Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-11-19

the freedom with which money il
shelled out when occasion demands,
one would believe these stories 50 CON-
vincingly ia the tale Of woe told you.
Sit down and try and figure out
what advantage II possibly can be to
tied up In this state to keep up this
bunco business and constant harran-
que ut the state Of North Dakota.
Does 1t not make for discontent, dis
c0urA Agement and q passimistie frame
Of mind to those within the, state. and
outside OF tho state = feeling off,
well, none of that for me. y liz this
frame of mind conducive to home
building by those now In the state. Or
does 1t bring new settlers VINO Will
expect to make homes. here? It would
important reasons why immigration Is
taking place in almost every other
western state in greater numbers than
is found here In our state.
According to statistics gathered by
w. J. Bailey, North Dakota ranks as
the third state In the union In the
per capita Of wealth of its population,
wealth of $s,21o and is led only by
the states Of Nevada and iowa. A
state must be great indeed that can
stand as characterised the agricul-
ture followed here since the early
days, and still at the end of genera
tton show SO great an amount of
wealth for each man, woman and
end child within its bounds and yet
be able to boast Of its great yield and
pie reason to believe that profltab BILE
farming can be carried on Indefinite
ly, but this will only be fact, provid-
ed more efficient and less wasteful
form Of agriculture is followed and
one which will conserve state Of fer
tlity. To carry on such system re-
qutres a smaller division Of farms and
this In turn requires more farmers.
It all hinges back on the people Of
this state doing some boosting and adj
verttsing, which will acQuaint the peo-
pie OF other states with the opportu-
mites that await them here And let
us leave 1t to the settlers when they
get here to see that North Dakota,
even though it leads In crop and fer
tility advantages is still like Its sister
states throughout the union possessed
of disadvantages Of climate.
Floods of settlers are now going
kota can learn a lesson in optimism
which 10 to be found on every hand in
that state. In Texas when they have
a bad storm, a drouth, hot winds or
any other excuse for not getting a
bumper crop you will hear well, it's
the first time in twenty years. or
that has not occurred since 49," In
North Dakota many farmers seem to
think that it's 4 diagrace to raise
corn and they are ready with q
lengthy discourse on why it cannot be
done. In Texas they club together
and ship carload of corn from Iowa
ana hire q man to drive into town
with It every day and tell all the
strangers about his wonderful crop
Of corn until the whole carload is
or car.
Let US hope that Appreciation week
IN North Dakota will give the people
who. live here and have an interest
IN TINS state point of view differ.
ont 70 the one that has been in vogue
here FOR 80 many years. Let there be
an appreciation Of what the state has
done Tor US In the past ana rasolye
that from now on this state shall be
adverttaed ~ place in which to
make homes and in which to make
farms TO be passed on to tho children.
where live stock as we'll as ali other
crops which 70 with a lasting form n
agriculture will have place.
Let's get patriotic over North Da-
kota. for there is much room for inn
provement.