Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-02
Sixteen Counties Of he Mis-
souri, Slope Jell ID SysI
tenilIc Campaign III!
More Settlers and Better
Methods Of Farming Oh.
Jet Of League
Secretary slessen Explains
Plan Of Big Booster
Movement

Movement
Like everything else In existence
this movement had to be started"
and theer had to be q cause for start
ing it. Briefly 1t is q combined effort
on the part Of sixteen counties lying
ON the Missouri Slope Of North Da-
kota to give our portion OF the state
a systematic publicity such as 1t has
never had before; to take exhibits OF
our agricultural products where they
will attract attention to our district;
to prove through such displays that
we can accomplish what we claim;
to encourage through comparison OF
these exhibits products from various
counties that 1t pays to farm right;
that 1t is practical to raise exhibit
material on the whole farm; to en-
courage more Community work" and
a closer relationship and cooperation
on the part Of the people of the Slope
and through all this to secure Tor
these sixteen counties more good set
tiers, those who have the means to
come here and be successful n
who will be we'll worth our effort to
20 after and induce to cast their lot
among US. 1t is necessary that we DO
this; other portions Of u state are
getting together" and boosting for
their particular section just as they
did at the st. Paul land show last fall
and we are thankful now that the
Slope was represented there; In fact
this movement was started at the
time of the State exposition at Bis
marck last fall, by those In charge OF
and others interested In the various
Slope county exhibits and for the pur'
pose of sending ar exhibit OF the pro
ducts OF the Missouri Slope t. this
land show at st. Paul, at which time
all the states OF the American north
west were represented. The Red
River Valley, the Lakes Region, the
Williston district Of our state were
there with products of their particu'
lar, districts and through the hurried
organization OF the Missouri Slpoe
Development League our part Of the
state was not left out" even though
1t was not an easy matter to get the
exhibit. there in the manner We had
to. However, we had IN opportunity
to personally talk to about a hundred
thousand people; tell them of u part
Of the state, of our natural advant'
ages, our great resources and the op'
p%ortunities we offer the Investor and
the home.maker; we also had an Op'
%portunity to correct many false i'm,
pressions which people had concern.
ing us, and as to what the people OF
the Slope have actually done. We re-
allied that the exhibits we had were
not really fair samples of the Slope
for a good average year, but at that
we were told by professors Of the
Minnesota State Agricultural College
that our dairy products exhibit with
its accompanying corn display, its
grasses and forage crops, as we'll as
our potatoes, were thoroughly appre-
ciated by them as the most represent.
alive and most practical exhibits of
their kind in the building; in fact our
Burbank potatoes we're the only per-
feet specimen of Burbank in the en-
tire show. After the land show those
who had made this start possible
agreed that it should be perpetuated
II a practical business like plan could
be devised whereby it could be fairly
onA o1rro1vt An0nooi {P Tho vno,,1to
could be distributed evenly and if the
representation Of counties in the man
agement and control could be worked
out Justly. They realized that such
a move was absolutely necessary;
that we can get collectively what we
cannot get singly; that last year Can
ada took 1884 people from our own
state Of North Dakota and 350,374
from the United States and foreign
countries, of which 131 TIA were from
the United States alone. They knew
that the coast states and the states
around US were getting together, and
that II we were to get what belongs to
the. Missouri Slope it was necessary
to go after 1t and do it quick, and as
q result ideas have been collected
from all parts OF the Slope; they
represent strong thinkers, practical
workers and leaders, men thoroughly
versed in the Sublime art Of boost.
ing" In the various counties and their
ideas condensed are as follows: First
the organization Of 4 live County De-
velopment League In each OF the six.
teen counties Of the Slope and at the
present time fourteen county leagues
have been perfected and are on q
working basis; the two remaining
have set dates for organization dur.
ing the fore part Of July and have ex-
pressed their desire and intention to
Join in this great movement. Repre-
~sentation Is fairly given by having
each county development league elect
from their number one director to the
parent organization to each three
thousand Of their county's population;
these directors 80 elected from all the