
shares were subscribed to a building
and loan association, with the idea that
the situation would be solved.
RAILROAD NOTES.
The commercial travelers will meet with the
Western Passenger association tomorrow in Chi
cago on the mileage question. Rates to some
of the summer conventions at St Paul were
considered today.
C. Wilbon, Jr has been appointed west
bound agent at Minneapolis and St Paul of the
Anchor line, the Brie and Western Transporta
tion company He succeeds S Mead, pro
moted to agent at Milwaukee. The change Is
effective March 15
O Pearce, storekeeper for the Rock Is
land, has been appointed to the same posi
tion with the Southern Railway Mr. Pearce
was formerly storekeeper for the Soo line, and
lived In Minneapolis
Increase in gross earnings of the Great West
ern road for February over last year was S153,-
223, or $629,765 Since the beginning of the
fiscal year the road haB earned nearly $6,000,-
,000, or $871,874 more than last year for the
same time.
NEW INCORPORATIONS.
Minneapolis Engraving company cap
ital stock, $6,000 Incorporators, Julia S
McKinstry, Hal L. Obrist and Albert
Wicklundj
COKAT0, T:Burglars i a8 night robbed]
The new things.
THRUOUT our large store you can see many evidences
of the near approach of Spring and Summer. New Mil
linery, New Cloaks and Suits, New Silks' and Dress
Goods, New Wash Goods, New White Goods, New Lacids
and Embroideries, New Gloves, New Eibbons, New
Neckwear, New Shoes, New Waists, New Petticoats,
and many other lines, including all the essential dress
accessories.
COME I N AND LOOK AROUND.
**v
Corset Covers
Muslin Covers"V" neck, neat em
broidery edge, 29c cov
ers special, each 19c
iace and Embroidery trimmed cov
ers of cambric, made very full
sold elsewhere at
39c special, each 24c
Fine Cambric and Nainsook covers
several rows of fine Torchon and
Cluny insertions with beading and
ribbon regular prices to
59c, special sale price....
Better Covers of fine nainsook with
dainty lace and ribbon trim
mings worth 75c AAr9
special sale price T*f v
Fine Nainsook Cover, elaborately
$2.25
trimmed, Q8c
each
WILL SUE NICARAGUA
Two Iowa Men Begin Proceedings for
$20,000 Damages.
IOWA CITY, IOWAHenry Albers, recently
released from a prison cell at Jalapa, Nic
aragua, is letting bis cousin, Mrs. M.
CooTer, In this city. He and his brother were
imprisoned last June, and they propose to seek
redress by claiming $20,000 damages each. They
allege that they were falsely accused of re
sisting officers, and were thrown into jail.
Their sentence was for three fears. This was
cut to twenty months, and finally the United
States minister secured their release during the
winter They will prosecute their suits against
the government and work the big silver mine
in which they are largely Interested when they
return to Central America. The Albers broth
ers are former residents of Muscatine.
Gordon.
That six-letter
word has come
to mean more
Hat Quality
and more Hat
Style than
pages of type
could tell.
$3.oofc
the stores owned by Matt Lofbrect, -where they'
got $5, and Chris Krlmbring, where they iecured W.OROVE'S AloitatiirAnn hn-ir-'l^n
*irw 'Entrance was made thru back doors. ""WO lS3wir00DOIK 4&Q
f30th
of the entire Quinine production of the World ft
consumed every ycHr by the makers of
Laxative Bromo Quinine
"Cures a Col In One Day'
Defective Page
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.
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Drawers
Fine Muslin Drawers closed and
open, tucked flounce and hem
stitched tucks, made full worth
39c special
sale price
A boon to mothers. Children's Underwear at unheard of prices. All
made in a sanitary factory by clean American girls. Seams felled and
some double' stitched.
DRAWERS, SKIRTS, WAISTS. Short and Long Dresses
Lot 110c
In above assortment will be found sale
garments to fit children from 1 to
14 years of age. All made of good
muslin, and well made.
garment fine hemstitchedCambricneck yoke, and
Lot 215c per garment. sleeves, lace trimmed: worth 59c
Lot 320c garment.
Lot 425c Per garment.
0
75c
Wall paper and paints.
24c
Cambric Drawers closed and open
full tucked flounce with inser
tion and lace edges several
styles others' price A. As*
69c special price T'T'C
Very Fine Muslin Drawers five
tucks, hemstitched hems, full ruf
fle of heavy embroidery closed
and open regular 69c special,
while they last, A
Better Drawers of fine nainsook and
cambric, very full, lace and em
broidery trimmed, at 75c 98c
$1.25 to $2.25.
Special sale CHILDREN'S UNDERWEAR
49c
Lace Trimmed Christening Robes,
at $1.50 $2 $3 $4.
THIS SEASON we have a much larger stock of high-grade papers than we
ever carried before, marked at prices that will sell them. Before you set-
tle on buying look through our great stockit will pay you.
We are prepared to do any and all kinds of work. Let us give you figures.
Every 30b has its guarantee.
We aim to carry in our very large assortment papers for allfrom the very
low in price to the best imported novelties.
Try our "Minnehaha" brand of ready-mixed paint* Every gallon guaran-
teed. If not satisfactory, you can return it. *"\f\
Per gallon ej) 1JC\J
China-LacFor changing old furniture into new, use China-Lacit is best.
Faint Brushes, Floor Brushes, Kalsomine Brushes, Paste Brushes, Smooth-
ing Brushes, Bronzes, Stains, etc., great assortmentLOWEST PRICES.
Third Floor....
First Avenue.
SMITH & WYMAN,
WHOLESALE
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Etc
pedalties- Stair Work, Office Fittings and
Interior Hardwood Finish.
Comer 8d Avenue
and 8tk Street.
ZAST SIDE,
XiaaeapoUi, Minn.
STRONG & NOETHWAY
MFG CO.
FLOUR MILL MACHINERY.
251 and 253 3d av S.
ALFRED ANDRE8EN ft 00.,
Importers
SWEDISH STEEL GOODS.
1300-1302 Washington Ay. S.
NORTH STAR SHOE CO.
Manufacturers.
Corner First av N and Filth st.
Minneapolis, Minn.
WINSTON HARPER FISHER
COMPANY.
WHOLESALE GROCERS
Minneapolis, Minn.
"SODA' FOUNTAINS''
We manufacture the moat complete line
of "Sanitary Fountains," in all styles and
at priceB to salt the buyer. We also carry
in stock a desirous line of "second-hand
fountains," in all sixes, at moderate prices.
Tell UB yonr wants on a postal and we will
call on you. A most complete line ot
Fountain Supplies.
BEBGSTEDT BBOS. CO.,
537-39 Lafayette av.. St. Paul, Minn.
Nicollet Av. First Av. S. Fifth St.
Our great annual March sale of
Surplus stock from the most noted
manufacturers at less than manu
facturers' prices.
Women's Muslin Skirts, full length,
hemstitched, tucked flounce, deep
hem others' price 75c, A A
our price, this sale 'I'lC
Women's Fine Muslin Skirts deep
embroidered flounce regular $1
qualities our /LC\/v
special price O
Great Variety of Muslin and Cam
bric Skirts, deep embroidery and
lace trimmed flounces with dust
ruffles good at $1.50 fiO/
special price CjS^C
Beautiful Lace Trimmed Skirts, 20-
inch flounces, with tucks and in
sertions worth A
$2.25, special 4 1 4*0
Better Skirts elaborate lace and
embroidery trimmings $2.25
$12.00. S'.^ 10c
PearsBartlett Pears, in 3-
lb cans, at
per, can
PrunesFancy California
Prunes
5 pounds for 2Bc
10c
WHOLESALE DRY GOODS.
First av N and Fourth st.
PITTSBURG PLATE GLASS
COMPANY
MINNEAPOLIS.
Largest producers of Plate Glass In the
world. We carry a complete stock of
WINDOW AND ORNAMENTAL GLASS.
Northwestern Distributing Agent* of PAX
TON'S PAINTS( and carry a fall line of
Painters' Sundries.
BEMIS BROS. BAG
COMPANY.
612, 614, 616 Fourth St S.
FURS
WRITE
7, igq$:A
%arch
orerunnersl ofspring shown I in, all departments.
MUSLIN UINDEQWEA
Muslin Skirts
ON OUR GEEAT SECOND FLOOR... .FIRST AVENUE SIDE.
HE SPRING and Summer season is about to open. Your thoughts on matters of dress are predominant.
Just at the right time comes our Annual March Sale of Muslin Underwear, giving you an opportunity-to
look to your needs and supply yourself with the best that is to be had in foreign and domestic manufacture
at prices you will admit are the lowest
You have ever paid for goods of quality, tastefulness and general desirability. Made of the popular and standard fabrics selected for
their quality,trimmed with sheer German and Italian Valenciennes laces, duny and linen laces, Hamburg, Swiss and English em-
broideries of dainty patterns. Every garment cut in generously full proportions, and gotten up with the idea to please the fancy.
All grades from the most economical but serviceable kinds up to the finest imported French hand-made
lingerie will be shown at this great sale in larger and broader assortments, and withall at prices that
mean a greater allowance for other buying than were ever quoted at any other like salewe believe.
Nainsook Chemise dainty lace, Swiss and embroidery
edges priced elsewhere at 75c Sf\
our price, each i5^C
Fine Nainsook Chemise several pretty styles of lace
and embroidery and ribbon trimmings regular
prices to $1.50 special, while they last, O A
choice O^C*
Grocery dept. specials.
Sweet CornChoice Minne- StrawberriesExtra fancy,
5c
sota pack, special,
per can
JamRed Raspberry or
Strawberry Jam abso
lutely pure sugar and
fruit 1-lb cans, while
Gowns
Muslin Gowns tucked and lace
trimmed yoke, neck and sleeves,
high and "V" neck sold else
where at 75c A A
special price T"T"C
Nainsook and Cambric Gowns solid
yoke of tucks, fine laces and em
broideries also dainty slipover
gowns, short sleeves and low neck,
with ribbon and headings. Three
lots
Lot 1
Elsewhere $1.25, our price..89c
Lot 2
Elsewhere $1.75, our price $1.19
Lot 3
Elsewhere $2.25, our price $1.49
Beautiful Lace Trimmed Nainsook
Gowns fancy slipover styles and
short, fancy sleeves worth $3.50
sale price, ULO
each $A&9ACSJ
Better grade gowns and full trous
seau sets, from $2.98 upwards.
Special reduction sale French and hand-made Underwear
Slightly soiled from window and table display, at 1-4 off.
in heavy sugar syrup al
ways 25c can o/i^-r
special AC\JC
SalmonFancy blood red
Alaska Salmon 1-lb tall
cans special, -g
can 11C
CocoanutSchepp 's Long
Shredded Cocoanut, spe
cial, per
pound
Best Rolled Oats
Special 1 rw lbs.
sale...lll for ZoC
PhonesT. a 162202. N. W. Main 47001234.
WYMAN, PARTRIDGE & CO.
-&
COON
and all other kinds. Top market prices
and quick cash returns. Trap
per* Quids free to those who
ship sad mention this ad.
McMILLAlf FUI W00I CO.
MINNBAPOUS, MINNt
FOR CIRCULARS
C. F. WITT,
Manager.
Witt's 3-lb pail
Pure Lard, each.
1256c
CITY SASH & DOOR CO.
Wholesale Dealers in
All Kinds of Sash, Doors,
Mouldings and Millwork.
4th St. and 3d Av. So.
MINNEAPOLIS FLORAL CO.
Wholesale Growers and Deal
ers in Plants and Flowers,
Special Attention to Funeral Orders.
36th St. and Calhoun Boulev'rd
THE JOBBING,
MANUFACTURING
AND WHOLESALE
INTERESTS
OF MINNEAPOLIS
Are the Greatest in the
Whole Northwest.
GLUEK BREWING CO.
Brewers and Bottlers of
HIGH GRADE BEERS.
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The money value :c
OF SECURITY Merchandise Stamps. They can be trsed
the same as money when your book is filled. One
Stamp given witfr each 10c spent in all departments-ex
cept patent medicines, Eastman Kodak goods and res-
taurant500 axe worth $1.501,000 are worth $3,
in merchandise in all departments except restaurant,
grocery, meat market, patent medicines. If you have a
book full and make a $5.00 purchase you pay only $3.50
in cashwe accept the book for the balance.
Long and Short Chemise with flounce on skirt, dainty
nainsook with deep lace yoke wortlh /K^
$1.75 special each *h| |Cj
Better grades with very finest lace and embroidery
trimmings can be used as combination skirt, cor
set cover or gown, at $1.50, $1.75 to $3.50 each.
Meat dept
The Largest and Best Equipped Market West of New
York City.
30c
15c
S-
J. H. Kerrick.
Engines, Boil
ers, Wood and
Iron Working
Machinery. %i
126 Third Av. N.
Large Fowl, figs
very fat, lbv...lZ5aC
8cPicnic Hams, the very best at the price, lb8c
Fancy Ohio Swiss
Cheese, pound..
Sweet Navel Or-
anges, sp'l, peck.
Phones-N. W. Main 4500-1. T. O. 86116.
35c
JANNEY, SEMPLE, HILL ft,
COMPANY,
Wholesale Hardware.
30, 32, 34, 36 Second avenue S.
Corner First Avenue S.
Buyers of Hides, Purs, Wool, Etc
NORTHWESTERN HIDE &
FUR COMPANY,
Established 1890.
200-202-204 First Street N.
GEO. R. NEWELL & CO.
Wholesale Grocers,
Cor. First av N and Third st.
STOVES
GREAT WESTERN STOVE
AND REPAIR CO.
Stoves and Repairs.
312 Hennepin Av. Minneapolis.
WILLIAMS HARDWARE CO.
100-2-4 Second Avenue N.
Wholesale Iron and Steel Carriage
and Wagon Stock, etc
IS
a
LINK BELT SUPPLY CO.
Manufacturers Flour and Saw Mill'
Macninery. Complete Elevator
Equipment a Specialty.
Salesroom 418-420 Third st S.
Factory, 200-204 Lyndale av N.