The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 10, 1922, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT WHAT ARE THE BEST METHODS OF SECURING DESIRABLE — SETTLERS FOR VACANT LANDS? This Is The Question “The Question Asked By The Northern Pacific, and They Answer “MAKE A PLACE FOR THEM” N. P. Is Receiving Hundreds of Letters From Men Who Want To Move Northwest BY E. F. BENSON, Manager Department of Immigration and Industry Northern Pacific Railway Company. Old-fashioned methods of land set- tlement cannot succeed under present conditions in developing the West. The time has passed when the rail- roads, or any other influential agen- cy, will co-operate with mere land speculators, but they will gladly co- , operate with those land owners and real estate agents who make the set- ttlers welfare their first consideration. The prosperity and permanent wel- fare of the settler is the first consid- eration of the Northern Pacific Rail- way Company and all its departments —not the profit of the land agents. Thousands of peope, now living in closely-populated eastern states, are eager to move west “to grow up with the country,” but will not move until they know they have a chance to suc- ceed and thet they will secure a rea- sonable pioneers profit. Heretofore many settlers have been lured to western farms by eloquent represen- tations and left there without enough resources to permit them to develop | ing. their land or make a business suc- cess of their properties. But these conditions are passing. The West needs people today more than ever before. The United States has no greater problem than the de- velopment of its unused lands. The Northern Pacific is ready to help solve this problem. It is ready to co-operate in placing many thous- ands of gettlers in the west and in turning the tide of immigration back to the country from the ‘city. Are We Ready ‘But, is the West ready to receive the settler? If it is, we can send the people. We are receiving hundreds: ' of letters weekly from men who want to move to ‘the ‘Northwest and our Immigra- tion Agents are calling upon several hundred of the most likely of these prospects each month. There is only one answer to the question: “What are the best meth- ods of securing desirable settlers for vacant lands?” It is: “Make a place for them.” Reverse the order of things ag heretofore practiced in this comt:ry—that of painting a bright picture of the land far away and then confining efforts at land settle- ment to mere land selling, and in- stead, organize the land owners into helpful and carefully planned com- munity development colonization as- aociations. Make it safe, comfortable, and attractive for the man ‘with $2000. to $3000 to become the owner of a farm home that will yield aliv- ing for himself and family, pay the taxes and interest and ultimately the debt on his farm, educate the. children ‘and provide amusement and social advantages for the women and chil- dren, make needed improvements for the family’s comfort and pleasure, and finally lay up a modest sum for old age. Less than that is not an attract- ive or reagonable proposition, The people of the West are great boosters, the greatest, probably im the world. In fact, sometimes they boost: too much, without backing up their boosting with the real goods. It is not enough simply to advertise for set- lers; before ashing them to come be sure that you have a place where the! ordinary thrifty farmer can succeed. The ordinary booster literature will mot get the people in this day. In the “good old days” cheap land in the West attracted settlers, They were lured on by the promise of the pioneer’s profit, which was thought to be in sight, just as they were lured to California for gold in ’49. t Profits in West. There are still profits to be made in the West, big profits—profits in satisfaction and happiness as well as in real money. But these profits don't just come to people in the West any more than they come inthe East, they must be earned. The Northern Pacific, which pio- neered in the Northwest, is vitally interested in building up its popula- tion. The West is hungry for settlers ‘and the Northern Pacific is eager to gratify that hunger. No agency is more anxious to secure permanent settlers for this country. To get permanent settlers, we are convinced that the ancient land-sell- ing schemes for the benefit of the land-seller are futile. They do more harm than goad. Whet the West needs is colonization of the type which has succeeded so well in California» in Australia and many European coun- ‘tries. This plan puts people on the land to stay, gives them @ chance to ‘loans made through individual enter- live and prosper and proves a,perma- nent benefit to the vicinity and state in which they reside. Successful colonization of western lands is dependent largely upon: 1—A reasonable price for the land. 2—Plenty of time to pay (20 to 30 years) on the amortization plan, and a dow rate of interest (not over 6%). 3—Co-operation ‘and supervision of the state. 4—Good water rights, in case of ir- rigated lands. 5—The organization of colonization companies with sufficient capitaliza- tion to back the settlers. ‘6—Advertising these conditions. 7—Intelligent co-operation of the railroads. We recommend ag an ideal unit for a colonization project, a body of land lurge enough to accommodate from 100 to 150 families, the land to ‘be of such quality of soil aml have such climatic -conditions, and_to -be located wtih reference to roads and transpor-| tation facjlities as to give ene assurance of success to the prospect- ive settlers, Faly Price Necessary The price of the land must be rea- sonable in proportion to adjacent lands in the country and the product- ive value of the lands and the terms of payment such that the coloniza- tion company undertaking the work of assisting and directing the pros- pective settlers can give them such a contract as will enable them to pay out, even though the settlers have, at the outset, a comparatively small ‘amount of capital—probably $1500 to $3000—providing they have a know- lédge of farming and a willingness to practice thrift. Before the Northern Pacifi¢ under- takes the cofonization of any pro- Ject, we ask that the land be exam- ined and approved, and the plans of ‘the colonization company, its land prices and terms of sale also studied and approved by some responsible state official charged with this duty. In Montana this means the Commis- sioner of Agriculture, in Washington, the Director of Conservation and De- velopment, in Idaho, the Commission- er of Reclamation. The titles to the land and water rights and validity and character of the water rights, where lands are irrigated, must also be examined and approved in the same manner, If conditions are right and approv- al secured, we have every assurance that thousands of families can be placed on such lands. Without such conditions, but based on the old methods of mere land selling without any assistance to the newcomer, the present prospects for immigration to the West are anything but encourag- GRAND JURY IS ASKED TO PROBE BANK AFFAIRS Attorney-Gen.+ Johnson Makes Application to Judge Cooley For Grand Jury A thorough probe of all the affairs of the Scandinavian-Amar'can Bank of Fargo is asked by Attorney-General Sveinbjorn Johnson in an application to District Judge Charles M. Cooley for the oonvon'ng ‘cf a grand jury in Fargo, ‘Th2 | presentation is made; through State’s Attorney William ; Green, of Fatgo. The petition sets out that the bank |< was closed in February, 1921, and says that numerous transactions in con- iect’on with it indicates crimes were committed. It includes among the al- eged violations: (Loans in excess of the legal limit; loans made directly or indirectly ‘to officers of the:bank in: violation of law without authorization of directors; prises in which officers were /nter- | est in. excess of what was allowed by | ‘law; that officers of the bank made fals@ reports to the state examiner's office for the purpose of concealment; that for the purpose of increasing the capital stock, false’ and fraudulent statements were made ,under oath; that large sums of money actually were embezzled and ‘no punishment meted out except to one insubordi- mate; that: deposits were received while the bank was insolvent, that great, sums of money were deposited after the first cloging in 1919 when it appears to have been insolvent and ‘that over-$400,000 of state money was , so deposited. The Attorney-General says he be- lieves that “public interest wires such an investigation be: made and that it can be made most econdmical- ly and more efficiently through the’ instrumentality of a grand jury than in any other way.” PRESENTED THIS WEEK Fargo, April 10.—A petition by the} state’s attorneys office for a grand ; jury investigation of “any looting” of | the Scandinavian-American Bank will be presentedto District Judge Cooley ‘here late this week, ‘Willlam Green, | state’s attorney of Cass county, an- nounced today. OAKES CLUB - FAVORS ISSUE) Oakes, N. D., April 10.—Bxpressing | the belief that certain road building | in Dickey county would not be op- | posed if the road amendment were understood, the Qakes Commer-; cial club adopted a resolution ure-: ing Governor Nestos to do everything in his power to obtain passage of the: good roads amendment to the state; constitution. Passing upon proposed | Dickey county road work as re- quested by the county commission-) ers, the club went on record favor-' ing construction of about 20 miles of | proposed state highway out of Ellen-; dale and Oakes and favored a $25,000) road levy. i The club also favored retaining the! county agent and boys’ club leader. ANOTHER IS FIRE VICTIM Devils Lake, N. D., WD, April 10.—Theo- dore Laxiolette, 17, died at a hospital here from burns received when gaso- ine or kerosine he was using to re- plenish tho fire, exploded, firing the farm home of h’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Laviolette of St. John. He ran.ut with his clothing in flames which his parents put out. The fath- er was badly burned trying to rescue other chidren. A 4-year-old daugh- ter could not b2 reached and was burned to death. ‘wo ch'Idren escaned, a 6-year-old | boy carrying his infant sister to} safety. DICKINSON BOY, AGED 8, DIES Dickinson, N.D, Api D., ‘April 10.—While Playing with several companions in South Dickinson about 8 o'clock, Henry Dolechek. of Snow, and a stu- dent at the Dickinson Normal school, ran into the splintered end of a broken ‘wagon reach in the yard of Adam Millius with such force that a large}, vein was completely severed in the left groin, The hemorrhage that fol- lowed, together with the shock, left physicians powerless in their efforts to help him and death came at six o'clock Wednesday morning at St. Jo-|~ seph’s hospital, where he had been taken immediately after the tragic ac- cident, INCOME TAX REPORTS SHOW MANY LOSSES Fifty Per Cent of ‘Corporations Filing Returns Show “No Profits” For 1921 LOOKS WORSE THAN IT IS Fifty per cent of the corporations which have made income tax reports to the State Tax commissioner have shown a‘ loss on their business for the past 'year’ ‘according’ "to 'C. C. Converse, "dnd! ‘his assdcidtes’ of ‘the Tax Commisiion office. While the de- finite ‘figures have not been compiled, the percentage will be above fifty percent instead of below it. That this statement is not ag bad as it appears on the face of it is also made evident by the figures of the men who have worked over the fig- urea of the corporation tax ‘ reports for the last several years. The usual average of firms;showing that they have.failed to make money for any one year is forty per cent of all mak- ing reports. The year 1921, with all its troubles of deflation and with} failure to move goods because of high prices was little worse than the av- 6 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE LEGION COMMANDER WILL ATTEND STATE CONVENTION AT DEVILS LAKE FANFORD WAENDER, WaTIONa. COMMANDER Devils. cave: N. D., April. 10.—Han- ford MacNider, national commander of the American Legion and wounded hero of the world war, will attend the next state convention of the vet- erangs’ organization at Devils Lake on June 20, 21 and 22. Convention head- quarters today announced that Mr. erage as far as the North Dakota corporations are concerned. The largest losers according to re- ports now being tabulated in the of- fice of the Tax Commissioner were the lumber dealers. Lack of building activity, and the fall of prices on the stocka held over from the year before. hit the men in this: business hard and if it is found. that any one of these companies show a ‘profit it will be hailed as. a remarkable -achievement. T.e Insurance companies, but appar- ently with less reason, are aleo show- ing a logs on their business for the year. Banks also, as a general thing show a loss on their years transac- itions but this condition is not ag uni- | versal as in the other lines mention- The wholesale groceries and cream- eries are the corporations showing a profit. In fact according to Lyman A. Baker, statistician in the office of the Commissioner, the firms in, the state doing business on a small margin of proft and with a quick tu:nover, have Leen able to make ends meet and have a profit even in the face of the paverae conditions which have faced this state for the last fifteen months. ome amusement houses. also have Shown a profit, the prize exhibit in profits appearing in the report of one of the amusement’ companies who listed gains of 20% after all expenses were paid. Physicians generally have made enough money that a report was ne- Gessary, according to’ the opinions in the commissioner’s office while many attorneys are missing. from the Tee ports. RANCHER FRIEND! = DIES | Howard Eaton, Well Known Pio- neer of Slope, Succumbs Lees Sa ‘EM¢Rinson, N. D., April 10.—Howard | Raton, well known to old timers on the Slope dsone of the early pioneers and founder of the famous “Dude” ranch near Medora! ‘now owned *S§f*William MeCart# 1a‘dead" Death camfé to him in a‘ Sheridan, ‘Wyo., hospital a few days’ after he had been taken there from Wolf, that state, where with his brother he has conducted another “Dude” ranch for the past several | Years. Eaton, an old time hunter and cow- boy, was an intimate friend of Col. Theodore Roosevelt, the acquaintaifce having been formed during the years when ‘the colonel lived at or visited ‘hig Elkhorn and Chimney Butte ranch- ,;es near Medora. After Roosevelt b came a national figure Eaton visited him often at his home when he was president, At one time Eaton was ‘connected | with a wild west show which traveled extensively in the east and: south. Fit. teen or twenty years ago with his | brother he went west.and settled in Wyoming, where they established an- other ranch after the pattern follow- ed’ at Medora. He was an expert horseman.. Many an oldtimer in Dickinson and Stark county, who knew him well, will regret to learn of his death. He was 71. 60 CARS OF HAY ARE ORDERED Dickinson, N, D,, April 10.—More than 60 cars of hay have been received in Stark county from Minnesota points for the relief of stock during the past four weeks. Of this amount 24 cars have been unloaded in Dickinson and the balance at other stations in the county. While this has been suffici- ent to carry the herds through’ until the present time, farmers declare that more’.will be néeded to feed their horses during tae planting season. ‘All this hay has come billed to the Two-thjrda of the »opulahion of Jpiia is. engaged in agricultural pur- suits. county in order that the farmers might 3 made by the railroad’ company given advantage of the reduced a MacNider had wired his acceptance ‘and that he will be present for the opening gay’s session. It will be the-first time in the his- tory of the Legion that a national commander has attended a- North Dakota ‘state convention of the ex- soldiers. Overjoyed at the prospects of entertaining the Legion’s command- er, convention, headquarters imme- diately launched : plans to make the affair -the greatest in ,the ‘history of the ‘state. It'ia estimated that 500 delegates, re resenting the 9000 Le- gionaires’ of" the “state, will be accre- dited to' the Devils Laké affair. Winn} ing *"medals and eleven citations ‘for valor on the 'field of battle “and ‘promoted’ ‘from’ Second Lieatenant-to° Licutenant' Colonel for bravery ‘in’ action,’ Mri‘MacNider #3. clearly one ofthe outstdiding figures of the day: At:the’age’of’82,; he-heads the largest veterdha’)- Organization in the history’ of‘ the’world‘as well as a million: dollar 4nvestment ‘company at Mgson City, Ida, “his ‘home. AMERICAN LEGION. Oguuewcen ~ Ws SERVICES A graduate of the First Officers Training Camp at Fort Gnelling, which many North Dakota men’ at- tended, his career is of particular in- terest to the Nonthwest. Completing his course at Harvard in 1911, he later served with the Second lowa Infantry on the Mexican border at Brownsville, his regiment participa- ting with the North Dakota Infantry in a series of maneuvers. Out of Fort Snelling, he was assigned to the Ninth Infantry of the Second Divi- sion, taking part in five major op- erations. He. wag.wounded at St. Mihiel, cit- ed three ‘times in general orderg and awarded the Distinguished . Service Cross with oak leaf cluster,’ Legion of Honor, Croix de Guerre with palms and ‘one gold and silver. star, end Italian War Cross. He is a Rotarian and a Shriner. “We must build ‘this Legion of ours so big and fine and strong,” he said at Kansas City, “and. keep it so clean and straight and American, that when we ask for certain things for the ex-service man—for the ‘disabled man who must live through the war forever in the homes and_ hospitals of this country, and for those who are financially disabled—our ’.. communi- ties will say, if the Legion is for it, we will be for it.” and hasbeen han iby. the ,bankers of the county. whi have. advanced the purchase ..price ‘to, néedy., farmers, In ordering the hay,County Commis. sioner ‘John’ Loh was’ forced to ‘scour the Red River Valley in order to se- cure 60-cars and for, thig reason it is believed ‘that it jwill’ be difficult to purchase. any. more through this source, Slate waste may be useful as as- iqhalt \fiklen .instepd .of.cement or limestone. ROYAL. COLONEL ‘One Of the latest photograpis of tae Prince of Wales in India. He’s wear- ing the uniform of colonel-in-chief of iBe Was "appointed to that post by six regiments and each of w°known as “The. Prince’s native’ troops. : BANDITS MAKE $10,660 HAUL Peoria, 11, April 10—Bandits last night forced an entrance to the John Lane home, broke into a trunk and escaped with cash, liberty bonds and rbank certificates valued at $10,660. DAM HOLDING, WATERS RISING Brainerd, Minn, April April 10.—Crews to- day continued to'strengthen the range power company damon the’ Crow Wing river 11 milés from here and-at 11:24 a. m,. today the. dam, was still holding, according: to reports. CHAS. FLETCHER _ DIES IN JERSEY Orange, ‘N. J., , April 1 10.—Charles H. Fletcher, ‘whose name areas ‘on bill boards th country vertising “Castoria,” died. here ‘infirmities incident to oid age.” THRILLING EXPERIENCE, Leith, D,, April 10.—Arnold Stiles had a thrilling experience in crossing a bunch of horses over the Cannon Ball river at the Joe Pete crossing. ‘When in the middle of the river the ice broke and came down with a rush. For about 15 minutes he was on & sand bar in the middle of the stream with ice piling up all around him. It finally gave way and he reached shore with only a few bruises. Fine for Neuralgia @ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA © Kaovh all over the Northwest for Quality @ MAIL US. YOUR FILMS ® MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1922 ee eed SPRING WHEAT GRADE MEETING PLAN ASSAILED Minnesota Commissioner Pro tests Action of Secretary Wallace St. Paul, April 10—Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace has denied the request of Senator Frank Kellogg and Congressman Halvor Steenerson and Frank Clague, O. R. B. Jacobson was informed today by Congressman ‘Clague for hearing in the twin cities or Fargo on spring wheat grades. Mr, Jacobson asked Senator Kellogg andthe Congressmen, to request such a hearing. On: request for revision of spring wheat. grades Secretary 'Wallace ordered hearings in Kansas ‘City and Chicago. Mr. Jacobson pro- tested because these hearings were in winter wheat territory and because nf this fact Minnesota grain officials have ignored Mr. Wallace’s call. Mr. Jacobson has declared a finish fight will be carried on against the grain grading laws which, he asserts, discriminates « against spring wheat territory. Frank Milhollan, a member of the North Dakota railroad commission, is |. conferring today with Mr. Jacobson ‘on grading matters, VALLEY CITY | WOMAN BURNED Valley City, N. D., April 10.—Mrs. ‘Curren, mother of W. J. Curren, wide- ly known contractor of Valley City, died Saturday afternoon as the re- sult of burns sustained when a kimono she was wearing, caught fire while she was lighting a gas stove. Details of the accident could not be obtained, as there were no eye- witnesses,. Mrs. Curren, who is past 70. years old, was found by a passerby between 7 and 8 a. m,, lying in the yard near the house. Her flesh was charred to the bone in several places, MOUNTAINS IN STORM REGION Denver, Colo. April 10.—A snow- storm of considerable intensity swept the northern middle and Rocky Moun- tain area last night and today, accom- panied by high winds. ‘Leander, Wyo., reported 8 inches of snow. The lowest temperature was reported from Leadville, Colo., where the mercury dropped to 8 above Zero. , Five inches of snow fell. . 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