The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-19
;bVNDl Editor wins
Prize BY PAPER ON
VISION OF FUTURE
Sees Steady Growth In Next Il
III Years Rather Tran Fanci.
full Leap to the Fore
EXPECTS WATERWAY AID
When State Is Brought 1000
Miles Nearer Atlantic ne
Foresees Real Strides

jamestown, N. D.. Jan. 80: y;
C.olcord. Minot, publisher OF the WaIu
!. County independent. won first Prize
n the contest sponsored BY 2. =.
nanielson. Minot, president OF the
-r;~eater North Dakota aSSocaatlon'
among North Dakota editors Tor the
Nest article on North Oakota M
1910" Mrs. E. H. Cooley OF the Granu
~Forks Herald, was second. J. T. kel-
lev Of the Bismarck Capital, was
third and F. @. Hoyt, OF the Fos.. .,
international, was fourth. WIN OssA
u4aelson Of the williams County E.1M-
..era Press. and Ray G. Dooson. OF the
s41inot Daily News. receiving nonor-
able mention. This announcement
VAS made to the meeting OF the
North Dakota Press association mere
today by James 8. Milloy. secretary
Inf the Greater North Dakota aSsociS-
don. MIR. Danielson being out OF the
state on q business trip.
=. Cash prizes offered ~ Mr.. Daniei-
son were for the first four IN tie con-
.-'fcst but he has since decided TO sup
snlement these awards by . smaller
cash prize - all editors VINO enteiso
the contest. Mr.. Milloy ststeo.
aATwenty editors we're entered III w.
-competiticr and the judges were
Thomas J. Dillon. managing eoitor
81 the Minneapolis Tribune. Neh n.
Swanson, managing editor OF the
Minneapolis Journal, and Roy Dun.
lop. managing editor Of the st. Paul
Dispatch. The contest was inaugu-
rated at q banquet rendered the pun.
fishers at their last meeting In Minot.
by the Greater North Dakota associa"
lion.
No Vast Leap Ahead
The prize winning article Is writ
ten by Mr.. Colcord follows:
To make prophecy concerning
North Dakota In 1910 Is not TO VISION
scenes Of vast industry. populatlon
of millions, huge cities or even per-
feet agricultural conditions. The rea-
son Is probably that 1910 Is only IL
wears in the future and in that time
North Dakota will have achieved only
a part Of that prominence which It
will, as time goes on, assume.
Diversified farming which had Its
beginning only . short time ago and
which In the past IL years has taken
tremendous strides in this state. VII
have become an established agricul.
tural method Of doing business "
1910.
The North Dak1 "a farmer Of toda,
is smarter, more scientific mar
than his predecessor. He no Longer
depends entirely on one crop to make
his living. The alfalfa patch, thu
flock OF sheep, the herds Of purebree
swine and cattle today are becoming
necessary parts of q farming scheme
which in 1910 will have become IN In
tegral part of every North Dakots
farm. His herds today are not al
ways headed by purebred sires. bu
1910 will have seen the elimination
of the scrub sire from the large ma
jority Of North Dakota herds Of cat
tie, sheep and swine.
Growth Of Diversilication
II the diversification trend seem
to be myth and grain raising !
apparently the big and all dominan
factor in North Dakota production
the following figures regarding mere
~ one phase Of agricultural endeavo
may serve to dispel any doubt Is Z
the North Dakota farmers willing
ness to adopt the more modern meth
DDS Of doing things right.
In 1916 the creameries in the stat
numbered 80. The butter production
in 1916 totaled 3,210,767 pounds. TIL
number OF cream stations shove
only 80. The number Of dollars pal
for dairy products totaled u, 4S2, 80
In 1921 the halfway point to tn
present time, the number Of cream
cries had increased to ~, the pric
paid for butter produce to 45,O2o
1853: the number Of pounds Of butte
to 100000: and the number 4
cream stations to 1910. In 1926, sta
tistics show increases for the sau
factor In butter production - TO
lows: creaneries to IS: the numb(
Of dollars paid to $l260o. 1S7; Il
number OF cream stations to 1,0l:
and the number Of pounds produce
to 32,375, $50. The number Of dali
cows in the state from North Dakol
jumped from AL ,0l6 In 1919 to rs
l57 In 1926.
S@ Nearing Billion Years
These figures show m increase
SO per cent in u years from one III
Of agricultural development. Ina
much g the population Of the IT.
has not increased proportiouately, Il