Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-11-28
CANDIDATE FOR REELECTION.

| am a candidate for reelection to tn
office of Commissioner OF Agricultuse an
Labor subject to the will of the voters O
the state of North Dakota.
am Republican and believe that thei
principles are synonyms for peace, Plent
and prosperity. But above and beyond al
this, I all, loval and enthusiastic Nortl
| Dakotan and sincerely believe in its futur.
growth and development During my in
cumbency, as commissioner of agriculture
and labor, have striven to demonstrate
the actual values of North Dakota and te
present its advantages in their true light
[ have visited other states and have endeav
ored to place before the residents thereof
the golden opportunities which North Da
kota offers to the homeseeker, the farmer
mechanic and capitalist as we'll as to the
men who are engaged in commercial and
professional pursuits.
believe in greater North Dakota ane
it has been a source of qualification to SET
its population increase from 10000 to ovel
100000 during my occupancy of this Office
and believe none will object to the dec
laraticn that the department OF agriculture
and labor has been no small factor in in
ducing many of these people to come te
North Dakota.
The state legislature has been very lib
erai in standing by and assisting the depbrt
ment of agriculture and labor in its efforts
to exploit the advantages which this state
offers to the people of an over crowded
east and its endeavors topromote inlmigra
ton. Such iberality is appreciated ane
has been an incentive to increased yea! Il
accomplish greater results eachyear
am proud of the pioneers of this state
and have had kind word and welcome
hand for those who we're dissatisfied witt
the bondage of the East and who. have
sought the freedom of North Dakota where
they have the right to own vast acres, the
right to prosper and to become part o1
the commercial. professional and politica
body of the state, to be independent anc
free, to wrest from the soil the element:
that go to make brain, bone and brawn ant
to stand under the clear. blue sky, xitt
fertile acres all about, opportunities fol
accommodating wealth. to observe and par
ticipate in rapidly increasing values. anc
in land where there are no milliona r ::
and where the people acknowledge nc
master but the Creator of us all. and with
no other obligation than that which every
intelligent man owes to himself. his c6nntr,
and his God.
believe that the good work of increas
ing the states population. developing its
mineral wealth, multiplying its commercial
pursuits. establishing factories and building
up its cities and towns and making North
Dakota one of the greatest states west of
(he Mississippi has only begun. 1t has the
soil. the mineral deposits and the natural
resources to predicate such declaration
upon. This being true it only needs to
entice the stored capital of the East and
Europe to aid in building factories. when
this is accomplished the duties of the com
missioner will have been we'll performed.
The department of agriculture and labor
is just what its official head makes it. 1t
is purely and solely creative office. with
the exception Of some routine work. TO
make it effective requires the individual
time and attention of the Commissioner. 1t
cannot be farmed out. 1t necessitates that
the commissioner shall reside at Bismarck
and devote his best energies and talents to
creating. enforcing and following up his
plans. If this is done it can be made one
Of the most important Offices for the people
within their gift.
l i
past at the capital and to give my personal
supervision to the affairs of the department
firmly believe that all men should have
due regard and proper respect for the law:
of our state and that it is the duty of al
loyal citizens to obey them. more especially
those who have taken solemn oath fol
their enforcement.
have lasting and an abiding faith il
the future of this state and believe in adver
tising its remarkable advantages and vii
use my best efforts to attract people t,
where there are thousands of acres of fer
tile land, capable of producing millions o
bushels of grain. waiting patiently for tn
hand of the husbandman to make then
blossom with yellow grain and yield for tn
cultivator a rich reward. When thes
tillers of the soil come and occupy this lam
then there will be sung new song: a SON
of wealth and happiness. 1t will be hear
in the humble home as we'll as in the man
sion; on the farm as we'll as in the city.
song that will be sung in the deep tones q
the mighty engines as they rush on bearin
the freights of treasures to the great mar,
of the world: song that shall be heard b
the boarded wealth of the East, which wi
entice it from its secret hiding place an
lure it to North Dakota to build factorie
whose whistles will take up the sweet re
frain of wealth and happiness and sin
it louder and louder until it will be echoe
from shore to shore: from the norther
boundary of Canada to the Gulf of Mexic
and all the people of our great state wi
be proud of it and exclaim with one accor
North Dakota is the Gem of the West.
w. C. CELEBRATE