The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-14

dows and other prison aspects. The
deaf are cared for In we'll managed
school at Devils Lake. while the feeble
minded have good care in an institu-
ton at Grafton. The blind in time will
have school ut Bathgate, for the
present they are sent to the South Da-
kota school at Huron. Juvenile Of
tenders against the laws are provided
for in reform school at Mandan, and
adult offenders are put to work In the
penitentiary at Bismarck.
The climate of North Dakota has
been much maligned, 1t has been the
source Of many jibes for the funny
paragraphists. but nevertheless It Is
right In the latitude Of great develop
ment along all lines in the world, the
track or belt around the world in
which are found the people who are
running the rest Of the world. In
this northern belt will be found the
cities Of Chicago, New York, Boston,
London, Paris. Berlin, and who will
gainsay the claim that these are not
the capitals in which world policies
are planned?
North Dakota has a live newspaper
press, with more papers In proportion
to population than any other state, an
evidence Of the intelligent character
of the people, the state in the matter
OF illiteracy standing fifth in the COL
umn Of intelligence. leading forty 9TH
er states In the pr. portion OF people
able to read and write
In the matter of transportation the
state is specially favored. Three
transcontinental lines cross it, while
three branches of two Of the great CEN
trail systems OF the west enter. In
1905 North Dakota led all the states
In the number of miles Of new track.
Marvellous changes have taken place
within the memory of the first sttlers
who were familiar with dog sleds and
Red river carts, who now use the most
palatial trains on earth and enjoy
freight rates much less than are
charged on European railways run
ming In the midst of dense populations.
The transcontinental lines crossing
this state reach Pacific ports hundreds
miles nearer Alaska and the Orient
than any other Pacific lines, hence
across this state must pour the con-
'stantly increasing Oriental traffic of
the world. The state has over 1000
miles OF railway main track, about 2
per cent OF the entire mileage of the
union. The railways have been tn.
chief instruments in building the state,
Thirty years ago the whole popula-
ton of what is now the state was
practically nil. The Northern Pacific
and the Great Northern early began
campaign to promote settlement, b
movement in which the 500 Joined as
soon as 1t entered the state, and before
the close of this year the population of
the state will hover around the halt
million mark. The railways are not
only built in advance of settlement.
but spent large sums to advertise the
country. And as settlers came they
favored them. in common with those
OF all western states, by making such
freight rates as enable ranch and farm
products to be laid down in the east
ern markets on equal terms with those
grown In regions much nearer to these
markets than North Dakota is. The
question of distance is hardly taken
into consideration in calculating the
transportation charges on many arti-
Giles, the idea being to obtain business
by helping the freight to reach mar