The state-line herald. (North Lemmon, Adams County, N.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-12-16
North Dakota's Growth
Surprises the Country.

eighty per cent. in the ten years from
1900 to 1910.
The census returns of 1910, announc-
ed but few days ago from Washing
ton, credit the state with a popula- |
ton of 1856 souls, making an in
crease of 257, $40, or 80.8 per cent over
the figure of 1900. The population for
1900 was 3l9, l46; that of 1890 had |
been 1873, 7la, which was the figure,
practically, at the same time when
statehood came.
square miles less than it's sister state
of South Dakota, the north state now
has population Of only about 5000
souls less than the south state. When
the territory was admitted to state
hood as two states, nearly two-thirds
of the population lived south of the
dividing line; now the states are pra-
ctically equal as to population. The
strides which North Dakota has made
| made are phenomenal, when viewed in
in the light 8 the fact that the state
coold offer no get-rich. quick PROPOSE
ton to the outsider. 1t offered only
the agricultural possibilities that
guarantee home and a competency,
to be derived from the tilling OF the
} soil and kindred primary industries.
North Dakota also suffered some from
the aggressive immigration policy Of
the dominion, and thousands of her
people kept crossing the border north
ward. Yet, in spite OF this, other
thousands came and the population
has we'll nigh doubled in ten gears.
North Dakota has known to satisfy
the cry and the longing OF the home
seeker for home and an independent
living, ard this, after all, has in II
the greatest promise ofhappiness.
In view OF the continuing steady de
mand for the products OF the farm. in
view of the CONGESTION of city living
becoming more irksome, in view OF
the fact that North Dakota has an
immense treasury in its deposits oi
Ignite coal, and furthermore has
other valuable resources OF a mineral
nature, which as yet lie untouched
and dormant, and in view of the fur
ther fact that large areas of its work
able surface are as yet virgin and un'
developed, the claim new made tha
another decade will see the state re
suits possesst of population OF ovei
a million does not appear far fetched
Such a population will be almost en-
tirely a rural one, for the very chara
cter of the state is against the build
ing up of large cities. Thus the stat
will continue to be state OF homes
! and of homesteads, where the bulk o
the populotion will proudly depent
on naught but the Great 6iVer o
wealth, on Their broad acres and
bountiiul nature, coupled with siren
9Th of arm and vigor Of mind, TO
j support and comfort.
: II is the western counties again
4 which have the great increase OF pop
ulation. Morton county, for instance
which had a population Of only 800
inhabitants despite its size, Is give
25, ,28g, an increase Of over 200 pc
cent. Counties such as Mckenzie
Mercer. Bowman, Adams, Hettlngei
Williams, Dunn, etc, either did nc
exist then, or were barely more tina
1 a name while their population wa
practi ally nil.
What is true as to the future {
North Dakota, is applicable like"ia
t, South Dakota. Both states al
practically alike in their leading lea
tlres. What area the south STATE ia
greater than that Of the north STATE
is Offset by the region Of the Blac
Hills, which will not sustain a lafg
population agriculturally. The rel
som why South Dakota has thus ia
not made the advancement ii had d'
served, is traceable to the pernlclol
theory that the trans Missouri conntf
was for the rancher and his herds
thus limiting its developable area
the eastern portion. This theory ma
been completely overturned; the buil'
ing Of railroad lines and the openln
finally of the various reservations
settlement, have put an end to rancl
in :. and the arms Of homeseekers ha
come to possess the land, TO fDat
many ears Of corn grow where, her
tofore it was thought there would
nothing for the man with the no
North Dakota made its phen"men
gain, partly because on account
good management it was favored
the railroad lines. The Northel
Pacific, the Great Northern, and 4
500, each with its network OF branch
have been immense factors in {