Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-04-30
To Adv. .'tiSe
the State
Commissioner GiIbreath Will Carry
On Big Advertising Campaign
During the Summer

The state agricultural depart
ment. which also has charge Of tie
immigration work of the state is
now busy making preparations for
the summer work, and intends to
cover wider field of operation
this year than ever before.
A large sectional wall map Of
the state, size 36x40 is in process
of preparation for the printing
press. 1t will be up-to-date in
every respect, showing the pro-
posed new line of railroads and the
late post Offices that have been
established. Around this map
will be given agricultural sta
tistics, the number of acres of
land in each county as we'll as the
number that are assessed. 1t will
also show the estimated population
of each city and town for the year
1909. 1t will contain brief
| sketch Of every state institution,
as we'll as those other than state.
1t will give the educational,
land department, and banking sta
tistics, and brief statements as to
the irrigation projects, mineral
developments, and such other facts
and figures as will be of interest,
both to the resident as we'll as to
the non-residents Of the state, and
will include the dairy productions,
number Of postoffices, banks, gov
ernment lands, in fact it is design
ed to be as complete as it is poss-
ible to make it.
Another feature of the work is
the production of booklet devot-
ed to illustrations of the state S
public institutions, showing them
as they actually exist and not COL
ored by the hand of skilled art
lists. The object Of this work is
to demonstrate to the world that
North Dakota is not behind her
sister states when it comes to
public institutions, or providing
suitable buildings for education
purpose or making provision for
those who are afflicted. This book
will be attractive and contain
concise history of each institution
prepared by those who are entirely
familiar with them.
There is still another valuable
book which Commissioner Gil
breath and his force are busily en-
gagged upon and that is brief his
tory of each county, giving the
date when organized, the charac-
ter Of the soil. the number and
names of its cities and towns, the
amount of land under cultivation.
what it has produced during the
past year, and such other facts and
favorable mentions as it is entitled,
to receive. This book will be H.
lustrated with half tones made
from photographs of the finest
scenes and buildings to be found
in each county.
These are a few of the different
advertising matter that the depart
ment is at present working on.
Commissioner Gilbreath, this year,
expects to have three distinct eA-
hibits in the field and will visit
not less than eighteen different
fairs and two expositions Chi
cago and Omaha. The territory to
be covered will include the states
Of Wisconsin. Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa. South Dakota and Nebras-
ka, If there is any value in ex-
hibits the commissioner believes
in doing it on an extensive scale.
Commissioner Gilbreath has
about completed list of all the
different real estate firms in the
state and now desires list of all
commercial or business mems
clubs so as to keep in touch with
them, and communicate to them
any inquiries he may receive
from persons of other states who
may wish to locate in their town
or vicinity.