View Point - Letters to the Editor

EDITOR: This is a message to the people of Traill County.
There’s a cemetery at the old Poor Farm in Caledonia, N.D..
I called the landowner to gain access to the cemetery so that I could stake it out and find old grave markers.
The landowner didn’t even know there was a cemetery there and denied me access.
I lived neighbor to the Poor Farm 1938 to 1957, so I am well acquainted with the cemetery.
Now it is forgotten and nobody gives a damn.
Traill County buried these people and now should be responsible for the cemetery.
Call your county commissioners.

Merlin Koppang
West Fargo, N.D

EDITOR: After reading last week’s report on the Traill County Commission meeting in which the Home Rule Committee provided their preliminary recommendations, I thought it worth the time to evaluate . . .
Among others, there were two key points brought to the commissioners for consideration — the first is whether our commissioners should be elected by district or by the county at large. The second is whether our current elected offices should continue as elected officials or if they should be appointed. Both of these items were quickly dismissed by our commissioners — the decision being that things should be left alone. (more…)