Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-02-10

anything. They have done about
this over in the Green Bay country in
Wisconsin. It is pine forest country.
There are Iowa farmers going up
there to buy that stump land for five
and ten dollars an acre, that they can
not clear for fifteen dollars an acre.
It only proves to me that you can sell
most anything by advertising sufa;
GENTLY. .;,Ftggs =.
A man can talk about North Dakota
until he is black, in the face, and there
are always plenty OF people to listen
to" him who are glad to listen to- him.
Our real estate men have followed
the matter until they have got the
people ready to listen sto$lthem and
eager to listen to then.H And If our
great competitor, the Canadian North
west, did not cut quite so much figure
as 1t does 1t would not take very long
to fill this country UP so that there
would not be room for any. more.
(Applause.) III IL , III f,.,s, zs$.ss .si}E4&
ri. But the people behind of the Cana
dian movement are working inte1lf-
gently and they are organized. Some
little time ago I went to Iowa. loaded
my party of men on the train and
started for, North Dakota. One Of the
Canadian agents came along, got on
the train and began talking to my
men. One OF the men informed me
Of that fact and I then collared the
man and took him to the end Of the
car, I said to him, Nov I don't
know you and I. don't know. how you
got into this game. This isamy party
and you are not invited. And + said
sfWhen you have a party Of men go
ing to Canada would not be the man
to Jump into your party. the way you
have. done here" That instance
shows the way they work. :5:5,s5.
Now liz I'VE. had five hundred. thous-
and dollars "a year to- spend in5sthe
promotion off, i1nmigratiolf4 y to sthis
state and the opposition Of the Cana
dian movement, we would naturally
hire some people who would go too
far just as these Canadian agents do.
That comes from over doing "a job.
Now, what we are going to do In
this meeting, do not know. Butt
hope it will get around to the place
where it will help men who are sell
ing land in this state. ! want to get
something out Of the meeting for the
real estate dealers. II want to fill up
this country and want tor help sell
some of the land. I belong to- the
brigade of fellows who are trying to
earn a living. If we can reach the
people and educate them on the ad-
vantages and resources of North Da-
kota and North Dakota lands we will
have done something in that direc-
ton. (Applause.) ~
What we want to do I presume in
this convention is to get some praeti-
cal thing out of our imeeting--to get
something that We can accomplish in
a practical way, and I think u our
managers: here are wise, able,s and
practical enough to. do that and make
this convention "a memorable one, not
only for the interests of the real
estate dealer but for the welfare and
prosperity a.:of the ayentire state gof
North Dakota. (Applause.) L thank
you. ss',4s. -t< =. -. ;s:;.'s-5js}2
Mr.. a. T.. Patterson Of Bismarck
next addressed the meeting at the
request aof the chair. He said: :ts..5.
5s Mr.. Chairman and Members tofathis
Convention: ! shall not make you a
speech, gentlemen. But would like
to; put some questions to the meeting
along the line OF Mr.. Greene,s re
marks, such iags this: Il we are here
to organize, as s5unde rstand we are
what lis that organization going to sbea
Is it simply to have committee on
resolutions; report some nice sounding
resolutions and have them printed in
the papers? Or, are. we going to
unite here on some scheme to handle
the immigrant? I do not know how
|it ia done, but i know there are men
here who do know how to do the
things we hope to accomplish Id this
convention. And they are gentlemen
who can tell US what is necessary Il
be done, Applause. s.ssS IN
I am here to listen to what some 81
those people who have had the ex
perience and the success in those
things. IN the gathering IN Of thu
homeseekers from other states and
bringing them to North Dakota, have
say How are we going tn do sit''
What 10 the system and methods o
the pioneers In that business. III ds
mot think that there Is anything tD hi
gained BY patting ourselves on til,