The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 2, 1929, Page 2

A h “ago thi THE BISMARCK J NDUSTRIAL PERIOD | INSTATE 1S COMING, | ) GOVERNOR PREDICTS I Shafer Appraises Elements of | Future Development in | \ Empire of Farming QUT OF THE PIONEER ERA With a Great People, a Vast Domain of Agriculture, and Coal, Sees New Day Near GOV On November month admitted int South Di ington, u Gage was one of the | oters in founding of the tish Rite bodies here. 2 with a and Wash- ation issued by Presic In this short period of time, wuich lies’ well within | ne of a youne ed from int . now . a reat republic | well be | briefly some of standing charee- | nd a few of the | ‘to be found along | | of whieh its proud. Let u North Dakota's 01 teristics us a sl high-water marks note large i scope and rich in a Tt has 70,000 square ad, more than the com- ¢ of New York, New Jer- husetts, which states | ation of over 18,009,000. ble land, | re under | | under the eat slates of Wash- | ington, Oregon and California, and enough to make a farm of 160 acres | for 268,000 home owners. The vast 3 unlimited y of this | of which 19,000,009 cultivation—more plow than th LOUIS F. SMITH ef Kadosh in council of Kadosh, ish Rite. Great area hi ” approached, and | Millions of acres of rich, fertile lands still await the hands of productive labor, SUDGE A. M. CHRISTIANSON Master of Kadosh in Lewis and C! consistory, Scottish Rite. A Cosmopolitan People Qur population has grows si “ eae slowly | k Wise Ms GEORGE F. DULLAM ter of Missouri chapter, Rose Croix, Scottish Rite. but steadily through the y m7 began in the Red river valley 1889 it was 189,000; in 1925, the date eeikie last official census, tt was | Ne 70s and "80s, moved : | w Gibel slightly over 640,000. During the last ward across the virgin pi swept over the Missouri river, decade, however, the increase in popu | ing the Montana border less than 25 Jation has been almost entirely native | irtually no immi- | Missouri slope were in 1907. In 40 years our site has wrought er of our people |well in every branch of both origin and na- years ago. The last counties on the! day and a grain storage capacity of | 000,600 bushel { The state has no known minerals! except lignite coal, with which it is| blessed in abundant measure. There | re between 159 and 200 lignite coal mines operating, which produced last year for commercial purposes 1,331,000 ite coal, representing a, \Conferring of Higher Degrees | /El Zagal Temple of Fargo to, erhaps in other s were, . ef which! urvived the rava; She cowboys and ges | white set hard and durum wheat. jachievement. For many y | held a position second only ol jin the quantity of wheat. production, and first in the product: gin of No. 1 er years. To re- million-dollar | plant has just been com- ark county, near Dickin- jucting an interesting |and winter rye. In 1928 it produced | experiment in this field of mineral | 140,873,000 bushels cf wheat. 26,009.00 processing. Large power companies | me | bushels of corn, 640,000 ho: e constructed great power plants; 695,000 sheep. In the same year its) within and rule electric transmission arg fine this raw coal | tion of the charters of the Lodge of ‘mostly. from the south and west. “To F (proaption wae walied ul sole this line there w: ber cf emigrants from | pean countries, includ: ent from Norwa; ‘dy and thrifty emigrants were at- tracted to our Dakota prairies by the Inducemenis of the United State: homestead law. Thus, the first gen- eration of North Dakota made up of a stl @nd ambitious peo from many states and many land: seeking free. virgin lands and the op- portunities afforded to new settlers in every new country. This first genera- tion is slowly but surely being suc- cceded by their children, born, reared “a educated in the new common- ‘wealth builded for them by their pio- | er parents. So a distinctly native ota people has come into being to carry on the lamp of achie cement | fhanded to them by the emigrants of yesterday 7 Developing Agriculture * The settlement and development of North Dakota was from east to w omper: Lighest LOWwert Precipitation to Uighe Lowind veloc wre, Mont. Helena, Mont., uron, 8. D., 1 ansas Cit ater added a con- | agencies ettlers was | , adventurous | le who came here | 000,000, and its poultry production | at_ $17,500,000. | To accommodate the growing needs of our rural population all the usual of trade, commerce and ransportation are found here in | abundance. We have four transconti- | nemtal railroads—the Great North: Northern Pacific, Milwaukee. lines—which, together branches of each, 0} and corner of our 53 countie ad building ceased in 1914, but wi \the advent of the automobile modern | high; construction commenced, und is being pushed forward with | great rapidity. On a state and feder: {higt Ww F ; ap. 4,250 miles have been 8 ee and 2,650 graveled, Third in Good Roads | According to a recent report of the | United Stat eau of public roads, our now ranks third among the 48 states in the total miles of im- proved highways completed (being e: | cecded only by Minnesota and Texas ; Proved highways now under | tion. This entire highwa: been built without the sir ith the coming of railroads 213 ‘towns and 105 cities cam2 into ex ence, providing centers of trade, ieation and social convenience our peop! The population largely rural, and with no large in- dustrial centers, our towns and cities are not large, but are good-sized com- munity centers and market places ft the country folk, and the spirit of social democracy dominates them. | As in all other states, the automo- bile has revolutionized the social and economic life of North Dakota. We have 160,881 passenger automobiles j and 25,680 trucks, enough to take the entire population of the siate car- riding at one time, with plenty of 9 Seating capacity to spare for guesi raledo, On. Histon, N tonight and Lalas Not oa in peanpersiure. Generally fair Ment and maptay: Not much coanee temperature. WEATHER Con CONDITION Sarintcen re gre is Sehicred Man! tobe. and Nghe, scattered tation occurred throughout the I xtatex, with heavy pre- lower Great Lakex e Disaiexippl val southwest. Elxe- lures are moderate. pes Faby condition, 9 Impaxsable —_ 1.5 feet; 24- BERTS, ‘teleorolonint: ‘and transienis. There seems to be ; no end to the capacity of our pcople . ; to acquire motor Vehicles and to pay {for them—in time. Education to Fore | In the field of education our | {achievements have been unsurpassed. | re ; We have 5,842 grade schools, 480 con- ' solidated schools, and 163 high schools. Out of a population of 640,000 there Be over 145,000 children attending | the grade schools, 26,000 attending | high schools, and 5,500 attending col- leges in North Dakota. Out of a total of $30,000,000 annually expended for state and local government purposes, raised from general taxation, we ex- been almost entirely an agricultural | State. We are now expanding from the field of agriculture and ent upon @ period of industrial and ercial ing. processing, ne industries of many kinds will be and operated within the +; and with that of the people and busi- | and second in number of miles of im- | a Weather Report || «| being , {lines acr ate. A project to 's from the Montana cs into and across North Da- long, the routes of the Northern thern railways y. and many other indus- 1 and commercial institutions are in prospect in the near future, Dakota Resources ‘We have the resources for a well- balanced agricultural, commereial | trial state. To hasten our s our agricultural | growth Dakota needs more capital and more people, We need the confidence and assistance of the busi- ness and comm 1 world; we need jto build up and foster the spirit of | good will and cooperation, not only | amon; 1 cl S ane. groups of peo- | ple within this but likewise be- | i tween the people pe this state and! | those of other states. Economically, | | Seographi and socially we are an ‘integral part of the great northwest. We cannot live unto ourselves alone and expect to prosper and to grow. Our weifare is deeply interwoven into | ness interests of all our neighboring | and it is highly essential that ould ap) common inte: ud plan for our mutual has arrived. It is no state. It has passed rmative period of uncer- tainty to the period of steady and sure development. Its people are daily solving its economic problems, master- | ing nature's obstacles, and, by con- structive genius, laying deep and se- cure the foundations of a future com-! monwealth, great in agricultural, in- dustrial and social attainment. | Great our inheritance in North Dakota; yet our opportunities for future growth and achievement. | May we of this generation labor as well and 2s wisely for North Dakota s did those pioneers of forty years go who brought it into being, and whose sturdy characteristics are to be found deeply impressed on all of its institutions. FEDERAL FARM FACTS Preliminary reports estimate that | the total yicld of crops this year will | | probably run about six per cent below the ten-ycar average, according to the iv: 8. Department of Agriculture. Se- | vere drought during the summer is responsible for this decline. a ed Farm mortgage debt in the’ United | ;States on Jan. 1, 1928, was slightly | larger than it was three years before, | |the. U. S. Department of Agriculture reports. The 1928 figure was $9,468,- {000,000 as compared with $9,360,000,- 1009 of 1925. This represents about one per cent increase. ees Mergers cf small farm cooperatives with large organizations is foreseen as fn aid to farming by Chris L. Christensen, secretary of the Federal Farm Board. He says that the agri- cultural cooperatives are following | the trail by industry, commerce and banking in which small business joins large corporations. ‘ EXPECTS TOO MUCH Indianapollse Siena D. Abrogast, 45, expects too much of a lottery. He met his wife, Lucy, through ‘dates will take the various degrees | sons brought out, expecially in | JOHN H. COWLES, 33°, WA! Granc Commander of the Scottish Rite Masonry and ‘SHINGTON head of Supreme council, ** * WEEK OF MASONRY TO BRING SCOTTISH RITE AND SHRINERS | | From Fourth to Thirty-Sec- | ond to Cover Four Days CHARTER DAY IS ON FIFTH | | Come Here in Special Train for Arabic Epilogue The big week of Masonry here starts Monday, when the Scottish Rite of the Missouri Slope gathers {for its fall reunion. The reunion will be climaxed Friday with presenta- Perfection and of Lewis and Clark consistory. On top of this will come the pilgrimage cf El Zagal temple, lent Arabic Order, nobles of the ic Shrine, from Fargo, in a spe- cial de luxe train, Saturday. During the week about 150 candi- of the Scottish Rite and an equal number is expected to cross the burning sands into the mysteries of Shrinedom. An exceptionally large from the fourth to the thirty | degree. Besides there is a lar; ber who started during past reunions and attained the fourteenth or eigh- teenth and some the thirtieth dezree, who will at this time finish the con- sistory work. Start On Degrees Monday Monday the degrees from the fourth to the fourteenth will be given in full form under the direction of | Venerable Master John Lyngstad. | The members of Linton lodge have charge of the fourth or opening de- gree. Banquets will be served at noon and evening. Tuesday will be taken up entirely with the interpretation of the degrees from the fifteenth to and including the eighteenth, under the direction of George Dullam, wise master of Rose Croix. These degrees are de- scribed as gems of Masonry and it is said by Masons that no one who! ever witnesses their interpretation | soon forgets the many beautiful les- | historical and religious eighteenth degree, to which Wise Master Dullam | has given his most careful study in| interpretation. ‘Wednesday is to be devoted to the Kadosh degrecs, under the cupervi- sion of Master of Kadosh L. F. Smith, of Mandan who has given these di grees his closest attention and is ad- uuvably fitted to handle these par- ticularly heavy degrees. Thursday afternoon and evening, the presentation of the consistory de- grees is under the direct supervision of Judge A. M. Christianson, assisted by Judges Nuessle, Burr, Birdzell, Jansonius and a corp of others. ‘These are the concluding degrees of the Rite and much attention to the careful rendition of them has been given by the degree corps. Many new features will be introduced at the eve- ning presentation of the thirty-sec- ond degree, which will be equally as entertaining and instructive to old- Friday will be devoted to the pre- charters to the var- JOHN O. LYNGSTAD Venerable master of Bismarck Lodge of Perfection, Scot! TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1929 ‘orty Years of N orth Dakota History Reviewed on Its Natal Day WALTER REED, 33°, FARGO : H. W. WITCOVER Sovereign grand inspector of Scot- tish Rite of North Dakota. Secretary general of supreme council of U. 8. Scottish Rite Masonry. GILBERT HAUGEN F. A. LAHR JOHN PARKINSON tish Rite. bodies of Bismarck-Mandan Bismarck-Mangan. | ade will be repeated on leaving here | Templars, the prerequisite for becom-; An annual rainfall of 452 inches was | Evansville, Ind., Central League club. for Mandan at 4:30 p. m. and at Man- | ing a Shriner, although a separate dan on arrival at 5 o'clock. be a very colorful affair, full of the | plicant must be either a Templar or note of Arabic picturesqueness. | The 150 candidates to take the | of those taking the Scottish Rite de- Shrine degrees will consist of thirty- | grees during the week will be among second degree Masons and Knig | sleammmemenmeanina a sates wes pees Se oe It will | degree of Masonry, being that the ap- be @ thirty-second degree Mason. Many ‘The world’s record for throwing a regulation league basebail is held by S| | those to enter Shrinedom. Sheldon Lejune. 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