The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-03
ANTIPODEAN FARMER
ANDCOVERNORT TALK
TO RO7ARIAN lunch
A. Sassanowsky Tells Dako.
tans Climate Here Is Like
That Of Australia

"A Talk Dy an Australian farmer and
an Independence week speech by Gov
ernor George F. Shafer joined with
the Inauguration Of DR.. Harry Brandes
today to make the noon luncheon of
the Rotary club more interesting than
the average luncheon Of q service
club.
DR.. Brandes succeeded j. G. Taylor
In the presidency. The latter had q
surprise. In the form Of q gavel pre-
sented to the new presiding officer.
1t was a wooden heart attached to q
handle-emblematic Of the doctors
specially In the clinic. the heart.
The retiring president expressed his
thanks to the staff of the club and
others who had helped to make his
term Of office pleasant and success
full. The new president spoke of the
honor he felt had been done him and
pledged his best efforts to maintain
Ing the spirit and energy of the or
ganization for another IL months.
Australia Like Dakota
A. A. SasSanowSky was the Aus
tralian farmer who was guest of the
club. He Is IN his return by easy
stages to his home at Mount Gambler,
South Australia. after representing his
Rotary club at the Dallas interna-
tional convention, and he came here
from Yellowstone Park. He farms
1000 acres, raises 1000 to 5000 sheep,
barley, grass and oats, and Is putting
a summer of nine months into this
year-that Is, he left Australia at the
close Of n summer, is spending an
other in this country, and will get
back to Australia as another summer
begins. That means strengthening
for him, he said, adding whimsically
that his sheep had been growing wool
for him while he went on travels. He
raises C~orriadales-a cross of MerinoS
and Lincolns.
MI. S~assanowsky said South Aus
tralia's climate was very much like
the present days here-warm and dry.
At home they also have trouble with
the rain-it fails to come when want
ed and comes when it is inconvenient.
Since here he has visited the North
ern Great Plains experiment station
at Mandan, and from here he will
head Saturday to some place where
he can study potato-growing. New
Jersey is. another state he wants to
investigate agriculturally.
New Principles in Government
Governor Shafer spoke Of the sew
eral principles in government born
with the independence of the nation in
1776 and the adoption of the federal
constitution later. He cited the fed
eeral principle, which took the place
Of the colonial government, of nation
alism which replaced colonial patriot
ism, whereby the virginian, the
Pennsylvania, the New Highlander
-all-became Americans. It also
brought into being the principle OF
political and human equality between
the individuals Of the new nations
new principle enunciated by jefferson
in the declaration and restated by
Abraham Lincoln in his Gettysburg
address. There was also born the prin-
ciple Of democracy in government,
stated by jefferson in the form that
all governments derive their Just
authority from the consent of the
governed.
Days Visitors
Guests of the day, besides the
speakers. included Marguerite Ken
nedy, winner of the state piano con-
test at Grand Forks, who gave q Sc
lection on the instrument; Helen
Galyon. A. r. Brady, Congressman
Tom Hall, Bernard s. Nickerson,
Mandan, and j. j. Kehoe. Cando.