The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-04-03
Wahpeton Is Recognized as the
Biggest Little City in the Northwest

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many other government, state,
county, city, corporation and pri-
vate improvements have contridu-
ted largely to the splendid up-to-
date appearance of the city.
An appropriation has been
made and plans are complete for
the Improvement of beautiful
city park, situated south of the
Great Northern tracks, between
the high school building and the
Richland county fair grounds.
Work will be commenced upon
this tract of land this spring, and
plans are being made for the inn
provement of Island park, one of
Tie city's beauty spots near the
junction of the two streams that
torn the Red river.
Wakpeton is we'll populated
with Well-to-do retired farmers
end it, is a city of home owners.
Flans are now being formulated
by the Commercial club for the
Organization of a building COM
pany that will erect many splen-
did new apartment houses to meet
the constant demand of the city's
rapid increasing population.
An Educational Center
North Dakota's splendid cduca-
G"nal advantages are recognized
az onetof the states greatest as
sets. Wahpeton shares in the
credit for the development of
these splendid educational fea-
tures. The city schools, both th.
public and parochial, the state
Science school, the government
Indian school, the religious
schools and all institutions of
learning within the city are dis
inctly D credit to the place.
The eity's public school system
,ineli,elsslf u flne high school and a
graded school under, the superin-
tendency of Prof. Earl Sweet. Five
hundred pupils attended the pub
lie schools, 1876 of whom are in
the high school. The Catholic
school has an attendance of 40
pupils.
Wahpeton also has a Norweg-
ian bible school, and its students
attracted from all over the north
west, rcceiv esplendid training.
The indian School
The government has expended
approximately $4,000 upon the
Wahpeton Indian school, and i'm
provements this summer will in
clude the erection of a $4,000 hos
pital in connection.
The school is under the sup
crintendency of James B. Royce,
and he is assisted in conducting
the institution by 81 employees.
The present enrolment is about
$50 students, representing the
Turtle Mountain, Fort Berthold,
Standing Rock, White Earth,
Leach Lake, Cass Lake and Sisse-
ton reservations. Four students
are from the state of Wisconsin.
The course of study includes
graded work up to and Including
the English now is the time fora
the eighth grade and practical
branches are featured. The In
dian boys are taught the in
dustrial branches including farm
ing, dairying, cerpentery, etc.,
while the Indian girls prove apt
students Of the domestic sciences.
The students farm a tract Of $50
acres of land and last year the
products from this land were
valued at more than $4,000.
superintendent Royce has been
with the institution about year,
and within that time the enroll
ment has about doubled. Two
hundred students will be enrolled
within the next few months. The
Indian youngsters are fond Of all
kinds Of sports, and the school,
affords one Of the best gymnas-
iums in the state. Football, base
ball, basketball and other forms
of athletic activity are favored.
and a great deal Of splendid ma
terial is found and developed at
the school. The school also boasts
of q fine band Of 21 pieces, in
cluding some very good musi-
ians.
State Science School
The North Dakota State School
of Science was provided for by the
convention which framed the con-