The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-25
GET TOGETHER FOR
STATE development
SAYS F.. ". MURPHY
President of ALL Minnesota Develop
ment Association Issues Call
to Colors.
MEETING TO BE HELD
IN ST. PAUL JUNE 14-15
Program of State Preparedness An
nounced; to Encourage
H0meseekers.

Certain definite statewide prob
lens for the handing of which the
people of Minnesota should combine
will be taken up by the All-Minne-
sofa Development association at it's
first annual meeting to be held at the
state capitol, st. Paul, June IA and
49," says F. w. Murphy of Wheaton,
president Of the association, in issu-
ing ringing call for attendance at
the meeting. Every industry, every
community, every citizen and home in
the state will directly or indirectly
feel the influence of the work of the
association" adds Mr.. Murphy.
Many Possibilities.
The plan of the work mapped out
for the association, according to Mr..
Murphy, is one of immense posi-
blities. He calls it program Of
state preparedness" He says:
"Why should we not have a state
preparedness propaganda? Not a
program to repel invasion; not one
to protect us against enemies; not one
to guard our borders; but one to
throw down the barriers between
town and country; to create a better
relationship between our citizens in
the various activities of their lives;
one to encourage an invasion of our
state by hOmeseekers, farmers, mech
anics and by capital seeking profit
able investment.
Preparedness Program.
LET us have a preparedness that
will:
"Place settlers upon the lands of
Northern Minnesota.
construct homes on the shores Of
our beautiful lakes.
cause to blossom like the rose
the waste places in our state.
Guild UP prosperous commercial
centers
"Develop the great water powers
of the state, now of no value because
of neglect
Establish a statewide, compre-
hensive, sane system of drainage that
will multiply the productiveness of
the lands of this state now under
cultivation.
Better Citizenship.
"Enlighten our people to the point
where they will realize that smaller
farms and more careful and inten-
sive cultivation mean more certain
returns, less dredgery, better living,
better homes and a finer citizenship.
"Enlarge and promote that fine
philosophy of life which will give us
community spirit and community de-
velopmept in all that those terms
really signify.
"Give the boys and girls of the
open country and of the smaller cen
ters of population in Minnesota COL
lege instruction in our high schools.
Happier Homes.
"Develop our school system to that
point which shall give to our people
where they live and as they live those
finer things in life which shall mean
better understanding of one an
other, a wider view of life, a keener
realization that the best place, the
place to establish happy homes, is
where our people live and not some
where else.
"Advance that fine interest in ag-
riculture and the life of the open
country that is taking hold of the
people.
Bring our leaders together from
all sections of the state and have
them march forward together as one
man in the creation Of those better
conditions that we can and will have
so surely as we undertake to bring
them about.
To Check Move.
LET us have a preparedness pro
gram for which we shall stand 'ont
for all and all for one.' Let us dt
that which be done to check the tend
ency of the people to move from tht
open country to the centers of popu
lation.
"The division of our present farms
into smaller farms, the development
of our vacant lands, the intensifyin'
of the work on the farms of thi
state means that we shall have t
have thousands and thousands O
fine young men and women to d.
farm work. We shall have many o
these if we can interest people O
the rural districts in remaining
where they are.
Are Not Dreams. IN
"And these are not dreams. II
parts of Minneso many Of thes
things have been realized. They ar
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