The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-03-07
. Bun STILL he GOES TO THE CITY.

y
Anti ha irten mailing their money TO the Dig
city ipr mail order bargains
Results Home merchants don't thrive, grass
grows IN tie streets, no JOBS are to be had, no
opening Tor new business, and the young man
goes to the city because it IS place where peo-
Ole have. GRADED at home and built up their own
community and provided opportunities for out
sldpIs ;ls Well as for themselves,
Ii YOU Mant.lo keep your boy at home build
40 YOUR town s., that he can build up his career
among his home folks. h
Nlnot as a JUbbing Center Minot will do twice
the obbing business this year that it did last.
Take IL walk anywhere down the 500 or the
Great Nurtherl tracks and you will be surpris-
ed at the activity displayed even at this early
date. Half y dozen machine companies are
building transfer houses and will Job out ma
chinery OF all kinds The Scofeld Implement
Co. is CONFLICTING Z. large house OF this kind.
The W.ic! Implement company is building a
laI &c Implement house for retail and wholesale
business The Minot Implement Co.. has incor-
poriated and will do astrictly Wholesale Jobblng
complete its large Wholesale house and will be
prppa,ed to do twice as much business this year
as last The Minot Milling Co. is the scene OF
great activity. The mill is being run night anu
DAY and still is behind with it's orders. by the
wav, this concern is putting out a fine article IN
HIS
pelItd the concern to arrange Tor greater ca
pa itv. Go over on the 500 and you will see
large force Of men building the new 800 barrel
-four mill which is being constructed for the Rus-
s.lI-Mler Milling Co. 1t is expected that TWEEN
ty-five men will be given employment in Mlnot
by this mill alone The Minot Grocery Co., the
first concern to see the advantages Of jobbing
business in Minot is doing bigger business
every year. The Ward Fruit Co. is doing more
business than this concern ever expected to 40.
A wholesale paper house. two cement block FAC
tories, the Minot Sash and door factory, two
hide and fur houses, a marble works, cigar
factory ice cream factory, creamery, and nu-
merous other industries all contribute their share
in making Minot the very best city IN the state
not one excepted.
Twenty Per Cent May be Realized This year
will see perhaps four or five hundred new resi-
dences erected in Minot. The city is growing
rapidly New industries are planned every
week, which will give employment to many. Mi
not always has been short OF houses. The de-
mand has never yet been, supphed. Inc Guy
of 1900 to city Of 1000. We ought to add a
thousand to our population this. year. Minot
with it's seven thousand people does more bus-
ness than the average eastern city OF three times
that number of inhabitants. The independent
suggests as an excellent investmest the build
POS'
ner cent may be realized on the investment.
ass&=s:eG
New Depot For 500 r. R. The railroads are
doing much towards the npbuilding of Minot.
Each month the Great Northern employees re-
ceive nearly 100000 at this point, and It's a well
known fact that railroad men are good spenders.
The 500 distributes nice lot among its en-
ployes Then, the 500 is going to build the lin
est depot in the state this year, either on Main
street Just north Of the 500 tracks or at the
present location
Four Conventions For Next Week Minot is be-
coming known as the Convention City of the
here next week. The city will be full to over
flowing and it is more than likely that every
available room in the residence districts will have
to be secu, ed by the committee. We will take
care Of the crowds some way, SO cone and nave
good time. -
Snow Storm in Thu Cities Minneapolis and st.
Paul were in the throes of a fearful snow storm
last week while up in sunny North Dakota we
were thinking of planting gardens. We feel ex-
tremely sorry for those poor Minnesota people
and if it becomes necessary to supply them with
potatoes, several train loads of flour, case or
two of eggs and few bricks of butter. If
there happens to be any room left in the car, we
might include few sacks of money. We don't
know just how many persisted in the awful
storm, but when the snow melts in the spring,
the streets and alleys will probably be strewn
with the dead bodies. Don't know whether
there are any seventy-fve foot drifts or not, but
not having any news to the contrary, suppose
that there are.
aa3eGG
Still in Favor of Two Cent Rate One Of our
readers sends in a complaint. He thinks that
the Independent should not insist on two cent
rate on the railroads of North Dakota stating
that if the roads are forced to give us so low a
rate, they will certainly raise the freight rates: