The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-24

and we should continue to keep 1t
such. We should be equipped to bring
people here from all over the state in
conventions and like meetings, and to
do this we need the proposed building.
It will be good business for us to
build It.
The pamphlet prepared by the
American Legion disposes Of the ar
gument Of high tax increases. The In
creaseS are shown as modest. II prop
crty owners realize this they will sup
port the project. I know, myself re-
alizing the benefit to the city from
the proposed building.
I'VE have to consider not only the
benefit Of obtaining conventions from
over the state: there + also the rec
reational feature and the home shows
Of the year to consider. We should
not be compelled to 60 to Mandan to
stage our automobile show. The city
should have an auditorium in which
this could be staged and the corn and
poultry shows more adequately housed.
Just the Thing for Youth
1.-THE proposed building will have q
swimming pool. Think what that
means during the winter. when the
outdoor po0l can not be used. Here
will be q place for the youngsters of
the city to enjoy this form Of recre-
alton. It also viii provide a place
sufficiently large to house the basket
ball games between the district
schools.
Il do not feel that we are propos-
ing to build too large. That was an
argument when We built the audito-
rum. I feel we should have built a
larger structure. and we oil see that
now. The defeat of the memorial
building project four years ago was
q great disappointment to me at the
time, but I have got over that feeling.
I see TO- that the defeat really was
a piece Of good fortune, as the pro-
posed $4,000 building would have
been too small. We are permitted BY
that defeat to undertake the 500 ,000
building, and that Is the kind we need
for the objects on which the project
is based.
I'VE have grown to the point
where We need this building az
quickly as we can get It. and BY the
American Legion throwing in it,
$4,000 we will have available the
money necessary to put up q structure
Of the size required by our needs
Lions Head For II
II am heartily in favor Of the pro-
posed building" said DR.. r. b
Strauss, president Of the Lions club
I'VE should have had such q building
years ago. Without. 1t, we have beer
letting opportunities pass which coule
have been turned to the advantage
and growth Of our city. We IAN never
expect conventions to come here wher
we lack proper accommodations to en-.
terrain them"
Miesen's Practical Opinion
A.. r. Miesen, county agent, from
holding the poultry show and beinf
connected with the corn and Other
exhibitions, has formed q practica'
opinion about the proposed building
I'VE should, by all means, have
| such q building" he said. There Il
| no longer q question that . city thu
size Of Bismarck Is lacking In . BIZ
civic asset when It Is without Z build.
ing Of the size and cost suggested. Tit
Importance Of our grain and poultry
shows call for an auditorium In which
to stage them properly. That canno'
be done with the present absence o.
show housing facilities. The poultr!
and corn shows Of the past have dem,
onstrated that.
AT present one Of the best feature
Of these grain and other shows relat,
ing to agriculture u entirely lacking
We should have space to house ex'
hibits Of machinery along with tn
grain shows. and Of poultry device
with that show. The proposed build
ing would permit us to add this i'm
portant feature 70 our future shows.
The tribune has . number Of othe
statements on the proposed building
to publish. Some Of them are veg,
striking arguments and they win %
pear in succeeding issues Of tho pape,
The Tribune win be glad to haye tn
views Of others who have not yet beel
seen. no matter on what side the,
have taken . stand. ].