Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-03-04

carry on contest to see who can
spit the farthest, and oftenest and
the most. We made personal and
league effort for the preservation of
Falls. kilograms and many
letters We're sent from Valley City
to Secretary Taft. We have placed
waste baskets, with covers, on the
trees in the parks. In January,
1907, Mrs. White served beautiful
ly appointed dinner to the members
and ex-members of the executive
committee. In February we held a
joint meeting with the Commercial
club in regard to holding a NUM-
cipal and civic convention in the city
in June. An effort was made to pre-
vent the pollution of the river water
by letting the waste water charged
with chemicals run into the river.
The league gave $40 to buy supplies
for the primary grades of the public
schools. We were criticised some
what for this act, but if it was a
mistake it was of the head and not
of the heart. We meant well. In
June, 1907, in conjunction with the
State Municipal league, we sent in
vitations to the president of the Fed
Grated clubs and the municipalities
of North Dakota, to send delegates
to meet with us in convention. We
had most interesting convention,
with some most excellent speeches
and papers. Rev. Caroline Bartlett
Crane of Kalamazoo gave a most de-
lightful lecture on civic improve
ment, illustrated with lantern slides,
which were fine, and held her audi
ences entranced for more than two
hours.
Mr.. M. o. Nelson, park commits
sioner of Minneapolis, gave one of
the finest addresses of the covnen-
ton; his stereoptiocn views were
numerous and unusually fine. The
secretary read a paper written by
Mr.. Fred Midsummer of st. Paul,
superintendent of the departments
of parks, on city improvement. F..
M. Dolan of st. Paul, president of
the 8th and 18th Wards Improve
ment association, was present and in
vited to address the convention. He
was unique, in that he represented a
league whose members were men!
All men! $50 strong! The Com
mercial club gave the league 500
to be used in paying the joint ex-
penses of the convention. We paid
SIS for the use of the armory. 1t
was arranged by the league that the
county commissioners be asked to
appoint five women to act with five
women from the league, as a board
Of supervisors of the woman's de-
partment of the county fair. Your
president and secretary very reluct-
antly consented to act as COM
mittee to visit the city council and
ask that two bills be allowed by the
city-a bill of $11.65, for street
cleaning, prior to the convention,
and Spills for new garbage cans.
The greatest courtesy was shown
this committee and the bills were
promptly allowed, and there were
some words of praise for our league
work, that were appreciated. We
could not but wonder if they had
guessed how we were suffering from
stage fright and were trying to re-
assure us. The streets and alleys
committee has done an excellent
worke in these two years. 1t is rath-
er discouraging to find the papers,
fruit skins, etc., collecting SO soon
after the street has been cleaned,
but it may be that patience and per-
severance will at last be rewarded.
The park committee have done good
on trees, table for
picnicrs, new closets with whitewash
and brush to keep them clean. The
of the merry go-round
gave us their receipts for one even
ing, netting us 1896. The county
house committee has been untiring