Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-12-01
HILL SEESV|s|ONOF
GREATER DAKOTA
SOUNDS KEYNOTE OF NORTH.
WEST development AT Dew
Ills LAKE BANQUET.
MAKES COMPARISON WITH JAPAN
Predicts Farming Country Will Be
Veritable Paradise in Future
Declares Price of Land Is
Advancing.

Devils Lake, Nov. ga lake re-
giOn in North Dakota, beautiful as
Minnesota rich in farms as New York
and busy as Massachusetts was the
development foreseen by 200 enthus-
iastic business men and farmers in
Devils Lake.
At banquet by the Devils Lake
Commercial Club this vision was out
lined by James j. Hill, several repre-
sentatlves of Minneapolis, st. Paul
and Duluth, and many spokesman for
the seven counties which glory in
the abundant water of seven splen
did basins.
Mr.. Hill the Central Figure.
Mr.. Hill was, of course, the central
figure of the conference. With him
at the speakers table sat cabinet
of other developers of the North
west w. H. Horton, president of the
Devils Lake Commercial club; J. II.
Worst president of the North Da-
kota Agricultural college; Col. J. Fl.
Davidson, representing the st. Paul
Association Of Commerce; Louis w.
Betz, president of that organization;
w. G. Nye, representing the Mime
apoIis Commercial club; W. A.
Campbell, secretary of the North
western Development league; F. X.
Gravel, president of the Duluth Com
mercial club; Joseph M. Kelly, presi-
dent of the Lake Region association,
and the following representatives of
the seven counties-George B. Den
nisOn, ToWner county; w. D. McClin-
took, Pierce county; w. N. Steele,
Rolette county; A. E. Hutchinson,
Benson county; T. j. Baird, Nelson
county; w. B. Groom, Cavalier coun-
ty; Henry Hale Ramsey county.
The responses were generally to
the text: More Settlers, Smaller
Farms, Diversified Crops"
Similar to Bismarck Talk.
Mr.. Hill followed the lines of his
earlier talk at Bismarck.
President Worst dealt especially
with the value of diversified crops.
Colonel Davidson, Mr. Betz, Mr.
Nye and Mr.. Gravel outlined the mu-
tuality Of interest between the three
largest Minnesota cities and North
Dakota. The others talked mainly of
the future of the lake region and
spoke of a larger cooperation be-
tween the people of the Red River
valley, those most active in the re-
cent exhibition at Bismarck, and
those Of the North
Mr.. Hill said: I'm glad to see
North Dakota taking steps that will
bring her into her own. One hun
dred dollars an acre is not too much
for good farm land, and most of the
soil Of North Dakota is good farm
land | used to think we had about
80 miles of desert between the Red
river and the Pacific. Now I've
changed my mind; it is apple land to-
day. They've robbed of us our des
ert. People used to laugh at me
when | said Red river land would sell
for $50; now it is selling for SIS, $S5
and in, some instances for 500. Your
land is capable of the same high de-
velopment; you can do it if you will
till it and not neglect it,
Compared with Japan.
Japan was the subject of an i'm
pressive contrast with America as to
agricultural methods. On 10000
square miles, he said, the Japanese
were supporting very largely their
48,000,000 population. North Dakota
alone has SO,000,O0O square miles.
England's yield of wheat last year."
he continued, was 50 bushels an
acre North Dakota's was IA. And
North Dakota land" he stated with
all force, lis better agricultural land
on the average than any in England
that the sun shines On.
by a calculation set forth in de-
tail today's yield in North Dakota on
a farm of 100 acres at IA bushels was
$50 an acre. With 80 acres yielding
% bushels the profit would be $14.70
an acre, with 81 an acre more allowed
for cultivation.
I'D like to see a good farm house
on every 100 acres" In his argu-
ment for more live stock Mr.. Hill OBJ
served tersely, Il dare say there are
children in North Dakota who have
been brought up on a bottle with con-
densed milk. 1t isn't the natural
way