The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-11
STATE PUBLICITY
BRINGS SETTLERS
JOHN 5RUEGoER, VICE PREsI-
DENT OF DEVELOPMENT LEA
CUE, TELLS WHAT NORTH DA.
KoTA HAS DoNE-sIx THoUs-
AND NEW RESIDENTS.

st. Paul, Dispatch: EVERY state In
the northeast should have liberal APP
preparation for state publicity and i'm
migration work." said John Bruegger,
vice president Of the Northwest De-
velopment league for North Dakota,
who spent yesterday in the twin city
Mr.. Bruegger Is a general merchant
at Williston and interested in lands
and irrigation projects which are maxi
ing his section of the state attractive
to settlers. In ST. Paul he was in con-
ference with Pres L. w. Hill Of the
Great Northern and Will A. Campbell
secretary of the development league
He said:
MY reason for saying every state
should have an appropriation is that
North Dakota is one of the pioneers
in state publicity and immigration
work and we know the results of such
work. When W. c. Gilbreath was en-
ployed as commissioner of agriculture
he started out to advertise North Da-
kota. One of his first moves was to
issue The North Dakota Magazine as
a bulletin to tell what was going on
in North Dakota.
"GAlbreath took an exhibit to the ST.
Louis exposition and 1t was one OF the
finest in the whole show. He obtained
the names and addresses OF hundreds,
even thousands of people. He followed
this UP with exhibits of our products
at numerous state and county fairs,
land shows and similar exposItions.
1000 Went West.
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sent to every visitor to the North Da-
kota exhibit at these expositions. At
the end of four years Gilbreath had
received 5000 notices from postmasters
to discontinue sending the magazine to
postofflces in Iowa, Illinois. Wisconsin,
Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and other
central and middle west states and
to send the magazine in the future to
some point in North Dakota where the
reader had gone.
There is an absolute record of Gil
breath's work. Six thousand people to
whom he sent his magazine, after get
ting their attention at such expositions
as the Twin City Land show, moved
into North Dakota in four years"
Enthusiastic Over the League.
Mr.. Bruegger is enthusiastic over the
Northwest Development league and its
work.
1--WE are fortunate in being able to
join in the work" he said. II am GO
ing back to raise $1,000, not to buy
space in the land show, but to place
in the general treasury Of the North
west Development league. Mr.. Camp
| bell has outlined the work the league
| intends to do and / have no hesitancy
| in saying it is the most businessliks
| plan ever proposed.
Business men of the twin city havs
made great hit by agreeing to pay
| for an equal amount of space for this
seven states in the Northwest Develop,
| was the only state In the seven tina
could have purchased this space from
state funds. Funny that other states
| do not get their legislatures to pas
appropriations which will enable then
| to increase the value Of every piece D
real estate in the state by bringing ii
| other settlers"
The North Dakota exhibit will be ex
| ceptionally fine, according to MI
/ Bruegger, as Governor Burke, forme
| Governor Sarles and himself hav
turned the entire matter over to w.
Gilbreath. commissioner Of agriculture
who has been making exhibits for tn
state for several years.
4 Secretary Campbell yesterday as
signed North Dalxofa the 500 aquar
feet Of space which the business me
of st. Paul, Minneapolis and DuIut
have contracted for that states