The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-10-18
SOMETHING OF IMPORTANCE ABOUT
MlNOT, 1.-THE CITY OF DESTINY
General Summary Of the Best City the United States for
Size-Many Reasons Why She The Greatest City Of the
Norhvest-Our Needs-The Three Ms, Men, Money and
Manufactures.
Quen Ward County Ranks Among the Best in the State and
Has Just Begun Develop-Some Facts That Should Mott
Be Overlooked by Our Eastern Readers.

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we have the promise OF no less q
person than J amesJ. Hill himself
that new railroad shops will be
erected here, employing not less
than 500 men. We have no
reason to doubt this: during
the past year the Great Northern
has moved it's division head
quarters to Minot:it has erected
q large brick freight house, and
built an extra story over the
same for the Division Head
quarters: it has also erected here
the finest depot on it's line be-
tween Minneapolis and the
Coast: it has bought up more
land for more switch yards, al
though it's present switch yards
cover many acres OF land: and
there is no reason why the Great
Northern should not want to
build up the City which does so
much to help the Great Northern.
The 500 railroad have not
done SO much in the past for
Minot as the Great Northern,
but it is certainly waking up.
The promises for the immediate
future are division headquarters
for Minot, and a new depot to
be constructed almost in the
center OF the business portion Of
Minot, on it's main street, the
land having already been pur-
chased. This road is also expect
ed to construct a new road from
Minot south to Bismarck: but if
it should fail to do so, the road
will be built with local capital.
A Touring mill, with a capacity
OF 200 barrels per day, 2 cement
block establishments, brickyards
contractors, carpenter shops,
round house and repair shops OF
the Great Northern Railway Co.
and the coal mines within five
miles Of the City limits furnish
labor for those who do not care
to enter into agricultural or
commercial pursuits.
Eight hotels crowded all Of the
time, eight churches, represent
ing as many denominations, two
large modern school buildings
with the third almost complet.
ed at this writing), a good cleo
trio light and telephone plant,
and a steam heating plant
almost ready for business, water
works, a sewerage system in
process of construction, the best
band in the state, and one of the
best school bands in the country,
the daily and weekly newspapers
having the largest circulation OF
any in the State, two wholesale
houses and a wide awake bust
ness Mems Club and set of citi-
zens are a few Of the things OF
which Minot boasts.
Minot is not q manufacturing
city at this time. In spite of the
fact that it has coal in abund-
anceal most within tn city linn:
it's, good fresh water at shallow
depths. the best of railroad fac
ilities, the enterprising citizens
have learned to depend upon the
surrounding country for a living.
Ward County is fitted for almost
all kinds of agricultural life. It's
western and southwest portion
is rough and billy, and here the
live stock man finds his paradise.
Springs and water in pools,
abundance OF good, native grass,
hills for shelter, with land almost
at a nominal value makes ranch
es a paying investment: And
the large trains of stock going
through Minot to the east indi-
cate where these ranche1s get
their money from.
But Ward County's most valu-
able land is in tho north and east
portion OF the County. A large
portion OF the County is in the
famous "Mouse River Loop" and
as much more of the County con-
sists of the same kind of charact-
er of soil. Crops enormous in
quantity are raised here every
year. Wheat, oats, flax and
potatoes are perhaps the leading
crops. From time to time the
Independent has given individual
results obtained by farmers.
These are not r-sults obtained
by "hot bed" farmers, nor are
such yields uncommon. Our
practice has simply been to re-
port yields of those farmers with
whom we come in contact. Every
year large crops are reported by
someone. Oats run as high Us
100 bushels per acre, wheat as
high as forty bushels, fax as