The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-12-30

think an auto and driving club would
be good thing. Make the member
ship dollar year and let the Asso-
citation of Commerce or the city or
county handle the money to the best
30 'ontage in building good roads. The
r. rom the south, leading past the
pco, 1arm ought to be extended direct
into the city over the viaduct. Without
a great deal of cost, a four per cent
grade could be made" e
S. j. RASMUSSEN: "Things are
coming so fast that it is hard to sug-
gest much. A lot of machinery con-
Germs are planning on coming to Mi
not next year to make this city a
great distributing point. l think it
will be well to be on the lookout and
reach out for anything that will make
this greater jobbing center"
FRANK HOEY, manager Temple
Court Billiard Parlors: "Give US more
paving and do a great deal more grav-
cling. The road to the cemetery ought
to be graveled. It is always in fierce
shape in the spring"
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J. GOLDBERG, of the Minot Dept.
Store: "Make Minot better market
ing center than it is now. Our farm
ers are diversifying and they raise a
vast lot of products. We ought to be
able to give them ready market the
year around for anything they hap
pen to bring in."
JOHN HANAFORD, Valley Meat
Market: "First of all, give the farm
ers place to hitch their horses. We
used to have hitching posts but these
were all torn down. Farmers are not
allowed to tie their horses to the tel
ephone poles. If we don't furnish
them decent place, we don't deserve
their trade"
PETER VANDENOEVER, commits
sioner from first district: "Advertis-
ing the resources of this section of the
state should be one of our main OBJ
jects. Getting more good farmers to
occupy the thousands of acres of un-
titled land will do wonders for Minot
and every town in this section. AS a
member of the board of county COM
missioners, will be glad to work
hand in hand with the Association of
Commerce. Go after conventions.
Help to make the coming Equity con-
vention great success. Build mills
in the county and grind our own stuff.
Stop the freight and you will soon pay
for the mills"
B. J. ANDERSON, chairman board
of county commissioners: "Improve
our main highways Build a state
highway as has been done in Minneso-
ia: = think the commissioners should
work on building main roads. and then
take up the side roads, later. Give us
better street lighting in the outer
edges of the city" 4 i f...t..tl " =.
| III. S. JOHNSON, manager Rogers
Lumber Co.: "Build brick and ce-
ment products factory. Minot had a
good brick factory during the early
days. Many Of the earlier buildings
were made Of Minot brick and l notice
they are still standing. We have some
fine clay around b heTs." r
| GEO. STATE, manager Scofeld I'M
plement Co.: "Pull together and work
like-blazes. Put up some hitchine
posts for the farmers. 1t would not
do any harm to put some iron posts
along our cement sidewalks"
R. W. DUVALL, harness dealer:
"More paving"
FRED ROWATT, harness maker:
"Go ahead with the work on the boule-
wards that was started last summer.
| Several boulevards were seeded down
but / notice that the weeds were al
lowed to grow"
C. A. GROW, of the Grow Clothing
Co.: Business men should trade with
each other. We are often too thotless
and there are certain cases where bust
ness men have sent away for their
needs, when they should have left
their money with their brother mer-
chant. When they do this, they are
only kicking the bricks out from un-
der their own foundations and were
we all to do this, our castles would
lar we possibly can in Minot. This
away for their printed matter. Let's
| hcCp JUL IIOIcy Ill MlIlOL dIlu UuAu
up our own institutions. Were we all
to do this our city would be much
larger. More people would be employ
ed here and we would more than make
up what little we might save-if in
deed we can save anything-by send
ing out of town for our needs"
FRANKLIN KAUFMAN, adver-
tising manager Minot Optic Reporter
and publisher of the North Dakota
Retailer and Trade Reporter: "Mer-
chants of Minot and of the entire. state
for that matter should perfect their
organizations. Too much attention
cannot be paid to credits. It's a well
known fact that merchants have to
make an allowance for bills they can
never collect. Cut out the deadbeats
and we will all get the benefit in re-
duced prices"
JOHN WALL1N: ~ speak as a
farmer. I would like to see canning
factory and believe that with the pro-
per encouragement, farmers would
! Tho o,.oyc IN p1orfy