Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-11-01
|AT TERRI. II IHAUTE
North Dakota Exhibit at That Fair
:. Demonstrates States Value
(Terre Haute, Ind, Star.)

f. (Terre Haute, Ind, Starr
The poet laureate Of North Dakota,
James W. Foley, fully and clearly
expresses the conditions that. exist
in North Dakota in his famous "A
Letter Home" which we herewith
quote:
= Like to come and see you daddy,
and perhaps will some day;
Like to come back East and visit,
but wouldn't care to stay. =. =
r Glad you're doing well and happy;
glad you like your country best,
X But for me, always hunger for the
freedom Of the west.
s There's a wholesomeness. about it
that couldn't quite explain;
& Once you breath this air you love 1t
and you long for it again;
i Il There's a tie you can't discover in
the splendor of it's sky s'~'
/. It's just home to you forever and I
can't just tell you why. -
L. IFS SO big and broad and boundless
and its heaven issso blue .:~~-- =
h And the mettle of its people always
rings 80 clear and true; 80 -.''<
All its billowed acres CULVER like
the shudder of the sea
s. And its waves roll, rich and golden,
in upon the shore for me.
Why, your farm and all the others
that we used to think so fine ".~
B. :Wouldn't-lump 'em all together
make corner lot of mine;
And your old red clover pasture,
with its gate Of fence rails barred,
ss ~ Why, 1t wouldn't make a grass plot
In our district school house yard.
/ Not foot has touched its prairies
but is longing to return, =
!: Not an eye has seen the sunset on
its western heavens burn
+ But looks back in hungry yearning,
with the memory grown dim
|" And the zephyr Of its prairies
breathes the cadence of hymn
That is sweet and full of promise as
the "Beulah Land" we knew
When we used to sit together in the
queer old-fashioned pew,
- And at eventide the glory Of the sun
and sky and sod
Bids me bare my head In homage
and, in gratitude to God. ..
Yes, love you daddy, love you with
heart that's true as steel,
But there's something in Dakota
makes you live and breathe and feel;
Makes you bigger, broader, better;
makes you know the worth of toll;
{ Makes you feel as are her prairies
and Jas noble as her soil;
Makes you kingly as a., man is:
makes you manly as king; ~
And there's something in the grand
eur Of her seasons sweep and swing
That casts off the fretting letters of
your east and marks you blest
With the vigor of the prairies with
the: freedom of the vest! {. FL ..yye 7.
The fine art building has been: the
scene of busy activities during the
present week. It contains anything
and everything that can interest, the
wife, the husband, son and daughter:
It. can Interest the farmer, mechanic
and business man. 1t has charms for
the artist as well as the commonplace
man Of the day. 1t has attractions for
all, whether he be rich or poor. > !; d q Z,
While this is all true, there is no
more interesting exhibit in the entire
building than that presented by the
state Of North Dakota. in the extreme
south end of the building. The pro
ducts Of this new: but great western
state are; artistically displayed in a
manner to attract attention and In.
|yite 9 closer scrutiny. Large cases
containing grains and grasses raised
this year cannot fail to catch the eye
OF the farmer and demonstrate to him
that the agricultural products Of
North Dakota are of superior quality.
These grains consist Of fife and maca-
roni wheat excellent samples Of rye,
barley and oats, These grains show
great length Of stem and heads. and
Commits Toner or: Agricult nre Gil
breath Informed the Star reporter
that the annual yield was quite large.
MacaronI wheat, while harder than
either spring Or winter wheat, Is d
sure crop and Withstands either wet
|ors dry seasons:
The speltz, alfalfa and broom grass
exhibits are certainly fnes ana are
worthy DE close inspectio BY those
Interested - ricnlt,ral pursuits.
Flax Is q novelty ID this section
|espe cialIyS to the grain growers, and
furnishes an interesting feature 70
those who have heard OF the many
valuable ways Id which IT can bs used
Us The prevailing idea has been that
North Dakota could not raiae clover
o. timothy vet We found as many ane
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