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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-30
Great Future Confronts Little County, According to Writer
for Chicago Record.Herad After Travelling Through the
State. Room for All and Opportunities in Abundance.


Sc. For 100 acres this would be 5000,
leaving him a net profit Of $1.056. or
$3.50 rer acre.
Nov suppose that this same man
is cultivating only eighty acres. bu.
that he cultivates them according to
the most approved methods. They
can easily be made to produce 225
bushels per acre. or q total of 2.O0a
bushels. The cost III cultivation will
be So an acre instead OF $6. the price
Of wheat being the same. This gives
him a gross return of $500. a net
return Of SLIGO and a return per acre
of $14.50!"
While Mr.. Hills attention has been
turned from the empire building to
| empire developing. it is to his son.
Louis WI. Hill, president Of the Great
| Northern railroad, that much of the
| credit for the development of the
! great Northwest and North Dakota in
particular is due. Father and son
working together have done wonders
not only for the settlement of the
country, but for the betterment of tha
condition OF the tillers of the soil al
ready there.
Not long ago Mr., Hill said 1T is
as we'll assured as any future event
can be that the population Of tho
United States will be 200. 100000 by
about the middle of the present cen.
fury, or in less than forty years.
.. aIlT1, ~ ,,I hHy, n t,o Ia phfnt,N
loaves Of bread enough to feed these
coming millions"'
THE average yearly consumption of
wheat per capita varies considerably
with seasons and prices, but it rises
steadily with our constantly advanc.
ing standard Of comfort. For the lass
three years it has been either slightly
under or slightly over seven bushels
for bread and seed.
Suppose that it is SIX and one-halt
bushels per capita, which is certainly
within the mark. 1t will then require
unless we are to fall to a lower scale
OF living, a total product Of 100000
900 bushels of wheat for. our bread
supply, il we do not export any. From
1880 to 1906 inclusive our crop aver
aged 521, 73S,000 bushels annually.
Twice only in our history have we
exceeded the 700, 10 900 bushel mark.
1t is fair to say that ESQ., 00. 900 bush
els is our present average capacity.
Suppose that the United States
produces % bushels. or double its
present showing. That would not be
extraordinary, in view of what Euro
pean countries have done with infer
ior soils and less favorable climates.
It would have added 634, 900 1000 bush
els to our production last year. Here
| we preceive the answer to the ques-
ton that the future asks, Here we
sec how the 5000, 900 people or
thereabouts in the year 1850 are to
be fed. Here we see where the mon
ey must come from for our national
support.
I'VE can double our wheat yield by
nothing more difficult than a better
system Of farming. A mar no longer
deserves the name of farmer who con-
ceives Of his industry as a scratching
of the eaerth with a hit-or-miss scat
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-30

North Dakota Is the, only state In
the union where the farmer expects u
make hts living In six months and "a
spend thesother half of the year in
%idleness.".
James j. Hill, once known as "the
empire builder" but now, throughout
the fertile miles of his well developed
domain" recognized as the apostle o,
better farming, did not intend this
statement, made the other day in his
Office In st. Paul, as praise Of the mar.
Vicious soil of North Dakota.
Instead he meant it as severe criti-
cism Of the farmer who, in that state
OF abundance, is content to work half
the year for a living, when he might
by industry extending I've the whole
twelve months, quickly amass a com.
petence and more.
But, though meant as criticism. Mr..
Hills statement was, indeed, a com.
pllment to the State of North Dakota.
. Nowhere else in an agricultural COM.
munity does the farmer figure OF tax.
ing enough out of the soil in six
months to support himself in idleness
for the remainder Of the year. And
in q few districts is the farmer forced
to think SO little Of putting something
back into the soil, because the fertili-
ty seems, In spite Of constant crop
ping, to maintain itself year after year
only slightly diminishing fecundity.
1t Is the very case of making a iv>
ing In North Dakota which has brought
about the unWillingness of the farm
Ell, to work for more than half the
year. He has found that he can pro.
cure immense yields of flax and wheat
when the land is new, and does not
want to- bother with cattle and hogs
and chickens.
Nor does he feel like milking a doz-
Ell or more cows. He would rather
have his butter and eggs shipped to.
him from some less favored district
where the farmer does have to work
for the whole year.
And why should he 60 to the trouble
OF buying a manure spreader and fer.
tiiizing his fields, he asks, when there
is more cheap land around him just.
awaiting the touch Of the pillow to con.
vert it into field Of waving grain:
And SO he goes on. year after year.
growing more and more disinclined to
do the tedious work Of diversified
farming, until finally, as happens III
any section, 9 year too dry OF a year
too wet may make a failure Of tina
grain crop and then he has nothing
to fall back on.
For him there is nothing ahead bu.
a year of privation. He must expend
his savings for the means of subs,s-
tegca.sg0 sdeeply In aebt, and PERHAPS:
mortgage his farm in order to i've u,n-
I'll the next crop is planted and har.
vested.
That IS why there has grown UP in
North Dakota in the last year or two
a better farming movement, with
James J. Hill, perhaps, as it's ch;er
exponent, which in a short time, is
destined to revolutionize methods al
cultivation in the state, and to bring
wealth hitherto unheard Of even in
North Dakota.
1t is this very moment that fur.
nishes to the man from the city or
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-30
EDDY COUNTY


4 the farmer now labOring on the high
priced land Of the middle west an on
Dortunity even greater than that
which existed when free homesteada
We're to be had for the asking. /. is
true that all the free land In North
Dakota has been taken up, but land
values are still low absurdly so when
compared to values in Iowa and I'LL
nois Of land which will produce 40
more to the acre and which is no near
er to good markets.
The man from the middle west maj
go to North Dakota now and buy land
good land at very reasonable
prices. II he has enough money to.
furnish the necessary farm equip
ment he need pay only q fraction OF
this down. He can break virgin soil
this spring, plant 1t tofflax, and sell
his crop in the fall for enough money.
with any kind Of luck. to finish paying
for his land.
Next spring he can put that same
land in wheat, and in the fall sell his
crop for enough to buy the necessary
live stock, and put UP the necessary
building to convert the bare prairie
which he bought into a permanent
home where he can be independent
and comfortable for the remainder Of
his life.
This is the opportunity for the man
with q comparatively small capital.
For the middle western farmer, own
ing land valued from 800 to 5000 an
acre, the opportunity is still greater.
He has learned how to farm. He has
to make his farm pay dividends on
the value of the land. He realizes
the value Of crop rotation, Of fertiliz-
ing the land, of keeping stock and of
erecting silos. He knows the profit
there is in dairying and poultry.
He a sell his Indiana, Illinois or
Iowa acres for enough money to enable
him to buy three or four times as
much land in North Dakota as he
now owns, to erect the necessary
buildings, and to stock the farm as it
should be stocked. If he does this,
and enters upon extensive farming
as he at home, he will find himself
in on the ground floor.
The market for his wares is right
at his door. for the principal towns
and cities Of North Dakota now have
to import a great proportion of the
butter, eggs, meat and garden pro
ducts they consume from the %populace
ceEters in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
In the case OF the farm laborer he
can always find employment and
by the end Of a year II he be indus
trious, he will have saved enough to-
purchase a span of horses, q plow and
q few bushels Of seed wheat and his
reputation for industry will enable
him to obtain land from the big hold
ers on a crop-sharing basis In a few
he will find himself the owner
of a farm, a permanent home and an
Independent income. And IL he mixes
brains with the muscle required for
work on a farm he will soon find him,
self, instead Of a wandered on the
streets, a substantial citizen Of a pros
porous community.
Thus does North Dakota, most fer.
tile Of states OF the great Northwest
beckon to men-real mem Of all class
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-30

toring OF seed. That is not farming.
but a game of chance"
1t would seem from the foregoing
that North Dakota offers a great opss
%pcrtunity to men Of all classes. The
middle west farmer whose family p
out growing the land and who -
barred from increasing his hCldinK1l
near his present home by high prices.
may so to North Dakota and procure
land enough SO that lie may see hin
sons and daughters grow up around
him amid plenty. !.
With the opportunities Of North
Dakota, all are not confined to the
agricultural regions. The state 10 dot
ted here and there with small cities
every one Of which is growing at an
amazing rate. These cities abound In
opportunities for manufacture and
trade. Every one Of them could sup
port in prosperity one or more job.
bling houses, especially in the grocetv
and staple lines. There are scores
of opportunities for light manufacture
ing plants which make articles Of
household necessity.
III some of the centers where water
power is available or in the midst .of
the big Ignite coal fields power ID so
cheap that huge plants of any descrip-
ton which do not have to import
their raw product from too great .
distance would be profitable.
To the capitalist who has money to
invest the opportunity is greater, per
haps than to any other man. The
rates of Interest in North Dakota, al
ing any thinly populated district. are
high. Farm mortgages, safe as gov
eminent bonds, pay from Z per cent
in the eastern part Of the state to a.
high as 10 per cent in the western.
A man with $1,000 of idle capital.
can easily invest in North Dakota
at a rate which will enable him to live
there or anywhere else in real luxury
for the remainder OF his life.
EDDY WON FIRST PRIZE.
October 9th. 1911, Eddy county was
awarded the big $4,000 prize over I'll
other counties in the state of North
Dakota for the best county %agricultur-
al exhibit at the North Dakota Indus
trial Exposition, held In Bismarck
during that week. z
The winning Of this prize shows
conclusively that Eddy county Is the
most fertile and productive spos =
the state; also that the lands ad.
joining us are exceedingly fruitful In
their resources, as Wells county.
which borders us on the west, receiv-
ed second prize, falling only four
points short of that Of Eddy.
Beach Advance: At the close OF
the court last week a. number Of the
bar profession OF this city rendered
Hon. w. C.. Crawford a banquet at
the State Line hotel last Friday ev-
ening. Besides those things which
60 to refresh and sustain the inner
man, a very pleasing part ot the u.
tertainment was supplied by the re-
sponses to toasts, each one observing
the privilege to depart from the sub
ject which was given out for discus
sion, and talking upon those things
which interested him most at that
particular moment.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-30
lust when It is in the most critical

just when 1t is in the most critical
stage.
IN Canada last year a large part OF
tho wheat was never cut; q Still larg.
er part was of such low grade as to
be NJ only for feed. A comparatively
small amount was No. l northern,
the grade which Is needed for the
best flour. Thousands Of settlers in
Canada, who went there with the hope
of easily amasing a fortune, have
found themselves ruined and are now
coming back to start anew in the state
which they crossed on the way from
their original homes to the far North.
west.
1T is to be hoped that they have
learned their lesson. When they start
in North Dakota they should know
the folly Of depending on a single
crop; they should realize that their
salvation lies An diversified farming.
Only In the last few years has it been
determined that North Dakota is as
!, good a corn state as Is Iowa. Seed
has been planted for the more north
ern climate, SO that now tlns yellow
dent variety has been brought to a
point where it will mature within the
shoit growing season that North Da-
kota has.
IF the farmer will only show care
| in cultivation and the selection of
I seeds, he win be able to raise a crop
as large as any Iowa or Illinois cou-
| sin now produces. The North Dakota
farmer, with his riding plows and gas.
oline machinery, has taken life too
easy.
HE must learn that if he would
prosper he will have to work in the
winter as we'll as in the few summer
months. The dairying industry offers
large profits in North Dakota. Natur-
ally, with the dairying industry goes
the raising of hogs. If he will select
| well-brel stock, both cattle and hogs,
and breed and feed them scientifically
he will make profits unheard of be-
fore.
"Only recently has the North Da-
kota farmer begun to learn the value
of the silo. He has found out that
AC CnA hCCp AIo udAy CO"S Ill Lull
milk all winter long by j%udicious feed
ing of a small ration of corn mixel
with alfalfa, and this cheaply pro-
! duced.
1T is an easily proved fact that thu
farmer by proper methods Of cultiva-
ton can not only make a larger yield
per acre by properly farming a small
tract but that he can actually obtain
a larger total from eighty acres pro.
perly farmed than from 100 acres
farmed by the present slip-shod me-
thod.
For instance, suppose a farmer, by
the present methods of farming with
no fertilizer, has 100 acres in wheat.
We will assume that he obtains IA
bushels per acre, which is the average
for North Dakota. This will give him
a crop of 2,240 bushels of wheat. We
further assume that the price he OBJ
tains for his grain at the elevator is
80 cents per bushel. This will give
him a gross income Of s2.O16. His
| gross income per acre will be $3.50.
The cost per acre Of cultivating is say
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-30

The bonanza farmer Is satisfied with
an enormous output, but a small yield
per acre. AS land yaluables increase
he will have to change his methods.
No longer can he afford to tear up the
land with the gasoline plow and plant
it to the IN grain year after year.
He will notice after a while a gradual
depletion in the fertility Of his soil
and in time will realize the necessity
OF Changing his methods in order to
obtain a return for his investment.
Perhaps a bad season or two will
leave him without a crop, or with on
ly half a crop. Then he will realize
the need for something more than the
single crop system. He will then
learn the. necessity OF having stock
on the farm, Of raising and having
something to sell more than once a
year. Or, PERHAPS, if he does not
realize this, he will lose heart and
declare that farming does not pay
any more and that everything Is 60
ing to the dogs. n.
He will then sell his farm to the
smaller farmer with up-tO.date meth
DDS who will go in and on a quarter
or half section make an excellent liv-
ing where the bonanza farmer has
been unable to make this thousands
Of acres pay.
James J.. Hill realized the posi-
bilities Of North Dakota as an agri-
cultural region probably before any
other man in the United States. He
built Ills road through the country
when il consisted largely OF Indian
reservations. In fact his cOnstruc-
ton gang more than once worked in
fear of the rage Of hostile savages.
But Mr. Hill was looking to the fu-
ture, he foresaw the time when the
pioneer settler would drive the red
man farther and farther to the west.
He foresaW the fields of grain, miles
and miles in extent, which were to
furnish the freight over his line. into
the terminals at st. Paul and Mime.
apolis.
u He foresaW the; time when land, In
stead Of being free, would be worth
what .itsnoWsis per acre, and he now.
sforesees q time when these same
lands. will be worth as much as any
mans iii the middle west. when d.
;versified farming along scientific lines
will make them yield commensurately
with the toll necessary for their cul.
tivation.
"a family on every quarter section
is now Mr.. Hills slogan. He realizes
that the cutting up Of the large hold
!ngs is necessary to the prosperity OF
the west. He sees, perhaps more
clearly than any other 9 the nee.
essity oil introducing better methods
of cultivation among the farmers now
In North Dakota. and Of bringing into
The state up-to-date farmers from the
middle west who have had training
in modren methods.
Why is 1t that the prosperous
farmer Of the middle west persists In
going to- CANADA" asked Mr.. Hill the
other day when North Dakota offers
him an opportunity so much sgreater?
Land can be had in North Dakota
Just as cheaply as in the Canadian
Northwest. In North Dakota the. far
|mer IL assured Of a crop. There are
no August frosts,, to spoil his grain
-ax 49, AL3.SJTsE fi3sf5A -. NA@%sN
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-30

tsss. and assure them health and pros:

es, and: assure them health and pros,
perity.
Fortunes have been made lin North
Dakota in the past in bonanza grain
farming and probably will be made
by that method again. 1t is not ull-
usual for farms to range in size up
to thousands Of acres The famous
tDalrymple farm in the Red River Val
ley containing $4,000 acres, all under
cultivation, is oen instance. But bon
ANA farming is low-grade farming. 1t
lis like mining low.grade ore by ma
Fchinery.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-02-21
BILL |NURRYY IS
COMING To TULSA
OKLNIIOMN CONGHlSSMNN Will
SI.ND INlllBlr 10 THE Ill-
SAINPOSlIION.
A CONGRESSMAN farmer


Hon. William H. Murray leading
citizen Of Tishomlngo, oklahoma con
grcssman-clcct from oklahoma, prcsi
dent Of Ohahoma's constitutional con
Vontion, once candidate for governor
Of this state and famous for his cookie
burr connections is going to move
in" on the international Dry Farm
ng congress and Soils Product expo
siuon at Tulsa next October,
"rm going 10 show the farm exports
Of the world what an oklahoma con
gresham can do IN agriculture" al
falfa BIN Is quoted as saying. And
he's not merely going to send down n
couple Of bushels of wheat and a shoaf
Of oats, but he's golng TO have dl-
vcrsincd exhibit that viii compare Ia
Norably with those of many Of the
states Of the union that viii be repre-
sented at the exposition
Mr. Murray win be some busy with
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-02-21
WOULD Give POWER TO
FIX Insurance RATES
BILL BN CURRY AND CRAWFORD
PUTS CORPORATION COM
MISSION IN POWER.

OKLAHOMA CITY Feb. 20 (Spe-
cal A hll that viii give the cor
poation commission The power 10 ad.
iust fire Insurance rates the same as
freight rates was introduced in the
house yesterday by Representative
Curry and Crawford. The bill fol
lows:
AN ACT conforrIng jurisdiction upon
the corporation commission TO make
investigations, hear complaints and
prescribe rates for fire insurance
companies and declaring an cmcr
gcncy.
he II Enacted BY the People of the
state of Oklahoma:
section /. Jurisdiction Is hereby
conferred upon the corporation com
mission to investigate all complaint
of alleged unreasonable fire insur
ance rates, to prescribe reasonable
rates for fire insurance; and shall
prevent all discrimination in rates
throughout the state, and shall pre-
scribe ~ necessary rules and regula-
tions pertaining to fire insurance.
Section . ANY party aggrlovcd by
any order of the commission prescrib-
ing nrc Insurance rates, may appeal
TO the supreme court upon giving
bond. as now authorized by law H.
freight rate cases, which bond shall
provide that the insurauce company
so appealing shall tcfund and charges
in excess of those finally determined
to hc reasonable by the supreme
court
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-02-21
MILLIONS PRAISE doctors OF HOT
SPRINGS, ARK, FOR LIVER REMEDY
BE in Inc

Gus matter that often stays in the
bowels so long that it becomes decom-
posed; causes germs to spring into
life and get into the blood.
Hand your druggist 25 cents today
and ask for box Of HOT SPRINGS
LIVER BUTTONS. Use them to reg
ulate the bowels; to tone up the liver;
TO end gas sour stomach and indi-
gestion.
Take them and he good Samaritan
by telling all your friends to take them
nervousness, dependency, the blues,
nervousness, dispondency, the blues;
to clear the complexion and to purify
the blood. No home can afford to be
without box. Free sample from Hot
Springs Chemical Co., Hot Springs.
Ark.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-02-21
Whom most of the celebrated physi-

When most of the celebrated physi-
clans at Hot Springs Ark. instead Of
writing a prescription for liver trouble
and constipation simply say: 60 to
your nearest drug store and get box
Of HOT SPRINGS LIVER BUTTONS
are you going TO waste your time on
Calomel or experiment with harsh and
violent cathartics?
Not when right here in Tulsa your
druggist is ready and willing to supply
you with those same HOT SPRINGS
LIVER BUTTONS that are prescribed
by the specialists in Hot Springs, Ark,
They are really marvellous in their
action SO smooth. gentle and sure and
besides compelling your stubborn Nv
er to wake up and do Its duty, they
cause the bowels to expel the poison
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-02-21
q CENT "DAKDER|NE FOR falling
HAIR AND DANDRUFF-- Grows HAIR
Reliable,
less Dandcri &c Results

Danderine from any drug store Of,
toilet counter, and after the first ap-
plication you will say 1t was the best
investment you ever made. Your haii
will Immediately take on that life.
lustre and luxuriance which is SO
beautiful. 1t will become wavy and
fluffy and have the appearance Of
abundance; an Incompatible gloss
and softness. but what will please you
most will be after Just a few weeks
use. when you will actually see a lot
OF fine. downy hair-new hair-grow.
Ing all over the scalp.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-02-21

Thin brittle. colorless and scraggy
hair is mute evidence of neglected
scalp-of dandruf--that awful scurf
There is nothing so destructive to
the hair as dandruff. 1t robs the hall
of It's lustre. it's strength and Its very
life; eventually producing q feverish'
ness and itching Of tho scalp. which
II not remedied causes the hair roots
to shrink, loosen and die--then tho
hair falls out fast.
A little Danderine tonight--now-
anytlme-will surely save your hair
Get a 9t cent bottle Of Knowlton'N
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-02-21

Harmon .,,.,....r,....l1,S2s
Jackson .23,797
Woodward ,...........'..' 'lS'oss
Section Q. An laws and parts Of
laws In conflict with this act are here
by repealed.
Section 3. IN emergency Is hereby
declared by reason where of 1t Is nec-
essary for the immediate preservation
OF the public health and safety that
this act take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and ap.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-02-21
KTLBANE HANDS OUT SLEEPER
st. Eouis boy no Match for Feath.
ervcight Champion.

NEW YORK, Feb. 20. - Johnny
Kilbane. the featherweight champion.
practically knocked out George Kirk
wood Of 81. Louis, In the sixth round
of scheduled ten round bout here
tonight, the referee stopping the con-
test to save Klrkwood from further
punishment
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-02-21
SnlIN lnNcnlnr Dies.

PONTIAC, Mich, Feb. 2O.--Martir
HalfpcunN who designed the pneu.
matte tire. low wheeled racing sulky
died AZ his home here today.