Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-21

OF Success
By John A. Monger.

This is the reason why Walsh county
has made such grand strides of prog
ress in the past quarter of II cen
Jury, being the very center of the
most amazingly rich farming zone i'll
fertility OF soil, for all kinds OF plant
life in the far-famed Red River VAL
ley of North Dakota. A section COW
cring six counties. Walsh, Trail, Cass,
Tlichland, Grand Forks and Pembina.
which in 1910 the United States cen
sus gave a population of 12S,267, Il
net gain over the census of 1900 OF
6,5S2. This Increase in population is
remarkable when one takes into con-
sideration the enticing lure Of the
Canadian Northwest, that attracted
hundreds of thousands of American
farmers by over-charged publicity,
and in this stampede the Red River
Valley furnished its full quota from
1900 to 1905. as Walsh county lost in
population 1877. Trail 5S2, and Penn
bina $3.50. Notwithstanding this
the three counties named. the net In
crease of the Red River Valley coun
ties was 6,5S2 from 1900 to 1910. The
Canadian farm land boom had burst
owing to lack of soil fertility. pri-
mary grain markets. grain elevator
service and woeful lack OF railroad
transportation, to say nothing of
twentieth century environments. and
AS q result thousands and thousands
of American farmers tlocked back to
tho vfofac aCnapi9llV tn North Ia
kota. where a great statewide filing
in Is going on. To emphasize this
we shall quote from the federal fig
ures:
I'm 1900. North Dakota's popula-
ton was 319.146 and i'll 1910. 3d.
O56, an increase i'll ten years of Esq.,
80. the per cen Of increase being
sos, a much larger per cent than
any other state. with the exception
of Washington and Idaho. The per
cent Of increase in South Dakota wa
only 45.4, Montana 54.5 and Mime
sofa. 34.j."
This is not all the proof We have
OF the statewide growth in popula-
ton covering North Dakota, for a
bulletin issued by the United States
department Of III shows a
gain of 1O9,91O since the federal CEN
sus of 1910. or a state population Of
6S6.966 up to July /. 1914. In writ
ing or the state population last April
we predicted that the 1926 census
would give North Dakota n million,
and some of the wise ones made a
predict one million. This will near
the doubling up of the rural popula-
tion and improved farm land values.
especially in the famous Red River
Valley, Walsh county. hat hal the
very cream OF the warm. blackish
loan soil. equal i'll fertility to that
of the Nile valley or the delta lands
is generally level, slightly rolling to-
ward the west. A soil hat is from
one and one-half 10 four feet deep,
llnderlaid with yellow or blu clay,
which forms 4 natural s~ub-surface
reservoir to supply all kinds of grow
ing crops. and forms Il larger area
of uniformly deep. rich, black soil
tina any other Zonc of similar size in
tho world.
Thcs" are the fertile farm lands,
tho best under the canopy of heaven,
that were passed over for the less
productive lands of the Canadian
Northwest. Lands tina were made
attractive by splendidly worded, full
page write-,lps In American newspa-
fers, paid for at so much a line.
while farm lands best, the Red Rlv-
or Valley. was allowed to advertise
itself. TO give the exact situation we
quote the following official statement
issued October 8. 1914, by the VIM
nipeG board of trade:
Immigration from Europe to west
crn Canada has practically stopped
and there has been a great decrease
from the United States. Some inter-
nstins conclusions may readily be
drawn from immigration figures. In
the last week Of September .03 per
sons entered western Canada from
the United States, bringing in cash
$45.000 and effects to the value of
S1,375. In 1913, same week, 1862
persons entered from the states,
bringing in money $201.247 and $780,
304 worth of effects. From these fig
ures 1t will be seen that immigration
from the states has fallen off so per
cent"
This tells the whole story of the
why's and wherefores of the state
wide filling in, hat is going on all
over North Dakota. from the states
east Of us to say nothing of what the
European immigration viii be after
the war is over. There is no state
IN the Union that is filling a. larger
space i'll the public v than North
Dakota. owing to the fertility Of soil.
trading centers, good roads. schools
and churches. railroad transportation
and cheapness of improved farms,
that range from $50 to $50 an acre,
land that has the same earning capa-
city acre for acre as the $500 to $3.50
an acre improved Illinois and Iowa
farms. This is but a passing incident
FOR there will he no improved farm
lands i'll the Red River Valley for less
than 500 an acre in the next few
years and many of these farms will
be at a premium at 5000 an acre.
- Tho d2v nf phonv fo nm, 1,rl. -, A1a~AL
Dakota Is all. but past. The one crop
farmers, wheat, have made good, but
now that crop rotation, corn and
hogs, alfalfa and silos, dairying and
stockraising has been under the prop
agand Of Better Farming, trebling
the earning capacity Of every acre
under cultivation, North Dakota till
ers or n soil are on the threshold
Of a. great era Of prosperity.
Walsh Connty's Railroad Facilities.
The tremendous yield of new
wealth from the soil of the Red River
Valley hat lis constantly being poured
into n veins OF commerce and IN
dusfry. opening new markets to han
die this flood OF new wealth is des-
z tined to make a new era in county
building for prosperity on the farm
spells prosperity in the cities, villages.
state and nation, and Walsh county
viii he no exception to this unwritten
low of evolution.
The pioneer railroad was the st.
Pan. Minneapolis & Manitoba. now
3 hq Great Northern, that built its line
from Grand Forks to Grafton in De-
eeEnbeT 1851. and then came the
Northern Pacific In 1856, while today
the 200 line runs east and west
fbI0pgh the county. giving every city
md village ratlrosd Transportation 10
@the high priced markets Of St.2PauI,
9MiRpea30ljs and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for