The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-11-29
BOOST FOR
LAKE. REGION
BIG SUCCESS
ROusing Session Follow Ban
quet Last Night
j. Hills Address Feature Of
the Affair
Big Men Of Northwest Were
at Devils Lake
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could easily support population Of
100000
j. j. Hills Address.
Mr.. Horton was followed by James
]. Hill. Mr. Hill was introduced as
farmer and not as railroad man.
His subject was Northwest Develop
ment.
In his characteristic manner Mr..
Hill showed the vast possibilities OF
the northwest His address was
highly optimistic and he sees a bright
future Immediately ahead of this
state.
He spoke of the fertility of the soil.
showing that the farmers are not
getting what they should from the
land because of farming methods
which are out of date.
Approves Of A. c. Work.
He spoke Of the excellent work that
is being done by the agricultural col
lege and gave this work his hearty ap-
prevail. He urged crop rotation and
stated that if the farmers Of the lake
region would put 81 Ger acre more into
cultivation, they could make more from
an eighty-acre tract than they do now
from a 16O-acre tract.
He showed the value of cattle, hogs,
alfalfa and deep blowing in making the
farm bring forth its full possibilities.
Following Mr.. Hills speech. N. B.
Black of The Grand Forks Times sang
delightful solo. He responded to a
number Of hearty encores.
The next speaker was Pres. 4 III.
Worst of the A. c., and his address
will be found in full, following this
article.
Col. ]. H. Davidson, representing the
st. Paul association of commerce, gave
very short address, which was ex-
tremely apropos.
Louis w. Betz, president Of the ST.
Paul Commercial club, talked on What
Commercial Clubs are For, and was
followed by Hon. w. c. Nye. represent
ing the Minneapolis Commercial club.
w. A. Campbell Of st. Paul, secretary
of the Northwestern Development
| league gave an interesting talk on The
Duties of Commercial Club Secretaries.
| Frank Gravelle, the well known Du-
luth travelling man, represented the
Duluth Commercial club in an address
that was right to the point.
Col. ]. M. Kelly OF Devils Lake out
lined the work that the Lake Region
club had done and proposed to do.
The various counties were represent
ed by short addresses from the follow
ing: Towner, Geo. B. Dennison; Pierce,
W. d. McClintock; Rolette, James
Brown; Nelson, s. G.. Skulason; Cav
alier, Mr.. Mcintyre; Ramsey, Henry
Hale.
James j. Hill received a remarkable
ovation as he rose to speak. The APP
plause lasted for minutes and it was
such a demonstration as any man
might be proud to receive. 1t was
almost a. m. before the toasts were
| finally concluded.
President Worst's Address.
President worst said: "The invita-
ton to attend this banquet, given by
the commercial club of Devils Lake
contained the following: We want you
to come cause you are booster Pre-
sumably, therefore, all having accepted
this invitation may be designated as
| boosters This name, however, may
be misleading. l trust not, though, for
1t is generally understood that booster
is a fluent optimist. We believe in
| greater and bigger things for North
Dakota than our own people have yet
dreamed of, hence the office Of booster
seems pardonable. AS pioneer con-
ditions recede and we advance along
scientific lines Of farm management,
our faith in the future of our state
| will he more than justified
"The history of the single crop
movement win soon be written and,
with it, the game OF chance that has
deluded too many of our pioneer farm
ers. In its stead, there will arise a
system OF crop rotation that will dis