Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-01-23
THE STORY OF NORTH DAKOTA
w. g. Gibreat Tells of the Wonderful Resources of the
state-clmate Invigoratng and Health Giving
Agriculture Varied and Profitable.

school funds, now calculated in mill.
ions, will pay the expenses of the
maintenance of the common schools.
There are universities, normal schools
and an agricultural college, science
school, industrial school and other
state institutions at which the children
of the farmer may be educated at a
little expense.
The state has a debt so small as to
be iuconsiderable. Its obligations are
paid in cash. Its tax rate is low. It's
legislation is broad calculated to If
ford right protection to the farmer ana
tn" latorer, and ct the same tine TO
encourage the operations of the bust
ness man and the builder. 1t is
threaded with railroads, having three
transcontinental lines, the Northern
Pacific, the Great Northern and the
500 line, with the Milwaukee cut
ting across the southwest corner with
Its new transccntinental line. The
valley Of the Missouri river affords
splendid opportunities for crop raising
and cattle raising, and corn fields are
everywhere in evidence, producing
a splendid variety of corn and mean:
ing ultimately the development of a
new resource, the fattening of cattle,
sheep and hogs from grain and fod-
der raised at home and the placing
of them on the market in the shape
of prime beef.
Irrigation has been introduced in
the section of the state about Willis
ton-not because of aridity, but to de-
velop the soil there is to ito 2ullest,
and assure fixed return. An area
of $4,000 to 10000 acres will be fri
gated from plant constructed by the
government, and means the establish
ment of truck farms, the raising of
sugar beets, and the supporting Of
families en- tracts of land half to a
quarter the size Of the ordinary farm.
West of the Missouri river there are
rolling acres, fertile and productive.
There are cattle ranges, upon which
thousands Of cattle find sustenance
and grow fat and wealth producing.
There are new counties being created
and peopled, even beyond the compre.
hehsion of the residents of the state.
There arc Few towns springing up by
the tens and scores, each attending
opportunities for the business man.
The professional man and the newer
of wood and the drawer of water.
Ignite coal is found in the state,
and the total supply of it is incalcula-
Bile. Veins twenty to thirty feet in
thickness crop out of the hills, and
the farmers may obtain it for a dol
lar ton at the mine. 1t is a fuel
with higher percentage of carbon
than the Eastern coal, and it's cheer.
full blaze in the furnace or the CRATE
does much to rob winter of whatever
sting it might have. The state has
reserved its own coal lands to itself,
so there can never be monopoly of
this fuel. II is used in all state in
situations, and its use in the home and
for commercial purposes is always in
creasing. 1t is source of wealth to
the state, second only to its fertile
soil, and in it's ultimate development
millions of. dollars will be added to
the producing capacity of the state.
The average Of wealth in the state
is high. Labor is we'll paid. The
farmers who have come to North Da-
kota and paid for their land with the
profits If one aid two years crops
are legion. For several years there
has been a contin 1al stream Of mid.
die west farmers, renters and others
DESTROYS of owning homes in the state.
They have found homes, wealth and
happiness. They have found land at
So to $40 per acre. They have found
pure water, cheap fuel, live towns and
prosperous neighbors. And they have
written their friends in the East to get
a home in North Dakota before it is
too late.
The government land in the state is
being rapidly taken. Homesteaders
are to be found upon nearly every
quarter section
The North Dakotan, wherever you
find him, is cheerful, optimistic, pros
porous and full of energy. He is proud
of his state and glad that he lives.
He is liberal, his lines are cast in
pleasant places, and he has in his
acres heritage of which no business
difficulties can deprive him if he takes
advantage of his opportunities.-W.C c.
Gilbreath, Commissioner of Agricul-
ture and Labor.