Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-06-24
SUNDAY
At MANDAN
BY ]. K. 0oran.

BY J. K. Doran.
MANDAN, June pat ten-thirt!
Saturday night tired bunch of col
lege and railroad men pulled into thu
railway yards here on the Farmers
Institute special
These people have been on the roat
for eleven days and ten Of them de
voted to tie hardest kind of work anG
the Sunday, not day of rest as there
was travelling and cleaning up to do
Some of the lecturers ana demonstra
tors have worked from six to nine
hours a day while there is little. real
exhaustion there are many that are
tagged out. But Monday they will be
ready for work again. A more faith
full band of workers cannot be found
anywhere than this one. While some
are beyond the three score and ten
mark others trail along the line down
to the twenties all have old heads and
young warm hearts.
A Wonderful Group.
That in the aggregate this body OF
men represents great learning ability
and talent cannot be doubted. But
the three men that are entitled to re-
spect from every man of the north
west are Prof. Thomas Shaw, now be-
yond seventy, and one of the most
learned and conscientious men Of this
age of able men. Then comes the Hon
U. c. Gregg, father of institute work
of the northwest and now a boy OF
almost seventy years whitening his
hair, clearing ais head and purifying
his heart. Then to this must be added
Prof. T. A. Hoverstad, a man just in
the prime of life, the superintendent OF
the Farmers Institute work of North
Dakota, a man of retiring disposition
but of wonderful executive ability.
What trio of men this makes. 1t is
not often that there are gotten togeth'
er three men of such learning, tact
and executive bility as is here found.
Too many times We find men, plenty
of them, That have learning, or that
have tact, and often executive abil-
ity, largely developed in the one d.
rection, some times possessed of two
of these world conQuering qualities
but, alas, how seldom do We find men
amply endowed with all three.
Give Honor Where Honor 10 Due.
But another man must be mention
ed in order to make clear the work
chat is being done. The Agricultural
College, the Farmers Institute and
the members of the press are all do
ing a noble and lasting work but the
Northern Pacific Railway company
must not be forgotten, as otherwise
this service could not be rendered.
and every man selected by the off,
Gals of the road has done faithful
service, thanks is due from every man
and woman on this train to J. L. Burn
ham, travelling freight agent, James
town, who has had direct charge OF
this train from the time it left Fargo
to the present. Mr.. Burnham has
done his work so quietly and eff
GENTLY that but few realize tie great
responsibility resting upon him. AL
so he has attended to so many other
duties over the wide field which he
has to supervise that he has been q
very hard working man, yet in no
case has he been anything but real
gentleman and a sociable companion
that will be long remembered. Mr..
Burnham has the sincerest esteem and
best wishes of every member Of the
party.
The Missouri Slope is Making Good.
The work at Dickinson was good
and so much interest was ELECTED
that Prof. Shaw and Mr.. Gregg had
to stay over and deliver addresses in
the armory. Prof. Shaw talked on the
experiment station work at Dickin-
son and Mr.. Gregg on the need Of the
young people remaining on the farm.
Both addresses were we'll received
and the people given ideas that will
undoubtedly terminate and produce
good.
At Belfeld the work went of we'll
and the attendance was good. The
crops look well at all points reached
in Stark county.
Going through the bad lands the par
ty aboard the train were greatly in
terested. Every available point OF
advanta ge for sight seeing was immed-
lately utilized and the train from en-
CINE to observation platform on the
officials private car was scene OF
intense interest.
At Beach the throng was filling the
cars every minute the train remained.
Here too the crops are good.
At Richardton and Glen Ullin many
of the people do not speak English
but they know a good horse or cow as
we'll as the best and while the lectur-
ers some times had a little difficulty
in being understood the effect was
excellent.
Today the Mott line is being COW
cred and then the big day OF all IS
expected at Bismarck.
MISS EDITH soRENsoN
asAxce LED FIRST BISMARCK AP.