Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-03
WHAT They Il: SAY 81 !

on "A ScllOOl ICdSiiSi I'll
to know that the house today killeu
Senator Shapes bill requiring school '''t,l
boards to plant, protect and cultivate Itl'';a
trees and shrubs around the scn f,.'l
houses. In my opinion this is one OF the Z
worst pieces of work the Legislature. has s5
done this winter if we are to take INTO /
consideration the training Of the chlld,s !
mind in lines other than the bare arg ones rp
they get out of the school books. 4 /. am am.
perfectly sure there are not dozen
teachers in the state who would not de-
light to foster in the children love Of
trees, piece of nature that many II, OF y:
the children ten years of age in some
sections of the state never saw. \ he
excuse that the trees could not be att
tended to is farcical and it seems to me
unworthy of men sent here to pass laws
for our state 1t is true that for the first
season it might possibly cost ten dollars
to care for the trees after they were
purchased; they would need no care
after that. Now, how much of a tax
would that be to each individual? The.
cost is not worth talking about when
the added attractiveness of the school
grounds and the effect the trees would
have upon the children is taken into
consideration 1t has been often res
marked that the barren, God-forsaken
appearance of our school houses causes
very unfavorable comment on the part
of everyone who sees them for the first
time. And there is no good reason for
it. 1t is said many of our farmers will
spend hundreds of dollars upon improv-.
ing his cattle and horses, but when it
comes to doing anything to make life.
bright or to uplift the minds of their
children they at once exclaim that they
can't afford it! i There is not a town in
the state where the school grounds are
ret more or less improved by having
trees around them and the grounds
made attractive, and if were farmer
would be ashamed to have it said that
I could not do what the city people do
in this respect have taught in many
country districts and in most Of them I
found the same apathy on the subjectzof
making the schools attractive have
marveled at it, but never thought it
| would go so far as to defeat bill of
this kind, and it seems to me the house
has shown perversion of ideas on the
subject which is not at all creditable to
the, state. File on you.
e. r. Steinbreuck: beg to correct
an error in yesterdays Tribune. The
quarter sections of Is and SO, town
ship 144, range "a, were secured for
the North Dakota State Historical
Society by our own legislature, to
which. body wished to express my
thanks. H.. Z.
Through the efforts of Congress-
men Hon. Hansbrough and Hon. Gron-
ma, both on committee on public lands,
a more valuable ancient Mandan VII
lage site will become the property Of
the North Dakota State Historical
Society by exchange for U. s.. lands
granted to the society by act Of con-
gress. That ancient Mandan village
site was found by Lewis and Clark,
abandoned twenty years previous to
their visit in 1904. 1t is full Of pre-
historic relics in deposits as deep as
10 to II feet under ground. We will
be happy now in keeping pilferers
off OF these sacred grounds, protected
by law.