Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-05-23

will come even though future events
may show that a. different or modified
plan would have been better. ThinA
OF what invaluable assistance a mar
like Captain Baker Of Bismarck could
give the immigration board-if the
Missouri Slope only had nifty Captain
Bakers, you would not need to look
for moro farmers for that portion o:
! the s~tate--you would have them-corn
alfalfa and mixed farming would then
DO as common there as in the most
highly developed portions Of the coun'
try, With the advice Of men like
| Captain Baker, any plan Of campaign
finally adopted should enhance the
value OF the rs, 1000, 900 acres Of land
in the state more than fifty times
tho amount Of the original invest
ment.
Tho Board will have access not only
TO all government records, and the
| records Of tho weather bureau, but
also all tho records of all the state
| onlclals-and l believe that every Off,
cial will be glad to assist in compil'
ing facts and figures, so they will be
of interest to the farmer from the
east. 81. ..' d.. 4
When the facts arc properly com.
piled, ] believe that no state in the
Union can make a showing that Will
appeal more strongly to tho farmer
who is looking for a real homo than
the state Of North Dakota. And when
these actual facts and figures arc
compiled and published under the ST.
pervislon of the state, the prospective
settler will not hesitate to believe
them-he will then know that they
are truthful and reliable-that they
are not stretched in order to enable
someone to collect a commission from
him and leave him to find that they
are false, later on; he will have con-
ldence In his Judgment of land when
he sees that the actual facts CORE.
spond with that judgment-then he
will act.
And those me who do act viii!
make no mistake-North Dakota has
only begun to develop. l firmly be-
lieve that within the next five years
she will be raising close to a hun
dred million bushels Of corn q year.
Our thriftless agricultural methods
will gradually but rapidly he changed
by the new settlers into modern, sci.
entinc farming, and within the next
ten years l expect to see the state
producing just as much wheat as she
is at the present time, but requiring
only one-half Of the present wheat
acreage for that purpose.
! OF course, a campaign along the
lines suggested will cost considerable
money; but this preliminary work
should be done in a thorough manner
by the state board OF immigration
leaving the work of going after the
eastern prospect largely to other per
sons interested in the settlement Of
the state With such, valuable aid as
the board can give, there will be
plenty who are anxious and ready tt
go after the real farmers. And they
will be successful, just Like those who
have followed up our work for the
500 Line with personal work have
boon and are low successful In, got
ting more settlers. Such a course
has been and is being pursued by 4
M. Fruh of Tolley, McGray & KEEL
strup OF Underw God, Fl. C. Miller 0!
Ryder, Anton Feckler Of Kensal and
many others from different points
along the 500 Line, and all of them
arc now taking actual settlers into
their particular communities, TIA car
loads Of immigrant moyeables coming
to 500 Line stations in North Dakota
between January l and April Is OF
the present year, at Darlington, 10
at Douglas, 5 at Kenmare, 13 at Mi
not, IA at Underwood, and as many
at still other stations-and yet some
districts are complaining because
they do not get more settlers. The
way to get those settlers is not t.
wait for them, but to 80 after them;
and as a general proposition, the ones
who go after them get them. Luck
may be a factor-hard work Is a more
imdOrtant one.
The real estate agent should not be