Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-10-15

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HOW, AN EAsTERNER VIEWS
NORTH DAKOTA COMPARED 1
:. ;, "a. -. +. WITH OTHER STATES.
+ The following pithy sentences are
extracts from a, letter written by a
man who resides in Pennsylvania to
q friend whose home Is in Towner
county. Several weeks ago the
gentleman from Pennsylvania wrote
t. his North Dakota friend, advising
him that he was about to seek anew
location and was thinking Of coming
to North Dakota, and that he would
like to have his counsel In the mat
ter. : The Towner county man, not
wishing to influence him, answered
in a non-c -commital tone and pointed
out other localities that; might be
desirable as future home. The
Pennsylvania speaks for himself in
the following words:
I would be. almost willing to stake
my life on it that If I could buy
good farm in North Dakota could
make good on 1t, even though my
boys are too young to be- of much
help to me for some years yet. AS
I stated In my other letter to you, I
could come to North Dakota with a.
bout, $4,000 to pay down on a farm,
and that ought to. enablesme to, get
hold Of e. well improved farm with
fair buildings, one on which could
float mortgage for the necessary "a
mount to cash on the place and stock
1t, and then make my payments and
interest ON the back money out 5of my
crops. II could not get a.good73 farm
In North Dakota on the conditions
named then II must be a very peculiar
and unusual kind Of locality, It seems
to me. As to the help blem, i ought
fto{be able to- get help as readilyfas 9th.
er farmers can get 1t, and II also feel
Scertain that. IS 9 very ii; short tt9asss 4
would make as good q farm hand as
/ the average should come out
there and plank down $40 100 :@on5 d
well improved farm and then couldn't
borrow agfew thousands more on it
by giving, good fret mortgage secur-
ity, it would seem to me to indicate
that there are no capitalists that re-
gard North Dakota "dirt" as a valu-
able asset. And If, / couldn't make
enough above a living to make reason
able annual payments on the land,
then It is foregone conclusion that
your section Of the country iB' abso-
lntely n. g., which I have every rea-
son to believe is: not the case. 81
would not expect to get rich in a few
years, but II by hard work and econ
omysI could become the. owner OF D
good North Dakota farm free from
all incumbrance IN the next ten OF
twelve years, would be satisfied
and feel that I would be able to leave
my children q far better heritage
than It viii ever be possible for me- to
leave them here In the crowded, be
sotted and morally degenerate east.
My principal aim from now. on shall
be to live for the best welfare Of my
children Ny one great desire lis to
have my children grow up to be use
full, good people in every sense Of the
word and as free as possible from the
evil and pernicious Influences that
seem to- be coming daily more pre-
valent in the older states. The best
people III this country are being rear.
ed An the younger states, and, I be
Heye the best opp portnnities for the
rising generations and the generations
vet to come are ID the west. While
7 am not spring chicke / am new
ertheless not In the sere and yellow
Leaf stage vet. and IL i am favored
With average good health 4 ought to
be- able to do lots of effective work
during the nextsten or twelve years,
and by the end of that period, # my
boys live and thrive, ought to have
All abundance Of help of my own s5Ss
Contrary TO my ectations. syou
admonished me to so east and y en-
gage IA truck farming II Delaware,
New Jersey or the eastern shore of
Maryland. 10 the dickens with truck
farming. and to the deuce With the
localities You mentioned 10 far ~ 4
am concerned. You also suggested
that II might be- 4 good idea for me
to 80 to the far west and take up a
honest That does not appeal to
me, either. for 4 have too MANS chill
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