The Dickinson press., 1915-12-11
cattle at q time,

North Dakota is the land for the
poor man He can turn his hand to
any employment he can think of. If
he does not care for farming or
ranching he can mine or manufacture.
There are strata of coal everywhere,
and coal a be had for the taking.
mere are clay banks all over the
state. and brick made in North Da-
kota a been pronounced by experts
to be the best.
But North Dakota does not forget
another valuable resources-her
young people. She teaches them to
go u and serve their country, and
incidentally, herself.
EDWARD SHAW.
Some Resources of North Dakota
Many people suppose that North
Dakota mas only one resource: It's
grain fields. But this is far from be-
ing the case, since most of the state.
west of the Missouri river, is un-
derlaid with Ignite coal. This is the
softest known form of true coaI
therefore it will not give as much
neat or power per ton as other coal.
put ignite is the cleanest coal there
is, that is the most free from sub
stances that will not burn. Hence, if
II were only possible to get rid of
the moisture in Ignite, it would be
the most valuable Of all Goals. The
attempt to do this on a commercial
scale has not succeeded yet, but it
mas been dom with small quantities |
by a process called briquetting.
when machinery has been invented
10 40 this work on a large scale, the
ignite coal of North Dakota will be-
come its greatest asset. These bri-
quotes will make better fuel than
anthracite coal, for, while they will
produce more heat per ton, the
amount Of ashes and waste will be
less.
Another important resource of our
state is it's clay. North Dakota has
clay from which the very finest Of
can be made, as we'll as
mat used for coarse pottery and
brick, When these two great re-
sources are developed as they should
be, and as they will be, when the
state grows older and it's population
denser; they will work hand in hand
Tor it's prosperity. The briquetting
factories will furnish the fuel needed
run the brick plants and potteries.
Then the coal mines Of North Dakota
WILL yield her greater wealth than
those of Pennsylvania or Ohio pro-
duce today; while the clay industry
alone will be enough to make a pros
state.
CHARLES A. ANGEL.
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Dakota, Her Opportunities and
Resources.
1t was only twenty-six years ago
u state was admitted into the
1t has grown very rapidly and is
now classified as one of the most
progressive states in the United
States.
There are rich coal and clay depos-
its almost everywhere and not
every state can boast of this.
Near Taylor there have been dis
coveries of rich clay deposits. This
clay is superior in quality to that
found at Red Wing, Minnesota. If a
pottery should spring up here, and
prospects are very promising,
will be the first town west of
Red Wing which has INDUCED in this
form of occupation.
North Dakota has long been i'm
o%ortant for it's immense production
1t wheat, flax, corr and other grains,
also potatoes.
Cattle raising was very important
n North Dakota about twenty years
ago, but when it was discovered that
he climate and soil were both so
adapted to agriculture and the
and became more valuable this &C.
began to diminish and is
low almost extinct, in the eastern
central parts, although many
:rainloads of cattle are still shipped
rom the western part of the state.
North Dakota is the healthiest
state in the United States, due to the
7ery high altitude, dry air and the
winds which air out our state once