The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-07
CITY'S GREAT
ASSET, BOYS

Grand Forks. NJ. D., Nov. 7.-Over
100 business and professional mon and
boys heard Governor Hanna in his
first public appearance here since he
was placed In the g~ubernatorial chair.
The occasion was the banquet given
last evening in the gymnasium of the
Y. M. G. A. building, tho close Of the
contest between Fargo, jamestown and
this city for members.
The governor was welcomed by May
or Murphy and introduced by J. D.
Bacon, n both spoke In glowing
terms OF the integrity and ability Of
our governor.
The time OF Mr.. Hanna's speech was
the value of the boy to h community
and nation and the aid of the Y. M. c.
A. in bringing out his worth.
Y. M. G. A. Advancement.
He spoke first of the great advance
ment in the associations of the state.
He stated that he had watched them
grow from mere nucili to become big
Factors In the communities in which
they were located claiming that a Y.
M. c.. A. was one of the greatest assets
to a city. He said as Fargo, James
town and Grand Forks were great edu-
cattonal Centers where we asked par
ents over the state to send their child
rem to school where we asked them to
trust to us that which to them is their
cities to care for them.
Further, he stated that boys In a
city must have some place to go, some
place where they can meet with other
boys n that there was no better place
than the Y. M. c. A.
The governor stated that he did not
believe that the boy Of today does not
have as good a chance to make good
business or a profession as their faith
ers did He said that he often Wonder
ed IL the progress in the next twenty
five years would be as great as 1t had
been in the last quarter century, n
that he hoped that he would live to
see, but that he believed that it would.
He said that when he first came to the
state the men that sat about the table
were now the leading business and
professional men of the city; that when
he first knew them they looked out on
life as the boys now look out on their
es were even greater than these men
had and the opportunities better tina
theirs had been. The great part OF it
lay with the boy. He said he must
and hustle for business and for the
Y. M. C. A. to get out and hustle for
the boys and bring them into the as
ISOLATION.
Want Clean Young Men.
He emphasized the fact that mon
who employ boys want clean fellows,
those who are honest and upright, and
If they were members of the Y. M. c.
A. IL was d dig point In tnelr taVOr. He
said that it was up to the business
men to set q good example to their
employees, and that in return 1t was the
duty of the boys to be quare with their
employers.
Governor Hanna. stated that there
was no better insurance for the bust
ness men of a city to put their money
into than a Y. M. c. A. and congratu-
association was not embarrassed with
a big debt. He urged, however, that
the one that did exist be cleaned up
and a budget prepared.
/ Avoid Debt.
One of the warnings which he gave
young men was to keep out Of debt. He
said that was a mighty easy thing to
get into but a hard thing to get out of.
His advice was to begin saving money,
no matter how small the amount was.
believer in giving a boy another
chance" He said that boys make mis-
takes as we'll as men, and that the
prisons bear evidence OF the fact but
that he believed that with another
chance many of them would lead good
lives. The governor advocated d re-
form in the shape of a corrective in
s%titution graded between the peniten-
tiary and the reform school, where the
boys now in the latter place could be
kept away from the hardened criminal,
and given a better chance
For Prohibition.
Speaking of intemperance as sending
so per cent to the penitentiary, he
congratulated the people of the state
on being able to rear their children
under a prohibition law. He claimed
that even if a man did not believe in
it. he wouId rather have his boys live
where there were no saloons, that they
have a better chance to- grow up into
good men than in a license state.
He closed by saying that the state
is famous for it's great farms, where
the finest grains are raised, but the |
best things we raise here is our boys
and girls, and when good men and wo-
men go out as our heritage we have
done our part to make he nation bet
ter. and the best place of all to accom-
plish this, he claimed, was in the state