The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-01

Judges at such primary election sn@A
require each voter to vote the rafty
ballot under which he has regtatefed9
This clause. ana the whole tenor q
the law indicate that liz was intended
that no person should vote who has
not been registered. 1T is important
that voters should understand thtsf as
election boards VIII have no. right TO-
permit unregistered persons to vote
and should they do so they viii be lay
ing the foundations for contests and
complications jnnun1erable.
Bismarck Trfbunes There a been
considerable questioning since the orr
ganization OF the One Hundred Dollar
an Acre club In some sections of North
Dakota. Careful consideration as to
the advisability Of raising land values
to too high a figure appears to make
plain the fallacy Of such a scheme. In
line with this belief we quote an edf-
torial which was published In q reesnt
number Of Pearson's Magazine. Te
editorial writer hit the nail suuarely
on the head when he said:
Gentlemen who know no better arc.
again congratulating the country upon.
the increased price OF farm 'landss De
they never stop to think that the in-.
creased price Of land helps the n
who owns it, but hurts everyone eise2
So far as the communityris concerned,
the fact that land has a. price serves
only to create a barrier between land
and the men who would till it, The.
higher the price, the higher the bar.
rfer. Thirty years ago good farming
land could be bought in Iowa for SIS
an acre, The price Of the same land
is now SIPS an acre At the last CEN
sus Iowa was the only state i'm the.
union that showed a. decrease in pepu-
lati9n! The land is still there but the.
people are going. The prtce-barrierris
too high to- climb. These fleeing
I0wars were born upon the earth, but
it is becoming increasingly difficult for
them to- keep their feet on it. How
much Of this sort Of prosperity can the
country stand?"
There is plenty of good land to- be
purchased in North Dakota, and es-s
'pecially the slope country which
will average $25 per acre. The soil
is fertile and will produce any variety
OF crops. While the state of Iowa.
with it's $125-per-acre land suffered
a. decrease in population during the
years Of 1900 to- 1910, the state of
North Dakota with it's cheap land,
gained over so per cent in population.
Homeseekers are looking for a
place to- earn American dollars and
many Of them. High priced lands de-
mand too great an outlay from a pros
pective SETTLER and he Will push on
further west or north until he finds
them.
There is no need for new settlers
to go any further than the slope coun-
try, however. Here, in the wonder
fully productive territory which lies
in North Dakota within the big bend
of the Missouri river, are acres upon
acres Of the best soil in the world for
diversified purposes. The land is
cheap, averaging rot more than $40
to $25 per acre, and it will raise any
thing from corn to sugar beets. A
new settler can secure greater proper
Tomato returns from a farm purchased
in the slope country than from land
in almost any other section Of the ma
ton. 1t is a garden spot of nature.
Keep our prices down while the coun-
try is being populated with new set
tiers. When the prairies are dotted
with thousands of happy ana prosper
Eous homes it will be time enough to
increase the values of our land
New York Sun: Seeming disregard
of proper protection Of human life is
just now meeting with close tnvestiga-
ton on the part of those who make
our laws.
Are they sincere and consistent
Will they instantly stop a. practice for
which they alone are directly RESPONSE
BILE? Or still trust to- lueES?2
What would happen il an overloaded
quartermasterts transport should meet
with disaster while conveying troops,
women and chlldreua to- and from the
Philippine islands The Pacific is wide
and never crowded,
Flow much of the human cargo of
Ea government vessel could be kept
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