The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-13

portuntty which is attracting attention
abroad as well as at home.
Another valuable service ia being
rendered by the school of mines in
its experiments with the clays, lig-
mites, and fuels so abundant in the
state These studies are carried on
Ia the laboratories at the university,
and conclusions are put to practical
working test at the new mining ex-
pertinent station at Hebron. The fine
pottery clays and the commercial pos
sibilities Of the br1quetting and gas
production already being carried on
are probably but little appreciated by
the majority OF the people Of the state
but brought to successful isues they
would mean greatly increased wealth
and prosperity.
The public health laboratory, con-
nected with the college Of medicine
at the university, is doing a work OF
|incalculable benefit 1t affords safe
guard for the public health, and the
services of the laboratory are offered
freely to the physicians Of the state.
Examinations OF pathological tissues,
waters, foods and bodily secresons
are made without charge.
Two agencies under the direction of
members of the university faculty are
the State Historical society and the
State Geological survey. In Connection
with its special research work. the
historical society preserves q complete
file OF all the newspapers of the state.
which are bound and kept in easily
accessible form. This collection is Of
special interest to the citizens of the
new. rapidly growing towns in the
western part of the state. The papers
now received number 800 or more
There is also a reference library OF
several thousand and selected volumes
on North Dakota and northwestern
history The museum of the same So
ciety Is treasury OF historic collec-
lions OF the well known tribes of the
state-the Mandans, the Hidatsa and
the Arikara. The collections repre-
senttng the two former tribes are
unique, being the only one In existence.
It's value increases with time and is
constantly enhanced by additions from
the annual field work and surveys of
Indian village sites. The material thus
preserved would otherwise have been
lost or destroyed.
The annual reports, the third of |
which is now in preparation, contain |
maps Of chief village cites, diaries, |
logs, and reports on the results of ex-
tended Investigations.
A State Association of Historic /
teachers has been organized as a Sec
ton of the State Educational asso /
citation. The object is to stimulate
interest in local history and loyalty |
to state interests as well as to cult |
vate more intelligent interest In |
proper methods of teaching history |
Free illustrated lectures are provided
wherever called for, the purpose being
to increase popular knowledge and In
terest. Through the work of this So
ctety North Dakota is being spared the
inestimable loss that older common
wealths have suffered in having these
priceless records of earlier times for
ever effaced through delay and neglect.
An agency no less useful In the de-
Of the state is the geological
survey Its purpose is to investigate
the natural resources af the state.
such as coal, clays, cement materials.
building stone and underground
waters. Five annual reports have been
Issued, OF which the last four are still
available. The only expense ifs the
cost Of postage necessary to carry the
volume to the reader. Vol. III deals
with the Ignite deposits of the state;
Vol. III with Ignite and it's relation
10 irrigation; Vol. w with the North
Dakota clays; and Vol v includes an
article on Ignite coal an exhaustive
treatment of the cements, and an ac-
count Of the state. These reports are
" great value to any one either in
possession Of the natural materials or
in their development
In our own state 1t is apparent that
lot all the able, the alert, the annbit-
GUS young men and women can have
he advantages Of residence at the uni
versity for four or more years. Scores
lesire the privileges but the expense
nd time required bar the way Some
Il the most able and ultimately pro .
lJctive may not yet have Caught the ,
timulus. 1t is to serve these people,
o enlarge the states productive class
" stimulating and drawing out its
atent ability, that the extension work i,
, being undertaken
Again, scattered throughout the
tate and found in nearly every COM :
nunfty are those who desire to be- !
ONE better informed along some Gull !,
ural line. Some of the larger and
most real satisfactions OF life are :
ound up with thus extending their :
ulture, and yet no systematic agency !
or this Is to be found IN their COM
aunity. 1t 10 regarded as the Iegiti- !
aate function OF q state school sys-
am to furnish this knowledge and !
raining. In default OF the existence
these educational agencies In var
BUS communities, and SIS supplement-
ag the work OF agencies now existing :
ut which are restricted IL compass
nd standards, the university under
axes to meet this great need. In un- :
ertaking to do tlliE It aspires to :.
ealiza the newer and higher idaad n4 9