Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-09-01

respect and admire, much more than If you,
send them into the uncertain avenues of
other occupations, am thankful to you. /
am glad to see you all here, and hope
some time to see you all again.
Old Settlers Banquet.
In the evening thirty Old settlers
gave Mr.. Hill luncheon at the Elks
hall. which was a most enjoyable
affair. The Grand Forks Herald gives
the following account Of the affair:
Mayor Geo. e. Duis acted as toast
master and the first person called up;
on was GOV. e. z. Sarles.
Il don't belong to the old settlers!
as / came to North Dakota in 1881
over the Great Northern railroad a
said Coy. Sarles, and he was inter-
rupted by Mr.. Hill, who said: And
first class" Mr.. Sarles stated that he
arrived at Hillsboro. He said that
the town was at first called Hill, but
as there was a town by that name II
South Dakota, the only thing that
could be done was to add boro. II
remember, !" said the: governor, SIT
was the first Of June, 1881, when I
was at the station. and there sat a
man with long, swarthy. black hair
and determined features. He asked
me when I came to the state, and I
told him about month ago and he
said. My young man, stay here. The
Red river valley is the richest In the
world. Then the gentleman told me
that he was Mr.. Hill. He said that he
was looking over some construction
work, q few bridges that were going
up, etc. ] followed that mans adj
vice and am still at Hillsboro.' The;
speaker then went over the marvellous
achievements Of Mr.. Hill, and said
that he didn't regret a gift from the
government Of 80 acres On either side.
Of the railroad to construct d line to
the coast. He planned and hgurad
and the men at Wall street who tried
to put their money against his integ
rity were worsted and with what re-:
suit Gov. Sarles then mentioned the
reduced rates to the farmers and what:
IT meant to North Dakota. IN closing
the speaker said: We have no rich
gold mines in North Dakota, NO for;
ests. and few rivers for transportation
and the gold must come from the sur
face, and to develop this great state
Mr.. Hill has done much to aid in this
development. 4
North Dakota Products.
Prof Babcock. dean Of the
college OF mines at the State univer.
sity, on behalf Of that department pro
sented to President Till beautiful
and costly water set, made expressly
FOR Mr.. Hill. The water set contains /
SIX pieces, handsomely decorated, hand
made and hand painted. The clay ont
of which the set was made was col
Lectedl by Prof Babcock IN the west.
ern part Of the state. The set was
made by one Of the best known pot
terry firms in the east, and the work
q nanship Is as near perfect as It could
be. III
In presenting the set, Prof Bah
,onl AS,x,ir .x,nna c;ar ~ ,,r,,; -, u i =
of North Dakota, and followed
The line Of thought BY showing the
close connection between MT. Hill and
the development Of the state. I'm
keeping with the idea of greatest de
velopment the Sensational systems Of
The state have been laid broadly, q
Prof. Babcock said. ''The University
of North Dakota is indebted to Mr..
Hill and William Bulge, who were its
friends in the early days, and In re-
cognition Of those services wish 10 4
present to Mr.; Hill d little souvenir,
ID behalf Of the State University 81
North Dakota and particularly the
school Of mines. In presenting this
little, gift, we do It first, to show our
good wishes and secondly to show that
The object of the university and the 1
department of the school Of mines is
% aid In a practical manner the devel~l
opInent OF the best undeveloped re-
sources Of this commonwealth
Accepted the nift.
In accepting the very handsome
gift. President Hill said:
Here In this room / meet with 4
great many Of my old friends. n fact
have met more friends since ar
rival i'm this city this morning than I
would meet In ST. Paul cannot ex-
press to you how much appreciate
being with you ALL can't express tol
rou my feelings IN accepting this
xater set 4 could not appreciate n
more II IT we're made Of gold, and II
Ealue It higher because 1t was made
rom North Dakota clay. i have seen
his state grow from early Childhood.