The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-26
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REPoRTERFoR NEW YORK TfME'
TRIES 70 MAKE SOME COM
lcAL REMARKS
REFERS TO TEN BIG COLONIES
FROM NO. DAKOTA ACCOM-.
PANYlNc GOV. BURKE
Saturdays New York Times has
the following squib relating to the re.
cent visit Of the North Dakota
launching party TO that city:
Coincident with the arrival OF the
cool wave yesterday. distinguish
ed party of North Dakotans, inclui-
ing Gov. John Burke. members Of
his staff, and number Of state OH
Gals, visited New York enroute to
Washington, after having witnessed
the launching of the battleship North
Dakota at Quincy, Mass, on Wednes
day. There were several women in
the party, among them being Miss
Mary Benton Of Fargo and her chap.
eron, Mrs. Alice Nelson Page, news.
paper woman Of Grand Forks. Miss
Benton broke the bottle Of cham
payne over the brow OF the new
warship as its sponsor.
Governor Burke. while lounging in
the foyer of the Hotel Knickerbocke.
talked Interestingly Of the northwest
and pointed out several members Of
his party as men of great influence
and wealth, adding: "Anl they
made every dollar Of It farming
Have you any millionaire farmers In
this part Of the world. There are
ten in this party"
When The Times reporter told him
thai while miilionaires were az com
mon in New York as wheat in North
Dakota, the millionaire farmer was
as scarce as skryscrapers in argo
the governor promptly called several
OF his fellow-traveiers to his side.
Towering the full height of his s.
feet 2, the governor waved his pow!
erful arms aloft and began:
"This is Col. Joseph Kelly cf'
Devils Lake. He Is devil of a fa!.
low AMI made every penny o. his
millions out Of the virgin soil OF
North Dakota. Am fright, Col?"
The colonel gravely nodded an At
Primitive while every neck In the
foyer was craned to catch a, glimpse
cfthis first farmer millionaire.
This is Col. Albert Currie Of our,
state, sir" the governor continued
"and the colonel can buy and sci
half the men who claim to be mil.
lfonairee in New York. He does not
have TO- water his stock, except his
live stock, and for every grain Of !
wheat grown on his ranch he has
a dollar in the bank"
AS Colonel Currie began to rise !
from his chair 1t seemed that ne
would never get uncoiled. When
he had shaken the kinks out Of his
legs AMI stood erect he confessed to
six feet six.
The next on the list was DR.. c. P
Donovan Of Neche, who. besides Ell
joying lucrative practice, still
has time to devote to his 10000 acre.
Of wheat land. and he, too, modestlyI
retlres after the governor had her
aided his claims to greatness.
The governor threw back his big
fur coat and called for Colonel Ben
ton-@htey were all colonies. Benton
is the father Of the ships sponsor,
and, naturally occupied an important
place In the encourage.
Colonel Benton also confessed to
untold wealth, but was modest with
al and beat retreat long before tire
governor had finished his encomium,
Then came in succession Colonel
Brokon, Colonel McGraw, Colonel
Hecksndeck, Colonel Mckee. Colcrel
Hellstrom and Colonel English, all
fessed under the eulogies pourel
foith By the governor, VINO sl.Ipet
each~of his ten colonies familia "
or the back in signal OF their DIS.
missa1.
Coionel Kelly was quite as entllis-
iastic abut the state as the governor. /
He told OF railroad just completely
there, $50 miles in length, built byE
farrers, operated by farmers, an i.st
dividends exclusively for farm $.
The road, the colonel said, had about
lifty grain elevators, with q capacityt
81 not less than $4,000 bushels. EIsf