The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-23

school buildings erected at q cost Of
$225,OOO supply the educational re-.
quirements Of the city. A municipal.
light and power plant furnish the resi-
dents with ~ hour service. Light is
supplied at q cost of 1Oc per X. W.
hour and power is furnished for SC pei
k. W. with 2OGS reduction on
amounts in excess Of 100 k. w. A
beautiful white way adorns the mali.
streets of the city. This with mod
ern up-to-daEe sewerage system gives
the residents every convenience enjoy
ed in any city. Some 1872 new dwell
ing houses have been erected and q
large number Of office and business
blocks have been built since the Com
munity spirit became prevalent. The
fire department of Lakefeld is housed
in comfortable two story structure,
the equipment occupying the first floor
while the upper floor contains club
rooms and sleeping quarters for the
members. A municipal band of 80
pieces gives regular weekly concerts
on Wednesday evenings, all business
houses being closed and the evening
given over to visiting and amuse-
ments. To show the complete har-
imony which prevails between the citi.
zens Of the town and the farmers,
Mr.. Clark remarked that II members
of the band were farmers. The ac-
Invites Of the Community Association
are under the direction and super.
vision of Is committees and a board
of 10 directors, the directors of course,
being the court of last resort. He
mentioned the activities of the 'Civics
committee in particular. This COM
mittee is made up entirely of women
They supervise the identifying of the
city and the sanitation of both the city
and the adjacent farming community.
Garbage and waste are looked after
most carefully. Cans for the col
lection of waste being placed at all
street corners and unsightly litter,
paper and refuse of all kinds that
would mar the beauty of the thoro-
fare and endanger the health of the
citizens are cared for. The sanitation
of Lakefield is so perfect that dur.
ing the recent epidemic of influenza
out of total of 482 cases there wers
but 8 deaths.
The machinery of this grand COM
munity scheme is so perfectly ad-
iusted that not alone in Lakefield but
in three other civic centres in Jackson
county that in Red Cross drives, Lib
erty Loan campaigns, Savings Stamp
drives, and all other activities con-
nected with the war no special ar
engagements were made, but all were
handled comparatively and in record
breaking time. jackson county was
surpassed by only one other county
in the United States in the amount
of Red Cross work turned into state
The county which took
the lead was a county in Montana
Surrounding counties were troubled
with people who were dsiloyal and
with conditions but not
so in Jackson county. Gilbert, VIII"
was convicted of disloyalty made his
greatest mistake by supposing that
two good German farmers in Jackson
county would give willing ear to his
outbursts Of disloyal charges agains:
the government and it was upon their
evidence that the traitor was con-
victed
The association is non sectarian
and favOrs no portugal party. The
only movement savoring of politics
with which they have ever been Men-
titled was during the recent cam
;paign for statewide prohibition, whei.
they all boosted for the "Drys''. Now
that the state has gone dry they are
engaged in working opt plan to
provide club rooms or places OF
amusement that will supply the places
so long filled by the saloons.
AS result probably of the ideas
which have grown out Of the Com
munity movement, which taught them
the advantages of cooperation, three
of the leading Protestant churches iii
Lakeield, the Methodists, the Bap-
lists and the Presbyterians have dis
posed of their church properties and
combined their support and influence
in one church building which will be
erected this coming summer at cost