The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-12-30

I. \. Larson: ~Elect me- city q q
ditor again"
Col. Scarlet: DO more actual work
and not SO much talking" u. 5s.s
r. "A. Nestos: Secure library site
and build a Carnegie library before
the end of the summer, to furnish
the needed library facilities Of our
people," Il B.
w. HI Reighart: Make OF Minot a
city that is practically self supporting
by building up its manufacturing in.
terests. This will bring in the work.
ing mans money, and the business
from the working man Is the big end
of any city business. He spends prac'
tically all of his money at home, and
does not scatter it abroad as the
moneyed man often does. Get gas In
stalled here, and you will see cheap
fuel, which would soon build up In.
dustrial Minot."
H. A. Iurd: Change the form OF
the city government"
Jerry zlevor: Il will tell you INV y
at least twenty more men coulo my
.,nn,ovment in Minot. Let every pue'
Moss man have his suits made N t -.
citv and stop sending away 70 ens
a,or cities and our tailoring SHOPS
10 ,ai 'o,o would easily employ twenty
"a ~. a,l Man Keep your money in MI
not" .ro,a - business
strictly instead of crying. Know ~
~ business man who is complaining
who told me himself that ne olo sA'''
ooo more this year than last.
Rev Hale: Establish a Union uos'
10, mission whose objects are as ~
iows: IA distributing point Tor we
noor 2-Rest room for farmers
wives and families. 3.-A place wneie
lunches could be earned py Tue az
tual hungry. Hold services ea.n
.auenine Let every denomination Dotn
protestant and Catholic participate
and the ministers take turns nolalhs
thaso meetings. 5.-Make of this an
emnloyment bureau where a young
wo,nan can leave her address. the one
hiring her may pay small fee winch
would help keep up the Mission. MI,
NOT needs just such place anu :
hone to see it established IN lslo.
r B Lambert: MANY things couiu
and should be done for Minot durlhs
the year 1910, in fact, the nelu 10 %
wide and the opportunities so greM
that it is not an easy task 10 picN
out one gSod thing to the exclusion
of others. It seems to me, however,
that the one great thing for the people
Of Minot to do for the coming yea
is tn stand back of and hold up tne
hands OF our efficient and feariess
nresident of the city board OF COM
missioners, Arthur LeSueur, IN MS
efforts to stamp out gambling ollha
Rigging and other forms OF vice from
among US. Every one knows VINO nay
heen in other cities in the, state tnat
they all admit that we have the most
progressive and hustling city OF sooo
neople in the United States. Inen
follows the remark that Minot IS
Young, wild and western; that Y -
too tough place to live In, or 70
allow young people to be IN Wnl l'e.
getting an education, and there1ore
it is not the place for normal school,
For us who live here to dispute these
assertions, and then have our acts
belle our words is useless. The nor
NAL school will give us at least looo
people of the best type of citizenship
the first year. Why jeopard1ze TINS
prospect for the sake of few tin In
horn gamblers, blind piggers, and Wo-,
men Of i'll repute? This would De
like keeping crow bait in preference
to a good horse. Ifthere are any bust
ness or professional men who cannot
make living here except of from
this class Of society, let them go out
upon and develop Ward county farms.
If we can stop gambling and blind
plugging, it is probable that many more
of our citizens can pay their meat
and grocery bills and that their chill
dren may have shoes for their feet
and not be compelled to stay away
from our public schools on account OF
insufficient clothing to wear. A8e.
The commission system is all right
as long as Art is at its head, and II
the lawbreakers continue to exist, it
will be in some town other than MI
not"
H. e.. ELS: United we stand,
divided we fall, familiar saying, yet
how true. Any large undertaking can
not be successfully carried out in
a day or a week, it takes months of
constant toll. The strength Of a
great army would be lost, were it
not for the fact that in order to reach
the objective point, the united pres
sure of whole works in perfect
unison.
With 1910 open before us, Minot's
citizens will take up The work of
the New Year where the old left of.
Let the feeling of goodfellowship pre-