The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-28
FINDINGS Of THE MEETING HELD
IN M|N0T ARE GIVEN OUT TO PUBLIC
There Was No Hardship Endured Coaches Made Reg
ular Trips During the Coolest of the Entire Win
ter-Deivery of Mail Prompt.

The campaign FOR counteract;ng the
evil efforts which the stories pub
lished in the eastern papers have had
upon this section of the country has
already started under the capable SUI
pervision of the publicity committee
of the Northwestern North Dakota
federation. The committee has got
ten together at Minot and worked
steadily for nearly twenty hours pre-
pairing a letter which will be used
throughout the entire country. 1t is
their plan to have this letter incor-
porated into all Of the patent insides
used by newspapers in the middle
west, especially Minnesota. Iowa, IL
linois and Indiana. The letters with
additions and embellishments will also
be sent to the large city PAPERS and
will prove interesting reading ma
terial.
The committee will not allow their
work however to end with this letter
Personal communications will be sent
to all the coroners of the counties
included in this district with requests
that the total number of deaths be
sent to the secretary of the organiza-
ton with causes and percentage
will then be made of the deaths due
to cold. These latter deaths will then
be looked into with a view of ascer-
tanning what causes besides the CO.
matte ones were responsible for the
demise.
This matter carefully tabu!ated Will
probably be issued in book torm SO
that the facts may become generally
known.
The work is far more Important
agine and the results will have
marked effect on the upbuilding CT
North Dakota
subcommittee composed of the in
fluential and leading business men of
the state were appointed to look af-
ter the financial part of the enter
prise and each town will be suitably
taxed in order that there may DC no
lowering of the magnitude of tile
plans formulated by the committee.
The Report.
The Northwestern North Dakota
Federation representing the agricul-
tural and business interests of that
portion of North Dakota, was formed
at MinOt, North Dakota on Feb. %,
1907, for the purpose of making a
thorough investigation of the china
tic conditions throughout that section
including the counties of Ward, Bot
tineau, Mclean, Williams, McHenry
and Mckenzie, and reporting their
findings to the press and general pub
lie.
AS stated, the organization was
formed for the purpose of making a
searching investigation and confining
their reports to facts alone, reporting
deaths if any, and the cause thereof,
the suffering if any, endured by the
towns people and country residents
the fuel shortage question, the traf-
fic blockades, depth of snow, extent
of cold and all matters appertaiping
to the past winter in Mort hDakota
and particularly to the counties men,
toned above. 2,.e
Want the Truth.
The people of the United States
want the truth only and in return
will always give Square Deal" to
that or any other section of the coun-
try which possibly has been basely
Hbelled. Reports have been spread
broadcast which would tend to lead
all who are not familiar with North
western North Dakota to think of 1t
only as place to be avoided; where
the rigor of the winter is beyond hui
man endurance; but the manifold re-
sources and the wonderful prosperity
OF the country has never been ques-
toned or assailed as there could be
no possible ground for such a report,
In all that has been said or done the
winter weather of three short months,
and nothing else, has been put for
ward as the one and only drawback
to that vast section of our country.
The first meeting of the Northwest
ern North Dakota federation was at
tended by many formers and represen-
tative citizens from all sections Of the
above six counties, whose combined
area, it must be remembered is al
most as great as that of the five states
OF New Jersey, Massachusetts,, Con-
necticut, Rhode Island and Delaware,
or practically one-third of the entire
area of the state of North Dakota.
Interesting Dope.
Having spent the winter at home in
the regular pursuit Of their various
occupations. the personal reports of
these delegates, covering their obser-
vations and inquiries as to the wealth.
er conditions of the past winter will
undoubtedly prove to be both inter-
esting and instructive
Delegates from Mckenzie and Will
liams counties reported that as these
two counties are probably the last two
counties in the state to he taken up
by homesteaders, the trials of winter
weather probably fell more heavily
upon their settlers than upon those
of any other counties OF the state.
Many of them came to this section
last fall from the eastern and south
ern states with less than one hundred
dollars in their pockets. Through
lack of funds they were unable to
buy sufficient lumber with which to
build more than single board shacks
with tar paper coverings. They were