Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-22
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SETTLERS THE
NORTHWEST n! AIM
.M Mi Chamber Of Com
merce to Lead in Big Drive
For Immigrants.

SLO66n dOOptc0 Dy Lne 6peClal commit.
tee of the Minot Association Of Com
merce which has set, itself to the task
Of; ~sttffentng the morale of the people
Of northwestern North Dakota and
preparing the local. atmosphere for an
inhux of new settlers which is lex
pected to make 1892 one of the great
est immigration years for this section
of North Dakota. The slogan indi-
Gates the intention to pave the way
for the coming of 100000 more set
tiers and steps are being taken to,
have every man.. woman and child
from Rugby to the Montana line ana
from Harvey t. Canada join in the
lusty chorus singing the praises of this
entire region and inviting farmers in
states struggling under the burden OF
inflated land values to come to
northwestern North Dakota, farm
right, and prosper"
The. committee, consisting Of G. D.
Aaker: chairman, w. e. Borene, Fred
Thofnhill, II. X. swiggum,, w. M,
Smart, Jourgen Olson and Thomas BIZ
Murphy, was appointed by the board
OF directors of the; Association of
Commerce to work in conjunction
with th@ immigration committee and
make certain that people living in MI
not and vicinity are prepared to meet
prospective settlers and present this
section to the best Of its advantage. It
met yesterday to discuss plans for its
work and at once decided that what
Is needed In northwestern North DIAL
kota is an intensified campaign to i'm:
press upon residents the great posi-
bilfties of their home territory. This
decision developed a discussion OF
plans to broaden the seope>>of this
committees work to take in every
community in northwestern North
Dakota and it was decided to call in
representatives from these communi-
ties some time during the week OF
March 5 to IL and perfect an organi-
zation which will nave for its purpose
the development of the entire region.
Will StifYen Morale.
It was decided at the meeting Tues
day to launch a campaign to stifTen
the morale Of the people of this dis
trfct during he week of March :
which has been designated as diversi-
lied farming week in North Dakota.
Many plans were gone yer but the
task appeared too great for q small
committee, hence a decision to meet
again Thursday afternoon and call in
q number of other men and have
them share some Of the work. The
meeting Thursday will plan the work
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According to the tentative plans of
the committee. the Association of
Commerce will sponsor the movement
which is expected t o herald q new day
in northwestern North Dakota.
Real NArnncrs Succeed, +,
I'VE need settlers and we want the
people Of this district to join hands
and bring them here,"'Mr. Aaker stat
ed today. There is nothing the mat
ter with this section. You'll find any
number of farmers round Minot and
around every other community who
have been prospecting and becoming
rich during the past few years. They
are farmers. We want more farmers
like them and il we all get together
We can bring them here, guarantee
them a fair deal when they purchase
their land and continue the splendid
work the Association OF Commerce
has started. in bringing the business
men and farmers together to talk
things over and solve marketing and
other problems confronting the farm
err. 4 e.
Condemns Wild Cat Schemes.
MANY Of us have, not been holding
up. our end of the load. Team work
Is what we need. We must start right
at home with a campaign Of educa-
ton. I haven't the exact figures but
there has been thousands and thou
sands Of dollars spent by business
men Of Minot and other towns and
cities in northwestern North Dakota
on wildcat oil wells in Texas and
elsewhere, in gold mines and other
promotion stunts. And agriculture,
our one great industry, has needed fl
nancial assistance. We could have
used the money right here at home,
received a fair return instead of gilt
tering promises and losses and at the
same time helped develop our W
section. Can you imagine a man buy
ing German marks when u Ignite
coal fields right at our door hold mil
lions Of dollars for mgn who. will risk
a limited amount Of capital to carry
on experiments in briqueting? It's
being done right along and it is our
own fault. We haven't taken hold of
things the way we should. The COM
mtttee has such work in mind"
Several novel publicity stunts have
been considered by the committee and
reports indicate the carrying on of the
work allotted to 1t will furnish this
section Of the state with topics for
conversation during the next few
months.
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