The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-26
TIFF, MERIDIAN ROAD AND
BOOSTING.

The meridian road through North
Dakota should he the best IN the
whole line from Winnipeg to the Euif.
II is not only the local advantage
that will accrue from the use of TINS
,horoughfare that should interest u.s.
but its influence on the thousands
Who will use the road for travel d"F-
ing the next few years.
The load through this state hes IN
the heart of the richest section OF the
globe. The Red river valley Is 10 the
modern world what the Nile valley
was to the ancient world. IT is the
source of The greatest food product
consumed BY man. We want me
world to realize this fact Mt hrst
hand.
Practically every acre of land in
the territory through which the road
passes is worth 800. IT ma not
bring that price Just now. hut mod
ern methods of farming will soon
make an income on that amount. and
whenever that condition arises the
price Of land will go up to the cor
responding mark. If land thai yields
annually a net income of 81" per
acre is selling at $40 per acre II does
not take long TO convince a prospec-
tive buyer that he IAN pay twice $40
and still realize fifty per cent am
nually on his investment. So when
land yields a net income OF ttteen
dollars per acre it will be a good in
vestnent at s1o0-as much as can be
realized from any Legitimate invest
ment with an i~ndestructible security.
But the buyer must have these
conditions brought to his attention
in such a manner as to convince his
iudement. The Red river valley was
known to white men nearly a hundred
wears before they began to grow
wheat in it. The lane was just as
rich then as it was when the settlers
came. but nobody knew about its
fertility and it lay useless. In the
same way, if we do not convince the
outside people of the productive
value Of our land they will not buy.
The truth about these lands seems so
great that the stranger looks upon
The reports with skeptlcisnl If not
with unhelief. But seeing the lands
and what they produce will convince.
The meridian road will be used by
thousands who will thus have a
chance TO see our national wealth AT
first hand. The road will he the open
sesame to their convictions. When
the automobile club Of this city Wis
tied Winnipeg a few days ago they
found the roads through a portion of
Manitoba almost impossible. The
members Of that party will talk on
tertainingly for hours about the hor-
rihle condition of those roads, hut
ask them about the country through
which the road ran and they are un-
able 10 give wen a meager tlescrip-
ton. The condition Of the roads took
their minds and attention from
everything else. Had those roads
been ideal. the tourists would have
studied and enjoyed the country
through which they We're passing.
Instead they can only roast the road.
With an ideal meridian road
through this state the people from
other states who use it will become
boosters. They will tell their friends
about the great waving fields of
grain: about the vast level stretches
of plain. smooth as a floor. where
farming is a pleasure and not a
l%rudgery: about the farm houses
with their modern conveniences and
comforts; about the great barns filled
to overlooking with the products Of
the soil; about what the farmer can
realize from his lands: about the
towns whose enterprise and business
rival the large cities of the older
states. and about the magnificent
road through this paradise Of pros
perity. The mar looking for a wider
opportunity will be convinced be
cause he knows the spies who bring
this good report. These are the
things that are the inevitable results
of making the meridian road the best
in the line.