Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-25

INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION.
Bismarck, North Dakota.
October 7.19.
BLAZING THE TRAIL,

There is probably no state in the
Union that owe more to the. big rail
way corporations than does North Da-
kota.
From the days when the Northern
Pacific railroad crossed the Red riv-
er Of the North at Fargo in the early
7Os down to these latter days when
the state is fairly gridironed by near
ly 5000 miles of ~well-equipped lines,
the railway has always been right to
the front in the val of advancement,
neck and neck with the pioneer hus.
bandman and always willing to take
a chance on the future of the country.
Many a hundred miles Of railways
have been built whose operations were
carried on at a loss for years before
the country caught up with the means
provided for handling it's produce and
1t Is safe to assert that, at the pres.
ent time there is no part of North
Dakota possessing any present induce
ment or future prospects that is not
provided with ample railway facili-
ties or being rapidly approached by
the rails of commerce.
But 1t is not alone in far-sighted
business sagacity in providing before.
hand for prospective freightage that
the railways have been public bene-
factors. They have also, through their
agents and experts, studied the needs
and capabilities OF the country through
which their lines pass and by pre-.
cept and example, demonstrated to
the settler the best methods to be
followed in order to secure adequate
return from the rich prairie soils. In
this manner the best breeds of live
stock for these ATTITUDES have been
ascertained and farmers encouraged
and assisted in securing the same.
New grains and grasses have been
first demonstrated to be Of practical
utility and then introduced to our ag-
r1culturists. Methods Of soil prepare
ton have also been given scientific
attention by railway corporations so
that newcomers and old-timers may
be informed Of the quickest way to
procure the fullest returns for their,
labor. 4.I@ , 2
The State Industrial Exposition
held annually at Bismarck in the fall
OF each year has been another impor-
TAM state function of which the rail-
ways have taken advantage in adver-
tising the splendid opportunities for
successful home building existing
along their lines and the exhibits of
the great trans.continental lines at
the expositions of 1911 and 1912 will
long be remembered by visitors to
those interesting and instructive al
fairs. F,
That enterprising corporation, the
$500 railway company, is again to
the front in this, years exposition
with q generous prize offering for the
best collection Of grains, grasses ana
other products raised in counties thru
which their lines pass, and it is a safe
prediction that this energetic path
finder Of the railroad world will no,
be the loser by its aggressive readi-
ness to take advantage of current
events.
The Minneapolis. st. Paul and
Sault Sainte Marie railway company
Ito give the good old $500 its full
name and title-enters the state at
Wahpeton and traverses it with it's
main line diagonalIy in a northwest
ern direction, passing through some
Of the richest Of Dur lands, leaving
the northern boundary at Portal in