Preparations are being made to log the timber west of 

 Tower, owned by the American Lumber company of Chicago. 

 Mr. Barnes of Bemidji is in charge of the work. The timber 

 will be landed at the west shore of Pike Bay and will be 

 manufactured into lumber at the Cook & Ketchum mill. 



The area of Minnesota is 84,266 square miles or 53,943,378 

 acres, of which 50,425,269 acres are land and 3,508,119 acres 

 are water. There are 155,759 developed farms consisting of 

 19,609,000 acres. 



There are over 30,000,000 acres of land that yet remain in 

 primitive state, and of this amount experts estimate that 

 90 per cent or 27,000,000 acres are susceptible of cultivation. 



That means that there yet remains 165,000 160-acre farms, 

 capable of producing everything that is grown in a Northern 

 temperate clime, and situated amid all the accessories of 

 modern civilization, that can be obtained at a reasonable price 

 and on the most favorable terms, that are awaiting occupa- 

 tion, development and settlement. 



Four large sawmills were closed at Cloquet, October 29, as 

 a result of a log shortage. The annual freeze-up was not 

 expected before the first week in November, but low water 

 in the St. Louis river and a strong head wind has made it 

 impossible to supply the mills with logs. The upper mill of 

 the Northern Lumber company and the Johnson-Wentworth 

 mill will run this winter, and with extensive logging opera.- 

 tions in evidence, Cloquet is looking forward to a prosperous 

 winter. 



Partially dressed lumber, that is, where it is planed on 

 one side, will again be admitted to Canada free of duty, 

 according to a decision of the supreme court at Washington. 

 During the administration of Premier Laurier this class of 

 lumber was classed as "rough" and no duty was imposed 

 when brought into Canada from the United States. When 

 the present administration came into power, a tax of $77 a 

 car was imposed. An appeal was made to the courts, and a 

 decision has just been rendered. 



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