THE most bountiful crop of berries the North woods has 

 produced in years, is being harvested and will continue 

 to be harvested till along about September, according 

 to reports. Picking them is affording employment for scores 

 of persons, the Indians playing no small part. 



In practically all the tier of counties along the interna- 

 tional border, strawberries are found in quantities. They are 

 small, but are unusually tart, well formed and solid. Bucket- 

 loads of them are finding their way to market. With do- 

 mestic strawberries practically done for the season, the wild 

 strawberries find ready purchase. 



Indians Sell Blueberries to Get Money With Which to See 



Circus. 



The most enormous crop of blueberries in years, is finding 

 its way to the hands of buyers. Within the two weeks pre- 

 vious to July 24, L. H. Burns at Cass Lake paid out more 

 than $1,000 for blueberries. Indians going to that city to see 

 the circus, in one day received $197 for berries sold. Prank 

 L. Vance, known as the "Rice King of the Squaw Lake 

 Country," has been wholesaling blueberries and doing a big 

 business. In the country north of the M. & R. R. Railway 

 there are vast areas producing prolifically. Mr. Vance estab- 

 lished buying dates, and each day that the M. & R. R. trains 

 went to Stanley, the terminal, he came down the Big Fork 

 river in his launch to buy berries and ship them. One report 

 said that since the opening of the season, he has been ship- 

 ping about 50 bushels a day, with prospects of this amount 

 being doubled as the season advances. The average price 

 has been about $2 a bushel, and a lot of money has been 

 placed in circulation through the industry. 

 Raspberries Being Gathered and Shipped in all Directions. 



Dewberries also are gathered now, and raspberries are 

 ripening. This crop will be a "bumper" this year, too. Wild 

 cherries will come into the market in August. Prospects for 



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