The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-28

raised by taxation in four years, $780,
600 year. This may look like large
sum, but it will amount to only 80
cents year on each thousand dollars
Of taxable property in Barnes county.
Is there any voter in Barnes County
owing thousand dollars worth of tax
able property, who hasn't patriotism
and gratitude enough in his heart to
be willing to pay 80 cents year for
four years for such q purpose?
Management
It will be built by the county un-
der the direction Of the Board Of Coun-
ty- Commissioners, and will at all
times be under the management and
control Of the Board ofCounty Com
missioners, board which will be
composed mostly of farmers in the fu-
ture, the same as in the past, and it
is needless to say that the manage
ment will always be in the interest of
all Of the people Of the county and
that no clique or faction in any Of the
towns will have any control over it.
Upkeep
While a considerable part of the
use of the building-for the soldiers
nature be free, there will be a
certain amount of income from shows
and entertainments of a private ma
ture, and it is believed that the income
from such source will be sufficient for
the upkeep of the building, and that
the only expense to the taxpayers will
be the initial cost.
While most of the towns Of Barnes
County have local halls or assembly
rooms sufficient for purely local pur-
poses, there is great need for large
auditorium in the county, sufficient
for the largest attractions on the
road, BY reason of our location on the
main lines of two transcontinental
railroads between the Twin Cities and
the Coast, we would have no difficulty
to secure such attractions if we had
an auditorium large enough for them.
In this era Of good roads and auto
mobiles, such an auditorium located
near the center of the county,. would
serve the people Of the entire county.
With such an auditorium here, the
people of Barnes County young and
old would not have to go to Minneapo-
lis or Chicago to see or hear some
thing really good in the entertainment
line, but could see and hear the best
things on the road right in their own
county. One of the worst evils of our
present day is the fact that so many
of our young people are leaving the
farms and small towns and going to
the large cities. They want to see
what is going OH in the world-to see
and hear the best things-and who
can blame them. If the boys and girls
of Barnes County could see and hear
the best there is to be seen and heard
right here in their own county, don't
you think they would feel little bet
ter satisfied and more contented to 4
stay n Barnes County?
Agriculture will always be the chief
object of interest in Barnes County.
Great interest is already manifested in
the work of our boys and girls farm
clubs, in connection with the rural
schools throughout the county. This
is destined to grow and
become matter Of much greater in.
terest than it is now. They need for
this work large building centrally To-
Gated for the annual exhibits and ex-
ercises, place large enough so that
the people from all over the county
can come in, and see what the boys
and girls from the different parts Of
the county are doing along this line. 4
The proposed memorial hall would be
just, the place that is needed for this.
Grain growers and stock growers
are bound to be important /;
factors in the future of our State.