The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-11
BEM1Dn SPIRIT STRONGLY PRAISED.

The Duluth Evening Herald, under the caption
"Good for Bemidji," says edtorially:
"In Bemidji, birthplace of the Northern Minne-
Development association which has done splend
i'd work and which will yet give forth the fruits of
it's early promises rises movement of meaning to
Minnesota
"The Bemidji Commercial club, firmly believing as
it says with manifest sincerity, that Minnesota
been better endowed by nature with natural resources
fertility, pure water, pure air and healthy climate.
beautiful lakes and places for recreation, we'll
mineral and agricultural wealth than any other state
in the Union the North American continent has
appointed traffic committee to enlist the co-opera-
ton OF the different transportation, industrial ag
ricultura financial and commercial interests Sin
boosting Minnesota the best state on the North
American continent ..-5 = SCR. s.
"This good work. the spirit that puts fire into
the announcement of it displays earnestness and
vigor that going to make it count. .~~S @=S
"Of Bemidji can't carry out this big purpose
alone 1t do much because it's people are hust-
lers, and in earnest But every other community in
Northern Minnesota should join with it and get
behind big broad, boosting movement that will bring
Minnesota into her own Bemidj deserves all possible
encouragement and praise and the best form these
testimonials would be for each community to do
likewise. ---- IT, IT, z.@,--:<
"The state is doing little something toward en-
couragng immigration into the northern sections
1t is very little indeed however, The immigration
bureau is poorly supplied with funds state which
owns most of the land to offered to prospective
settlers, does not know what the character
OF this land is and has businesslike method of
marketing It, The branches of the state government
which should be concerned in various divisions the
work OF development were mostly created long time
ago; and as whole they sadly defective. There
is an overlapping of authority in some places and
Others perhaps more vital reached by no author
lty at ALL One of the first things to be done is to
correate the states functions conservation and de-
veopment and so make them into an effective whole
one OF the next things should be complete survey
oy the state OF its landed possessions that will
ne IN a position to tell prospective settlers what it
can offer them and to provide them with what thew
want. 80. -e~. 20 &.s--e', !
The Northern Minnesota Development association
independent OF state and local work, is maintaining
an immigration bureau in Minneapolis in charge of
secretary Mackenzie of the association It is in good
hands and will give good account of ITSELF
When the state is doing the right thing and
when all the communities follow the example ST Be-
midi and cooperate with each other with the state
land with the Northern Minnesota Development asso
catlon the campaign to settle Northern Minnesota
WI" assume large proportions and will be irresistiby
effective. ". ~ r. .@I.. =
"The Bemidj committee will make the enlistment
of the railroads in this work one of it's princinal oh
Jects Though the railroads have been doing some
onlng tney haven't been doing enough for Minneso-
d. 1hey nave been too much interested-from the
Minnesota view-pont-in settlement farther west
where they own lands and where settlement will give
them longer and more profitable freight haul How
ever it is to their interest that all the territory along
tne1r lines shall be settled as possible and it.
ought not to be hard to increase their interest in Min
nesotas problem of DEVELOPMENT The 500 road which
apparently has closer interest in Minnesota deyeon
ment IMAM the Hill lines be counted on to set an
example in this respect that will be helpful"