The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-07-27
SITE HAS
Been SELECTED
Board Meets In Rather Stormy So
sion Tuesday-oov. Burke, a. .
( Citizen Talks to Them-Many 9th.
ers Heard-Will Take Matter Up
/ Aug. 1. &2H

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Aug. I.
: The matter of settling the location
of the site for the -Minot normal
school was not entirely closed Tues,
day, when the board met in rather
stormy session. Governor Burke was
here and appeared before the board
as a private citizen. He said tina he
was not there to intimidate any OF the
members, but he considered that In
locating the school on the South hill,
where there would be no chance OF
| railroad facilities, was grave mis-
take. He hoped that the board could
determine upon a site somewhere In
the valley. f t aGE GiA9S l&S81
! John E. Greene, in the interest Of
valley site, spoke at some length.
| He said that there would be difficult
! ties in the pupils getting to and from
the school in the winter, and said.
there were not enough homes in that.
vicinity to care for mem. He salt
that building the school on the hill
would no doubt cause much smaller
!. attendance, and spoke of the difficulty
our citizens would have in going TO
| the school to attend lectures and 9TH
! err entertainments. He also spoke
OF the extra expense that ould be
! incurred in transporting material to
, the site for the buildings, and the
| increased cost of maintenance after
the buildings are constructed.
, Supt. Taylor, who by virtue OF his
office, is president of the board, stated
| that he had received letter from .
prominent Minot citizen, in which he
| declared that the city water was not
! fit to drink, and used this as an argu-
| ment against the south hill site. Mr..
i Greene and Mr. Palda both declared
that in their opinion the water was
+, pure and fit to drink. Mr.. Taylor
T, thought that sentiment had been
worked up against the south hill site.
| L. J. Palda declared that he would
gain several thousand dollars in case
! the south hill site is selected but
he considered that the valley was the
place for the school. MI: Palda said
| that from 100000 to 500, 900 people
passed thru Minot every year on the
various trains. and he considered that
the school ought to be located where
it can be seen, as an advertisement,
if nothing more. He stated that the
/ site selected was 1876 feet higher than
the valley and invited the members
Of the board to walk up the hill with
him after supper. He also drew q
picture of the conditions with foot
and a half of snow on the hill.
J. M. Devine spot eat considerable
length, touching several Of the points
mentioned previously by the other
speakers. He mentioned incidentally
| that he was the man who declared
that the water was not At to drink,
and he was ready to prove his asser-
ton. He spoke of the beautiful seen
cry in the Mouse river valley and
thot 1t would be shame to locate
the school out over the. bluff. He did
not think that 1t would be using MI
not nor the state right. He said
he would be only too willing to put
the matter to a vote. With the pres.
ent site, he thot the attendance would
be lessened 25 per cent and the cost
increased from Is to 20 per cent.
| DR.. Carr then presented the blue
print OF a new Sit that was offered
on the north side, just north of the
| Harrison township school, 20 acres
| Of level land and the rest extending
up over the north hill. This site IL
within three books of sewer and wa
ter. He declared that good water
could be procured from wells which
are easily dug. aes,sass,e "
F. B.. lambert appeared in his own