Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-01


the last six years, and most Of those
people came with little in the pocket
books and now they are comparatively
! well off. North Dakota has done more
in the past 20 years towards building
a great state than any state In the
Union. No state of 100000 inhabi-
! tants spends such vast sums annually
on its schools We have increased
i from six million to three hundred mil
j lion in assessed valuation. We have
eleven million acres of coal in North
Dakota, enough to heat all the homes
in the United States for a generation
and still have plenty left for local con-
sumption. No bad weather can give
North Dakota a black eye. When you
contrast the values of the lands and
the small product thereof in the mid
die states with the cheap land of
North Dakota and the great yields
from it, there is no comparison. We
/ simply Outclass those eastern regions.
Unusual conditions caused the block
ade of the railroads. Just think OF it,!
eleven million acres of coal and a fuel
shortage! Our people have been able
to get coal at any time of the year as
needtd and they were not prepared for
the conditions which existed in Jan
uary. That is all there is to it. North
Dakota needs no defense. All the
states in the Union can we'll afford
to take off their hats to North Dakota!
A man can make more money here
and with less effort than anywhere
else on the globe. Ward county has
many Indianians who had been
practically starved out at home, who
have now farms of their own worth
from Sis to $40 an acre. We don't
need a physician for North Dakota;
she's the most vigorous child you ever
/ saw. The trials of the winter are
over and we have come through un-
scathed. We have passed the ex-
perimental stage and doubts are all
set at rest and the state will continue
to go marching on to the glorious
future and storms nor temporary
blockades cannot stop nor hinder.
3. A. Lillibridge Of Dickinson, re.
lated how they had been compelled to
burn corn for fuel in Illinois and yet
that state had prospered amazingly.
]. e. Buttree of Valley City, told
Of how a farmer had to borrow money
because he could not ship his grain
Which was overfowing his bins and
how he cussed at such a country, and
explained the outburat by saying the
man was democrat. aThe fact Of
the matter isl said he. 1--WE have been
SO accustomed to taking 1t easy In
North Dakota that if anything occurs
OF an unpleasant nature we set up q
dreadful howl about it, iis
Mr.. Gilbreath here read d set Sc
resolutions which pleased the meeting
and they were adopted unanimously.
G55 Resolutions.
Whereas, gross and misleading state
ments have been published in eastern
newspapers regarding conditions that
prevailed in North Dakota; and
" Whereas, while it is. known that this
has been one of the severest winters
that have visited the United States, for
many years; and s5.
Whereas, this winter has been equally
as severe in other states as in North
Dakota; and
" hereas, notwithstanding these con-
ditions, North Dakota has escaped with
very little suffering from either scarcity
ct fuel or cold, and none from the lack
Of food and q.
Whereas, from all newspaper reports
received from different sections Of the
state, it appears that the greatest suffer
ing the people of North Dakota have
endured came from the false and sem
salionai reports circulated in the eastern
states; and
Nh Whereas, it is true that our people
were more scared than injured, and as
matter of fact livestock is in excel
lent condition, and has come through
the winter in splendid form with min
imun loss and
# Whereas, the prosperity 81 the peo-
pie OF this state has been SO extensive
and unparalleled that our people have
been SO intent accommodating wealth that
they neglected to prepare for winter;
and
Whereas, the present winter, while Sc
we're, was Of short duration, and in real
ity only extended over a period Of forty
days; and
Whereas, from investigation and re-
ports received the loss Of life and suf-
fering was in fact reduced to the mini
mum and
Whereas, while the conditions have
been ,lrlfavorable for railroading, vel
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