The Press., 1896-01-16
NORTH DAKOTA LETTER.

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 North Dakota Is looking towards i'm migration. She has recently had a large convention at Fargo to consider the mat ter Some three hundred delegates from all over the state convened and held a two days enthusiastic meeting. There were numerous addresses and speeches all about the natural resources of the state, the water supply, and the kind of immigration desired. A permanent state organization was affected. Every county in the state is drawn into it by having representative on the board of directors and every county is recommended to have an association auxiliary to the state The seekers as embodied in resolutions are these A healthy and invigOrating eli mate; diversified soil, 'from the rich and uneQualed depth of that in the Red of the James and Missouri and Devils Lake region ;" the richness of our natural grasses which possess nearly twice the amount of fiesh-producing albuminoid of the grasses of the eastern states, as scien- ntific analysis shows; and the low price of the farming lands of the state. By resolution our senators and representa- lives in congress are requested to urge an appropriation sufficiently large 10 com plete the examination of the artesian basin of the James river valley, and a Photographic survey of the rivers and lakes of the state."
 The law of selection Is to be applied to the quality of the immigrants. All sorts of immigrants are not wanted In these parts but honest and industrious home seekers who will come and be permanent will receive cordial welcome. The state has already had too many characters of no good to it. The educational advan- tages of the state were ably set forth, though not embodied in the resolutions. The state has revenues of over two mil lion in permanent fund, which gave in terest of over half 8 million to the school children in the state during 1893 and 1894. The state has nearly twenty-five hundred teachers and fOrty-f1ve hundred pupils in daily attendance at public schools. There are two good normal schools and a uni versity, besides numerous Independent institutions. The education of the youth of the state is provided for as fast as there Is demand.
 The organization of this body is with out doubt a move in the right direction It is all important that this state secure as rapidly as possible settlers who will come and remain. Too many people have entered the state to get hold of as much of the good lands as possible for speculative purposes. Some get the land for future sales at a great advance in price. Some get it to raise all the wheat possible, and use it as a part of specula- tion in wheat. More settlers have not come to be permanent, there are few inn provements made; and, hence, the de- velopment Is slow and unsatisfactory.
 There are many good lands open to settlement. There are many poor lands. The good lands and the poor lands are badly mixed up. A poor farm will often lie along side of good farm. A man who buys land without seeing it, or with out the advice of a good trustworthy agent, may make @ great mistake. Some farms will produce we'll one season which will utterly fall the following The water supply is a great regulator of crops. Soils vary. Drinking water is a great matter, and should be carefully looked into, especially If one cannot bear alkali in the system. Even the railroad, in SUD- plying their engines, have to take this water problem under consideration. AL kali isn't good for boilers:
 As to health, few words: The cli- mate is invigorating-too much 80 for some constitutions. It is always stimu- lating you-urging you on. It is chang ing-becoming less and less severe as the country settles, and the surface of the country takes on the changes incident to a settlement in the breaking up of the SOA1 6u0 AGo Cu1IlHdCIOA; Iuo puGGlIS up Q! buildings, fences, and the growing of timber. On general principles the health of the state is good; but we would not 1t for catarrhal troubles. We have never seen more sufferers from these troubles than the time we have been in this state. There are those who are born here who have it. There are those who come here with 1t and get well of it, or are greatly improved.' These are facts. Whether any individual will be benefited by residence here cannot be we'll determ- ined without personal experience. also, may not be improved by the climate. We personally know of severe cases of it. In fact, it is about as common here as in other places we have lived. We write only so far as have seen and heard on inc ground. Children