The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-29
Boost North Dakota
Urges Louis W. Hill
No Reason Earth Why North Dakota Land Should Not
Double in Prce--"You Get the Cream Of the Immi-
grants, Hold Them," Says Mr. Hill

There are enough men in this room
to double the price of all the land in
North Dakota" said Louis w. Hill,
president Of the Great Northern rail-
road, while talking in the lunch room
at the commercial club headquarters
last night at reception being given
for him.
In the interview Mr.. Hill said: "The
people of North Dakota should pay
more attention to their own state,
They should make stronger effort
to keep people here. All the western
bound van passes through Fargo and
when they go through this city the
| people of this city should make siren
uous efforts to keep them in the state.
Instead they let the people go on to
| Montana and Oregon, and land that Is
not half as good as your North Da-
kota land, and that is eighty miles
away from a railroad, is bringing in
some cases $500 an acre in Oregon.
North Dakota people should be get
| ting twice as much for the land in the
state. You should attract people to
! North Dakota. Boom it and boost,
! but for goodness sake, do not knock it,
| Don't advertise from coast to coasr
that you have had a big blizzard or
| that something else has gone wrong
TN ST. Paul the merchants consider
that they doubled their business by
putting settlers in the state and in the
! northwest. They are a natural outlet
and so Is Fargo. They have the en-
thusiasm in st. Paul. but not in Fargo.
Fargo needs more enthusiasm. 1t is
to the interest of everybody in Dakota
to see that the land doubles its COM
mercial value and the merchants and
business men of Fargo should take this
duty upon themselves.
81 suggest that a good move to Sc
cure the doubling Of the price of the
North Dakota land would be to split
the large farms into smaller ones.
Farms that a man can go out and till
himself. This situation would create
more enthusiasm among the farmers
| themselves and you would have
denser population with these many
farms, and the situation would be
similar to that of eastern and central
states. This division of the large
farms would create a larger and bigger
value for the land.
ct tell you, have more boosting.
Have the community. stand behind its
own country and North Dakota will be
a bigger and better state. Look more
after the development of North Da-
kota and talk and write it. Advertise
the state, not some other state, and you
will see wonderful changes in North
Dakota
When asked what he thought of
Fargo, Mr. Hill said: Fargo is piling
brick every day and piling 1t higher
and higher. Fargo never looked better.
There is so much building going on here.
am a friend to Fargo; If l was not
friend to Fargo, would not be here"
When II Is known that Fargo is the
only stop made from st. Paul to the
Montana state fair at Helena, one can
see that there Is a great deal OF
strength in this last statement.
At the reception Mr.. Hill wore a
beautiful gold medal which was
presented to him just a short time be-
fore the arrival of the train to Fargo.
The medallion was a gift Of the Mon
tana Boosters club and was given to
the railroad president in appreciation