Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1907-03-07
The Real Estate Mems Convention

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ard exchanged experiences Ira. during
Tie rzs; aus,tr. aiihoaga :; 0aS ti.e
most scscre since l-sA,-. there had been
no unusual experiences There rad been
mich inconvenience and -c-isr suffering
from the shortage d iuei caused u me
snos blockade. BIZ, the loss ii live stock
had hardly been up 70 the winter aver
age Particularly WAS il found ifat in
the trans Missouri country. aiseTe more
dependence i placed on win.er range
than elsewhere in the stale the loss vas
smaller than usual II was shown thz;
tie blockade OF the railroads even before
The >now iell was caused b. the ablsor-
nally large crop ita, rad been raised
rendering il impossible ior the roads 10
handle promptly the output. Ni,h their
present equippage Of rolling stock
In the evening OF Iliursda: monster
meeting in the nature OF a reception 10
The visitor was held At the A,ieleurl
he hall wa> crowded According to
previous announcement in the Capital
City nra spapers. addresses were made
By the following Norm Dakosans Sen
a,or ca-l,el OF Walsh county; Senator
Purcell. o: Riclliand county: Speaker
Iwiclleil. Of Gas. county; Representa-
'ive- Mockler and Stevens. Of Burleigh
| county Former Lieut. Coy Dcsine, and
Representative y Il. Sircc.e-. OF En-
mons county
In regard TO the meeting the Bismarck
ril,ruie has the following
he a,ile,,elr.n was crowded 10 the
door, la.i nigh, BY On audience COM
posed Of both ladies and gentlemen. and
| the addresses we're listened to with the
closest attention Commissioner u .Ag-
| ricniitire Gilbreatil presided. and, ii adj
diiioil 10 the speechcs there was de-
igIlsisil musical program II is the con
census 81 opinion tina, never before have
better speeches been heard III this state
on liz resources. the opportunities al
iordcd III the various sections for the
poor and rich alike. and inc necessity
ior unity Of action on tie part 81 all
| the people toward the lipbiillding. not Of
their respective sections alone, but oi
| the entire state
Taken as a whole. il was a lnagnih-
sen, exposition OF. North Dakota 5
worth; and the pcsSi,nist. il any there
were. mus, OF necessity have epthnsed
oscr the state OF his adoption.
i, was tho mos, enthusiastic ont
burst ri state patriotism ever known in
North Dakota, and any fastener who
could have been present would have
wondered il these were people who had
Just passed. a. alleged by some Of the
outside papers. through the horrors Of
threatened starvation and death by
freezing The leading statesmen Of the
commonwealth were there and raised
their voices in dcnunciation Of the wild
ro,narces which had been published
broadcast over the land
Each OF the several speakers was at
his best and each section mad able ex-
ponents for its particular worth
Following is the address of the mem
Der from this district 20 whom had been
assigned the subject, The Labor Inter
csts OF North Dakota
Ladies and Gentlemen. | find my
self this evening much in the same fix
as my friend Sorley, who accused Sen
ator Casllcl Of having stolen his speech,
only the conditions are a bit different
didn't write speech. but made a
lot Of notes. and | got mp in front OF
a looking glass in my room and tried
to commit my notes 10 memory; and
ladies and gentlemen, il the looking
glass hadn't have broken. you'd have
had the finest speech OF the evening.
They have given me the subject OF
labor. and don, know whether they
did that just for fun or not-aftcr de
fcati,,g my Labor Day bill in the house
to-day putting me up here this cvcil-
| ing 10 talk on the labor interests OF tho
| what circumscrbcd and handicapped III
d commonwealth where there is no Ia
| Dor organizations or trades unions. YOU
| 90 INTO one of the older states and take
up The subject of labor and you Car
talk until midnight: but | think that
tonight on this subject will have tG
do as lecturer once heard. II was
s..hcn | lived in ST Louis that JOSH
Billings was advertised to lecture there
| Al over the city posters were placed
Announcing that Josh Billings would
lecture on the subject OF milk. Wller
We went 10 the hall we saw pitcher o.
|nilk and glass beside it +; but the lee
tar, did not refer TO milk during tbs
cniire evening.
Now in connection with this subject
% iabor, Twill give my own experience
+ ono who. before he came to thi: