The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-31
STATE OFFERS
GREAT FUTURE,
SAYS TOM HALL
No Other Place Where Ambi;
tiOus Person Can DO as WcllS
Says Congressman
(By Congressman Thom,s IaII.)

came to the state with my paren.sE
IN 1888, being the c!dcs. Of Il large.
family Of children Our homestead
was about L. mile, southwest of
jamestown in St"ts:.@a County.
The family, for the most part, has
made Stutsman county their home
ever since. Father died five years
ago but Mother lives i'm jamestown
still. Bismarck has been my home
Tor almost 20 years.
During these. forty-threc years |
have witnessed the passing of a great
cxpanse of unbroken plain, with but
rev railroads, no highways and but
lew trails, no trees and but few
houses worthy the name. Some were
bui!t of sod and prairie stone, laid
IN alternating layers. Some Of those
who settled along the rivers and
streams built theirs Of logs with sod
roofs and others were dug out Of the
side hills and rooted over with logs
and sod.
Most of the first fields were broken
up with OK and mule teams, Horses
were expensive and oats and corn
scarce and expensive, as the county
was new. The settler depended on
saddle ponies, mule teams, oxen and
shanks' mares for TRANSFORMATION
those days. There were but few bug
gies or light wagons. The bicycle
ana automobile were not known
and perhaps never dreamed of. For
Lighting we depended on tho, taIlow
up candle and the Kerosene lamp.
Great Transit ion, ,5s.rs
We have Witnessed what was II
great barren cXpansc devotion and
blossom into u great commonwealth.
inc prairics dotted with prosperous
cities, towns and villages pcoplcd with
an intelligent prosperous and Christ ]
ian iolk, good schools, churches. d
excelient newspapers and cOmfort{e
able homes.
North Dakota ranks among u
foremost in the list of states as
the character and curriculum of IL
schools and this year is vieing viii
Delaware, Vermont and Oklnhom
iOr first among the states to repor
lOO per cent litcracy. And we stan
near the head Of the list as to III
excellence Of our public school sys
TEN.
North Dakota's climate is without
doupt the most wonderful and
healthy to be found in the temperate
zone; We. have about II days more
sunshine during the growing season
each year than Indiana and Illinois.
SO the government weather reports
tell US, and while we are. subject
to the vagarles of the weather as arc
other sections Of the country, / can
testify that in my 43 years residence
mere, recall but few really bad
storms and they were not more
severe than some of the eastern and
southern states are forced to en-
dure as steady diet.
! iove the great fertile prairics Of
worth Dakota, the undu!ating land
scapo, the health giving sunshine and
the tonic Of its air-i love the blue
q its skies, the gentle passing cf
Inc prairie breczcs, the insnirinr
aawn and sunrises and the comfort
ana rcp0sc which come with the
Grand subducd colors of the snnscts
We should tell the world Of our mos.
excellent climate.
No Better Place
les: ! love North Dakota and / al
mrs ner good progressive men and
women. ! have visited many states
and ! know Of no place where an
smbiticrs person, man or woman.
ar build up home. support a
Lamlly and gain competency for
pia age quite as surely as in North
Dakota, and be - comfortable and
amid as agreeable surroundings while
ae or she is doing it. North Dakota
offerH: opportpnitiea5 along ali lines
lfERr asc No. ptheE slater in the union
'iN boast Dor, those, eh0 are willing
q think study and work.