The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1889-02-22

AT last the time for which the people Of Da.
kota have long waited and prayed has arrived,
and we are about to pass from the posi-
ton OF ward Of the nation and take our seal
as the equal in each and all respects Of the
other members Of the family Of the great re-
public. 1t is useless at the present time to dis
cuss the causes which have heretofore delayed
admission. 1t is enough to known that at last
we have reached the goal for which we have
been striving. In this supreme moment we
can agree to forgive aud forget the past, aud
look forward only to the bright possibilities
which our admission into tue Union rs State
will place within our grasp II We shall properly
make use OF the resources at our command.
Perhaps no State which has thus far been
admitted to the Union has been 80 we'll
equipped in all the essentials Of statehood as
is North Dakota. With population larger
than many OF the older States, that In point of
education and intelligence Is inferior to none:
with system Of public education we'll estab-
lished, in which the best experience Of the
most advanced States of the East have been
taken advantage OF and Incorporated, with
public institutions that will compare favorably
with those IN any section or direction; with an
area sufficiently large to embrace an empire.
and soil unsurpassed In fertility and produc-
tiveness; with a climate that stimulates to &C.
tive oxertion and almost guarantees i,nn,uni:y
from disease; with practical monopoly in the
production of quality Of wheat for which
there is M ever extending demand, with nu-
trltioqs Grassea AMI every requisite for raising
all Nnts OF stock; with railroad system we'll
developed and constantly extending with the
needs and demands OF tho country; with num-
erous towns, cities aud villages, filled with
energetic, pushing business men; with poll
ticians aud statesmen astute and keenly alive
to the honor and welfare OF their section: will,
people whose loyalty is proverblal, Dakota has
everything necessary to at once rank her
among the most advanced common wealths of
the nation.
But II North Dakota Is great to-day in all
the clements Of material wealth and pros
perity, who eau picture the North Dakota OF
tho FUTURE when every acre of her broad prai-
rles shall be made to "blossom like the rose, ("
when her cities AMI towns shall have multi.
piled by tho thousands, when the busy hum of
industry shall be heard on every side, and the
land shall be grlled with iron rails, bringing
tho people OF the whole State into intercom-
munication the one with the other? That all
this will be attained within comparatively
short space Is hardly to be doubted, Judging
tho development Of the future by that OF the
past.
That The admission Of North Dakota to the
Union will tend largely to this result we firmly
believe. 1t will give greater confidence in the
stability OF our institutions to those in the
East who arc looking in this direction for pur-
poses OF investment, aud will induce many ia
locate in our midst who have heretofore been
deferred on account of the territorial vasselage
in which we have been held. We shall now Sc.
lect our own officers, make our own laws, and
no longer be the dumping ground for broken
down political hacks, sent to rule over US 10
payment Of some party debt
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| The time is rapidly approaching when farm
ers will be called upon to decide as to what
kind Of wheat they will use for seed. Whether
or not they will run the risk of sowing frosted
wheat. We have from week to week published
tho experience Of those who have tested the
frosted wheat, and while there seems no rea.
son to doubt that 1t will germnate and g. ow
under favorable conditions, there seems to bt
some doubt should tho spring prove unfavor
able. The question arises, can those who havt
lost one crop or small farmers who are entirely
dependent upon the wheat crop for sustenanct
and there are many such-afford to take any
risk in this matter? or course, this is some
thing each one must decide for himself. Bn
1t does seem as though 1t was the part of wis
dom to uso every endeavor to procure the bos
OF seed, and only as last resort to use an!
seed that has been damaged with frost. w
are aware that many Of our farmers have beer
experimenting during the winter with frostet
wheat, and should be glad II each would Civ,
the conclusion at which he has arrived froir
his experience.
Gederal Passenger Agent Whitney, Of th'
Manitoba, In company with party OF Eastern
gentlemen, last week made trip to the Mill
river country on tho Manitoba. These gentle
men, 1t is said, went out to look the countr!
over with view OF establishing the nucleus o
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