Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-16
INVITED ROOSEVELT.
Editor Winship Invited Gov. Roose.
welt to be Present at G. A. r.
Reunion,

Editor Winship Invited Gov. Roose.
welt to be Present at G. A. r.
Reunion.
A Grand Forks item says Hon.
George B. Winship has just returned
from a trip to A4oany, N. Y, where he
vent as a representative of the G. A.
H., Spanish war veterans, Philippine
veterans, and citizens of Grand Forks
to bear to Gov. Roosevelt an invita-
ton to be present at the G. A. R. re-
union which is to be held here on
July 4. While unsuccessful in this
Mr.. Winship was accorded a most cor
dial reception by Governor Roosevelt,
and brougnt from him warm greetings
to the people of North Dakota. Mr..
Wlnship needed no other introduction
to the governor than the announce
ment that he was from North Dakota,
a state upon which the great Rough
Rider looks as, in a sense, his early
home. Gov. Roosevelt spoke of the
days, only a few years ago, when he
himself was a North Dakotan, when
the ranch was familiar to him
than the streets of New York, and
when he took part in the work and the
play of the western plains with a zest
and e~arnestness equal to that of n
cowboy. This was at a period. in
young Roosevelt's life when the boy
was developing into the man, and
there is no doubt that the wild life of
the plains had a material influence in
developing in the young man the
force, energy and directness which
nave since characterized him. Whether
or not Mr.. Roosevelt ever becomes
president North Dakotans will always
regard him as in some degree a pro-
duct of their soil and climate.
Gov. Roosevelt was greatly pleased
to receive an invitation from his
western friends to visit them, but was
compelled to decline as he has engage
ments for all summer which make it
impossible for HIM to accept any more
invitations. He expects to visit Min
neapolis on the occasion of the meet
ing of the republican league, but be-
yond this he will make no western
trip this year, unless sent out to do
campaign work by the national COM
mittee.
Postmaster Bulge has also just re-
turned from Washington, where he
went to confer with the department
with reference to the appointment of
another clerk for the Grand Forks
postof1ce, the work here having be-
come entirely too heavy for the pres
ent force. Upon his representations
it was decided to appoint another clerk,
and the selection will be made soon.
Another object which MI. Bulge had
In view was to secure the support of
tho North nolyNfo 1o11~o&i~- :nra~-
gress for the bill appropriating money
to be expended for the support of min
ing schools in the various states and
territories. This bill, which was in
troduced by Representative Montell,
provides for the appropriation before
the end of the next fiscal year, of the
sum of $4,000 for the support of
schools of mines and metallurgy and
for the increase of this sum by an ad-
dition of $1,000 each year until the
total annual appropriation reaches
$25,OOO. This money is to he taken
from the receipts from sales of public
lands.
Mr.. Bulge was particularly inter-
ested in this bill because at the univer-
sity Of North Dakota, Of which he is a
trustee, a mining school has been in
successful operation for some time,
and. though hampered by lack of funds,
it has done splendid work in the de-
velopment of the mineral of
the state. Through the work of this
school information has been obtained
which has led to the partial develop
ment Of the great ignite coal beds of
the state, and enough has been done
to show that the state has in these coal
beds almost fnexhaustible supplies of
fuel which will adj millions of dollars
to the wealth of the state. From the
same PURGE came the information
which led to the establishment of the
Pembina cement works and the Dick
inson pressed brick works, and the
work of the school has scarcely yet be-
gun. The appropriation proposed in
the bill will give needed aid to Just
such institutions as that of North Da-
kota. A curious incident connected
with the bill is the fact that though it
so intimately concerns the interests OF
North Dakota, not a member Of the
delegation from this state was ap-
preached on the subject or knew any
thing about it until it had been re-
ferred.