Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-21
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The March number of Opportunity,
published at st. Paul; Mimi, Is full Of
interesting reading for anyone who de- |
sires to keep posted on the progress
and development of the great West.
The prospective homeseeker or in
weston will find many articles Of
interest dealing with the opportuni-
ties offered In many of the western
states The issue is profusely Illus
trated from photographs taken as far
north as western Canada, showing the
great wheat fields and farm homes of
the Saskatchewan and Alberta
country, and as far south as the fruit
and rice regions of Texas.
The second of series of articles en-
titled, 1.-THE Exploration of Lewis and
Clark" written by Mr.. Olin D. Wheeler,
appears in the March number. as we'll
as a number Of interesting contrtbu-
tions, among which are articles con-
corning The New Wheat Lands of
Western Canada, The Big Bend
Country Of Washington, Dairying in
Montana, The resources OF Northern
Idaho, Irrigation in Montana, The
Productive .Cutover Lands Of Northern
Wisconsin,, etc., etc. Besides these
articles there appear stories Of fiction
and pages for the home, making the
March number even more Interesting
than preceding issues.
The sixth annual report of the Ma
tional Live Stock Association has been
received. 1t is q handsome volume of
nearly 500 pages and fit addition in
more ways than one to any stockman's
library. The pages tell the story of
the years work by the officers of the
ASSOCIATION and also contain the pro-
ceedings of the sixth annual conven-
ton, which was held in Kanseas City,
Jan. IL to 16. 1903. The accomplish
ments of the association, especially
in the way of national legislation,
shows the power it Yields for the
good Of its membership as we'll as for
the public. Not alone Is the power felt
because it represents $4,000, 100000 of
invested capital, but because every
demand it makes of state or national
legislators has the welfare of the pub
lie coupled with it, for it is ever on
the alert to protect the herds from
disease, and is also strong opponent
to a merging of the packing interests
of the country, thus protecting the
public from the baneful effects of q
meat combine. The Kansas City con-
vention was very important one,
and the proceedings of every session
are fully reported. In addition the
volume contains the portraits of sew
eral score of stockmen who have been
prominent in the work of the associ.
o|AoAA SA0 PeAoL yCoA. 0StSIdA VI IuS
most important bulletins issued by
the association; the brief filed in the
United States supreme court in the
noted interstate live stock inspection
case, which resulted in national legis.
lation in the interest of the stock.
men, and closes with very valuable
: statistics relative to the live stock in.
dustry. The report is distributed
free to the members, and a limited
number can be obtained by stockme1
who are interested in the work of tn,
association by renting rs cents t,
c. F. Martin, secretary, Denver, Colo
The second paper of DR.. Cyru
Townsend Brady's series of India,
Fights and Fighters. which appears il
the April Pearson's. is as full of inter