The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-03-10
uow 70 MAKE M,hoT GROW.

HOW TO MAKE MiNoT CROW.
,wta above question was considered at the Com
,,.-c;a, club at the bi-weekly smoke talk Wednes.
d.v night. The proposition Is a worthy one' ana
,ael wprth considering The Independent has CIV
an this subject considerable attention already IN the
various phases, with the exception OF one WINCH
we avtll consider at this time wen hno"n ou''-
aess lknan. with patriotic ideas, made suggestion
that should be kept foremost in the mlnds OF eacn
and every business and professional man every Jay
in the year. if they would have Minot to grow anu
that is regarding the importance OF the business
men themselves trading at home HOW many tnou
sands Of dollars do you suppose that the business
men send out of Minot every year, that might Jus'
"a we'll be left here? The Independent will not ven
... r. mako y guess The sum is greater than
T. shou,d be- Naturally, we might be expected 10
.,nf to the hundreds of dollars worth OF printing
that Is ordered from out of town every year. Occa'
!, siou.lly. a business man will want embossed work.
and in that case he might be excused Tor patronl2
ins the foreign printer. Our printerles can w .e
work Just as well ana just as cheap on prac'lo"''
.-, c,,ss of printing as the st. Paul concerns
. can and suppose you should pay ooiiai ~
two more on twenty-five dollars worth OF WORK. you
will more than get this back. On that amount OF
work. fifteen dollars is paid for labor ana tne
printers certainly know how to spend fnelr MONEY
Send the money out of Minot and you help 10
nav the salaries of St. Paul printers Every 1a tne
underwear man comes around taking oroers' anu
is usually quite successful Why not patron1ze the
homo daa,er The shirt man has a regular line OF
c,stomers His merchandise Is good stun' al
r,.ht INT can't the local haberdasher do as wen
nv YOU. Frequently the particular woman W'n
board the train go to Minneapolis to2o ne'
coat suit The local dealer in womens reaoy 10
vear garments would appreciate her trade are
mn bu;Idine a new house? Who will paint It! be
sure to hire the painter to do your Job. who Will
buy his paint from the home dealer. Where 90 you
buy your furniture? Do you get your clothes maue
nv the local tailor Of do you wear those Win inc
Harry Mitchell stamp upon them? 10 you ous
sosr made by the local mills? We have no REFER
anca IN any one in particular, but really, wouldn't
il b. better if we did all Of our buying at home
not 4 part of it? Try this and watch Mlnot grow.
Have YOU some extra money that you want 10 IN
vest! The publishers Of the Independent are not
lin the real estate business, otherwise our reaoers
might think we had an ak to grind In wnat We arg
pniux IN saw. II you have few hundred dollars,
vay don't you invest 1t In Ward county dirt! we
know that you could not do better for the price OF
land il advancing all the time. Men IN the east
have becoane independently wealthy In the past oy
buying land ana noloInS II loi 'ne "0'e
North Dakota lana is yet within the reach OF the
anal, investor. couple of Thousand dollars will
buy fairly good quarter that will be worth double
!, in ave years Suppose you have but thousand
doll.rs You can buy quarter section OF land and
give a mortgage for the balance We 90 not oe
aies4e in giving mortgages, except where there Is
probability that the property win advance IN value
Pay what you can the land, and put your saw
ines into the balance The taxes are not great ana
YOU can usually get good deal more for your
share of the crop than the interest and taxes Will
amount to. Don't you know that the time Is not
"a, distant when our land will be selling for fifty
dollars an acre? Why spend your money on land In
Hexice Texas or some other out of the way place.
when there are thousands of opportunities OF oouo
ing your money right at home?
The farmers getting anxious to buckle into
no in condition