Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-02
ADDRESSES MADE AT
real ESTATE MEETING
Continued from page 50
THE MISSOURI sLoPE--lTs MAG
NiFIcENcE AND FERTILITY.
BY Hon. L. A. Simpson.

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BY Hon. L. A. Simpson.
Mr.. Chairman, members Of the real
estate convention and ladies and gentle
men: After I have SO quietly sat this
evening listening to the wonderful story
OF the greatest state in the union as told
by eloquent lips in prose, poetry and song,
I feel hypnotized and if appear to be in
a trance do not wonder that / am unable.
to tell you some of the things l thought
Iknew concerning North Dakota. / have
listened to most of the eloquent gentle
men who have portrayed truthful stories
of this young and vigorous state of ours
in language so profuse and copious and
truthful that did ] not realize those were
human beings giving expression to those
wonderful truths ! should determine it
was phantom that they were produc-.
ing fiction for my consideration. Among
the uninformed it is sometimes believed
that to be successful real estate dealer
one must be an artistic liar. This dis.
pute. If it should be true however. l
congratulate the real estate dealers upon
their putting before US some Of the most
distinguished liars that / have ever heard
in my life. have listened to the recital
OF the land known as the Garden of
Eden" and it seems to me | have heard
somewhere, sometime of that land, and
it never appeared in SO good light until
/ was told it was in our own state. I have
listened to the description Of land known
as the wonderful Red River Valley as
capital city was and is and what it is go
ing to be some day. I believed what he
portrayed by my friend Mr.. Twitchell
Of Cass county. / was spellbound
by my friend Mr.. Mockler when
he told us what perfect city our
said when he told us it was 9 great dis
@tributing center, I, with the other memb-
ers OF the legislature, have distributed
all the money we brought with usto Bis
marck.
was impressed and amused and
charmed with the witty and eloquent
things that the statesman, my brother,
Senator Purcell, told you concerning the
great county Of Richland. / listened in
rapt attention to his remarks and took
them in sincerity when he said that Rich
land raised more corn to the acre than
any other county in the state. I am
pleased to learn this fact because it only
serves to confirm my previous opinion.of
Richland county because I am sure they
produce more citizens who can consume
the juice Of their fayorite product than
any other county in the, state. Butseri-
ously speaking Mr.. Chairman, esteem
it an honor and privilege to address this
gathering Of realty dealers and especially
so when am assigned to the subject Of
the Missouri Slope, its magnifcence and
fertility" With this privilege and honor,
however, I recognize the fact that there
is imposed upon me great responsible
ty such responsibility as would in the
greatest measure call forth the best that
any man would be capable Of giving ut
terance to. No orator, ancient or mod
ern,irrespectiye of his degree Of eloquence1
or ability by words to present a picture
of that magnificent strip Of territory To-
cally referred to as the. Missouri Slope,
which should at the same time truthfully
present its greatness in soil, wealth and
people and impress upon the mind Of the
listenersits wonderful possibilities Of adj
vancement for the future, could do full
and complete Justice to the subject, and I,
a humble citizen Of that portion OF the
state which its settlers know and love so.
well, however much time for preparation
/ might have had land have had nonel
can only hint to you Of the magnitude
and wealth and glorious future which it
has in store, and must admonish and en-
treat those Of you who would wish to be
fully appraised Of the great changes that
are taking place in the territory west Of
the Missouri river in our state. to visit
that country which but generation
since was the abode of the Indian and
buffalo, and where now the richness Of
the native soil has wrought the product
Of the skill and workmanship of the
farmer. stockgrower and merchant and
manufacturer into q country Of finely
cultivated farms, peopled with the best
people that our eastern states possessed,
and sturdy, honest, industrious, emil
grants from beyond the seas, into a
country Of progressive and beautiful
little villages and cities, where their
people dwell in happiness and prosperity
in modern homes possessing the comforts
and Injuries of old established commu-
mites; attending churches Of architec-
I tural beauty and cost vieing with those
\ Of eastern cities; where the children are
being educated in school houses equalto
any elsewhere, and in charge ofeducated
and practical teachers Into country
possessing newspapers as ably edited as
those Of any state in short, where con-
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