Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-09-20

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| What; glorious opportunities still
exist forsthe young. active, vigorous
men of theeworid. not alone in the
United States yfbut throughout the
world. hi onlyasa few years ago lands
in the present paradise regions s,of
California were; iconside deredl a waste7-
were deserts, and that are now
worth from $500 Ito. 81 800 an acre,
in the ;recollectionroft the middle
aged men of today had no fixed val
ue. a Those who. during the last
thirdqof "a century, have wi messed
the wonderful development of the
prairie regions of the middle west,
ins@the United States and have seen
the melting 6snowsSfo the mountains
diverted from the streams leading to
the sea to- millions OF acres of valley
and table lands and turned deserts
into grain fields and orchards; those
who have during this period observed
the building of countless cities from
hamlets to commercial and
manufacturing centers with thous-
ands and hundreds of thousands Of
busy people and the enormous in
crease Of wealth; those who have
watched the passing of the fine lands
and the distinctions of the forests
in the northern and western portions
Of the countdy; those who have
seen the wonderful growth of the
railway systems and the anninhilation
of time in travelling over the con-
tinent and across the waters; those
who stop to realize what has hap
pened under their own observation
duning the last decade are apt, to
come to the conclusion that the end
of rapid development is at. hand and
the opportunities for the young man
of today are meagre and unimport-
ant # :yf' 1...ot
| The reverse is. true. The world is
full of opportunities, as great this
moment as ever before in the history
Of Sthe world. a.sg s}sss$o pt ptzaN 5zE
One has but to refer to the railway
and steamboat guides to obtain {
"lead" that surely points to- pros
perity and success. 81 r.la
The world lis far from finished
Millions upon millions of acres o.
vergin soil remains and countless
treasures are still stored in the toni
Of mother earth. Precious metal
still undiscovered excel in, valu,
those that have been produced in al
sn the time of the past. Nature
storehouse is still well supplied. Th'
opportunities are great. ss
1 How to find them?
i Travel! @..' z
Take the folder issued by any rail
way company and study. its time
tables and its maps. Go to the en-
) of the line. Where? ~.
1, Almost anywhere. When one con
: siders the fact that the crop G
babies is increasing all the time an
that the Almighty is not Il maxim
any more acres of land on thi
e globe, can he not see the ineyitabl
r result? 5.g.ss.4,. Id $5s Fs .ss
!, While the. ties of kinship an
j; country are strong, still we al
g gradually assimilating.. At hrst
g ! was interstate, now it Is information
n al. 1t wasuonly a; short step. III
world is becoming more end mos
cosmopolized. The English languae
isa becoming the, language-,of Il
wodldaa With! comparatively lit
,. trouble one canJt now travel ito ii
utmost. ends of the earth. Ts
+ The Bureau dofs American Republi
g has brought to our attention Il
Is great possibilities i'm South Amer
ltI The development y In Old Mexico
Il one OF the maryels Of the day Tai
" YOUR atlas OFFS thirty years ago al
compare 1t. with the. map OF tod,
,rtand observe 1.-THE transformation th
vi 1.-THE extension o0ftFrailroads and Il
ID demands 5of a. a5rapidly increasing po
I'd ulation has brought about.
Il.f Few people who read this artie
id have had osdasion before to inyes
SIS Egate the extension Of railways in t
southwest afd on /: down thfou,
Mexico to thg Gulf Of California.
The sconget itien Hoff the Kans
n. City, Mexico and Orient aaiiWs
III means a shortening Of the distar
- from Kansas City % the Pacific !,
oil can over the present distance to 8
III Francisco of over, 400 miles s. q,
rn BY the neW r0hse to the seabos