The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-29
.BRUEGGER WANTS
MUCH PUBLICITY
JOHN 5RUEGGER OF WlLLIsToN
TELLS OF WORK OF DEVELOP
MENT LEAGUE.

st. Paul, Aug. 2s.-"Every state in
the northwest should have a liberal
appropriation for state publicity and
immigration work." said John Brueg-
ger, vice president of the Northwest
Development league for North Dako-
| ia, who has been in the twin cities on
a publicity campaign. Mr.. Bruegger is
general merchant at Williston and
| interested in lands and irrigation pro-
jects which are making his section of
the state attractive to settlers. In St.
Paul he was in conference with Presi-
dent L. w. Campbell, secretary of the
development league. He said:
my reason for saying every state
should have an appropriation is that
North Dakota Is one of the pioneers
in state publicity and immigration
work and we know the results of such
work. When w. G.. Gilbreath was
| employed as commissioner of agricul-
ture he started out to advertise North
Dakota One of his first moves was
to issue the North Dakota Magazine
| as a bulletin to tell what was going
| on in North Dakota.
"Gilbreath took an exhibit TO the
| st. Louis exposition and it was one of
the finest in the whole show. He OBJ
| tanned the names and addresses of
| hundreds, even thousands of people.
| He followed this up with exhibits of
our products at numerous state fairs,
| land shows and similar expositions.
Six Thousand Went West.
1.-THE North Dakota Magazine was
sent to every visitor to the North Da-
kota exhibit at these expositions. At
the end Of four years Gilbreath had
received 5000 notices from postmast-
| ers to discontinue sending the maya
zine to postoffices in Iowa, Illinois,
Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio
and other central and middle west
states and to send the magazine in
the future to some point in North Da-
kota where the reader lived.
There is an absolute record of Gill
breath's work. Six thousand people
to whom he sent this magazine, after
getting their attention at such expo
sitions as the twin city land show,
moved into North Dakota in four
years"
Enthusiastic over the League.
Mr.. Bruegger is enthusiastic over the
Northwest Development league and
its work.
I'VE were fortunate in being able
to join in the work." he said. IT am
going back to raise $1,000 not to buy
space in the land show, but to place
in the general treasury of the North
west Development league. Mr.. Camp
bel has outlined the work the league
intends to do and i have no hesitancy
in saying 1t is the most businesslikt
plan ever proposed.
Business men of the twin city
have made great hit by agreeing tc
pay for an equal amount of space fol
: the seven states in the Northwestern
Development league. / guess NORTH
Dakota was the only state in tn,
seven that could have purchased thiG
space from state funds. Funny tina
other states do not get their legisla'
lures to pass appropriations which
: will enable them to increase the valu,
Of every piece of real estate in thu
state by bringing in other settlers.
The North Dakota exhibit will b.
exceptionally fine, according to Mi
. Bruegger as Governor Burke, forme
Governor Sarles and himself hav
turned the entire matter over to w
C. Gilbreath, commissioner of agricul
ture, who has been making exhibit
for the state for several years.
Secretary Campbell yesterday as
signed North Dakota the 500 squar
IS feet of space which the business me
= OF st. Paul, Minneapolis and Dulut
i have contracted for that state.