The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1912-11-16
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Enterprises tor City. Wants
People to Use What
They Have.
A large number of citizens were at
the Commercial Club rooms Saturday
evening to meet James C. Young of
Minneapolis who was spending Q week
in the city looking after his extensive
property interests in this locality. A
smoker had been arranged. with Mr..
Young as the guest of honor. and busi-
ness men and others were glad to meet
informally for visit and business talk
for few hours.
President W. L. Richards spoke Of
the $500 donation MIR. Young had made
to the Club. his gift of 500 volumes of
valuable books to the public library.
and the 25-acre park in the northwestern
portion of the city, all of which he was
sure the people appreciated.
MI. Young related some of his expert
ences during the past 36 years in the
Northwest. He was pioneer and as
early as 1882 was transacting real estate
business at Bismarck. This was dur
Ing the capitol location boom. For
many years the gentleman was townsite
agent for the Milwaukee and other rail-
roads and on account of this experience
he is in possession of valuable infor-
nation regarding the workings of these
great corporations of the country.
Mr.. Young has spent 50, 900 and many
weeks of valuable time in getting an
accurate analysis of the clays and other
natural resources so abundant in this
territory, and he is confident that in
time it will become very profitable to
work these products. He thinks that at
the present time there should be num-
Der of manufacturing industries that
could be successfully started. 1t was
his suggestion, and good one too,
that committee of two or three men
take up the work of finding out what in
dustries would be best suited to this
section at this time. After these things
have been found out beyond question,
Mr.. Young stands ready to help finance
the enterprises decided upon.
Regarding north and south railroad.
Mr.. Young said that was one of the
needful things. and he was sure thai
Dickinson would get the road in time.
Sometimes these things come slowly.
he said. He is great believer in de-
veloping what we have at hand anc
would not sit idly waiting for the
second road.
If Dickinson increases the brick man.
ufacturing and gets few more indus.
tries for the employment of labor, then,
he argued, that the railroads will surely
find they need our city. If the place
was a little larger Mr.. Young thought
F.. it would be wise to hire an experienced
man to look after the development Of
new industries, but he said the Com.
mercial Club could not afford the expen
diture now and it would naturally fall
upon a few public spirited citizens t
give much of their time eratuitously ii
getting new industries started.
Mr.. Young is great believer in wha1
he terms one man power. One mar
with good loyal supporters can do won
ders. The sending of delegation tt
St. Paul or Chicago to meet railroat
officials. in his opinion, does no.
amount to much. II is always a goot
thing 10 meet these officials. 1t is alst
a good thing to work with the officials
as far as possible. In the first place
have definite aim to work for and by
all means follow it up and get the vari'
GUS propositions in black and white.
To make this plain, Mr.. Young SAID
that he went into the Northern Pacific
office at St. Paul just before coming ou
here to find out something about oul
subway on Third avenue west aud he
found to his surprise that the company
had nothing on record regarding the
matter later than 1908. At this rate Mr..
Young did not think that Dickinson
would get a subway very soon. He
secured in writing a tentative PROPOSE.
tion from the company. and now it /.
up to the city to figure out what they
think is right in the matter and put
this proposition in writing. the only
form in which the company will b
likely to recognize it. E&ss8S
James G. Young is q man who can d
ereat deal for the city and he is yer,
WILLING to join hands with our people IL
any stable manufacturing industry
He does not wish to invest his none!
in or to aid In an experimental project
Now it Is up to the people who liv'
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