Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-18
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North Dakota looks pretty good
10 me-" said James Thompson. Jr.. OF
Washington, b. C. Mr.. Thompson Ia
identified with tho Department OF
Agriculture. He formely resided IN
this state. having held down q claim
In Oliver county. He came out west
this fall TO look after hls biz crop
and see that It Is marketed In good
shape. JIG does this every year. Il
Inc to get hack to North Dakota In
the fall. washington Is a tlne city
and q nice place to I've; hut there rs
an indefinnb1c something about the
prairies or western North Dakota and
the majestic butte country, rich In
Indian lore. that grasps a fellows very
heart strings. You're progressing our
mere, too. We hear a whole lot more
about North Dakota in the east nova
days that we used to-. As a state 1t Is
rapidly forging its way no the front.
and the day ia not far distant when 1t
will be known as one Of the very best
states Of the union. One good sign
in North Dakota IA The large amount
Of corn that is being raised. People
are beginning TO realize that This
state lies In The great corn belt az
well as being the greatest OF the
wheat producing states. When this
fact is generally learned in the mid.
| die west and east there will be no
lack of settlers for your unclltivated
land. AS | said before, North Dakota
looks pretty good to me-"
Scott Cameron tells this n on q
Scotch friend of his. Mr.. Cameron is
one of the rising legal lights Of EN-
mons county. He is a young fellow,
and prides himself upon the fact that
he is a native son OF North Dakota.
this state Tor rather Dakota Terri,
tory being the land Of his birth.
| Scott was recently visiting in the
| eastern part OF the state, and CHANGED
upon two old friends. They were
lingering in the hotel lobby discus
! sing events OF recent years in their
respective lives. The conversation
| drifted to nationalities. Scott, whose
| surname smacks Of the hielards and
pink heather had no diticuplty in con,
| yincing his friends that he was a
canny Scot.
my mother was born in that coun-
try. said the first friend. $50 | sup
+, pose I can say that 1 am half Scotch.
And the other half settler" OBJ
| served the other man, rs he made O.
| dive for the door.
North Dakota may well be proud
of the educational facilities afforded
its children" said n. c. Mcdonald OF
! Valley City, state rural and graded
school inspector. THE schools are
all getting nicely started on their
years work now. In the rural COM
,munities the attendance has been
| comparatively light, owing to the fact
tnat the children were obliged ITO re-
main at home to help their parents
! through the harvest and ~threshing
season. In some Of the counties there
is a scarcity OF teachers reported, but
most of the vacancies vii soon be
filed g 4l a.
ITS getting about that time said
| Andy MOehn, when The ten pin ar
fists and amateur bowlcrs ccagregatc
! about the alleys and lay their plans
for the coming season. No, mean
| bowling alleys. not those muddy eX.
cuses for highways Through the mid
! die of the block. Bowlors don't hang
around that kind OF an alley. There
are some new bowlers in town, and
no lack of good material, so Bismarck
ought to have a really worth while
ten pin DEAN this year. How much
can | bowl? Well my extreme mod.
esty forbids nc to reply. But will
say contidentially that yesterday l
rolled six games and averaged 1888.
! Got one game of 200, another of I'D
and II of 1856. How do | do it?
Well, I'll show you" Andy called to
! the pinsetter to 'set 'em up The
kid said he hadn't received his two
bits yet for his mornings work and
besides he wasn't buying drinks for
anybody at this time of the year.
Andy grabbed q ball. He took up his
position about thirteen feet back OF
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