The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-07
ZIMMERMAN IS
FOR GOOD FARMING
Urges Western Farmers at
Dry Congress in Dickin-
son to Hold Fast"

Dickinson. y. D.. Dec. 7.-Frac-
tees of the physician who slides the
the condition of his patient must be
adopted by the farmers of western
North Dakota with respect to the Gull
tivation of thcir lands. according to
G. l.. Zimmerman, president of the
North Dakota Dry Farming congress.
which opened its second annual ses-
sion in Dickinson today.
Since last We gathered here a crop
season has come and gone. said
President Zimmerman in opening the
meeting. We We're able to apply
many of the lessons taught here and
at other similar meetings to practice.
Many farmers We're taught by eXper-
fence that no arbitrary rule can be
applied to Il large portion of our
western North Dakota. Our soils diff
fer. sometimes on 100 acre farms,
Ia such an extent that different prac-
ticcs must he used for different soils.
il is necessary to study these soils
on our own farms SO We can deter
mine the hest method ms to cultiva-
ton. crop to be sown, etc. The doc
tor must know what ails his patient
before he can apply the remedy. so
u soils must be studied"
Hold Fast"
A plea to the farmers to hold
fast" was made. and to the old set
tiers who We're thoroughly acquaint-
ed with the conditions or the west
President Zimmerman addressed him
self. saying the ycould be of inn
mense value in pointing the Il to
the W settlers.
With reference to the Hundred
Dollar an Acre club President Tim
norman declared it was q movement
worthy of support. and he said that
twin city and Duluth business men
had become interested in 1t because
of their knowledge that upon the
prosperity of the farmers depended.
in "A large measure, their own pros
perity.
In part, President Zimmerman
said:
- The past season has been about
as erratic as any l have experienced
in t~wenty-eight years In this state.
it has been difficult at times to keep
up courage, many farmers have need
. ed encouragement and need it now.
lone of the apostles said: Hold
fast to what you have'-so 1 want to
say to you all hold fast to your farm
at this time. do not let the flesh pots
of Canada lure YOU to strange coun-
tries. 1 assure you, things are not
what they seem. Many reports from
Canada bea out the fact that frost
and snow have covered many fields
of grain making them practically
valueless.
Conditions in Early Days.
81 remember we'll the lean years
in the eighties when we first crossed
the Missouri river how d~iscouraging
1t was with no crop. prairie fires.
!. this time was provided in the shape
of buffalo bones, and many settlers.
rich today. will not hesitate to tell
you that he. his wife and children
gathered the bones to keep body and
soul together. The people who stay
ed and stuck. the pioneers, the trail
blazers, the builders of this great por-
ton of North Dakota reaped the re-
ward of their faith and are satisfied.
Don't lose faith, hold fast n your
reward will surely come. I have just
helped to carry one of the trail blaz-
ers to his last resting place on the
banks of the mighty Missouri near
Mandan. Michael Lang is his name.
He came with General Custer and his
five year enlistment expired a short
time before the battle of the Little
Big Horn. so his life was saved to
serve a different purpose. He was
the first merchant to establish him
self west Of the Missouri river in
North Dakota. His store was opened
in 1879. have often heard him
tell of the rides in the pay car with
Superintendent d. r. Taylor. who was
h first superintendent west Of the
river, being guarded by a troop of
{: United States soldiers. All the Sec
F>tion houses bought their supplies
from Mr.. Lang and on pay days he
collected his accounts.
Found Their Own Way.
b. The Tp6ianv uvarn tho d,pror o-l
menace of the early settler at this
i; time. The settler of today has nc
conception of the hardships the ear.