The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-02

of "OutdOor Pictorial, wnlcn VIII no
doubt be instrumental in attracting
many pcoplc To the state both as tour.
lists and rs prospective settlers.
The story. which appears under me
heading "A Land Of Sunshine ana
Roses North Dakota Invites You 10
The .Rcst Of the Me- is reprinted
herewith:
Mornin'. sun. hinc. ToWdy do
Mighty g.al To welcome YOU!
Spteadin your engagin' smile
over wheat fields. mile on mile:
Coaxin' corn and tater$ out.
Maxim health lad and stoW
Grass all green and vet with d"%;
Nornin'. Sunshine. llowdy To-
Mornin'. Sunshine. He Sdy do
Nor.h pakota's grateful. too.
Glad for what your sunbeainS bring,
Winter. Summer. Fall and Spring.
Cattle feedin', ripenln' fields,
Threshcrs spoutin' golden yields.
Wealth and health and plen.y too
Mcrnin, Sunshine. llo~dy -!
Mornin Sunsinc. mcdiC lark.
Saw YOU comm though the dark.
Walked me a. the peep OF day.
Singin' such happy Way!
"North Dakota" so says he.
"plenty good enough for ne!
"Nakes me glad all thru and thru,
.Mornin', Sunshine. lfowdy do"
North Dakota is known as the lane
If sunshine and roses. The Sta''
flower is the wild prairie rose. Sc
designated bv reason Of these beau
tiful flowers being 50 Widely dis
tributed throughout the state. IN
poem which has just been quoted wa
written in tribute to the bright, sunni,
weather Of his home state by Jane
Foley. the North Dakota poet.
North Dakota is a state rich in NAT
ural resources and historic lore an
with UNSURPASSED possibilities for IN
future. Admitted to the Union i
1899 and compa rativcly young IN Tn
great sistcrhood Of states, none ca
boast of more rapid development.
The name Dakota" means "allianc
of friends" and was applied to tn
large tribe of Indians inahblting IN
greater part of that region and con
monty know as the Sioux.
Early History
The Hudson's Bay Company entere
what is now the state OF North ia
kota in the year 1900 and establiShc
permanent trading post the follo"
inp spriny at Pembina. being undo
the impression that they were still o
Canadian soil. Late in 1903 the note
explorers. Lewis and Clark. mad
camp for the winter on the Nilsson
River west of the present site c
Washburn. North Dakota, and ncs
the Mandan Indian village. 1T va
here they engaged the services of II
Frcnchman. Toussaint Charbonnca
and his young Indian wife, Sakakawe
the Bird Woman, as guides when
the spring they continued the
journey westward to the Paclf
Ocean. To this point also they r
turned and babe farewell to the hit
family that had been such great "a
sistancc to them in their travels.
in the fiftics few pioneer scttle'
began to arrive and as the facts CO..
corning the fertile soil and unexccllt
farming and stock raising possibil
ties became generally known more al
more settlers came. In the !att
seventies, the eighties and the min
ties. however. the heavy tide Of INN
grafton was directed into the hosp
able prairie country where the r.
man and countless millions Of buffa
had long held unlispntcd sway. III
cral homestead laws made possih
the acquiring Of Il home in Il
years. and land 50 easily cultivat
and with timber along the strcan
and coal lying close To the surface
the western section Of the sta
quickly took on the appearance OF
long settled country. with towns a
L., MT =
most over night.
It was the writer's lot and privilc
as a boy to be member of nione
family migrating into this region a
settling on l60-acre governme
homestead in the valley Of the X
River of the North, and for a 4
years to enjoy the snug comfort
life in a sod-housc on the prairi
until returns from boun,iful GRO
made it possible TO Greet more co
modious frame buildings. Adjoini
land was later acquired and TINS n
remained the family home.
The hardships Of life in Dakt
Territory were shared in the ca
eighties by Theodore Roosevelt. "
later became president of the Unit
States. Coming TO the Little NJ
souri,, nestlings in the Bad Lands
picturesque semi regi
in the western section Of the state,
entered actively into the ranch life
the locality and there laid the foun'
tion for strong and robust health .
busy and useful later life. B
have been introduced in both hou
OF Congress to establish Rooscy
National Park in the locality he KIN
and loved. always regarding it as
western home.
Development Retarded
The deflation period beginning
1920 greatly handicapped and retar'
the development of North Dakota j
as it has other agricultural regio
Its sturdy citizenry does not. howeN
yield to discouragements. but G
tinues on working and hoping for
ter conditions. The pioneers of
west know and stand by the slo;
"We'n stick. Wen win"
Entering the state from the east
mediately after crossing the
River of the North. the traveller
impressed with the beauties and
tent;alities of that wonderful val
reaching across miles and miles
fertile farm lands. Going on w
:. ward there is change 7" somc''
more rolling country with prair
streams. and occasionally small !;
Farm homes with up-to-date eql
ment and machinery dot the en-
landscape. 1t can hardly be reali
that all this development has ia
MACE within the span of an ordin
lifetime.
Thousands of tourists visit No
Dakota every year. Large numb
stop over at Bismarck to visit
capitol. Fort Lincoln, and vestiges
old Indian villages close by. n
Mandan, "Whcre the West Begi
lust across the broad Missouri,
GENTLY bridged, may be seen the
OF Fort Abraham Lincoln where c
erxl Custer was stationed at the
he went on his fateful mission. {