Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-01

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OF people or q more live town than
that OF Marion 10 hard to find.
Large Numbers At cassslton.
The last stop was at Casselton, but
Il was just as full Of interest as the
hrs: stop. The band was playing, the
park full Of people and the business
men working heart and soul for the
Of the enterprise. From Cas-
scltOn the run vas made to Fargo,
where there were many friends on
hand to greet the returning train. and
it's people. Thus ended the journey
OF the largest and most successfully
conducted agricultural school train
that the world has ever seen.
What y the lssson?
And what is the lesson of this great
train and its successful encourage?
Well here the serious thinker will
give pause before he ventures too
hasty an answer. To the man quick
at arriving at conclusions and posi-
BILE a little superficial the answer may
come a little easy, but to the thinking
man that ha sclosely watched the
trend OF affairs herewith connected,
the answer will not be SO easy and
II will not be iiippantly given.
The lessons are many and some OF
them exceedingly deep.
The train could never have been
run but for the generosity and kind
ness Of the Northern Pacific Railwya
Company. The Farmers Institute OF
this state did not have the money to
charter such a train. Neither had the
Agricultural college. And 1t was with
great dificulty that the institute and
college prepared the exhibits and fur
nished the lecturers and had it not
been for a heroism and an unselfish-
ness on the part OF many, that will
never be repaid In cash, and nearly
certSin that 1t will never be repaid at
all, this work could never have been
carried out, even after the railroad
company had so generously furnished
the train.
1t would be OF interest to know what
the railroad officials think Of the ans
wer to the question on their own
part. Have they learned anything OF
value? This part of the question
like many others will probably remain
unanswered. But no one, unless an
migrate, can doubt the c0mpany's sin
certify in the enterprise.
What Did the College Men Learn?
Many 81 the college people were
free to say that the college men had
learned lessons OF the utmost import
ance to them / ntheir future work
and that what they alone had gained
was fully sufficient to repay the cost
if the people even had received nc
benefits. That as teachers the!
would know better how to do thei'
work. That in many cases matter tina,
had been given in q general way coulc
be given more direct and personal.
That needs Of communities as wei
as individuals could be handled II
such a way as to be far o effective
That the state, was lore Of a realit!
and the people not so far OH nor 81
impersonal. That they had Learned
more Of the different kinds Of soil ant
the needs as to climatic conditions a.
well az the various nationalities AM
| the peculiarities Of the people. Thes'
| and many other lessons were impress
| ed upon these toilers in the field o
| knc wledge; lessons that will not sOOl
be forgotten.
And What Did the People Learn?
Well, it would be hard to tell wha
ever fifty thousand people visiting
t:.air of this kind had learned. Blu
1t is certain that many and varie'
were the Impressions and lessons
Then in addition to these thousand
many more thousands have bee
| reached by word of mouth, of thes'
visitors to say nothing Of those reach
ed by the press.
1t would be we'll to take the differ
ent cars in detail and examine tn
lessons taught, but this Is impossible
But take the car more often entere'
at first than any other, the horticul
tural car, entered first as It was a
the end Of the train where 30 man,
started through. Many a man felt tn
need Of trees and how many womel
turned homesick as they remembers
| the beautiful trees and groves Of thei
far.away girlhood home and realize'
that here in North Dakota their new
homes could be beautified and pre-
tected. More than n tear was she
in this car and more hopes raise'
than a few. And faithfully and wei
did the lecturers and caretakers d
their work. Too much a never b.
said for these people, and when 1t |
! remembered that Max Waldron,
youth of only seventeen. staid at hi
place day after day, no difference hov