Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-05-26
A PERMANENT CITY.

BUILDING A PERMANENT CITY.
Next to the right kind of citizens
che right kind of employment for the
citizens holds the place of Importance.
When permanent city is being plan
ned it must have citizens whose aim
is TO increase the fitness Of the city as
place in which to dwell and as a
place in which to secure a means for
livelihood, as well as to secure for
themselves the wherewitha1 by which
Sney are to keep their own establish
;ments up. Here in North Dakota the
people have depended upon the yearly
crops for the support of all the people
an the state and cities. An occasional
railroad shop has added it's share to
'1ne maintenance of the people in the
community in which it is located. The
5nuctuating worth of the railroad shop
mas depended upon the goodness or
badness of the years crop. Roughly
speaking the State of North Dakota de-
ponds for its material success upon
HShe yearly crop. If a good crop is har-
vested money flows in plenty; if no
'>crop is harvested, or slim one, money
as scarce, the people are put back.
There Is no permanent stability to the
: Estate, everything depends upon nature.
N "a mot part as in communities which
snaVe permanent sources of wealth.
How long can this state of affairs con.
tlnue in community that wishes to
-sroW and become a permanent city; a
Glty that can smile when it is threat
ened with the withdrawal of the rail-
road shop? The past history Of city
tnat once had railroad shop might be
OF interest, If an answer were had to
md. But everyone reading this arti-
Gle knows full we'll that the salvation
OF any city is the securing of perma-
nent sources of wealth. Such perma-
! nent sources may be secured in very
\ community, if the men who have DOW
Y ser to interest capital have sufficient
Y ties1re to see the community become
4 permanent one. The first step is to- in
II ssttVestlgate the surrounding country and
!. afind out what can be produced with
5sthe least, important materials. Take
this community Of ours for case in
d point. There is not manufacturing
plant here outside of the -four mill.
We have some other product of the
soil that might just as well be CON
tributing to the wealth of this COM
4munlty as the gathered wheat Every
year the farmers are forced to burn
SSsaap their straw from which they have
sz.a AIKEN the wheat That straw, under
sssf che Intelligent handling ,of men who
/; know, will contribute its quota toward
Ms che support of the people Of this com.
n znunity. Why not make it do so? The
sarst answer that you are apt to hear
is: IT has never been made to- do SO
A this community n The next answer
" IS apt to be- Why should we put ou1
~ money into q project like that when
y we cannot get enough money to loan
EH.S1
ITO the farmers 81 No one thinks OF the
aossibih ty Of putting the farmers on
Ssssalafr feet SO that they viii not have
ssso come to the city borrowing money
assaGh yea. This one project, the using
ssoff a Waste material, might contribute
much toward the wealth OF this
community that a crop failure would
lose most 5of its sting II Is inevitable
II that crop failures viii never be done
IN way with That II, under the present
system or farming In this section q
# the country Diversified farming may
DO q good deal toward this end. but the
ffarrnar win ever have TO keep II mind mind
llae possib iiity of i barren field. The
4 keepers III the city who supply