The Washburn leader., 1916-03-03
Move College to
Center Of State
Farmers arc Dissatisfied With
Location Of Collage and
Management
FROM FARGO TO WAsHBURN

Removal Organization Perfected
Here and Plans Made to
Please Farmers
At a mass meeting held in this
city !'on Tuesday afternoon an
organization was perfected,
which has for its purpose the re-
movai of the Agricultural Col
lege from Fargo to Washburn, to.
be known as the North Dakota
Agricultural College Removal
Association. While the PROPOSE
tion has been under considerable
for some time definite arrange
ments were not completed until
Tuesday. Judging from the en-
thusaasm with which the Nc
Lean county boosters took hold
Of the project, if hard work and
activity, backed by real capital
be!of any avail, Fargo will short
" have to pass a fond farewell t
her Worst" scene Of dissension,
Moorhead and Minnesota must
give thanks for the benefits al
ready derived from our geneaos-
ity, and the farmers of the state
can glorify in. a real farmers
victory, for the Agricultural Col
lege is coming back to North Da-
hota; it's coming back to that
part Of the state where it will
do the state and its people, as a
whole, most good and serve the
purposes for which it is intend
ed. There is no section Of the
state that: can show a greater
number of natural resources, "a
finer quality of soil or a better
location, for an institution of that
kind, Han 'MdL.ean county. Wash
burn, by reason Of its ideal 10
cation, its transportation tfacili-
ties, and its activities along all
lines, is the spot best suited
within the county.
The meeting was called to or
der by Hon. John Satterlund
who moved the nomination of
Attorney james T. McCallloch as
temporary chairman. Mr.. Nc
Culloch was unanimously elected
and addressed the assembly in
a manner which showed that he
had made a thorough study Of
the. matter from all angles.
Mr.. McCulloch said among
other things, that by reason Of
the fact that analysis Of the soil
in the Red River Valley had
been made by Prof. Bolley and
found to be sour and infected
with a sort of flax wilt the idea
was conveyed to the business
men and pitaIists Sofs Minnea-
po.is, that. this was prevalent in.
the WholB of North Dakota and.
the state suffered great injury
by the erroneous report. 1t was
q true report, but the soil tested
came only from the Red River
,Walley which is similar to only
about onefiftieth of the. soil
Of North Dakota and more fit
for the growth of weeds than Of
any iother vegetation. Our state
agricultural school should be
located at a place where the
soil is more typical Of the en-
tire state, SO that the students
could derive the greatest good
from their experiments and this
must lie some place west Of its
present site. II cannot be said
that. a state institution is not
moueabTe, for here comes a lit
lie town down east, hitherto al
most umheard of, demanding the
state capitol from Bismarck to
New Rockford, and If there is
ono reason for the removal Of
the capitol, there are ten rea-
sons FOR the removal Of the Ag-
ricultural College from Fargo, to
the geographical center of the
state. Located as we are on the
Missouri river we have the best
water in the state. We have q
location that can be surpassed by
none in natural beauty. \ We
have the best clay III the state
for manu8a -,a.ing pnrposes, and
the coal lands being rapidly de-
Nelpped are the best 'eMd dence
Of q natural resource that no
other part Of the state can boast,
Of IN such quality and quantity.
We Aauei transportation and
railroad facilities that include
the 500 railroad, the N. r. road,
the proposed ST. Louis, North