The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-11-15
'S0RLIE TELLS
RESOURCES OF
NORTH DAKOTA
Governor Refutes Erroneous
Ideas Prevalent Elsewhere
About This State
TALKS OVER RADIO
State Built Upon Solid Foun.
dation Of Law and Order,
Chief Executive Says

Chief Executive Says
Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. 15-OU-Ad.
vantagcs and resources of North Da.
kota were described here Saturday
night in an address by Governor A.
q. Sorlic of that state, delivered over
the radio at WMAQ.
Fertile soil that produces more than
half Of the hard spring wheat raised
in the United States, vast deposits of
Ignite coal and the finest white pot
terry clay in the world arc among the
things which insure to North Dakota
the largest measure of peace, happi-
ness and prosperity, Sorlic said.
Kefuting what he declared to be an
erroneous idea regarding North Da-
kota the executive said: "Thc crro-
ncOus ideas prevalent in all sections
about North Dakota are u source Of
amusing establishment to most North
Dakotans. We cannot understand
how people can hold to such bliss
fully ignorant ideas. To many people
North Dakota means nothing but fu-
riOus blizzards. bitter cold, stark
undesirable and hopeless. The only
sweep of pcrpctually frozen, unpro-
ductivc prairies and q population that
is composite of primitive Indian
and radical bolshcvist, living on the
verge of imminent bankruptcy.
perhaps We North Dak0tans are
somewhat to blame for permitting
such ignorant ideas and gross mis-
representa- ions to exist. The truth
is that we live in such comfort and
cOntcntment and we arc SO busily
engaged in producing the things that
make it possible for the rest Of the
! country to live that we have moi
taken the time to broadcast the facts
| regarding our state. We have been
| workers, not boosters"
Cultural Standards Nigh
The majority of North Dakota
! citizens, Gov. Sorlic said, come from
! England, Scotland, Wales, Norway
] Sweden, Denmark and Germany ant
have brought j. with them idea,
Of culture, music, art; pOctr,
and folklore which exist there
and are doing much to plac.
North Dakota's cultural stand
ards on par with the highest
anywhere.
Turning to the early history Of
the state the executive said it hae
:. q stable government when the RcvO
lutionary war was fought and tha
+, "lifc was pleasant for the India,
/! tribes in Dakota land" who raised al
abundance of agricultural products OF
its rich prairies.
The 10000 square miles of land il
North Dakota make it larger thar
New York, New Jersey, Connection
and Massachusetts, combined, he said
and the state has more than 10000,
900 acres Of tillablc land with 64,OO'
farms and 100000 acres unde
cultivation.
"Rich in soil fertility. amply sup
piled with moisture and intersiv,
sunshine during the growing season
agricultural statc," the governor said
and productive soil. No other stat,
can produce such great and valuable
crops rs ours with 80 little effort
North Dakota produces all her crop
with the seasons rainfall, withou
! irrigation and without inoculation o
the soil. Without boasting We cal
say that we have the best and cheap
est land in this or any other country
i Wheat Not the Only Crop
! "ln addition to growing annual.
more than 1OO, ,0OO, 900 bushels Of har'
spring wheat, North Dakota grow
one half the flax raised In the Unite,
States, more winter rye than an.
other two states and ranks amOnl
the highest in the production of oats
barley and other small grains"
J North Dakota wheat, the governo
said, is the finest raised in Americ,
and millers use it for blending will
the soft, low-protein wheat grown il
other parts of the country.
Increased corn acreage in North Da
kota proves that farmers there hav
added this crop to their diversifie'
list, the speaker said, and predicte.
that some day North Dakota, rs vel
~ Iowa, will be known - the "stat
where the tall corn grows"
Enormous crops OF potatoes an
other vegetables are grown annual,
In North Dakota and the state sup
plies southern markets with high
priced certified seed stock, Sorli
said, and the success Of alfalfs
sweet clover and other leguminou
; crops have aided in the diversifica
tion program. 4
i Mach Honey Produced
The large sweet clover acreage an
long hours Of sunshine have give
North Dakota larger production 9
honey per colony than most Othe
. being three times a. large ~ tn
average Of other states.
i Growing production Of sugar beets
he said, has opened the way to ne,
industry in the state and the exccu
<3vn nrndictnd that In Che not I'm