The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-12-30
What Can Be Done
For Minot ?
SUGGESTIONS From Many Of Our Business and
Professional Men As to What Gould be Done
's In 1910 to Make Cur City Better

lieving that this was an opportune
time to bring to the attention Of the
public, the needs of our city, inter-
viewed many of our business and pro-
fessional men upon this question:
What can we do, for Minbt in the
year 1910, that will prove most
beneficial to our city," Two heads
are always considered better than
one, and we thot that hundred
heads would be better than tWo,hence
made an earnest effort to interview
just as many men as possible. II
we did not get an opportunity to call
upon you, don't feel sighted in the
least, Cand we know there are sew
eral who could have let value to this
featured, but believe us, this was
about the hardest Job in the way OF
series of interviews that we ever
tackled. Consider the answers care
fully. Preserve them for future re-
ference. The Commercial club might
consider them as whole, and doubt
less will, select the most feasible
and practical plans, and pound away
on those lines, with telling effect. MI
not may be in a way divided upon
certain questions, but we do not be-
lieve that there is a man living here
who really wants to see the develop
ment OF our wonderful little city re-
ts.. ued. We all hope that we are trav-
cling the road that will lead to the
110iDt
it is hard for some Of US to see just
how these various highways are 60
ing to converge at the same point.
If there is anything radically wrong
with Minot, let's talk it over sanely,
and try to right it. We have always
believed that Minot was the biggest
little city on earth. that's why the
most OF US came here. If we are all
going to remain, we want to keep on
thinking the same thing If we are
going to get others to come here
to share in our prosperity, and con-
tribute to it as we'll, we must con-
vince them of the same thing. Our
city can't stand Sill. 1t must either
continue in it's development along the
various lines or else deteriorate.
Which shall it be?
w. E. Mansfield: "A more rigid en-
forcement of the sanitary laws of the
city 365 days in the year, 1910. The
value of human life is far more i'm.
portant than the value of property and
health Of our citizens should be con-
sidered first of all l can show you
unsanitary conditions of some back
alleys and streets in this city that are
simply appalling. Let's tighten down
in this particular and tighten down
hard"
J. M. Devine: "To plan an intelli-
gent, aggressive campaign in the way
of bringing to the individual voter,
throughout the state, and especially
to the voters of the ten counties tri-
butary to Minot, the great need of
Normal school in this section Of our
state, and that school located at Mi
not. know of no one thing that
means more to us as a people, and
that will be more helpful to this Sec
ton and to this city,
j.. e. McKoane: Appoint commit
tees with full authority, with sub-com-
mittees under them, for the purpose
of improving and identifying the res
idence district of our city, and to
advocate the keeping of beautiful
lawns and the planting of orna mental
trees along the curbing of all of our
streets. Also the planting Of trees
on the lawns. The time has come
to make Minot more beautiful"
Carl 3. Davis: place all of the
telephone wires under ground, and
get those telephone poles off the
streets. That extra dollar a month
that we will have to pay for our tele-
phone ought to enable the company
to do this"
Jarvey lompkins: "LeSueur should
sep on driving the blind pigs and
porting houses out Of Minot.''
Charles Grow: There should be a
combined effort of our business men
gas to this city from the Westhope
fields. Minot is now the distributing
point for jobbing houses in the North
west, but by getting natural gas here
this city will soon be the manufac-
turing center as well for the North
west. With natural gas installed here
Minot ought to become city of from
$4,000 to 10000 in five years. The com
mercia1 club ought also to make an
effort to secure capital for the develop
ment Of our immense Ignite coal
fields"
A. w. Tracy: There are many
things, but I feel that with only 30
per cent of our land in this vicinity
broken out, the best thing we could
do for Minot would be to unite in an
effort to bring people with means into
this country to develop the country,
and wsgshould also encourage those
who arg already here to keep on with
their gooaywork of tearing up t., sod.
Several small Industries have already