Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-10-21
Devils Lake, X. D.


haTe Rad yoE editorial il last
weeks 5ssas Of Ihe Inzsr+Ocssa and
wish TO say IN reply taz- Eoa- asse--
tons ace false Il every particular
You 81! that there is one msn il
Ramsey COUNTY EAo SAFE that the
difficulty with the exhibit Is that Il is
taken almost enirelr from ne crops
pco5uo Il the southern portions Of
tie scste and the crops II this neck Of
.he woods have little ]ook Il although
many departments snCpsss that OF the
state exhibit,
Under different circumstances
should totally disregard tais assertion
bat as II is 80 manifes-7y unfair 70 mp
self and a gross injustice 70 those who
entered such excellent specimens Of
grain z, the contest held II Bismarck
AuguEt IS. 1910, that l csnoU ignore
It During the past ssVen grain COZ
tests held thsre were never exhibited
such z superior class Of exhibits &c the
one held this year. There we're 40
entries II tits contest and 81 cane
from the northern part Of the state.
and only - from tag southern bali
The following counties sent exhibits:
Bottineau s. Eddy /, Grand Forks 5.
McHenry Is, Mckenzie S. Mclean 1S
IAN from the northern pa-t), Moun-
tai s, Nelson 2. Penuim !. Sheridan
=, TownsT 4. Pierce !, Ramsey /, Rol
cite l, Trail ! fnoy1h Of the Central
! Nne}, Ward 6. Wells 3. lan from the
northern part}, and Williams Il. Or. q
-noskESSSEEu Il J.Te+yn -hsrsSER
total Of 81. Thus il will be seen that
ali the counties Of tae northern por-
! ton gers represented, except Beg
son, Cavalier and Walsh
In the southern portion Of the state,
where the booster says that the
greater portion of the grain Was gath-
cred Adams county sent exhibit,
ba:DeE l. Billings 3. Burleigh I, Cass
:. Lnckey' ], Dunn !. Foster /. Griggs
J. LaNoure !, Mercer /, Morton 9,
Oliver ]. Ransom 3, Richland 8. Stark
2 stutsnan &, total Of A.. The coun.
tjeE not making al exhibit were Bow.
ran E,nrnons. Hettingsr, Mdder, Nc
lntrsh and Sargent
You will observe that the northern
:laf Ut rhe state sent over twice tine
number OF exhibits that the southern
portion did tor our exhibits to be een'
10 other states. Do these facts war
rant the assertion that the northern
half Of the state does 30 get a 'looi
IN" when it comes 70 selecting graf,
for exhibition purposes?
The gratutiosIs remark that an
personally interested In the souther,
psrt OF the state IN real estate fs with
OF Foundation in tact, AZ there Is ali
hclaie'g nothing 10 ting statement. An
II would not have been made had tf
man who uttered it been acquainte.
With the facts.
When these exhibits were sent GU
10 other states the men who accom-
panied them were given positive IL
strnctions TO say TO the people VIII
'iewed them These exhibits reprs
sen; the state OF North Dakota as
whole, and not any particular or give
locality" have no evidence tina
these Instructions were ever violated
After these exhibits were placed In tn
cases for exhibition purposes / def
any man On earth TO tell what count
they came from. AZ the best In eac
collection is detected and blended Il
gether
IT. has BEEN Or aim to speak fayo
ably o. all gectfoas nj the state, and
Ia purely Il matter Of supreme fndiffe
eaee 10 Us where the rev settler,
locate, Just $40 they come to North ID
kofa and make IT. their home. An
stateaent TO the contrary is a Wilt,
and malicious He
w, G, GILBREATH,
Commissioner.