Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-04-20
Commercial CLUBS OF
BISMARCK AND MANOAN
have BURIED Ratchet

had many things in common that
they should work for and principal
among them was the matter Of the
development of the western part Of
the state.
Commissioner of Agriculture w. c.
Gilbreath declared that it was high
time the western part of the state
stood together and accomplished some
thing for this section. Fargo ana
Grand Forks had gotten about every
thing they asked for from the last
legislature, had secured among other
things an additional appropriation for
their fair Of $1,000, ma.ing $4,000
& year in all, and they had managed
to have support for the Bismarck eX-
position withdrawn. He believed that
much good had resulted from the
bringing in Of the people to this eX-
position; that they were shown the
products of the soil and shown the
land az the same time. something he
had not been able to do with the
displays at the state fairs in the
east. This exposition is a great UNI
dertaking and needs and deserves
the support Of the people Of the west
ern part of the state.
&. l.. Zimmerman, in speaking OF
the Minneapolis land shows said that
it had been decided that the next
show should be held in some central
city in the east or the middle west.
where the people could be more inter-
ested than in the Twin Cities. How.
ever, he believed that much good
a be accomplished and attention di.
rected to the western part of this
state by the Bismarck exposition, and
he was sur Morton county was
ready to cooperate to make it a sue.
cess. .la.E: .}#&
Mr.. D. B. Earnes, OF Glen Ullin,
president Of the Morton County De-
vclopment League, said that many
settlers had been attracted to this
section by the displays made at the
Bismarck exposition, and he believed
that the development leagues could
DO much for their sections by CO
operating in the maintaining of this
exposition.
TheO. KOffcl cited a number of in
stances where actual settlers had been
brought into the state through the
Bismarck exposition. He believed
that Bismarck and Mandan both had
too much waste ground adjacent to
the cities and that when this is filled
with settlers the cities will prosper
as they never have before.
Mr.. WEIGH said that Montana had
spent two or three times as much last
year in advertising as had North Da-
kota, and a. a result much land in
that state was being sold at prices
from $50 to $40 an acre that would
not begin to compare with land in
western North Dakota. In Wishing
ton and Oregon they were getting fab
ulous prices for land and they had
nothing to offer when they sold the
land. He told Of the excellent results
obtained in growing corn in Burleigh
county Fast year.
Remarks were made by a number
OF others, and a resolution was in
troduced by John F. Sullivan in eff
feet that the Mandan Commercial club
pledges its loyal support to the Bis
marck Exposition and to do all in its
power to make it a success.
There was a general informal dis
cussi0n at the close Of the meeting
and as a result steps will be taken
by both the Mandan and Bismarck
Commercial clubs in putting the road
from Mandan to the ferry in shape
so that when the chautauqua begins
Bismarck people can drive over
There will also be joint action on otn-
er matters that will prove beneficial
to both cities.
The Bismarck representatives re-
turned on the Mott train last night
and Mr.. Conklin on behalf of the
Bismarck club thanked the Mandan
representatives for their friendly
spirit and their promises of support
fer the exposition. 4,s