Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-02

county leagues form the entire mem.
bership and managing body Of the
Missouri Slope. Or parent league.
whose duty Il shall be to carry out
the plans prepared by and approved
by these directors selected from the
county leagues; In fact to 8 the.
money provided for the parent organ.
ization "a they shall direct and In the
ways which shall benefit the entire
sixteen counties In the greatest pos
sib!e manner. As q means of fund.
ing, II has been deemed necessary
and proper to use the provision as
provided In Sections 2402 and 24OS Of
the North Dakota Revised Code Of
1905 which provides for the raising Of
funds for immigration purpose
through the levy Of not to exceed n
Of one mill on the assessed
valuation Of all property ID the coun-
ty, for in this way only can all prop.
erty owners be required to assist In
such q work. As w know, a great
deal of the land on the Slope is own.
cd by non.residents, who have profited
by the advance in conditions and
steady rise in value Of their land very
largely through the efforts Of those
Of us who have lived here, cultivated
the soil and raised the general condi.
ton Of the Slope to the plane 1t Is
Out OF nearly 1900 OF these nor.
resident owners appealed to this
spring to aid US q little financially in
starting this movement or an empty
treasury, only 20 people have respond.
ed with a total Of $12S.5O which sim
ply goes to show the absolute fair
ness of this levy plan whereby every.
one who owns land or property on
the Missouri Slope will pay according
to the amount Of such land or other
property they own. On land, through
out the Slope, 1t will only amount to
from II to 10 cents a quarter section,
an average OF about Is cents. which
is a very small amount and not to be
felt by anyone; nevertheless In the
entire sixteen counties 1t means q
fund OF between sixteen and eighteen
thousand dollars to be used by these
counties to benefit their county and
the district known as the Missouri
Slope OF North Dakota. The levy Is
being secured through petitions sign.
ed by at least one-third of the voters
of each county, and they will be pre-
sented to the several county boards
during the first week Of July, and 1t
is optional with them to make or re-
fuse the levy. The petitions for
this request them to pay the sum
so secured to the treasurer Of their
own county development league for
its use. Each county league sets aside
one-half their levy amount into a gen
eral fund for publicity, exhibit work
and maintenance Of the parent league
and this fund will be used under the
direction of and to carry out the plans
of the directors elected from the
county leagues. The other half Of
the levy remains in the treasury o.
the county league for it's s in the
county, and added to the membership
fund which is secured for each county
league through the sale of member
ship tickets in the county, (thes'
tickets are gotten cut by the count!
league secretaries and sold to all In
terested in the county at $l.O0 eacl
and carry dues for one year,, eacl
county league will have a fund at al
times to use in county publicity II
connection with the general publicit!
work of the parent league, in count!
exhibits secured for railway cars, a
the annual state exposition, and II
any other ways where they will be o
worth and draw favorable attention
to your county. Through the publici
ty work, the exhibit work and othe
workings of the parent league tina
body will get in touch with many PEG
pie who are interested in cOuntr,
and who are we'll worth making al
effort to induce to come to us. Tn
names and addresses OF all these will
be sent but each week to the secre
tary of each county league, and tt
each individual member of every coun
ty league SO that each and everyone
who is in sympathy with the move
ment and belongs to one Of the county
leagues will have the results Of thu
work before him each week to use II
any manner he sees fit. A briet
sketch Of what each persons desires
will accompany the. name and thu
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