The Dickinson press., 1885-03-14
1T ATTRACTS.
How Dakota's Exhibit ut New Orleans
AstOnishes the World.

lile oNllu N'lu lldhc y lcUI Oh lNSpeC-
ton of the Dakota department of the
exposition he would at once become
satisfied that many thousand enter
prising and energetic mel had &C.
certed his advice-gone west. and
settled i'll Dakota territory. The
character of uur exhibit is Indicative
of the broad. progressive and liberal
spirit Of pSko,As people, AS We'll as
Of y Yro:"c;.Ns soil and favorable
climate, Tass IS \, lsas. thr general
imYcs>s.cU a. Inspection y: our Ills.
pa. YsNG&>>. ar>1 tie minds II Al!
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pes. 4 AN@>s-N>,Sa Which occurred
~.ssse"Gsy >~.~$~a ~. John Cornell.
oS Nsa&a N& So 81 usuo.siau,
iss .Ne ~ss s. ,as headquarters Of
he >S>Ss. ssa:s ana the party in
>1A-Ss = the exposition register ill.,
~,.S& Us nan fyoaa the corn belt 10
~@>S rs asaas n the book, when he
:-o@ pity and suphatically remarked.
~,0 rs little evident disgust:
No, SIT; not by ad-n sight. and
.Aat with : Ing. Mg n. too"
The man in charge of the register
desired TO know the grounds for this
strange and somewhat remarkable
refusal.
i have no hesisancy in telling you,
sir." was the swift answer.
We'll. what is i. !"
''It's simply this: that when a state
of the age; size and boosted enter
prise Of Illinois can't beat Dakota, 4
ten year old territory, OH an exhibit
Of products, she can't have my name
on her show register. You can carry
that to our people if you want to-"
And the Disguised Sucker turned his
back on the book.
This, of course. pleased the colonel,
and he remarked, That's my country
boss"
well, sir, here's my hand; shake!
l have lived in Illinois nineteen
years." continued the fellow, "but
I'm going home to sell out and move
to Dakota. l want to live among a
people who have force and push
enough to get on top"
1Ierenpon the colonel handed him
the following. which we have printed
by the thousands and scattered broad
cast:
Dakota's corn crop, 1884, fifteen
million bushels.
Dakota's school fund, seventy-five
million dollars.
Dakota has s%eventy-fve million
acres of land for actual settlers.
Dakota has 300 miles of railroad.
Dakota has 1921 schoolhouses.
Dakota expended sl,7S5, e08.99 for
education in 1884.
After reading it over carefully and
placing it in his pockctbook he re-
marked:
That's just the kind of a land l
judge Dakota to be from her display,
and I'm 4 Dakota boomer from this
minute. and shall be an actual settler
before the SHOWS of next winter"
II desire to say" continued the
colonel, that in addition to the lead
ing features Of Dakotl's wealth, as
printed on that little dodger, the
Black Hills region of our territory is
richer in minerals, metals, timber
water powers and everything else
than any section of equal extent on
the top of Gods green earth. Every
stream is u water power, the entire
region for n hundred miles i'm
length and eighty in width is a min
eral bed underlying a forest of great
pines, and the balance of the terri
tory, from Montana to Iowa and from
Wyoming to the British Possessions.
is rich prairie, abundantly watered
and timbered, and superbly s%uscepti.
BILE to diversified farming. It's a
land of milk and honey my friend.
and don't you forget it,"
This is the way the average stran
ger is impressed by our display, and
tho way every Dakotian is moved to
boom by it and by the enthusiasm
which he absorbs from the men in
charge of the exhibit. The produc-
ton of this enthusiasm among Oak
ota visisors is the result of the spirit
of perfect accord which pervades the
attaches of our department., from
Deputy Commissioners Grigsby and
Fleming, through to the boy who
sweeps out.
There is no question in my mind.
nor In the mind of every visitor from
u territory, but that our exhibit
J will prove to be worth to Dakota a
! hundred times the sum it has cost
Its value can only be estimated in
. the increased inflow of home seekers
it will influence. The millions who
: have viewed it, and the millions vet
I to come, will never, on account of it
forget Dakota. 1t will cause a spirit
. of unrest in the hearts of Thousand.
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