Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-04

endowment of the state from its
school lands is rich, and in little
while the earnings of the permanent
school funds, now calculated in mil
lions, 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 edu
Gated at little expense.
The state has debt so small as to
be inconsiderable. It's obligations are
paid in cash. It's tax rate is low. It's
legislation is broad, calculated to af-
ford right protection to the farmer
and the laborer and at the same time
to encourage the operations of the
business man and the builder. 1t is
threaded with railroads, having three
transcontinenta lines, the Northern
Pacific, the Great Northern and the
500 line, with the Milwaukee cut.
ting across the southwest corner with
its new transcontinental line. The
valley of the Missouri river affords
splendid opportunities for crop rails
ing and cattle raising, and corn
fields are everywhere in evidence,
producing a splendid variety of corn
and meaning ultimately the develop
ment of new resource, the fatten-
ing of cattle, sheep and hogs from
grain and fodder 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
develop the soil there to it's fullest,
and assure fixed return. An area
of $4,000 to 10000 acres will be ir
rigated from a plant constructed by
the government and means the es-
tablishment of truck farms, the rails
ing OF sugar beets, and the support
ing of families on tracts of land half
to 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 be-
yond the comprehension of the resi-
dents Of the state. There are new
towns springing up by the tens and
scores, each affording opportunities
for the business man, the profession
al 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 meal
culable. Veins twenty to thirty feet
in thickness crop out of the hills and
the farmers may obtain it for dollar
ton at the mine. tt is fuel with
higher percentage of carbon than
the eastern coal, and it's cheerful
blaze in the furnace or the crate does
much to rob winter of whatever sting
it might have. The state has resery-
ed its own coal lands to itself so
there can never be monopoly of this
fuel. It is used in all state institu-
n rs IN, =
commercial purposes is always in
creasing. 1t is a source of wealth
to the state second only to its fertile
soil, and in its 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 well paid. The
farmers who have come to North
Dakota and paid for their land with
the profits of one and two years.
crops are legion. For several years
there has been continual stream of
middle 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 500 per acre. They
have found pure water, cheap fuel,
live towns and prosperous neigh
bors. And they have written their
friends in the east to get 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 il he
takes advantage of his opportunities.
Meeting Of Stockholders