The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-02-28
POINTS WAY TO
FUTURE SUCCESS
Tells Northwestern Farmers
of Their Splendid oppor-
tunities Today

Williston, N. D.. Feb oS.-This aft.
ernoon very important event is TAX
ing place i. Williston. namely, the
Get Together Meeting" This meet
Ing was called by the Williston m
mercial club fof the purpose Of bring.
ing the farmers of Williams and Nc
Kenzie counties here to discuss sew
eral mattres that are of mutual in
terest. and to arrive at better I'M
derstanding with each other.
James j.. Hill, chairman of the
Great Northern, had been invited to
speak, but was unable to accept. A
letter from HIM, strongly endorsing
the plan. was received and read in
the meeting.
Mayor Bruegger opened the meet
ing. which commenced at . O'Clock
this afternoon. with an address of
T" GONE. Ada esses were delivered
by c. W. Jamison. Williston; ]. D.
O'Donnell. Butte, Mont: A. NJ. Haw-
ley. department of agriculture: T. A.
Hoverstad. Fargo; n. Hayes. Willis
ton Dean J. Fl. Sheppard. agricul-
tural college; Cnas. A. Mansfield. VIII
liston; Geo. o. Sanford, reclamation
service. and H. A. Nelson.
James J. Hills Letter.
In his letter. j. J. Hill pointed out
a number of important matters ~-r-
tanning to the northwestern as we'll
as other sections of the state of North
Dakota. Extracts from his letter fol-
low:
Il regret that business engagements
prevent me from being with you at
this meeting of farmers and business
men of North Dakota. and wish to
send them word of encouragement
and congratulation. You are right in
getting together for counsel and to
plan for your common future. 1t is
the method of all successful business
today. There never was time when
q man was less able to live to him.
self than now; and there Is no man
to whom the necessity and value of
cooperative effort should be more
apparent than to the farmer.
You have state of great posi-
bilities. Last year you were second
only to Minnesota in the production
Of wheat, and came within a little
over three million bushels of over
taking her. Your soil and climate are
suited to every kind of agricultural
product grown in the temperate zone.
You have taken front rank among the
states 6 The union after but a few
gears q 04stence as a state. Less
than a generation covers the growth
OF this great commonwealth whose
possibilities are even yet but half un-
derstoOd.
In Second Stage.
For what you have done is only a
beginning. You are now entering up
on the second period of DEVELOPMENT
that marks the time of highest pros
perity. The soil has been broken to
use. markets have been established
all the machinery for the industrial
and the social organization OF YOUR
people has been installed, and the
next ten or twenty years should see
great changes and rapid progress. If
you look at the statistics Of growth
OF the older states to the east. in pop
ulation. wealth, production and value
Of farm property within the last twen-
ty years, you can, by applying the
same ratio to your present condition
compute the good fortune that awaits
you. North Dakota is going to nay a
great profit to every man who has a
stake there.
TO make sure of this you have to
do just what this occasion calls for