The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-10-26
MOTIFS TRIBUTE
TO TOWN OF MOTT
FORMER IMMIGRATION AGENT
OF NORTHERN PACIFIC COM
PLlMENTs STATE AND Es-
PEciALLY WESTERN PART ON
SPLENDID CITIZENS.

In connection with the Mott cele-
bration Of the establishment Of rail-
road connection with Hettinser coun-
ty, the Mott Pioneer Press publishes
the following letter from G. w. Mott,
former immigration agent Of the
Northern Pacific, after whom the
town was named. which is appended
hereto. Mr.. Motifs letter is charact-
eristic, and deserves reproduction.
He says:
have watched with considerable
concern the development of Hettinger
count, as well as the town Of Mott.
] remember of being in your locality,
or rather where your city lis estab-
lished, some fifteen years ago. | lit
tie anticipated what exists there to-
day. / rode for three days without
seeing settlement, and only once in
q while during the trip had the pleas
ure of seeing a lonely sheepherder or
some happy cowboys; but the real
value to your country. the established
and prosperous farmers, were not
much in evidence. Agricultural lands
and the man who works and produces
crops, is the backbone of any nation.
Your population has grown as liz aid
ed by some magic power. Today there
are more people in Hettinger county
than existed fifteen years ago between
Mandan and Medora, In that terri.
tory there was then only about SO. 1000
or more people residing and prosper
ing in that same territory
You live in, a good country, where
Gni fc wfn To-
where the climatic conditions are the
best; your summers are delightful:
your winters are dry and cold and
free from radical changes; and
through the combined efforts of your
people and the emigration department
of the Northern Pacific railway, we
are able to select and get good
class of settlers for your county. Your
population, In my opinion, is made UP
of the strongest class of people that
exist in this country today. A large
number of them were born and reared
in the Mississippi valley and in the
states adjacent thereto; also. many
came to you who were born and rear
ed in the northern countries of Eu-
rope
The people whose parents came
from England, Ireland, Scotland. Ger
many, Norway and Sweden and set
tied in the middle western states on
farms, gave their children the advan-
tage of country home, which gives
every child the chance for a perfect
development and a moral life.
free from the stagnation that goes
with the tenement house of the city.
Also the rural schools of the middle
western states, like the schools of the
western states, are of the best grade.
SO that the people who came to YOU
as home getters and settlers were of
a good class, because their moral.
mental and physical standing was
high, being cosmopolitan in formation,
which made them stronger than they
would have been IL all were of one
class. see the proof OF this state
ment In your actions. The settlement
OF your country only dates back to
1900. You were organized as a coun-
" in 1907. You have had just four
years of official life. or existence; but
still in this short time you have es-
tablished eighty or more schools, en- |
ploying eighty or more teachers, Civ |
ing 1900 or more children an on |
portunity for securing an education. |
You have also established and built
churches OF all denominations, so all |
may worship as they may select. Such /
a record can only be made by people |
who love their country, home and |
family. Thank God we are all Ameri- |
cans, no matter where we were born /
and thank God the town of Mott is In |
America.