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

| town.
J. W. samuelson: second Guy
Franks notion q,
E. 3. McCutcheon: ''h4ake Main
street a Great White Way. Minnea.
polls has already made considerable
Roadway in its Great White Way, and
Fargo also has half block devoted
to this illumination. This is arranged
in this manner In front of each place
of business, let a fancy column be
placed, along which are placed four
| or five electric lights. There is moth.
4 ing which improves the appearance OF
a city so much at night, and Minot
in this way would get great deal OF
favorable advertising" ~
| O. M. Pierce: ,".The main thing we
can do is to support our Commercial
club, which is one Of the best NOT
only in the state, but in the North.
west. Every cities Of Minot should
support the Commercial club in it's
endeavor to secure new industries,
and when placed on committees,
\ should do their work to the best OF
their ability"
D. A. Dinnie: I'VE should all put
away our little hammers and quit that
beastly knocking"
| Geo. D. Mann: Build the Carnegie
library" -"
| F. A. Van Week: Continue to clean
up the city as LeSueur has started out
to do, and in this way be sure of the
Normal school,"
| A. G. Hanson: II know of nothing
that will be of more benefit to our
city than the running of pure drink
| ing water through our new wptr~
mains. The average person does not
drink enough water. We should drink
no less than five pints of water every
| twenty-four hours"
James Johnson: "Pave two blocks
on Main street, and the same number
! on First street. This would give Mi
not metropolitan appearance such
! as no other one thing would. We
now have our water system and sewer
| system installed and the paving
would be practical" III
John Fahey: "Give us ali free beerrr
F. w. Youngman: "Minot of today
is like any thriving busy eastern city.
The old ancient western landmarks
have disappeared. New Minot needs:
| 10 heartily cooperate with her rail
roads. Let us get the Great Northern
so-called Ayr line built right int
Minot. Let us get the 500 line to
, , make her northwest terminal here.
With the two great transcontinenta
railroad lines We may get regular
transfer system and terminal point.
Any jobber or shipper here knows
| what that means for Minot This
would probably mean three new rail
road, lines into Minot. The Milwaukee
| the Burlington and the Northern Pa
cific. Such terminals together with
our vast coal fields, which means that
we could make unlimited gas or cleo
trio power, would add hundreds of
new industries to Minot. With our
splendid Commercial Club working in
such beautiful harmony. we can ac-
complish some of these things in 1910.
John ]. Keavin: my answer to your
inquiry is as follows: Harmonious
pulling together of all business men
for everything beneficial from bust
ness standpoint; also keeping sharp
lookout to the end that Minot may
always be an attractive place for peo-
pie to visit either for business or So
cial purposes
GA. Johnson: more people should
be encouraged to own homes in Minot
Property owners should make a spe-
cial enort this coming year to beauti-
fly the residence districts Co-opera-
ton among neighbors in systematic
planting of shade trees along the
streets would in few years do much
toward the improving of the appear
ance of our city. Minot should not
only be noteo for push, energy and
business enterprise but as "city of
homes" as we'll"
Paul v. Mccoy: IF we leave Smith,
! Brown, Jones and Johnson remain in
I Minot, business will be better"
! Clarence H. Parker: Naturally,
might be expected to say this from
my own selfish interests and that is
to run the city in such a way that
! it will be attractive to the travelling
public at all timesA Today travel
ing man would just as soon stop over
Sunday in Rugby as in Minot and they
are doing it too. They all spend their
money when they come here, and the
city in general is benefited don't
believe in conducting the city in a
way that has no regulation, but there
| is such thing as making conditions
I such that people who come here can
do nothing else but knock the town.
I am willing for people to consid ar
the conditions and judge for them.
selves.
| L. NJ. 4 Il might say that what
will do OF asty as much good as any
one thing, l., % get people with money
to come in to this country and farm