The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-26
WAY Out There!
(Emmons County Record

NCAAAA1OAo OuIlIy 1NCCUN,
For the benefit OF those who do not know, Bismarck
is the capital Of North Dakota, a little town way out
river" This announcement was given by radio from an
eastern station recently when the report of the capital
burning was sent broadcast. Eastern people should be
proud of such an announcer. He has so much to offer
his listeners. We'd not venture near his studio. however
because we'd not like to be buried in Sawdust, should
some gadget about the studio puncture his Uranium in
some way. We're sure enough sawdust would come out
to flood the studio-so we'll stay out in North Dakota.
We're not so far away either-for half of the transcon-
tinental railroads of the United States cross or come into
North Dakota. Roads are excellent and we have a car
for about every three people. AS to size, Mr.. Announcer,
we could tuck your state of New York, New Jersey and
Massachusetts, into our state. and while we may not have
room for all the sawdust we could still tuck in q few
Rhode Islands. Your sax crooner can Groom about honey,
but we produce more honey per hive than any state in
the Union. We're young, too. We became a state in 1883,
not very much more than q hundred years younger than
your state. What will we be when ,,, we get our GROWTH ~
produce annually. We produce half OF the flax OF the
United States put, together. and we're away ahead on
barley. We're first, too, in sweet clover. both hay and
seed production. Corn? We have a million and a third
acres. and it gets ripe. too. These crops furnish feea
for our million and a half beef animals. our seven hun
dred thousand hogs. our six hundred thousand dairy
cattle. our eight hundred thousand sheep and twenty
million dollars worth Of poultry.
Our schools. and geography is taught in all Of them.
lead the country. Why? We're young and our pioneers
wanted the best, so they profited by the mistakes made
in other states. Our Agricultural college is a leader, ditto
our university. We credit our sister teacher col
leges as being leaders. We know We are here IN
North Dakota. When Uncle sam wanted q 1eaoc.
In tests and measures he chose q N. D.. grad
and the John Hopkins grabbed him. When your broad
casting chains needed q real man to pilot q plant on some
ticklish business that required q real pilot they chose q
North Dakota man, and II we mistake not he was born
right near that same old Missouri river-our own Bobby
6choenlein we're talking about. Climate? We Will match
the east any day in the year. Check with your own
weather bureau and you'll find out that North Dakota
during the growing season has more hours OF sunshine
! than any state in the Union. Scenery? Can anything
anywhere match our praries. or our Bad Lands?
Natural resources? Coal, pottery, clay. Coal, five hun
bred sixty-six million tons is q safe estimate. Lest YOU
may not realize the amount. may We suggest that Nortf
Dakota has more coal deposits than the combined de-
! poeits Of England, France and Germany. :
you can lead q horse to water-or take the water K
the hsrse-but you cannot make him drink" Wei
mail IN issue to friend announcer, but. anyway. we're TO-
! North DskOtA.