The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-03-24
MAKE 1T UNANIMOUS.

Some excellent advice is rendered
by the Great Falls Leader to its con-
stituency, and its remarks will apply
to residents of all parts of the country.
The advancement of the interests of
the general community will be en-
couraged by the observance of this
admonition:
One of the things which all interest
ed in the welfare of northern Montana
should keep in mind, is the avoidance
of even a semblance Of knocking-to
make statements of the facts pertaining
to the Of this section unani.
nous. And the facts are such that no
exaggeration is at all necessary In
stating such resources.
If a man wants to buy land of you,
or make inquiry of you regarding
land, resources contiguous, or the
like, tell him the truth. Don't knock
because he may like the land Of some
one else better than yours; because
he may think another section of Mon.
tana more desirable than the one In
which your property may be. He
can't make a mistake through locat.
ing in any section of Montana. and you
can't make q mistake through urging
that fact upon him. If he thinks
better of the property, whether town
or farm land. owned by someone else,
don't try to queer him thereby decry.
ing the other mans goods;ltell him he
buys or wherever he settles, SO long
as it be in Northumberland let it 60 at
that.
Be unanimous in shouting good Of
every section of Montana, and at the
same time you will be shouting the
truth.
Make 1t unanimous for Montana,
and don't try to queer the man who
aeeks to invest here, because perhaps
he may not look with your eyes-there
is room here for all.
Which is brought to mind by the
perhaps thoughtless knocking which
has at times been handed out anent
the Fort Shaw unit of the Sun River
irrigation project, as we'll as against
a number of other sections surround
ing, the knocking parties evidently
acting upon the.principle that nothing
is grist which fails to come into their
ia dividual net.
As a matter of fact the Fort Shaw
unit is but one example, but will serve
to point the moral. Fort Shaw is set
Ting rapidly. Is families being al
ready on the grounds. and all are
we'll satisfied. The trouble with US o,
this section is that we have not become
accustomed to prevailing land values
and so whenever land is rated q
more than $40 per acre we are apt t.
howl-even though the same land b.
worth S400.
And then again some of US are 81
anxious to dispose of our own proper
ty that we can't say a good word o
our neighbours; that is a bad way tt
help the country. Instance, MI. Har
nor of Tacoma is one of the lat
Fort Shaw settlers who has experience
and saw the Fort Shaw land before b
purchased: he owned land near Ia
coma, which he sold at $500 per acr
to homestead irrigated land on tn
Fort Shaw until at $35, and 1t is hi
testimony that the Fort Shaw Ian
is better by far than the land he sol
for $500 per acre, and when he say
this he is not booming any section
for he has no land to sell.
In the meantime any parties who l
the past have at intervals been in tn
habit of throwing cold water upon tn
Fort Shaw lands, as we'll as any othe
lands not belonging to themselves, G
which might not be with them for sale
will probably cut it out from here or
cut it out and make a good thing VI
animous-shout for Montana land RI
CARELESS of what Montana section
ia stu ated in.