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

| SOlleu ana dirty tramp. me tramp
said to the lady, Madam, does your
dog bite?" = And the lady replied,
Eyes, sir. he does, and oh please,
sir, don't come in, we are very care
full what we feed him on" (Laugh-
ter and applause.) So be careful to
feed your prospective purchasers Oh
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, s'On advice of counsel I
refuse to answer" (Applause and
laughter.) $3.50
! 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, MI.
Stevens, has commented upon-that
will make unexcelled brick and pot
terry and tableware for the universe.
(Applause.) Here you viii 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
peer; churches well attended and
|presided over by sloquent pulpit ora
tors. In our people you will find
everything that goes to make good
citizens. (Applause.) 49, H..
! . And for these reasons, Mr.. Chair
man, take pleasure in being one OF
the delegates II; here, today, and
thank you for the generous invita-
ton to express my thoughts upon this
occasion. - s@@ r,
I thank you, gentlemen. Gap
plause.) &&s -. s.. -
Andrew Miller.
Mr.. Andrew Miller of Bismarck
spoke as follows: :.-.15 =
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of thu
Convention: After listening to tll,
speakers who have preceded me I have
come to the conclusion that | have go
into the wrong pew. But my excuse fo
/ that is that am not a real estate man
/ 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 knowl
edge of the resources or the POSSIBLE
Ties or the history of Our great stat
of North Dakota, for | am only a nes
arrival IN it, only a new convert. And
if I had not been thoroughly converts
before now, | certainly would hav
been after listening to the eloquent ad
dress of our chairman. 81, z.a. IL
Nor do claim any especial knowl
edge as to the best methods of pro1nos
, ing and securing immigration or of til
i real estate business generally, alhoug
I will admit that / have heard grea
, deal about North Dakota real estat
agents. (Laughter.) had heard
J, them long before I-carne to North Da
; kota, and some of the stories that | flav
! heard told of them would rank we
!, with some Of the remarks made by MI
Simpson from Dickinson. III
d The remarks that / shall feel Gale
4 Upon to make will be rather derive
/ from the standpoint of an outsider t
i North Dakota. / must say that PR
sumo the reason for my invitation t
! address this convention is probabl
!, that ] am a lawyer, and that the cor
msttee might have supposed that I ha
!, at least one Of the qualifications that
]. understand is inherent ii all land mel
& And will admit that lawyers do, 8
proper occasions, sometimes iilIuminat
facts a trifie in a particular case wit
a few touches from the brush Of the
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