Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-06-03
THE TRIBUNE OVERLANDERS.

THE TRIBUNE OVERlANOERS.
So many inquiries have been receiv.
ed aud so much interest has been
aroused as to who and what are the
Tribune O]verlanders" that d word
of explanation will not be out Of order.
Years ago it was realized that the
Tribune must of necessity become the
state paper Of North Dakota, or it
would not be flling It's mission, nor
meeting its possibilities, and the ques,
ton was how to meet this opportunity
and live up to its great responsibility.
Death temporarily stopped many
plans that ere this time would have
been completed. But eve the death
of an individual, however great as
that individual may be, can not long
stop destiny or great possibilities.
The '~Overlanders' have been put
on the road to carry out long cherish
cd plans and dreams of far reaching
import. At first it may appear that
the trip Is one planned for an outing
and a pleasure trip for a party OF good
fellows bent mostly on seeing the
country in a novel way. But the OBJ
ject is far greater.
That 1t will furnish the means Of
a good time doubtless is correct, but,
also, it will be the means Of gathering
at first hand material for the purpose
of placing before the thousands OF
readers of the Tribune information
that otherwise would be impossible
to gather. The people will have a
means of gathering together in the
minds eye the vision of a vast range
of country and a knowledge of the con-
ditiOns of a state far greater than
many have ever imagined.
How many women, and some men,
are there IN this great broad country
today who are homesick and who want
to go back to child-home scenes for
a time and wonder II they will have
the possibilities of making a home for
their children such as their parents
made for them in older parts OF the
country? This feeling comes from a
lack of knowledge of the country and
the state at large. The field of vision
Is restricted. 1t is the duty of the
Tribune to help to broaden this vision.
1t is the duty of the Tribune to hold
up before its readers the true view
of this great state as it is today and
as it is to be tomorrow so that all
a see 1t.
The "Overlanders' are attempting
to present this mirror to thousands
who are now readers of the Tribune
and to secure other thousands that
will become Tribune readers. But
they are going to- do more than this.
They will gather at first hand, and
from the men o living, the facts as
to the early history of the country,
facts that must be gathered now or
lever gathered, and preserve and ar.
range these facts for the reader. Also
the facts as to soil. as. to farming
conditions as they no weXist, and as
to how they may be used to the best
advantage for the farmer and home
builder.
Historic views, and groves and land
scapcs. Farm Genes and live stock
on the farms and ranges. City and
village life, too, will be presented and
a panoramic view Of all interests OF
the. state will be assembled for the
use and %edification of the people. Also
the best known methods Of agricul.
ture will be presented, and all this
gathered from first hand, the only
true way of gathering it.
That the trip will be one OF great
value to the people doing the work
cannot be doubted, o can it be esti.
mated the value which will be gained
by the reader when he can visit, by
proxy at least, every county seat and
important town, and have placed be
fore him the fifty counties Of this
state, many Of these counties as
large, almost, as some kingdoms Of
the old world.
Now that the real work of putting
into print the ma erial gathered by