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Show AN INVADING ARMT. Too Itaarlraal Thnaeaarl HomMaekors loins to tho raelAe. Dispatches from the eastern states, where tho Immigration bureaus of ths Northwestern rsllwayt are located, assert as-sert that "two hundred thousand home-teeken will Invade the northwestern north-western itatra In 1S02." Thlt Is .regarded .re-garded ss a conservative estimate by ths railway managers who srs preparing prepar-ing to handle the crowds. When It Is stated that 160.000 home-aeekeri cams Into ths northwest last year la not so remarkable. Ths estimates are mads upon the basis of reports of Immigration Immigra-tion sgenta In the Held in the eastern snd mlJdle slates. It Is believed ths Immigration of ths present year will principally come from the slntes that furnished the largest portion of ths newcomers last year Ohio, Indiana, southern Michigan, Illinois. Iowa, Kansas Kan-sas aud Nebraska. The competition will he keener this year than ever before. Missouri. Oklahoma Ok-lahoma and Texas aro making l Tenuous Tenu-ous efforts to lorn the tlilo of Immigration Immi-gration In ihelr dlncilon. and have agents In the ICntt and Middle Weil at work to this end. The I n. ltlc coast slates are also earnoetly at woik. at they have been for teverul years, and their efforla hsve been rewarded with magnificent results. In securing hundreds hun-dreds of thousands of thrifty snd pros-permit pros-permit people who have settled In Washington, Oregon snd California, where they havs purchased land aud made homes. |