The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-28
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This years census shows still greater drift to the
cities by the young people from the country This state
ment is made by the Minneapolis News of Oct 12th The
cause being the lack of opportunity for high class enter
talnment and advantages from social and educational
standpoint The erection of the Memorial Hall out
Lined in Valley City will aid in the keeping Of the young
people the farm With the large auditorium it will
pace within reach such high class entertainments which
ers of the nation may deliver their messages The great
dramatic and musical companies may appear The great
movies may be and the great get together meetings
may be held In the large gymnasium the great athletic
events Of the county and state may staged The school
athletics may be developed by having this great
wherein they may meet In this also may be staged
the county agricultural and industrial exhibits as we'll as
aordng proper for all of the large social gather
ings of the county, Valley City be reached by auto in
an hours drive from any part of the county, good
Portable rest with suitable avatories and toilets
would be provided in this hail. Such rest room for peo-
pe from the county coming in to spend day at the
county seat something badly needed especially for
together with this great building and what may offer to
the young we'll the older people should have tend
ency to keep people with and keep them from
SHALL WE FORGET OUR SOLDIER DEAD
Some why Barnes County should erect Men,
orial Hall.
Inc UreaC w ar is receQng into history. 1t
little while ago that the great conagration was raging
Europe which threatened to burn up the world and
four million of American boys leaving their
homes in Barnes county and elsewhere to go the
ocean to risk their lives to humanity Some of them
did not return, and are lying in nameless graves No
Mans handsome from Barnes county. Are their deeds
vao heroism and self sacrifice to be forgotten here at
home?
In few short years people will hardly remember the
stirring days Of 1917 and 1913 what they meant for the
young manhood Of our nation state and county,
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man mind.
AS Americans, as North Dakotans, as citizens of
Barnes County, to the who went forth from
Barnes County to be soldiers in the Great War; and espec
Tally to the memory of those who made the supreme
rce to that lasting memorial of brick stone or
bronze is erected in their honor to preserve their
and records soldiers, and to teach patriotism to the
coming generation here.
Our last Legislative Assembly, embued by spirit Of
gratitude and of patriotism which does them honor pass
led law authorizing the County Commissioners of the
several counties provide for the erection of suitable
MORALS in each county for the soldiers of the Great War;
The County, Commissioners Of Barnes County have been
among the hrs act under this law, and have passed
resolution submitting the proposition Of the erection of
suitable memorial hall in this county to the voters of the
county at the coming election and you will find it upon
the ballot next Tuesday. a.@.
Upon the old battle fields of the Civil War scattered
over the South Land granite and marble shafts have been
erected by many stat in honor of certain companies and
regiments who fought there in that war; Many of them
objects of great beauty and wrought by noted
]scuptors They of certain purpose but
few people who knew those soldiers have ever seen
such monuments and they Of practical to any
one Very few people from Barnes county will cross
the any the monuments that will be erected
upon the battle fields of Europe.
Our soldier boys of the Great War are entitled to have
i monument here at home in Barnes County
A wise view of the matter would seem to indicate
that such monument should be in the nature of living
memorial something useful to the community and to the
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