The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-03-27
Taking / Care Of
!. Settlers In n. D.
Those Already Here Should In.
form New Corners Of the Con-
ditions Here

columns, viz: that while the state
needs more people above every
thing else, these people, to be
Of any value to us, must be Of
the right kind. The other point
to which we wish to caA atten-
tion is that, If the state is to
reap it's proper share Of benefits
from the. immigration which
comes to it, it must be prepared
to take care Of the settlers who
come.
Many Of the people who come
to settle on our farms are uh-
familiar with the conditions Of
farming in the northwest. AS a
rule they come from sections
where the crop conditions are
different, where the growing sea-
son is longer, where different
conditions are needed for the
housing and care of stock, where
there are different conditions sur
rounding almost every item. Of
farm work. If these people are
Of the right type they wish to
learn as quickly as possible into
what conditions they have come.
It should be the business Of THOSE
already here to inform them.
They should be placed in contact
with reliable sources of informa-
'tion, and every opportunity should
be afforded to acquaint them
with the facts which they will
need to know. In this way much
time and some loss loss can s.l;l9s.' be saved
them. ga5s
And Just a word Of caution
here. Something was said last
night about climate. We have
a fine climate. The air is clear
and bracing, and as was said
last night, we have. fewer cloudy
days than mosteother sections of
the United States. Because Of
our northern location we have
more hours Of sunshine per day
during the growing season than
have the states farther south.
Because we have neither mud nor
slush intthe winter stock will
thrive ,and be comfortable with
little shelter, and because of
many conditions which need not
be enumerated now low temper
atures do not affect the comfort
of living here as they do east and
south. These are facts, and the
immigrants should be made fami-
liar with. them.
But let. this not be j s0yerdOne.
It ws:iilltbe no kindness to a new
settler to persuade HAM that he
has come to a region Of perpetual
summer. He has done nothing of
the sort. It will be good business
to prepare in the fall for a
severe winter. He may not get
it. He will not get in any case
the sort of weather that tinid
eastern people have learned to
expect. He may get a winter
which is remarkably fine. and
mild, as the past winter has been
If so he will be that much ahead,
and he will. be delighted with
his experience, But if he is
persuaded that we have no such
thing as winter here, and IS
crednlous enough to believe it,.
and acts on that belief, he may
strike something that he is not
exporting and is not prepared
for, and the result will besa
very sore and very disgusted set
tier Let it be remembered that i
we expect these settlers whom
we are inviting here to, be- with.
us, for . long time, and that it
% not s. good pian to. dessiye
them III the matter Of climate:
any mofe than it Is q good plan
to deceive them in the matter of
lland Of any thing else.
After ail, the climate matter
;siisS one which will take care ofFit-l]
se4. It - doing 50. eople avs
from our state are getting 81
better knowledge of it than they
aaaxe hAd. Our own. people are
coming 10 0apprec atea our climate
better than they did. They havsS
been coming 10 asbetter und
standing of it and a better lik-
iing fof 1t since more 81
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