Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-01-11
new SETTLERS WILL
Be DRAWN TO STATE
The Splendid Opportunities of North
Dakota Will Be Advertised
January 2I to 27, 1917

January 21 to 27, 1917
North Dakota Appreciation Week,
January 81 to q, 1917. Put the date
down in your book, and plan now to
observe it properly.
That is the week the people of
North Dakota will resolve themselves
into committee for the express pur-
pose of presenting to the world facts
and figures on why North Dakota en-
joys the remarkable prosperity that
has fallen to her lot.
1t is to be Il week Of big things for
the state, according to the plans of a
j general executive committee consist
4 ing of officers of the North Dakota
Press Association, Commercial Club
men and public spirited men, who are
willing to give Of their time and mon-
ey to further the prosperity of this
great state.
/ 1t is to be a week during which the
/ people of the state will, if they accept
the spirit of the movement as they did
last year, devote themselves to state
service. 1t will be a time for arous-
ing state pride among the people who
already make North Dakota their
homeland it will be a week devoted
to putting other people in touch with
the splendid opportunities offered by
the state
Last year special attention was call
cd during Appreciation Week to the
gigantic crops raised that year, but
this year a new departure will be
taken up, that Of live stock, and nat
ural resources that make this state
one Of the greatest in the galaxy of
states in the Union. In other words,
the people Of other states will learn at
first hand about the tremendous de-
posits Of coal that will eventually
come into their oWn,th great deposits
of Gays that will soon be used in the
manufacture of all kinds Of manufac-
tured produces that have clay as one
of their constituent parts. The dairy,
the garden, the hogs, the beef cattle,
the sheep, even the humble chicken,
will .one into their own this year.
North Dakota has much to be
thankful for. 1t is the "Sunshine
Stats. the "Rose State" the state of
long days in summer, with their beau
tiful sunsets, unrivalled anywhere else
on earth, the cold, crisp days Of Win
ter time, when the red blood courses
through the veins Of the people and
sturdy health asserts itself in winter
sports that even kings do not enjoy.
Conditions are just right for such
an Appreciation Week. The herds of
the state are constantly increasing.
and North Dakota is being reckoned
with as one Of the few states that can
be depended upon to furnish the meat
Of the nation, if not the world. Beau
tiful homes are the rules in North Da-
kota, and in an incredibly short time
the sod shack has crumbled to decay
through disuse. The farmers have
their automobiles-over 41,000 of
them now being in use in the state.
Prosperity is here to stay, and why
not rejoice, and rejoice heartily.
North Dakota, during Appreciation
Week, will try to point out to the peo-
pie of other states the splendid advan-
tages open here-and the praises of
Nora Dakota will lie cried up ami
down the highways and by-ways of
the world.
Appreciation Week will be observed
in many ways:
The week of the state effort will be
opened on Sunday January Goth, with
the expectation that ministers of the
gospel throughout the state will use
Appreciation Week as their theme in
their sermons and services.
Commercial clubs, civic organiZa-
tions of all kinds, will hold booster
meetings throughout the week, pre-
ferably on Thursday, Jan. 25th, when
the humble baked potato will be used
as the principal and exalted part of
the dinner menu, and every energy
! will be devoted to putting forward the
! states interests.
Probably the most striking plan for
; the week is that Of publishing special
newspaper editions. Every newspaper
in the state has been asked to issue
special editions during the week, and
these papers will be spread far and
wide. They will carry the story of
North Dakota's phenomenal progress,
its resources and opportunities to the
homeseeker.
1t is safe to say that upwards of
300 newspapers in the state will CO.
operate with the committee in the
matter of these special editions, and
the circulation for that week may
reach 100000 copies. Surely a great
and glorious way to advertise the
state.
On Friday afternoon it is planned to
| have all the schools in the state hold
| Appreciation Week exercises, and the
school children will write essays about
North Dakota. Last year over $4,000
essays were written by the children,
and If iS honoJ tbot fbic yoor cyar