Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-06-30
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ssa One of the Boston papers of recent
date contained the following inter
view with Governor John Burke re-
garding the crop conditions of this
state sta this year and the states resour-
ices 4; H5 q ~, 5g
IN common with most other Of the
prominent men who have been visiting
Boston this week with the Chicago
Asso ation b Of Commerce party,
Governor John Burke. Of N. D.. is Opt.
fmistic on the the western outlook. Con-
corning crop and other fundamental
conditions he says s3.. S Ss s$ Y.
Worth Dakota's spring wheat crop
was hit hard last year BY drought
but our farming community has not
let up a bit: Our spring wheat crop,
which in 1909 came within $3.50
bushels of the 94,oso,o0O bushel mark
Of Minnesota, our greatest rival, bids
fair this season to show a big in
crease. Throughout the entire, state
I$5have never seen; the 3 crops SO far
advanced at a corresponding date as
they are this year, and the outlook
| for bumper harvest was never bet
ter. Acreage, planted has also shown
a heavy gain. This is true also of
faxseed and corn, in the harvesting
Eof which North Dakota has been max
ling a notable advance.
3>s4as'sThe state now has 45,O00,0O0 acres
Of agricultural lands, one-third, of
which is under cultivation. Discov-
jIeries of large natural gas supplies with
lin the past three years have resulted
| in considerable impetus to one'por-
tion of the state. Approximately 35,-
900 square miles of Ignite coal have
also been proved up within our limits.
Sentiment in the state concerning
!, desirability Of reciprocity seems :di.
vided with many assuming an: indif-
n ferent attitude If the Canadian pact
is approved, I believe it is sure to
I result in the extension of the 10 Hill
branches now running only to the
international border of our state. Re-
CARELESS Of the Taft agreement, North
Dakota already has 1898 miles of rail-
road in operation, and. at least 1000
4 more will be built within a year This
new construction is being undertaken
by the Great Northern, Northern Paci.
tic, St. Paul and 500 lines.
"Our slight loss of population to the
Dominion is very much more than off
set by the. influx of immigrants from
Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois
J Missouri, Indiana and Nebraska. Pop
ulation of the state in the past dec
, ade has jumped 80 per cent. -.
:"z Almost every prosperous farmer il
North Dakota now owns an automo
bile Our per capita wealth has reach
Led s1,s5s Our banks are in good con
= d1tton,S and money is plentiful. / firm
4 1Ys believe that the business situation
E & il likely to show q marked improve
lmentE late this year .g $tSs I f. j ~
The financial position Of North Da
: kota (Which has but recently come
: Of age having been admitted to tht
: Union but little more than 81 year!
Y ago) has been made very strong
!. through the availability. Of the fed
: eral governments admission gran
Of over 100000 acres of land, Thi.
) has largely helped to provide for thu
:. states monetary requirements Thu
y present annual income Of our school.
s from the permanent fund created
e from the proceeds of sale Of these
2 lands has reached s1,1s5,ooO. Thi.
will further increase as more OF the
lands are sold.' .... B Il + ] ..i* III