The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-01-26
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WARDWELL 4 THOMPSON.
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EXAGGERATED ILLS
FRIDAY JANUARY, rs 1894.


truth, is always in the superlative
degree in this northland; men. pr =
auctions, soil, climate, habits, talk,
politics all run to extremes. 1t Is
always the best or the worst with IT'S.
Whether it is the ozone, whether it it.
the "dryness" OF the atmosphere,
whether it is the range Of the ther-
mnmcter. or the exhileration aud ex-
citcment peculiar To- the ncwncss of
Things in general, or for reasons uI.-
knt wn, We are always excited over
some new thing.
No wonder we are charged with he
ing boosters and braggarts. We
sometimes wonder how strangers cat
think us sane, who read and hear the
boasts of our progress, our civilian
ton, our agricultural capabilities,
our wealth and culture, while at the
same time we publish to the world it,
the most extravaganza terms, faults.
disadvantages, and poverty, that give
the lie to all the credits OF which we
are so proud.
Look back at the history Of the
past ten years and see ourselves as
others have seen and heard of us, and
1t is remarkable indeed that the real
truth has 50 overbalanced the mis-.
takes that progress has been possible.
Almost every year, some local mis-
fortune or mistake has been magni-
fed into an awful catastrophe, or
some peculiar political phase has
been heraldcd abroad, until the citi-
zens of other states, might easily be-
lieye that this was u desert land, peu-
pied by fools on the continual verge
of starvation.
Perhaps some reader may think
this article is itself an example Of
North Dakota exaggcration, and yet
we firmly believe from the files OF
North Dakota newspapers, the acts Of
our own senators and representatives
In congress, In our own state legisla-
lures, in the acts Of our governors
and state officials, volumes might be
compiled. showing that North Dako.
ia has been bound straight to the
"demnition bow-wows''ever since the
state was settled.
just turn over your mind, the
amount OF literature that has been
written, speeches made, acts aud re-
solutions passed, or sought to be pass.
ed, on such themes as seed-wheat
begging, mortgages. irrigation, lot
teries, senatorial elections, one croI
country, drouths, floods, billiards
railroad and elevator monopolies
bltnd-pigs and prohibition, and thinl
what an advertisement they have
been to prospective settlers and what
advertisement toUnlookers and com
petitors. And after all, how insigni
ficant all these things have bee,
when passed by,-only gravel stone.
under the mighty wheels of progress.
Just this year, hear our means ovel
~ cent wheat echoed in congress by
cursenator there; read our "milliul
dollar" advertisement as state vel
nigh over-run with the Russian
thistle, an immense sample Of which
Is placed ON the desk Of our repre-.
sentative in the capitol, while the
state government publishes abroad
that the state treasury is empty and
bankrupt. A few months since one
Of our biggest daily papers, alluded tt
the valley as subject to annual floods
and bill is on file to-day in congres.
to prevent such annual baptism
Last week the railroad commissioners.
were in Minneapolis proving to the
millers that smut was running Cur No
l hard.
We are like children at play ia
these matters and when one Of Ut
stubs his toe in the game, we 60 CRY.
ing to mamma for help aud comfort.
We honestly believe we never had a
dollars worth Of assistance from out
side our State for charity" but cost
five times that much by lettering
capital aud immigration from com.
Ing. What we need is capital, brains
and Drawn. Nature Is here with all
her advantages and a few disadvant-
ages. Let US prove to the world that
while we have BEEN young and sub
ject TO the diseases Of children that we
are pretty we'll through with the
mumps, the measels. the chicken-pox
and such children's ailments, that
this thistle business isn't worse than
the itch, and that we are in a fair
4 way to pay our debts, state and pri-
vate, even with 46 cent wheat.
There are some things that occur in
the most respectable families that
are not made matters Of public notice,
let us have some such privacy in
North Dakota. When we were q
territory We got used togoing to nam.
ma. we have been u state long enough
now to hue our own row.