Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-05-31

3 1t matters but little what the opin-
ion of the individual may be regarding
a certain matter, it is the opinion of
the many that carries into effect wide
reaching policies and & builds or de-
stroys as the case may be. The in
dividual might stand upon the shores
of an ocean as the tides come in and
say well the barriers out there are
sufficient to break the force of the
waves and to stay the on rush of the
vast body Of water" And perhaps
tor a short time the opinion might be
correct. But as the volume increased
and the waves became higher the.
small Instructions were Intellectual
and the mans opinion of the great
force behind the first were too linn
ited
1t is the opinion Of many good
honest people that it is impossible for
eastern Montana to experience rush
OF agricultural settlers as the older
countries have experienced. They
claim that the conditions are not fav-.
orable for such and that nature has
placed insurmountable barriers in the
pathway Of the Immigrant on his way
westward. But is the claim well
founded upon fact?
That the rush is coming, is as GER
tain as can be, provided we meet with
no serious calamity of some kind or
of some national catastrophe, and OF
these we hope for the better Other
wise the result is certain. AS to the
wisdom of the movement the individ-
ual can only have his opinion. But
1t might be well to examine into the.
facts as the opinion of many people
were too pessimistic as to the, now,
great states in the central part of the
Union Some Of the best lands in the
world were sold in the states of Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri
for twelve and half cents to a dol
lar and quarter an acre and many.
good honest people thought that the
price was too high The great desert
only few years ago reached as far
east as Kansas City and Omaha and
it has been only a generation since
i the great wheat fields of eastern Da-
kota stopped just at the first rise Of
higher lands west OF Fargo. and the
Indian stopped the homeseekers at
Bismarck long enough for the cattle.
man to convince him that the great
plains west of the river were q bar
rem waste agriculturaly speaking.
s But the prudent man will examine
the fact as far as he can obtain them
and the rash one will go with the on.
rush and take his chances along with
the many. That the American peo-:
pie are too land hungry to- allow such
vast tract Of rich soil to lie unoccu-
pied as as those Of eastern Montana,
save BY herds Of cattle and focks OF
sheep is a certainty That they are
right or wrong in their Judgment
must be left for the future to decide:
The only thing to do Is for the individ-
nal to examine carefully into the facts
and conditions as they now exist and
decide his own course for himself.
The only question at issue are
7 these: Is the soil Of sufficient rich
ness to produce crops? Are climatic.
conditions such that the ordinary.
American can live comfortably and
have fair health? Is there enough
rainfall, with proper conservation Of
moisture, to insure fair grain cropss2s
Then OF course there are other
questions such as railroad facilities,
churches, schools, markets and num-
erpus other matters that In due
course Of time will regulate them
selves After all the three vital