Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-02
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remarks of the gentleman from
Grand Forks who spoke first. He is
an honest boy. He says Grand Forks
is a great commercial center And
ladies and gentlemen. 1T is true. Be
cause to my personal knowledge at
this session, every session which this
state has had or will have, most Of
the appropriations are for Grand
Forks, and strange as it may seem,
they are kicking vet.
OF course when we all work with
the harmony that the gentleman from
Bismarck SO wisely depicted to you,
(but he must have forgotten Senate
Bill No. 4 D, why Grand Forks ought
to have lots Of money and they will
be back here next year and asking
for Just double what we can realize
from all the resources in the state.
I was also struck with the re-
marks Of the gentleman from Walsh
county, although he got clean into
Pembina county. And I was won
dering where he would land. He
spoke of the Indian and OK cart, and
the OK cart must have been sweet
music to his ears some time, because
he voted for the 2-cent rate bill He
did not want these locomotives they
talk about, but 1t seems to me he
was hitting them a pretty hard
crack if he expects to see them here
in the future
Now these gentlemen perhaps told
the truth about their parts Of the
state, but the Garden of, Eden has
not been heard from. We live in the
southeast corner of the state, and I
want to say to you ladies and gentle
men that that county is one of the
greatest counties in the state be-.
cause of the fact, first, because it is
the home of Colonel Hankinson.5
The population Of that county is COM
posed of the white-haired Swede, the
sturdy German, the happy Bohemian,
and just enough Irish to run both
political parties and fill the Offices.
Every train that comes to Larimore
and Grand Forks comes through
Richland county. We furnish Fargo
most Of their trains and good deal
of other things, and say to- you,
gentlemen and ladies, that it is said
of our first parents they once resid-
ed there, but am glad to say that
our ladies dress more copiously than
Eve did
You gentlemen who are engaged
in the business Of advertising and
selling real estate know that by
showing people, letting them see for
themselves what the soil will produce.
will have a greater effect upon those
who intend to make this state their
home than what you can write or
what you can say. Now it is true.
that when you take man and show
him and say to him this crop Of corn
grew on this farm; this granary of
wheat grew on this farm and this
stock was raised on this farm, he can
see with his own eyes. see what it is
and it impresses him more than any
thing else you can say to him. In.
the county Of Richland, j say it with.
out contradiction, we have raised
more corn than any county in the
state. say without contradiction
we have raised more clover and tim
othy, and today every farmer in
Richland county considers that from
rs to 40 acres of his land is proper
to be sown to corn, clover and tim
othy. 4 do not care if he is only a
160 acre farmer. We have ceased
to raise wheat in Richland county
and fellows who come in from Iowa
and Illinois told us and aught us
what we have learned. The men
who came from foreign countries
were not proper opponents to say
what this soil would produce. Nei-
Their were they the proper persons
| to give knowledge as to results.
Among the settlers who came to
North Dakota were men who had
nothing in their own homes. They
came here to benefit their conditions.
Few Of them had any property or
much money and therefore, it took
them years and years to experiment
| with the soil. to work upon it and
get the best results. Today the Illi-
nois and Iowa farmers have taught
us how to farm, they have given us
cards and spades, to use vulgar
phrase. You would be surprised at
4 the results. Tt is true that one of
the best educational institutions in
this state is the Fargo Agricultural
College. The knowledge that is dis
seminated through this state is SO
thoroughly disseminated that when
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