The Minneapolis journal., 1903-09-18

lent resources and beautiful farming LANDS.
To us who live here, these statements IN
The journal ghe no information, be-
cause we know what South Dakota 1s
But thruout the whole union the people
are informed by T he Journal about
South Dakota We are thankful to h
] ou n a l for its work, and hope to see 1t
reap many benefits from this trip.
A Mayors High Compliments.
The toastmaster then introduced Mayor
Baskerville, who said:
"I assure you it gives me great pleasure
to welcome you to our city. assure you
we appreciate the music Of the band.
trust they will continue to progress as
they are doing. We also feel proud Of the
management of T he ourn l. and OF
their enterprise in going to the expense
Of bringing their representatives to the
state Of South Dakota. We believe that
The Minneapolis Journal is the best paper
in the United States. 1t has more news,
and it has a lot Of push behind it. Per-
haps this is broad statement, but at
least we out here in South Dakota be-
lieve it, *. .
journal Mans Response. y
Following Mayor Baskerville, Ward D.
Williams responded to the welcome ex-
tended by the city. In introducing Mr..
Williams, President Eanten paid The
on his success since leaving Watertown,
his former home. Mr.. Williams said:
II can truthfully say that In all my ex-
perience, I never derived more satisfac-
tion than do tonight in being able to
| get into my own home town, and to speak
| to the business men Of WatertoWn. I can
say from my own knowledge that am
| talking to the business men of the best
city in the state of South Dakota.
| hOut two wears ago when I hec9n1o
identified with the advertising department
! Of T h a |, there was a great
| movement of land seekers to the north
west. They came from Illinois, Indiana
and Iowa to Minnesota and the Dakotas.
| T h our a has done all In it's pow
er to aid the movement. If at any time
the Minneapolis Journal can do anything
for the state of South Dakota, am au-
thorized to say that it's columns are open
for that purpose"
South Dakota's Resources.
]. G. Lund, on "The Resources Of South
Dakota" said:
/ IT am entirely out place in talking tc
a class of people like this on the resources
of South Dakota-intelligent people who
live in the state and know its resources
better than l. You have wheat. flax and
cattle in abundance, and in the western
l part of the state are the minerals. The
resources Of South Dakota are in thei
/ infancy More depends upon the people
in the development Of the state than upor
it's soil and its products. If you have {
lot Of fellows in Watertown and elsewher,
who in place of knocking, will boost, ,yo'
will get the benefit Of these products"
Sophus Richards Of Chicago said:
when talk South Dakota, I can tel
lyou, and I can look any one straight II
the face and say Go west, my boy, g.
west! is the truth. I belong to the great
est land concern in the United States o
America, and you can include Denmarl
If you want to. This state Is flower tha
Is just blooming out, and we are growin
with It, I tell people further south, ther
Is a home for thousands and thousand
and millions farther north, and w
are going to get them wit
your good support. I can't tai
to you about South Dakota. Yo
know all about it, There is Otto Phipps
in this county, has got 120 acres Of bar
ley that gave him 81 bushels to the acr
and 43 cents a bushel. That is $2S.81 a
acre. If you sell land at $35 to $40 a
acre, where are we in Illinois with SIS
land"
Real Estate Men.
John w. Martin, one of the oldest rec
estate men in this section. democrati
candidate for governor in the last cam
paign, responded to the toast Real Els
tate Men and Their Work
II am certainly glad to meet with 70
Z tonight, and to respond to the toas
Real Estate Men feel that the wor
Of the real estate men, and the results the
have followed that work are more i'm
portant than the work done In any othe
line Of business. What are the results
these efforts? First, a little commission
Second, a benefit to, the man and HI
family who have made the move. Thir,
g. benefit to the community into whic
they come. This Is the work, and the re
/, suit Of the hard work of your real, es
tate men. There is no country or settle
ment settled without the concerted actio
of real estate men.
"The business men do right to recogniz
theawork Of The Minneapolis Journal. W
feel proud of the band which comes hel
(. to represent them. My advice to tt
boys is, when you save a little money frol
your earnings, invest it in some good Ian,
/. "John Lund is doing more than an
other agency to settle up South Dakot
Every time that Lund brings an e.
cursion. into the state Of South Dakot
he helps every business interest of tt
state and the real estate men mo
Of all. I voice the sentiment Of evel
man when I say that we are proud
The Minneapolis Journal, and to see IL
John Lund excursion come into Waite
town
South Dakota Finances.
s H. L. Sheldon, cashier of the Citizen
s National bank. told of the Financial Coz
dition of South Dakota
Now, the financial condition Of Sou