Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1891-04-24
Sunshine Coming.

North Dakota Is looking forward to
the inevitable return of a season of
assured prosperity. A glance through
the enterprising newspapers that
flourish in the ambitious towns scat
tered broadcast over her, fertile prai-
rles, says the Minneapolis Tribune,
will give evidence OF this fact. One of
the Iribune's most valued exchanges
from the new state discusses sheep
raising, and finds infinite sources of
wealth i'll a careful and painstaking
prosecution of this industry. An
other is dwelling upon irrigation in it's
various forms, as the possible savior
OF the country, and dlscourses learn
edly upon the different ways in which
sufficient moisture may be obtained
for general agricultural purposes in
the. arid belt. Still another recon-
mends flax culture on q large scale
and points out that there are towns
and cities west OF the Red river which
may and should compete with Min
neapolis in utilizing the fiber for linen
manufacture; while several able iourn-
ais are calling attention to the de-
veloping possibilities OF the sugar
beet, and the wonderful adaptabiiity
of Dakota soil and climate for it's
growth.
All these are healthful symptoms.
Men who are thoroughly acquainted
with the history of North Dakota will
not fail to remember that it is only
a few brief months since the entire
commonwealth was all torn up over
the prospect of securing q return OF
unexampled prosperity by organizing
bunko game sanctioned and pro-
tected by law. Some prominent and
worthy citizens OF the new state were
temtped to throw every moral princi-
pie overheard for the sake of q dlseas
ed ephemeral substitute for industrial
prosperity-to furnish the money for
the education of their sons and daugh-
ters by dividing the pot" with the
most wicked and conscienceless gam
bling association that ever disgraced
American civilization.
1t Is not many years since the ap.
pointment of some particular man to
a thousand dollar postottice or land
office was deemed OF greater import
ance to the community at large than
the founding OF a colony OF healthy
and Industrious settlers who were to
add millions OF dollars to the aggre-
gate wealth OF the world by q steady
productive industry.
1t Is within the memory OF men yet
young when the townsite boomer and
the politician with his inetaphorical
stiletto were leading citizens OF every
enterprising community, and when
the man who plated a new city was
greater than the conuueror OF nations.
But the day OF the tenderfoot seems
to have finally come. There is q teu-
dency toward honest productive in
dustry manifested which the average
frontier hero despises. Men seem
to have fallen into the fashion OF
following honest and useful employ
merits; and there is a reassuring ten
dency toward giving an honest equiva-
lent for every dollar brought into the
state by outsiders, instead OF securing
it by methods OF finnesse. And the
powers of the earth and air are smil-
ing upon the prairie commonwealth III
return. The rain tails abundantly
this spring; the sun shines with unac-
customed brilliancy, and there are sew
eral members OF 1.-THE old gang" who
who have declared their intention of
going West.
There is promise that North Oak
ota is On the eve of q solid and we'll
earned prosperity. Her people, as a
class, are among the most enlightened
and progressive in the country. The
real honest workers of the state are
taking the reins OF government into
their own hands, and there can be no
shade OF doubt the coming decade will
place her in the front rank of promi.
nent progressive Western States.