Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-31

| sert that the recent dry farming con-
| gress was of great and lasting bene-
J At and left a deep Impression upon
|, every one who attended it. tn E h $#
I 4 The problem Of dry farming
the word dry i,is q y misnomer and
should be changed, as It simply means
| good, progressive, advanced or proper
| conservation of the soil moisture
farming-has copfe to stay. and has
become worldwide in its scope, for
| it has spread already beyond the con.
| fines of the great and undeveloped
west until it now includes every ma
ton and t!clime In the universe. It's
object Is based upon sound principles,
and will continue, to- attract greater
attention not only from the farmer,
but by the railroad owner and man
ager, the manufacturer, the merchant
and the man of AFFAIRS It's a live
wire and has connections with every
| branch of business enterprise and in
/ dustry. ~
What. We Learned.
I So far only a description of the
congress and generalities have been
dealt with, and now the important
question of what did we North Dakota
people get out of this meeting, and
how were we profited by this trio?
| It is a source of regret that instead
Of thirty delegates, North Dakota
! did not have a hundred times that
number, for If that many had attend
| ed they would have returned home
with greater, broader and more COM
prehensive views Of the state Of their
adoption. Why, North Dakota doomed
up like the mountains of Montana,
and we who heard it's merits extolleG
| stepped higher, became more conf
| dent and felt that we were from one
| of the richest states in the Union.
Speakers read western North Dakota
! out of the semiarid belt and placed
| it along side of Iowa, Minnesota, IL
| linois, Indiana and other leading cen
trail states One man. who lives in
! the semi-arid region said, "Out here
we have twenty-five per cent soil and
| seventy-five per cent brain and muscle
| to produce a good crop, while with
you the ratio is just the reverse
| What, more than anything else, i'm
| pressed us, were the lessons we learn
I'd about the proper and best methods
| for the conservation of the moisture
in the soil. This was of great and
| inestimable value and those who were
| making this feature OF successful
/ farming q study in North Dakota,
stated that they had received many
| new ideas which they would utilize in
| the near future for tho benefit of the
| farmers.
In the maps used by different
speakers to illustrate, North Dakota
showed but an infinitesimal amount Of
land in the ssmi-arid district, not
| withstanding the labored efforts of
even the department at Washington
! to prove otherwise. 49,,
The sugar beet industry of Montana
| is assuming mammoth proportions,
and Is destined to become of greater
Importance and value each succeed
| ing year. It should have a foothold
in North Dakota and many acres could
be made to produce bountiful crops
that are today bringing in: little or
no revenues to their owners. =
!. We learned where and how to pro-
cure some better seeds and what
would be best adapted to our soils.
| The fact is we learned to place a
greater value upon our Narth Dakota
soil. to appreciate the many good
| things we possess, much higher esti-
mate Of the future of our state and
withal greater confidence in. the fu-
ture values of our lands. g
There were excellent samples %
! seeds, garden products, and splen-
did display of grains and grasses. Yet
| one of our seed men remarked.
These people display nothing that
| is superior to our North Dakota seeds,
| grains or grasses and garden products.
although they were raised on irrigat-
ed lands::'' -:
The Delegation.
Our delegation consisted of the fol-
lowing named persons: =;
Lieut.. Governor Lewis: President
J. H. Worst, Prof. j. H. Shepperd
and e. J. Weiser of Fargo; A. p,
Paulson, Valley City; NJ. Murphy, .of
| Jamestown; D. K. .Brightbill, state
auditor; w. c, Gilbreath, commission
err of agriculture: Senator Geo. A..
Welch and O. H. Will of Bismarck;
H. R. Lyon, p. r. Taylor, and w. H.
Stutsman railroad commissioner, Man
| dan; w: III. Mann, railroad commits
sioner, and John Bloodgood,l New
Salem: Geo. M. Frye and J. G.. Quin-
Ivan, Dickinson; L. N, Cary and J. S.
Dunlap Mandan, and W. Porter,
North Dakota state demonstration.
These twenty were the guests of
the Northern Pacific railway COM;
:,any and the other members came
ever the Great Northern road.
! Tuesday evening the delegation met
| with Professor Shepherd presiding.
W.: c. Gilbreath was elected as a
| member OF the nominating committee
of the, congress, Prof. Shepperd a
member of the committee on resolu-
tons and subsequently chosen as its
chairman, while III. r. Lyon was made
a member of the committee on Gre
dentials. AZ <,q.: s-~~ !: syl5
President Worst was appointed a
member of the executive committee,
by the nominating committee and af-
forwards selected as one of the five
governors who are to formulate the
program for next year. III 81
There were but two decisive issues
before the congress. The first. was
the name North Dakota voted