The Dickinson press., 1913-05-10

The Dickinson Commercial Club BAN
',quet and election in the assembly room
Tof the arhnory on Wednesday evening,
May 7th. was attended by about 200
people and proved to be very pleasing
and profitable affair. After the meal
and while the people were still seated
at the tables. the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
Alfred White, president. r.
j. w. Reed, vice presidat,
John Orchard, secretary,
J. v. Jessen. treasurer. .s-
The honor Of escortinf President
White to the chair was conferred upen
j. ". Reed and F. ID. Mevener. s.,
]. v. lessen, in reporting on mem-
bership. said that the Commercial
Club stood for everything that is best
for the city. The membership is snow
100, substantial &ain ever year1ago.
Wilson Eyer. the retiring treasurer.
gave detailed report, showing 1898
in the James c. Young fund and a
balance in all funds ON May LIST of
$482.80.
Secretary 0rchard:e report was re-
ceived with much interest. 1t 'recited
some of the work that the Club had
accomplished the past year in connec-
tion with city health matters, pub
licity. farmers exhibit train. read in-
provements, normal school legislation,
railroad investigation, etc. 1t is safe
to say that Secretary John Orchard
does more commercial club work than
any other similar Official in North
Dakota. , -.
The event Of the evening was sthe
aadress by Gov. 4. b. Hanna, which
il given in fun. 1t was q business
talk. characteristic of sall of Gov:
Hanna's addresses. sand should he
carefully read by everybody interested
in the development .of North Dakota
and particularly of Dickinson and the
southwestern portion,of, the state.
GOV. HANl0A'S ADDRESS
President AAf. White introduced 1.-THE
speaker who said: =.
''Mr. President. Members Of the Com
mercial Cluh, Ladies sand Gentlemen !:
am glad toni sht for q 'little,while to
i have the opperaallity speak to you.
!. and to speak peshaps;for ralittle while
J. upon some thines that pertain ito the
- western part Of the state. Thirty years
ago people thought of ,the Red
P River Valley as Being the only part
). OF, North Dakota that aeas important.
, Those were the old days and the .east-
;! !er4 part was prsctically sall THAT was
: recognized. and possibly :Csss oo,nty.
Eighteen years aas state Legislators
used to tell US abosa4 dfe county. Of Stack,
aand.i in fact, they ased to ,call 1t ;the
.!HState. Of Stark. :" You know sometimes
ihhave thought that We people Hho live
,dQxn in the eastern cart of the state;
and you people who live IN the western
Part chad not enough faith in spestern
North Dakota. Land used TO 'be very
cheap west Of the Miseoai river; Il
alalost bought land out ia t'as western
country, once. II could have houeh it
Tor &2.25 per acre then nesF Mott. i
~toadsr why i tsdidn't buy thst lanAI
! will tell YOU. friends, l was like the
rest Of the people, thep, didn't have the;
faith. Il Ss
esnllo0k back to the old cattle days
when Ahare were more horses tied alenE
the streets lin Dickinson taan there are
automobiles jim town today. Times
have changed. il sometimes wonder
whether the next IS Or 80 years will
show the Development and progress
that the last Is or 80 years have shown.
I believe it will chow much better in
the future. ] heard .. j. Hill say once
while making q speech in Minneapolis.
that the best thing that the Great
Northern Ry. conld do would be to give
away the land granted to them by the
government to the people Tor bome-
steads; II would have been much better
for the raiiroad company. 10 those days
when land was sold the Ignite coal was
considered valneless today when. the
railroad company sells any land they
are careful to give only a surface deed
andretain the coal rights. The coal viii
prove valuable. and, friends, believe
that the laree part of North Dakota in
the future is eoing to lie west Of the
Missouri river. i.
Clay and coal mean something. Fuel
is necessary 70 develop our clay depos-
JIG. Or efsat wealth in the future isl