Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-26

or two and then ceased operations
| for a time. But North Dakota has
kept at it continuously and systenat-
ically for nearly ten years.
Home Display More seeficiaI.
After seven years OF experience in
| this line of work am of the opinion
that the time has come when a new
and different plan of exploiting has
! arrived in this state and this conclu
sion has been based on careful calcu.
lations. observations and deductions
l know my opinion on this subject will
! not meet with gen raj approval, but
| l am sure that home display will
| in the end prove more beneficial to
| the state, bring greater number OF
settlers and cdvance the state in the
public eye than any other method
than can possibly be adopted. l as
sert without the fear of successful
contradiction that had it not been
for the annual Mitchell corn show
North Dakota would have ex-
ceeded South Dakota in population.
In travelling over other states the
Mitchell corn show was topic fire.
quently mentioned and commented
upon. The people of Iowa, Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio and other corn states
are loathe to leave their own states
and go to a new country where corn
is not the predominating crop. Thou
sands of people from other states an
nually visit this Mitchell corn show
and by reason of this display immi-
grafton to that state is due to great
er extent than any other reason that
can be assigned. +
Land Shows Do Not Bring Settlers.
No fair minded man will assert
that the St. Paul land show induced
immigration to North Dakota. It did,
however, give the state standing,
both as to credit and enterprise. but
as to securing actual settlers of the
soil the returns will be very small in
deed
Such shows as were held in New
York, Chicago and St. Paul aid those
cities more than they benefit our
western states. This conclusion is
not simply my own, but was asserted
by commissioners of other states with
whom conversed.
Better Results Secured At Home.
want to make myself. clear on this
declartion and I reiterate that so ia
as securing capital and promoting en-
terprises in the state it may be q
good idea to exhibit at these land
shows, but I firmly believe that the
same results can be secured by hold
ing an annual land show and exhibit
ing our resources inside the borders
of our own state.
Seven Million Dollars for North
Dakota.
I positively know that by reason OF
the Industrial Exposition held at Bis
marck last fall that $7,0O0,000 of cash
were placed in the hands of bankers,
loan agents and others to be loaned
out on property of this state, by rear
son Of the excellent display made.
Don't Place Too High Value on Lands
The past two years have worked
more or less hardships on our farms
ers. The partial or total failure Of
crops in certain sections have had a
depressing effect and while North Da.
kota has suffered no more and posi-
bly, no less tran other states during
those two years, the fact that she Is
a new state has resulted in greater
publicity than in older, more dense
ly populated states and where the
farmers were better financially cir:
cumstanced. The years 1910 and 1911
| h1 n1ir{n1 IN v3fh YHri1n hV
the farmers of this state, except in
certain localities. What we need is
another 1909 crop to place all the
farmers of North Dakota on a firm
financial basis and restore general
confidence. While am and have been
a booster for North Dakota ever since
l have resided in the state. ! doubt
the propriety at this time and undel
existing conditions of placing too high
a value on our lands-a value tina
may retard rather than promote i'm
migration Our efforts have beer
along the line of cheap lands for thu
money and producing quality of tn
soil rather than fixed amount which
compares favorably with the price o
land in older eastern states from
which we hope to draw our new set
tiers. Our contention has been tina
our $4,000 to 5000 acre land wa
Just az productive and the soil JUS
as fertile as lands in other state
which were selling from $125.00 tt
$4,000 per acre No man is foolisl
enough nor can he be deluded int
coming into a state which places ftc
titious values on land, which are boil
unreasonable and unstable at thos'
figures.
| Corn and Cows.
In the nineties and the early par
of the present century there lived
man in Morton county, a man with
fad, or as he was called, crank. HI
had two hobbies. One was raising
pure white dent corn and the othe
pure white cattle, and he made a sue
cess of both Annually he raised
good sized field Of white corn. Thu
kernels were hard, the ears were
long and the yield excellent. Annual
ly he brought to the fair samples O.
the corn and beautiful herd Of thirt,
or forty perfectly white cattle. The,
were healthy, strong, fat and sleel
and were greatly admired by compe
tent judges and those who saw them