The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-04
THE LURE OF NORTH DAKOTA


to choose from they preferred North Dakota"
This North Dakota slogan refers OF the buffalo
of the old days; easily it might be true of peo-
pie but for misconception of conditions and the
tendency inherent in human nature to follow
beaten paths For North Dakota in many ways
is marvellous state, interesting in its very new
ness, wonderful in its possibilities, and certain
of enormous future development.
Things are done on a vast scale in North
Dakota. There is room for mind and soul to
expand and grow. Countless herds roam the
plains or fatten in sheltered valleys where
thirty -seven varieties of native grasses flourish
Cultivated farms of thousands of acres are not
uncommon. 1t is a healthful state. Its air is
an invigoratng tonic in it's purity Its sun shines
SO continuously that North Dakota calls itself
'The Sunshine State It's winters are cold but
it is dry cold, which does not chill to the mar
row like the damp cold of other sections farther
south
II love winters" said cultured North
Dakota matron who had spent her girlhood in
New Orleans. "They drive us to the joys of the
fireside.'
1T gets cold; yes," said North Dakota con-
tractor, "but never think of wearing a cap"
'Did you ever see such big women and girls!'
exclaimed a travelling salesman. "Man, this is a
healthy country.
North Dakota has fine schools and f1ourishing
colleges. There are 526 rural consolidated
schools in which respect North Dakota ranks
third among all the states Of this great Nation.
Land values in North Dakota never have
been inflated The surface of the natural
resources of the state, aside from agriculture,
hardly has been scratched. Waiting for ex-
ploitation are vast deposits of Ignite COAL with
a fuel value half or two-thirds that of eastern
anthracite. The coal area is estimated at 3d.
600 square miles, capable of producing 500 to
600 billion tons, What this almost inexhausti-
BILE store of fuel, with its possible conversion
into electricity, means to the future industrial
development Of the state, can be imagined
Waiting also are extensive deposits of clay,
second only to coal in economic value, and
ranging from common brick clay to that suited
to the manufacture of the highest grade of pot
terry. Much of this clay has been baked by
natural fires in the upper coal veins into what
is known as scoria. It is brick-like substance,
excellent for surfacing roads, although not so
lasting gravel
Finally, there are the indescribable "Bad
Lands" where the beloved Roosevelt spent his
early manhood, destined, as Roosevelt Nation
al Park" to become a Mecca for countless
tourists.
This is the country which Roosevelt loved,
and to the bodybuilding of this great state The
Earth Mover for December has devoted it's
editorial pages. The good-roads movements
there is only in it's infancy but already half
dozen great Trails stretch across it's prairies to
Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks and
the Pacific coast, or the fairy land of the north
More than 100000 tourists passed through the
single city of Fargo last year. With the further
development of the roads and the growing lure
of climate, wild game, and natural beauty,
North Dakota will become known throughout
the United States for what it really is, and will
prosper accordingly.-The Earth Mover.