Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-08-02
MIN0T NORMAL
SCHOOL STILL IN
MUDDLED STATE

Late last evening the state Norman
board came to the conclusion that
no further action would be officially
taken in the Minot hormal matter
until the residents of that city decide
upon site.
One member of the board showed
his disgust for the whole proceeding
by making \ motion to refer the
whole matter back to the legislature
Such an action would have at leas:
delayed the building of normal
school in Minot for two years and
prevented the expenditure of 5000. 00C
of state money in that city.
The motion did not prevail. the
board before adjournment did appoiG;
Supt. Taylor and Secretary WillisC Il
committee to visit Minot, next Tues
day and ascertain what # any, de
cision had been arrived at and report
to the board at a meeting &C be called
later.
Some of the Minot enthusiasts FLEE
protest with the board against Men
Der Jacobson taking any active par
in the proceedings for the reason
that he is financially Interested il
one of the proposed sites.
The protest was ignored.
While no official action was takel
it is understood that the board stoCt
three and one.
1t is generally understood that fina,
cial interests in Minot are at the bot
tom of the whole contest 1t is be
lieved that the location OF the schoo
in one section will enhance the value
of contiguous real estate over thu
natural advance in other sections.
The normal boari members ar,
thoroughly out of patience with HI
Minot people and they are unanimou:
in the feeling that if Min"t gets thu
normal this year her people will hav'
to decide upon it's location on theil
| own account.
The Minot contingent left for home
today somewhat subdued by the ult:
matum of the board. They all wan
| the school and want the work of con
struction to begin as soon as possible
and whatever action is taken by the
people there between this time and
next Tuesday will settle the question
of the big school
All the members of the state norma
school board were present at the
meeting in the Office of the superin
tendent of public instruction yester
day afternoon when the question Of
relocating the site for the new state
normal school at Minot came up.
1oN 00nfjnOonf from
the Magic City present representing
all sides of the question.
By smooth maneuver on the part
of the board the contestants were In
duced to go up into the senate cham
Der and agree upon certain issues In
volved and if they could not agree
among themselves to come before the
hoard and present their bill of particu
lars.
As consequence the greater flo"
of oratory was poured out in the
senate chamber during the early SEES
sion of the board.
The board went into session and
the matter of the Minot school site
was taken up.
On the invitation of Supt. Taylor
Attorney General Miller submitted an
opinion in writing to the board to the
effect that the conditions of the law
and the board had not been complied
with and that the state was not bound
by any action taken by the board in
the conditional acceptance of the hill
site at Nlinot.
The attorney general further held
that resolution recinding the former
action of the board in accepting the
site not necessary.
At this point the Minot contestants
appeared and announced that the
board would be asked to grant each
of the three sites fifteen minutes to
present their claims for the new
cshool, each having but one speaker.
The matter was agreed to and Hal
vor Halvorson, president of the Minot
commission was the first spokesman
for the hill site. BY showing Mayor
Halvorson explained that the south
site had number of times overflowed
by the waters from the Mouse river,
water standing over the tract at a
depth of from one to six feet. Petit
lions were also presented frdm
, A.u.,e IN fov0r IF rho south hill