Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-02-08

soiled and dirty tramp. The tramp
said to the lady, Madam, does your
dog bfte?'' And the lady replied,
Yes, sir, he does, and oh please.
sir, don't come in, we are very care
full what we feed him on" Uaugh-
ter and applause.) So be careful TO
feed your prospective purchasers on
facts. Do not let any man from the
east come in here and say that this
boundless expanse of rich prairie of
ours does not equal, acre for acre, the
eastern land, because our lands will
in fact produce ten-fold what the
high priced eastern lands will. De
| like Cain when he took his wife
home, and Adam, growing a little
suspicious, said to him, Where did
| you get herr" And Cain, like our
friend, Mr.. Rogers, of Standard Oil
fame, said, ''On advice Of counsel
refuse to answer" (Applause and
laughter.} s-.t
Now, there are perhaps some ques-
lions you do not have to answer.
But, speaking seriously, it gives me
satisfaction and pleasure to see you
gentlemen gathered here today, and
to see that you have come to the
place of this once impossible barrier
to civilization to find here an oasis
where once we were taught there
was no oasis in this great American
desert. The resources that our
western country has presented dem
| onstrate to my mind that of our
great state the best portion of it lies
beyond the muddy waters of the
Missouri. Beneath the surface of our
prairie soil there lies fuel that will
furnish heat and power to our citi-
zens for generations to come; that
soil will produce food for our coming
millions of people until time shall
be no more; it contains deposits of
clay-that clay that my friend, Mr..
Stevens, has commented upon--that
will make unexcelled brick and pot
terry and tableware for the universe.
(Applause.) Here you will find a
people not alone rich in money, but
rich in integrity and contentment; a
people wealthy in intellect and NOR
ais. You will find school houses to
compare with any in the east, pre-
sided over by teachers without a
Ipeer; churches well attended and
presided over by sloquent pulpit ora
ttors. In our people you will find
Everything that goes to make good
citizens. tApplause-) asgzs.~ s. - a.- r.
And for these reasons, Mr.. Chair
man, / take pleasure in being one OF
! the delegates. here today, and
/ thank you for the generous invita-.
i ton to express my thoughts upon this
3 occasion. @..a
4 I thank you, gentlemen. CAP.
piause.)
81 Andrew Miller.
Mr.. Andrew Miller of Bismarck
spoke as follows: ~. s }@r
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of tn
Convention After listening to til
speakers who have preceded me ] hav
come to the conclusion that | have go
into the wrong pew. But my excuse TO
that is that I am not a real estate mar
/ Now, | ought to say TO you, prob
ably, in order that no undue weigh
! may be placed on my remarks, that
!. do not pretend to any especial know
!. edge of the resources or the possibili
!. ties or the history OF our great stat
of North Dakota, for I am only ne,
! arrival in ii, only new convert. And
If I had not. been thoroughly converte
before now, ! certainly would has
Ibeen after listening TO the eloquent az
: dress of our chairman. RE-
Il Nor do | claim any especial know
edge as to the best methods of promo
ing and securing immigration or of Il
: real estate business generally, ahhotie
a i will admit that | have heard a gre
: deal about North Dakota real .esta
81 agents. daughter had heard !
> them long before / came to North D
: kota, and some Of the stories that iha,
. heard told of them would rank WI
I with some of the remarks made by Nd
"a Simpson from Dickinson. 5 4.
The remarks that shall feel call
upon to make will be rather deriv,
Il from the standpoint of an outsider
Il North Dakota. Isanusf say that / pr
4 sumo the reason for my invitation
y address this convention is probah
Il that / am A lawyer, and that the COT
Il mittee might have supposed that I h
II lat least one Of the qualifications that
s understand IS inherent in all land me
4 And / will admit that lawyers do,
proper occasions, sometimes illunifia
facts a trifie in a particular case vi
y, q few touches from the brush of Thu