The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-04

The WEEKLY rIMES,REcoRo
settlers. He stated that as result Of
the low rate offered by the road 1851
people had come to the state with the
idea Of looking over the land and that
road was so well pleased with the re
suits Of their plan that they were 60
ing to put on an even lower "a
starting May l, 1915. He said that tn
company had spent $4,000 for the
work and considered it money we'll ex
pended. The major shoSed that sta
tistics proved that every real farmer
meant value increase to the state
of $4,000. In speaking of where The
appropriation was to come from he
stated that some of it might be taken
from the educational institutions with.
. out serious damage to the schools
He made the statement that in North
Dakota it cost 81 per cent more per
: capita to run the schools than it did
, in any one of the sixteen other west
! ern states. Again he showed that an
appropriation of 100000 would only
mean a tax of Sc cents on each quarter
section of land in the state. He called
! attention to the advertising that was
being done by land firms but stated
, that there was good deal more cred
| ence given advertising put forth by
the state than to that of firms or pri-
vate individuals. Major Murphy laid
particular stress upon the statement
that it was up to the people of the
state themselves to send out good
news, they should tell their friends
in the east of the great things that
were being done, here, of the enor-
nous increase in the corn production,
and in this connection he stated that
ITO years ago the Lewis and Clark
expedition obtained corn from the In
dams here with which to continue
their journey across the Rocky Noun
tains and cited the fact but for the OBJ
tanning of the corn Oregon, Idaho and
Washington would not be English ter.
ritory as the expedition would have
had to turned back and the English
would have seized that country before
we could get to it again. In connec-
ton with the change in conditions he
showed how the shipment of hogs had
increased from almost nothing until
one day this winter in the South St.
Paul market out of $4,000 hogs receiv-
ed $4,000 of them were from this state.
He closed with the statement that
$$100,O0O spent in advertising the state
would result in $5O,OOO,OOO being added
to the taxable value of the state in
five years. Mr.. Murphy's talk was
full of optimism and he made good
impression upon his hearers.
Bishop Wehrle of the Bismarck Do
cese of the Catholic church made a
few remarks and gave some of his
experiences in the state for the past
thirty years. He called attention to
the necessity Of making the newcomer
feel at home and also of treating him
right, giving him the right start and
of getting the right kind of people. He
said they should be people with an
idea of economy and desire to make
success through hard work and that
land should be sold at a price that
would make it possible for them 70
make a success.
Former Governor J. M. Devine told
of his experiences and success with
exhibits at small fairs in the east. He
stated that as the result of one eXhi-
bit that had cost Ward county only
$1,000 he knew of II farmers who were
living near Minot at the present time.
He does not believe in exhibits at
the state shown where the farmer and
the man interested will see it.
In closing the afternoon meeting
Captain Baker stated that the time the
state was looking for, suckers had
passed, if it ever existed, and that
there was value for the money paid
in every acre of land in the state and
on the market at the present time.
TO sum up the results of the meeting
it might be said that those present
were in favor of a big appropriation
for immigration promotion, that they
consider the count should do some in
dividual work and that the entire state
should cooperate for the best results.
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