Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1909-12-09
pain ana Truthful Words.

Some people have either never Wis
tied North Dakota and havea much
mistaken idea of the climate Of the
state, says the Medina Citizen, or
else there is a big bunch of liars in
other parts of the country who take
delight in firing shots at one of the
best states in the Union-in fact. we
might say the best. Some people
still seem to live under the mistaken
idea that this state is about the last
place before reaching the north
pole. and that there is nothing here
but a sort of glacial formation.
Wouldn't such ideas cause q person
to throw rocks at his mother-in-
law" We were reading the other
day-before we had had any cold
weather whatever except a few
days in October, and only q sprinkle
of snow that soon melted-in q
a paper published at Stanfield, Ore
gon, that North Dakota had been
visited by billiards during the
month named, and that the weather
had been around fifteen degrees be-
low zero! Now, what do you think
of that? Such publications as this
Oregon paper are very ignorant or
else they would take all the cake as
prevaricators. The fall of 1909 in
this state was ideal. We had some
cool weather. cold enough to form
thin ice: but that is all. There
were no billiards; in fact, there
was no snow, which. with winds Of
a strong character. are the only COM
bination that can make q blizzard.
and then the snow must be without
a crust.
1t makes person tired who has
spent any length Of time in North
Dakota to read some articles pub
lished in eastern and far-western
papers concerning the climatic con-
ditions of this state. We acknow-
ledge we have cold weather, and we
are glad of the fact. But it is a
cold person can stand-not a damp.
wet cold that penetrates to the very
bones. such as does the cold weather
of some of the coast states and some
of the states farther east and south.
We have Travelled and worked
through practically every state west
of the Mississippi. and, while each
state has some features ahead of
others. we have found none to COM
pare with North Dakota as an ALL
around state, both in regard to
climate and the earning capacity of
its soil and people. All we want
any one to do is to give the state its
just dues. But we would like to
get them.
North Dakota's people have more
wealth per capita than any other
state in the Union; and the death
rate, according to population. is the
lowest. Two facts are worth re-
membering: that we are the health
lest and the wealthiest state in the
Union.
II the newspapers Of other states
would confine themselves to facts
about us it would be all right. But
so many Of the packages that are
handed out to US are something
fierce. A mine disaster in Pennsyl-
vania may kill a hundred men, with
out casting reflections on the state;
a landslide in Oregon may perform
a similar feat, and nothing will be
said of it; q flood in the Ohio valley
may cause the destruction Of thou
sands of dollars worth of property
and the loss of many lives, without
a single word of comment, and an
earthquake in California may de-
stroy an entire city and the state
will still be considered in q favor
able light. But, Just let it get cold