Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-12-01
THE LAKE REGION BANQUET WAS THE MOST A6PCI EVENT THAT HAS EVER
TAKEN PLACE IN THE CITY Of DEVILS lM GREAT CROWD IN ATTENDANCE
iness is larger than ever. Why7 Be.
cause you have developed your nearby

mess is larger than ever. Whye Be-
cause you have developed your nearby
resources and made your immediate
trade territory grow. In those good
old days you had your Col. Uline, Col.
Creel, Major Benham, and they were
all good boosters, and in course of time
others as good, if not better, have TAX
en- their places.
I remember well the time that you
had located here your first flour mill.
A couple of good, sturdy, German
young men came here looking for a
milling location and, believe me, they
fell into good hands when Major Ben.
ham got them in tow. They located
here and from last accounts they had
not regretted their Devils Lake invest
ment. 1t was not amazing in those
days to see from 100 to 300 Red River
Carts and as many half breeds and full
bloods camped on the fats west of the
Benham House where now stands a
palatial home owned by Devils Lake
booster. In those days of hustle and
good fellowship your leading mer.
chants were G. & L. Bude, stoughton
& Chamberlain, in the general line, and
South & Kelly in hardware.
Having seen your city in those days
and the way it looks at present, with
your great, large and up to date stores,
representing all lines of business and
all kinds of merchandise, I naturally
see the vast difference; but still I am
not surprised, for the hustlers of your
city can accomplish things. You have
done so and will keep on with the
good work of boosting and advancing
your wonderful resources of the farm
and all its products, such as dairying,
cattle, horses, hog and sheep-raising,
not forgetting the poultry products,
With these all added to your wonder.
full crop resources there can be no 90.
ing back, but on the contrary, all go.
ing ahead for you, good, tried and true
North Dakota boosters and hustlers.
For twenty-seven years I have done
business in North Dakota and I have
often said that 7 never heard Of 8
state that could or would recover from
hardships or set-backs as uickly as
good old North Dakota. You gentle
men of Devils Lake and citizens Of
| North Dakota are deserving of sue
cess. You do things. You see what
you want and 60 after it, and best Of
all, you usually get what you go af
ter. You have the right stuff in you
citizenship. You for years loaned tt
the United States one Of the best sen
ators that cevr sat in the halls of con
grcss and latterly, for the last si1
years, you have loaned to the grea
state Of North Dakota John Burke t
act as its governor.
Citizens Of North Dakota, your de
velopment has only begun. You hav'
a splendid railroad system strongly en-
trenched in your city, with the far
mers' line north of you. BY the way
an old Devils Lake citizen who was al
ways a strong factor in building ant
operating this north line, Mr.. Kelly, il
still with you and is still boosting. II
a way, you really have four lines O.
railway coming to and going from
your city, North, South, East ant
West. Figures show that we in tn
United States have the greatest rail
roads in the world and you have on
of the greatest systems anchored wit
you here in Devils Lake. Such thing
help develop and make large cities
You are already city ranking thir
or fourth in your state.
I heard a toastmaster, Mr.. E. L. Mil
lar, just few evenings since at
meeting of prominent railway club o
my city, ask those present if they real
ly realized the vast and complete i'm
provements made in railway circles i
the last thirty years. He went on t
state that, according to governmen
reports, to be injured on steam rail
roads it would be necessary for ono t
travel day and night for twenty.
wears and to ho killed, 401 years. H
also stated tina the would probabl
stop travelling before being killed. H
also said that the railroads of tn
United States transported last yea
1,634,O00,00O tons of freight at cos
of less than four-ffths of a cent pc
ton per mile. This is cheaper than an
railroad rate in the world outside 0
the United States.
Wants Publicity.
| w. A. Campbell, Secretary of til
Northwestern Development league, wa
unfortunately another of the speaker
who, on account of the lateness Of tn
hour, felt compelled to confne his ad
dress to few remarks. He showed
however, conclusively, the need of pub
licity in making any locality grow an
advance, mentioned the st. Paul Ian
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