The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-10-03
FOR WOMEN READERS,

Women Of North Dakota-especially you wo-g
men Of the far1ns-afe the, persons who have
most at heart the welfare Of the schools, says
the North Dakota Leader. To you we want to-
make an appeal TO save the schools this year
from q menace that hangs over them.
Great progress has been made in the schools
in the last two years. Your farmers hgisla-
ture-eEected by -Four husbands, sons and
brothers-provided literally for the schools
thru state aid. But better than that we had
9 state superintendent who was sincerely de-
voted to the rural schools. These are the
schools which are entitled to the most careful
care and attention from the state superintend-
ent and the county superintendent, because the
city schools have their separate organizations
and large tax funds to draw from and can more
easily be made good schools. But in the case
Of the rural schools i we do not have a good
state superintendent we can not have good
schools. Stslt
The rural schools in Superintendent Macdon-
AIDS administration have been wonderfully inn
proved. But in his fight for better rural schools
Superintendent Macdonald has incurred the en-
nifty of slackers, the grafters and the incon-
petents. They have sworn, to ""get his scalp"
They are trying to do it.: NNss
They are using a woman as their tool to get,
what they want. 1t behooves women of the
state to be on the watch to fool them. The wo-.
man candidate who is. running for state SUPER
intendent is not a friend of the rural schools.
Olc OOVo AOL nave I1C SUPpOII VI sLIIS COU1AI1y
people Of her own county. She has been kept
in office as county superintendent by the vote
of city people who have no interest in the
schools over which she has supervision.
This woman candidate is not qualified to be
state superintendent. She has not even a COM
plete high school education. You will not want
to employ her to teach even your own older
children. She has been far more active in city
wornan's club affairs and society events than in
educational matters.
She has many clever politicians backing her
and they are seeking to get for her the woman
vote of the state. They have been lining up the
woman's clubs in, the cities to- support her.
School supply men who are anxious for fat con-
tracts are intriguing to secure her election.
Now it is up to the people who believe in good
schools, and not in making the schools a politi-
cal jackpot and a financial graft-it is up to
these people to organize a strong campaign to
support Neil Macdonald, the friend and cham
pion of the rural schools.
Let the farm woman resolve to get out a vote.
Let them inform their friends in the cities of
the necessity of standing by the schools.
The boys and girls of today will make the
citizens and create the state of tomorrow. All
North Dakota, cities, towns and country, should
be interested in better schools. The schools
will be injured for years to come and the life
careers of thousands of boys and girls marred,
if Superintendent Macdonald is defeated.
He must not be defeated. He must be strong
ly supported. You owe a duty-a patriotic duty
to the state and nation-to do all you can to in
sure Mr.. Macdonald's reelection.