The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
The Siidoin Cut Of North America

That's North Dakota, and we II tell you why.
Here's where red-blooded men and women have
creative opportunity In most other states the inst
tutons are made and everybody has settled down to
doing the regulation things. Here great empire is
yet in the making.
North Dakota lies in those northern parallels
which have produced the hardy progressive races OF
the world.
It's soil Is unsurpassed in fertility, containing the
ingredients which have made the delta of the Nile and
the wheat fields of India famous for inexhaustible
richness Our soil produces every staple food, while
the long days of summer sunshine develop gardens
and fields rapidly that the growing crops are con-
slant surprise and delight to those who cultivate
them.
Our own people do not yet realize the possibilities
of North Dakotas SOIL So far its fame has been won
by its No. hard wheat, which makes the best -four in
the world but already diversified farming is proving
that illimtable possibilities are ours.
North Dakota's mineral wealth has not yet been
scratched Immense fields of COAL of valuable clay
which is in great demand and of other minerals will
give employment to mutitudes and enrich thousands
North Dakota's people are the best ever. Into
the state streams OF emigration have flowed from the
hardy of northern Europe from the middle
OF our own country, with here and there genuine
down easterner, and once in while small colony
Of some Mediterranean History shows that the
best material tor great people is mixture OF races,
and North Dakota has them.
We are still near enough to pioneer days to retain
the strongly marked virtues and hale hearty cordial
ity OF the brave and women who conquered the
wilderness. We are yet unspoiled by artihciaty; we
have none of the vices of the great cities we have
sums, and almost no paupers. Our state never knew
the debauchng influence of the saloon, and we have
thousands of voters who have that nstitu
ton except when they go into some other common
wealth.
We have great schools and good colleges and
large number of college trained people scattered all
over the state in villages and Our farms. Our
social relations are genuine and our people depend
able.
Out here where the West begins we rate men
at their real value not by the superficial standards of
few inmates OF the county ails and few prisoners
in the pen, for we have never put embargo upon
immigration from other states
Our climate is delight In summer it attracts
the scorched dwelers of other states. When winter
comes you know what to depend upon 1t doesn't
freeze you to the gizzard day and day warm
up and thaw your roads into an impossible bog. We
have cold weather at the right time of the year. and
our boys and girls grow tall and strong with the jolly
out-of-door sports in climate which freezes the mi
crobes out of the atmosphere and fills the lungs with
ozone; an atmosphere which snaps and sparkles with
electricity and puts vitality into the tissues There
are no muggy days no dreary fogs in North Dakotas
glorious winters, the moisture freezes out of the air
and deposits in snow and frost, sinking into the
ground at the gradual approach of spring and prepar
ing us for great crops.
Here's the land where you feel like something
worth while when you get up in the morning. the land
where every man has chance!
North Dakota has the best soil, the best people
the best climate. Of all that is good North Dakota
has the best.
North Dakota's all right!
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