Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-02
WILL DESIGNATE STATE CURA-
TOR.

TOR.
A meeting of the members of the
| State Historical Society has been
called in Grand Forks on Thursday,
November 4, by Secretary Libby. AT
this meeting the election of a curator
or caretaker OF the society property
will be held to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of H. C. Fish.
1t is learned that Mrs. M. II. Jewell
of Bismarck is a candidate for the po-
| sition and there are scores of friends
of both herself and late husband. Edi-
tor Jewell, who would DE pleased to
see her appointed. The appointment
will be peculiarly appropriate from
the fact that in the early days
the State Historical Society was prac'
tically organized andrput on it's feet
by Mr.. Jewell, assisting a number OF
p~ublic-spiritedi women Of the Capital
City in starting the small organization
that has since grown to be an import
ant institution for preserving the re-
cords and collecting the historical in
formation regarding the state. Mrs.
Jewell is we'll qualified for the posi-
ton by experience and knowledge,
and her appointment would be graft
flying to thousands of citizens Of the
state.-Jamestown Alert.
MRS. m. H.JEWELL FOR CURATOR
Secretary Libby Of the State His
torical Society has called a meeting
OF the organization at Grand Forks on
Nov. 4 for the purpose Of electing a
curator to fill the vacancy caused by
appointment of III. C. Fish to the head
OF the Department. of history of the
Minot. Normal school. Mrs, M. II.
Jewell of Bismarck is a candidate for
the position, and the 5Optic-Reporter
joins thousands of people in all parts
of the state in urging. her appoint
ment. There is not only sentiment
but sense in the selection Mira. Jew
ell was one of the founders of the or
ganization. She with other ladies
years ago established the Ladies' His
torical Society of Bismarck, which
later became the state organization.
For years she was personally inter-
ested in it's development. and her late
husband was, until the time Of his
death a few years ago, its vice-presi-
dent. Both he and Mrs. Jewell contri-
buted largely to the success of the so.
ciety in the early. daystwhen it's path
way was not strewn with roses. MIR.
Jewell secured the. first appropriation
fem the state for the society.
There is no better qualified person
for the position than Mrs. Jewell. She
is a woman of splendid ,endowments
and scholarly requirements. She has
given much study to the historical
features of the state and is an author
ity on any matters connected with its
early history. She does not have to
ask anyone about the early history Of
North Dakota. She has lived through
it. Her husband was for thirty years
the editor of the Bismarck Tribune,
and as a newspaper a was practi-
cally the recording secretary of the
state. He journalized it's history.
Mrs. Jewell worked side by side with
her husband in this field and the third
OF a century of information gathered
by her deserves recognition by the So
ciety.
While it would be gratifying to the
newspaper men of the state, especial
ly those who had the good fortune to
know M. H. Jewell, to have this hon.
or, conferred upon the widow, it is not
on sentiment, but or her merit that
the appointment is sought. Mr., Jewell
did not accumulate a fortune in the
newspaper field, but he did leave the
state an historical heritage that is
better than riches. Had it not been
for him and his wife who is now the
applicant for the position of curator,
there would not have been any histor.
ical society. % n s5
Mrs. Jewell is familiar with the
workings Of the society, is alive to its
purpose and endowed with the high
est ability to carry on the work with
credit to the state. She is a North
Dakotan and knows the needs of her
state far better than anyone who
comes from another state would. It
would be a fitting tribute to give the
position to a woman who is entitled
to it by sentiment and worthy of it
by ability. She is capable, experience
ed and interested. No better qualif-
cations could be asked.-Optic Re-
porter. +
A POTASH SUPPLY IN UTAH.
The United States Geological Sur
vey reports the discovery of immense
deDOSitS Of alunite in Piute county.