The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-04

Commissioners OF Agriculture and La
Dor w. G. Gilbreatha OF the state OF
North Dakota has adopted In the cam
paign of education relating to his
states resources and development. His
practical application Of the motto
consists In Q compact yet representa-
tive exhibit of the various grains,
grasses and other agricultural prod
ucts of North Dakota, with samples of
her coal, cement deposits brick and
other natural and developed indus
tries.
The commissioner assumes in this
respect that all the people OF the
United States, outside Of North Da-
kota, are from Missouri, and REQUIRE
TO be shown He then proceeds to
show them by actual visual demonstra-
ton that his state is making no claim
which she cannot back up with ire
futable and unanswerable proof.
In this exhibit you win find wheat
FIVE feet In length, the heads of which
are plump with kernels of the best
-four producing grain in the world.
Here you are introduced to the famous
No. / hard OF which you have heard
so much, and you see the grain and
stalk just as it appears In the waving
golden-hued oceans where it was
grown. There Is q sample OF oats
which came from field which aver
aged 75 bushels to the acre, and
which weigh well over 40 pounds to
the hushel. There again is barley
which makes the Milwaukee brewer
wish there was no prohibition law in
North Dakota, and that he could To-
cate his business plant in close prox-
nifty to such a perfect growth Of the
main constituent OF his amber-colored
product. The field from which that
flax over there was taken, paid for
the land on which II was grown in one
crop That black object, which looks
like the mother lode TO an arc light
carbon point, is the famous Ignite coal
that is going to make $4,000 square
miles OF North Dakota land as valua-
BILE as the anthracite fields Of Penn
sylvania. Take hold Of it; 1t won't
blacken your fingers. 1t can be pro-
duced at price which viii give the
coal barons q pain In their pocket
books when II comes on the market.
Take notice of those bricks over there,
which look as pretty as shredded
wheat biscuit advertisement. They
are made at a town called Hebron, in
Morton county, just west Of the Mis-
souri, river, In North Dakota. which
will some day and very soon-be-
come a big manufacturing center be-
cause Of the millions OF tons Of clay
available for making Just such bricks
as these. Already this product liz In
active and successful competition with
the highest grade eastern made arti-
Gle, and is in such demand that the
plant ia now being doubled In capacity.
In the almost vain hope OF keeping
up with the orders which are pouring
In. Other grades OF clay found in
large quantities throughout the stat
are being manufactured into the most
beautiful and artistic pottery and are
pronounced by experts to be the equal
or any in the world for that purpose.
Just look ct those elegant urns and
vases and Judge for yourself how true
this statement is.
As might be expected from state
capable Of producing such splendid
! agricultural products. and possessing
ouch wealth OF mineral resources,
| North Dakota Ii amply provided with
All those other requisites which are
nowadays essential to the highest eco
monte and social development. In
quiry from the attendant III charge 81
this exhibit will elicit the fullest infor-
nation covering educational. religious
municipal and ether conditions In the
state. Frog him you will learn ol
the broad -guage and efflciontly man
aged school system, with It's rich land
graMt and perpetual endowment fund
with III $500 rural schools ard 7.1tS