Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-04-15

uuC lltlle more TO say. In this Sec
tlon, | would ask your favorable con-
toward establishing rest
room for farmers wives, who come to
bismarck and give us-for a consid-
GRAFTON, to be sure-the best of their
produce; they have nowhere to go to
leave a package nor to rest baby.
In the little book I quoted before,
one was established by certain
circle at Burlington, Ia, which is a
grand success, and it is now almost
on a paying basis of it's own. 1t
sprang from this appeal through the
city press, "Can you not find us de-
cent waiting rooms to offset the easy
comfort of the saloons?' Can we
too, not help our tired sisters? The
clerks could make use of it, too, and
l would that our clerks could have
their summer Saturday afternoons.
We could help to bring this about,
or if not, on some other day. Some
day too, we will look forward to
Young Mems and Women's Christian
association, a powerful agent for
good wherever they so. g.E
And now for the best thing of all
some parks! Or a park, if you
please. There is not, it seems to me,
a place in Bismarck so admirably To-
Gated for this purpose as the Porter
property, just south of this mansion.
Here again doth the cheerful citizen
say that we-the ladies' can dem
onstrate the spirit of the times by
insisting that something might
perhaps be done to secure this COW
eted piece of ground Here we might
go of a summer evening to rest and
to hear the band play; it is central,
accessible to all-the Ell Dorado of
our dreams! And don't gasp, when
I lay before you a plan which is
equalled, only, by one Of Washing
tons campaigns. When thought of
this l lay the matter before two gen
tlemen in whom I had confidence,
and to my surprise it met with warm
favor and cordial support. Here it
is:
Could we not make Mr.. Porter a
proposition that if he would present
the city of Bismarck these lots to be
called Porter Parke," provided that
the city would in turn buy up the re-
mainder of the block, as its share OF
the burden, we, the ladies of Bis
marck would erect therein, as me-
mortal to his distinguished father,
a fountain, or even simple bronze
tablet, upon which should be in
scribed something of his life and gal.
liant services in Custer's command?
Could we not SO place the matter be-
fore Mr.. Porter that we would do his
| father honor, in that we wished his
memory to live? Let us think about
this, long and deeply. Then on the
south corner, would place one Of
those beautiful Carnegie libraries
to be used as club rooms as we'll
| before the generous doner is nc
more. I would call this possession
of the city of Bismarck, and it is
conceded that we have need of it;
the state library surely has it's owr
mission to fill. Then, would rec.
| Ommond tho+ tho b1ooly i,,c% ,o,,+h ~
this be suggested to the government
for the splendid new federal build
ing which we are soon to have-I an
assured, by the next session of con
gress, and possibly in this! The1
would have the school board bu,
the remainder of the block for ;
splendid municipal play ground, sur
rounding the. Will school and tn,
new Methodist church. Oh, these
play grounds which Mrs. Humphr,
Ward has come to America to learn
are splendid things, and we woult
| surely then have beginning toward
Greater Bismarck. would have oul
school grounds wonderful places
equipped with all modern devices TO,
the training of the little men an(
women who will be the power of to
morrow! And I would have taugh
in these schools, manual training
domestic science, fire drills, salutin,
the flag, and in connection, in time
the arts and crafts of the industria
school. Not that I think the tim
has been ripe for these things a
yet-only let us remember that tn
Germany Of today builds for the Ger
many of tomorrow. And in Ger
many, Russia, France, Sweden, Sax
ony and other countries school gar
dening is part of the curriculum
| I would, approaching the north
hav the cabitol grounds beautified b
both city and state, and I know tha
| there is every prospect that some O
our public spirited citizens will he'll
in any scheme that were offered t.
make this in the future, the beaut
spot of the city. It is already lai
out similar to the city of Washing
ton, with four radiating streets, an