The Dickinson press., 1895-12-28


from the rich q unequaled deptn OF
TINT In the Red River valley, to NAV
Of the rolling prairies of The James
and Missouri and Devils Lake n
Tuhtle Mountain region, onefS Q
choice OF location for al branches OF
farming and stock-raisiMg, as well a.
products of the dairy
"Third-That to h0nest and indus
triOus ~hOmeseekers, citizens OF every
county In the state Will extend a cord.
ial welcome, and no other class need
apply.
"Fourtll-lt has been demonstrated
BY scientific analysis at Washington
that the natural grasses OF the pratrtes
OF North Dakota possess nearly twice
the amount OF albuminoid (Which 10
the discriminating prtnciple) Of the
grasses Of the Eastern states; there
fore, u state is peculiarly adapted
to successful s~tock-raising.
"Iifth-AnOther special advantage
to which we call the attention OF
home-seekers Ia the cheapness Of good
agricultural land In North Dakota, Ne.
sulting from large areas still uncult-
waited. We believe that nowhere else
In the world can rich land, suitable
for general farming, be purchased at
as low a price as In our state.
"Sixth-That We request U SEN
ators and representatives In congress
to urge an appropriation sufficiently
large to complete the examination Of
the artesian basin of the James River
valley, and a photographic survey OF
the rivers and lakes in the state.
ASeventh-That the chairman and
secretary of this convention tran
scribe q certified copy OF the sixtAsszoGalss
olution TO each Of the senate
representatives In congress 'sSA 49,
II. s. Oliver Of Ransom, Of
resolution that the executive
tee learn the wants of. every
In the state, and furnish 1t tO7t8SSeel
ors in the Fast. Z"
Freight Agent Moore, OF the North
ern Pacific, spoke On railroad matters,
and what the Northern Pacific had
done in the development Of the North
west. and particularly North Dakota.
]. B. Strecter Of Grand Forks coun-
ty, spoke on immigration and the best
method Of securing i:
j. Il. Phelan read IN interesting pa
per on the motto, "North Dakota for
North Dakotans." and the morning
session closed with n paper on dairy
interests by Prof. Kaufman, of the
Agricultural college.
The executive committee Of the
state association, which has had
charge of the prellE1tnaries OF the con.
venti0n In their Inherent localities, 10
as follows:
Barnes-W. T.. dunlap. valley City.
B~enson-.J. ". Foley, Medora.
Rnftino0u, - p <nh1o Rnftfnaan
Burleigh-l. t. Baker. Bismarck.
Cass-J. i. Folsom, Fargo.
Cavalier-W. j. Mooney, Langdon.
.Dickey-George Fl. Keyes, Ellen
dale.
Eddy. J. Maddox, New Rockford.
Emmons-D. Il. Streeter, Williams
port.
Foster-T. l.. Biesicker, Darlington.
Grand Forks. h. Streeter, Lari.
more.
Griggs-Perck Trubshaw, Coopers.
town.
Nidder-George s. Roberts, Dawson.
1AMoure-C. N. Valentine, LaMoura
Logan-W. !; Bryant, Napoleon.
McHenrv-Allen Mttchell, YOWneF.
McIntosh-J. H. Wishek, Ashley.
McLean-John Satterlund, Wash.
burne.
Mercer-F. N. Smith, Broncho.
Morton-A. NJ. Packard, Mandan.
Nelson-T. ]. Baird. Lakota.
Oliver-George Sanger. Bentley.
Fembina-James Blackjack, Hamil.
ton.
Pierce-O. T. Tufsrud. Rugby.
Ramsey-A. O. Whipple, Devils
Lake.
Ransom-E. s. Adams, Lisbon.
Richland-E. H. Carter, Wahpeton.
Rolette-John Burke. Rolla.
Sargent-W. Scott Buchanan. Has.
lem.
Stark-John Reisheck, Dickinson.
Steele-M. B. Castle, SherBrooke.
S~tutsmnn-I. s. Russell, James.
town.
Towner-D. W. McCanna, Cando.
Traill-Thomas harrison, Blanch-
ard.
Walsh-C. III. Honey, park River.
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