The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-08-10
Minot | axpayers VIII
Locate Normal School
Elect.en Will Be Held saturday-Nor.
NAL Beard Committee Wants Citl.
zens to Get Tosether-lnterestina
Meeting at Commercial Club.

An effort W II he made next Satur-
lay, -ug. IL, 10 settle the question
OF site for Minot's normal school
for all time to come. This may be
the case, and it may not. 1t may de-
pend entirely on which site wins the
latte.
S.aje Superintendent of Public In
STR ction Z. J. Taylor arrived from
Bismarck and Frank Wilson, the sec
retary of the board, arrived from Bath.
gate Tuesday evening, and that night
met with a very large and enthusf-
fstic number Of cur citizens at the
Commercial club rooms. The nor
nal school board after holding numer.
CTS meetir gs, which were not entirely
harmonious, finally decided to leave
the manner Of settling the location Of
tlis site in the hands of the Minot
,itiZens themselves. Mr.. Taylor and
J r.. y ill5on represented the board
hv appearing before this body of cit
liens to ascertain their wishes, II
possible.
After considerable sparring be ~ .
those who favor the valley sites and
the che on the South hill, it was fin
ally agreed to submit the propositions
for the three 81 es, the South hill, the
Valley street and Ramstads North
Minot site, to a vote of the taxpayers
Of Minot, the date of election to be
fixed by a committee to be appointed
by the normal board committee.
Major Murphy was chosen chairman
Of the meeting and Franklin Kauff-
MAJ, secretary. ..a
Supt. Taylor chairman of the nor
NAL board, asked the object of the
meeting and Chairman Murphy stated
that the citizens would be pleased to
hear from Mr.. Taylor as to his views.
which were given later.
Halvor l.. Halvors0n, at some
length reviewed the proceedings to
date, submitting files of the local pa-
pers containing arguments for and
against the South hill site, referring
to the election which had been held
on Monday at the city hall, resulting
| in the polling Of 235 votes, Isl for tho
South hill, 60 for the Vallay strest
site and five for the North side site.
He made a plea to keep politics eu-
tirely out of the question and stated
that It was his opinion that political
influence had been brot to bear in the
location Of this site. He said that
il tho board decided that another vote
should be taken, he preferred that
the first and second choice vote prop.
osition should rule.
John E. Greene, representing the
Valley street site, replied. He stated
that Mondays election was called IN
too much of hurry and for that rea.
son, those favoring the valley sites
were urged not to participate in it.
He presented several voting petitions,
that had been circulated Sunday and
Monday, wherein about 800 voters had
registered their preference for val.
lv site as aga nst the south hill. He
did not think that the ballot used in
Mondays election was fair which In
cluded the following propositions: a
| choice of site north or south Of the
G.. NJ, a choice between the Valley
street site and the one on the South
hill Those favoring some valley site
were wiling, however, to participate
in fair election, he stated.
Supt. Taylor then spoke at some
/ length in very diplomatic manner.
He appealed to the citizens to get 70
gether and settle this matter SO that
the board might go ahead and start
the work of construction on the school
buildings. He thot the matter was
up to the citizens in way, because
Minot, according to the law, is sup
posed to give sixty acres for the site,
therefore the taxpayers ought to havs
something to say as to where the
school should be located. He gave
! the impression that the board wouN
willingly do what a majority OF MI
not's taxpayers desired them to do.
He said that this had gotten to bs .
site issue. It was being talked thru.
out the length and breadth OF the
4 staAa The controversy was bound to