The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-27
HANNA TALKS
OF Possibilities
IN WESTERN n. D.

Minot, N. d., June 27.-The wonder
full possibilities of western North Da-
kota Were ably brought out In an adj
dress by Gov. L. 3. Hanna before the
Minot Commercial club. Mr.. Hanna
had been visiting other towns in this
neighborflood, n had been invited to
speak before the Minot club. He was
somewhat delayed in reaching the city,
but there was a large crowd present
to hear him.
Governor Hanna expressed his APP
probation of the reception accorded
him, in spite of the delay in his ar
rival.
You have good reason to be proud
OF your city, said the governor. THE
best proof of this that I can give you
is the fact that the business men of
the state consider Minot one of the
best cities in the northwest in which
to make investments. The investment
company with which. / am connected in
Fargo has placed a great deal of
money in this city. We have faith in
the city, in it's future, and in the prog
ress and initiative of it's people. And
4 can give no higher praise to any city
than that.
Western North Dakota really has
much greater than the east
ern part of the state. In the east
ern part, we have our farming, and
that is all. Here, in the west, you
have natural resources that are UNI
surpassed.
For instance, you have clay that
has been pronounced by government
experts In Washington to be the finest
brick clay in the whole country.
Also we have enormous quantities
OF Ignite in this state, which makes
fine briquettes. Briquetting plants are
being erected and that is destined to
be one of our biggest industries. The
by-products are also valuable.
I'VE ought to make more use of our
own resources, and I think the day is
not far distant when we will make
boards and ties of the wheat straw
quantities every year. We are con
sidered a very extravagant state for
burning straw the way we do.
Also, we will make paper from our
flax straw. 1t makes a very fine grade
of paper, n there are millions of tons
Of 1t. As paper. it would be worth
$15,000.000 to $50, 600, 900 a year If the
state is to become all that it can be,
we must utilize Jul products. We are
a very rich state. II we could not
stand the waste which is going on at
the present time.
The experiment farms of the 500
road are a fine thing, and the road
made no mistake in putting Major
Murphy in charge of this work.
Il have been travelling through the
state a good deal the past few weeks,
and | will say to o that the crops in
this part of the country look the best
of anytI have seen this year.
"Co-operation is all essential in the
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the people Of Minot are cooperating
and working together is evident in the
improvements you are making. The
pavement you are putting in will be a
big thing for the city. First impress
sions count for a great deal, and when
your pavement is in, and the white
way which you are planning is COM
Epleted, the stranger within your gates
will form a very favorable impression
of the city, which will remain with
him, and make Minot stand out favor
ably In his memory.
The new normal school will be one
of the finest things for Minot which
has ever come to the city. See what
the schools have done for the cities
of Fargo and Moorhead. They have,
altogether, brought over 1000 peo-
pie to those cities, young people who
not only spend their money there, but
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have in it's midst.
"Just a word about legislation The
fund for the sending of the old soldiers
to Gettysburg is part of a fund that
has been accommodating from the 40, 200
acres of land belonging to the Old Sol
diers' home. We appropriated sic, 900
of this money for the purpose, believ-
ing that it could not be used for a bet
ter way, and it is, in reality. the old
soldiers own money I am going to
Gettysburg to be present when these
old veterans meet, with friendly hand
clasp, the men whom they fought so
fiercely in that great battle, fifty years
ago. And ! shall consider 1t a great
privilege to be there with them. They
have earned all the honor that can be
bestowed upon them.
Il believe that something should be
done to induce more immigration to
this state. am going to station a
man at Ellis island to study the situa-
ton, and to start people this way.
Later, we viii send men to Europe CO
start immigration coming again from
the countries which formerly sent us a
large number of immigrants, but from
which the immigration has been fall
ing off lately. The country districts
are the backbone of the nation, and
We wall " get Tie people away ITOnl
the great cities, and into the farming
states.
81 tried to put through a Good
Roads bill at the last session. I am a
member Of the National Highway as
ISOLATION, which proposes to spend
$50.000,000 a year for the construction
and maintenance of national high
ways. These roads are coming
through North Dakota. The bill I
presented advocated raising the auto
license tax from So to SIS. believe
there will be 10000 automobiles Ii
North Dakota next year. That would
be 500, 900. The plan would provide
for the Issuance of ST., 0 10000 of road
bonds, paying per cent interest.
Forty thousand dollars per year would
pay the interest. Instead of putting
the auto license money around with
the various counties. no one of which
gets enough to do any good, i would
apply that 100000 auto license money
in the retiring OF those bonds. sixty
thousand dollars would be left. after
paying the interest, to apply on the
principal, and we could retire the
bonds in thirteen years. And $1,000
900 for roads would 30 d long ways.
! also the plan used in Colo
redo and other states, OF having the
prisoners from the state penitentiary
work on the roads. 1T has worked very
Well in other states, and it would work
l North Dakota. We have al lot OF
vacant cell roora In the penftentiary,
and I have asked the United States
government to consider the plan of
sending the federal prisoners from
sonle of the adjoining states to our
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