The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-13
To the Schools, Teachers and the
Public.

Public.
/ The Pioneers Association of Bon
Homme county, $. Dak., January, 1908.
/ The first school house erected In the
two Dakotas was built at the village of
Bon Homme, in 1860,
The Pioneers Association of Bon
Homme County is making an effort to
raise by popular subscription the mon
ey necessary to commemorate this
important historical event, by erecting
a suitable monument upon the site of
that building.
Every member Of the association is
deeply interested in kthis undertaking.
and we know that those citizens who
came later and have done their full
share to develop, from the small he
| ginning then made, our present excel
lent public school system, will heartily
cooperate in accomplishing this worthy
object.
| We believe that there is now nowhere
on Dakota soil mo, ument commem-
Grating any important historical event
1t should be source of pride to the
people of Bon Homme county that they
have the opportunity to erect the first
monument of this character, and dedi-
cate 1t to the cause of education.
The teachers and pupils of our pub
lie schools will feel an especial interest
in this matter. They are the natural
leaders in the work of collecting the
necessary funds. They are i'm charge
of the public schools, a splendid organ
ization for this purpose. Through their
| influence the cooperation of every cit
izen of the county can be enlisted.
We ask such teachers to act as COM
mittee to solicit subscriptions, not only
/ from pupils, but from every man and
woman in their district. Keep list of
| every subscriber and send with the
money collected to the secretary, A.
Morgan, Tyndall, where a record will
be made and the funds turned over to
| F f Chladek, treasurer. The name Of
each subscriberSwill be enrolled in the
permanent records of the association.
On receipt of this list certificate will
be issued by the officers of the associa-
ton to each subscriber
While the schools of the county will
gladly take the lead, their efforts can
not be successful without the hearty CO.
operation Of the citizens of the county,
and we ask each person receiving no
tice of this undertaking through the
newspapers or otherwise, to cooperate
with the teachers. Subscribe yourself
and urge your friends to do the same,
and hand the amount, large or small,
to the teacher, or if more convenient
send direct 10 the secretary at Tyndall.
When this monument is erected it
will be gratifying to the people of The
county to know that all our citizens
contributed to its success, and have
been instrumental in recording the fact
for all time, that it was the pioneer set
tiers of Bon Homme county who We're
| the first, in the present great states of
| North and South Dakota, to provide
for the intellectual interests Of their
children and lay the foundation for our
present splendid system of public edu-
| cation.
/ We suggest that contributions from
school children range from 10 cts to 25
cts, and the contributions from other
citizens range from 25 cts to 81. Any
| larger amount, of course will be ac-
ceptable.
In many districts the easiest way to
raise the money would be through an
exhibition or sociable by the school,
which would engage the interest of pa
irons as well as pupils. In this case a
certificate would be issued to each per-
son attending.
There is now in the hands of the
treasurer S1O0. If each teacher in the
county will collect from S5 to SIS, rang
ing in amount with size of school, the
success of this undertaking will be as
sured.
Teachers, school officers, citizens, do
not delay. Start the work at once, and
in a few weeks the necessary money
will be raised to erect monument
that will be credit to the schools and
citizens of Bon Homme county.
GEO. W. SNOW,
President of the Association.
f. A. MORGAN, Secretary.
Rising From the Grave.