The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-11-23
hRC2- my OF LAND
CRATER WINS HONOR
FOR PUBLIC FIDELITY
Educational Meeting Unveils
Statue to Savior Of Public
School Lands.

Madison, S. u, Nov. 2Q.-uundrea:
! OF educators and other prominent resi-
dent of the state win gather during The
ANNUAL meeting of the South Dakota
Educational association. to be held a
Pierre the last week of November. fol-
the purpose OF paying tribute to Gen
William II, TT. Beadle. who is generally
known as the father of the educational
system of South Dakota.
Believing that it is better to homo.
Il man While he is yet living than to
wait until he has passed away, a move
mcnC was inaugurated a year or two
ago 10 provide a statute of Genera!
Beadle for erection in the new state
capitol at Pierre. Funds We're con-
tTtbuted by the school children of tbs
etate. The statue was completed re-
Gently. and during the meeting of the
state educational association it will be
dedicated with elaborate ceremonies,
in which the state officers and numer-
Gus other prominent residents of South
Dakota will participate. The distin-
guishcd educator in whose honor the
statue is to be unveiled will himself
be ono of those present,
Schools Great Patrirnony.
Through his foresight it is assured
that the permanent school fund of the
state viii ultimately amount to be-
t"ecn $50, SOS, UG0 ami $500, 900, 900. Tho
interest on the permanent school fund,
which is constantly growing, goes to
the support of the public schools of tho
stale, and this has already reached
such proportions as to very materially
contribute toward the support of thu
schools. The interest is twice each
year distributed among the various
schools Of the state.
When South Dakota adopted it's con-
stitution the land spectators were much
in evidence and sought by various
means to have q clause inserted in thd
state constitution fixing the value of
the school lands at SIS an acre. During
those trying times. when the most far
seeing craftsmanship was required to
preserve to the people their school
lands, General Beadle came to the res
cue and made the fight in their be-
half.
General Beadle's Campaign.
He travelled all owe the Dakotas on
foot and on horseback, addressing au-
dlnces here and there and impressing
upon the people the Importance of care
fully safeguarding their rights lest they
be stolen from them. His earnestness
public conscience. and. after q bitter
fight, General Beadle, and those he
had enlisted in the fight, succeeded in
getting the school and endowment land
section inserted in the body of the
state constitution.
This fixed the minimum value of all
these lands at $40 per acre. General
Beadle was afterward twitted by skep-
tics for maintaining that a part of
the former so-called great American
desert could yer be worth this sum.
But not more thar 20 years had elapsed
when a part of these lands sold readily
at more than $40 an acre.
Increment for Schools.
Through the foresight IF General
Beadle the increase in the value Of
these lands was SAVED FOR the benefit
OF the public schools of the state irl-
stead of going into the pockets of spec
ulators. as would have been the casa
had they been permitted to get pos
session of the land at the low figure
at which they wished to be valued
when the constitution of the state was
being drafted.
The stand of General Beadle in h
matter, his victory and his fame as, a
leader attracted the attention of the
officials of the United States at Wash
5ngton, and he was warmly commended
by Hon. Carl Schurz, then secretary of
the interior, for his stand and success
in saving the school lands of the new
state.
1t is a significant fact and a testi-
monial to his wisdom that seven otter
states which have since been admitted
to the union of states have embodied
in their constitutions but slight aliera-
lions of the school land provision writ.
ten into the South Dakota constitu-
ton by General Beadle.
Biographical.
William Henry Harrison Beadle was
born January l. 1888. in Parke county,
Ind. In 1867 he engaged in the prac-
tice of law at Evansville, Ind. The
following year he removed to Boscobel,
Wis. where he practiced law for two
years. Later in 1869 he was appointed
surveyor general for the territory of
Dakota. taking up his residence in
what is now South Dakota n residing
in his adopted territory and state up ~
the present time. Since coming to Da.
kota he has held other positions Oh
trust, and during his eventful career
always has taken a keen interest in
educational affairs.
SUPERINTENDENT sToMER's
FARMERS INSTITUTE DATES
P~lankinton, S. D., Nov. 20.-H. H.
Stoner, superintendent of farmers in
stitutes has assigned the following
dates tor meetings, arrangements for
which are thus far made. Other dates
may be arranged by communicating
with the superintendent.
Pukwana, November 21-22; Plankin-
ton, November 1928; Mt. Vernon, No
velnber, 1924; Woonsocket, November
24-25; Washington Springs, November
27-2S; Wolsey. November 2S-29; Miller.
December 1-2; Highnaore, December A.
s; Onida, December, 5-6; Gettysburg.
December 6-7; Faulkton, December 4
Sd, Redfleld, December 11-12-13;
Hitchcock, December 1914; Crandell.
December 14-15; Condo, December Is
le; Mellette, December 1919; North
vile, December 1920; Chamberlain
December 20-21; C~reshard. December
20-2l; Carlisle, December 21-a2: ms
wich, December 1923; Selby. Deem
Der, 1921; Iroquois, December 27-2S:
Carthage, December 1929.
TlMlD GAME AND SNOW
DlSAPPOlNT HUNTERS
Deadwood. S. D., Nov. 2o.-Deer
hunters returned from the woods OF
the, Black Hills complain Of Door
sport, because of deep snow In the
mountains and the temerity Of the
male deer.
HuSoN-cRAMBERLAIN ROUTE