The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-05-21
ART'SELLING
CEMENT T0USE
IN ELKS POOL
High School Boys Begin City
Wide Campaign for New
Swimming Pool
CHILDREN IN PARADE
Voice Their Sentiments Toward
=. Efforts in Parade in the
Downtown Streets -
CHILDREN IN PARADE

The thoughts OF many Il staid Bis.
marck business man turned backward
as they saw Daddy" Derrick's family
of school children parading the streets
of the city last evening bearing Il label
II Want Il Swimming Pool.'
Many a spectator thought sorrow.
fully of the time when the hushed
word spread over the city that a
little boy had been drowned III the
river while seeking the little recrea-
tiOn OF a swim in cool waters.
The eager gleam in the faces Of the
youth Of the city as they thought of
their fathers and mothers and other
kiddies' fathers and mothers, and per-
haps men and women who had no kid
dies but wanted to help others, band.
ing together To devote their energies
and to make sacriIlces that they might
have a swimming pool, touched the
heart Of more than one onlooker.
~ Hearts Are Set .# -.
The boys and girls Of the city have
their hearts set on a swimming pool.
There is no doubt about that. The
Elks committee which visited the
schools knows it-and they are re.
solved to bend their energies more
than ever to prevent disappointment
to the youth of the city. >....
One citizen today was recOunting
the lives needlessly sacrificed in the
treacherous Missouri and recalling the
contamination Of Apple Creek and the
Shiny mud of the ponds and cOulees.
which he was forced to seek out in
his desire to founder in the water.
Too many lives have been sacrificed,
the health of too many youngsters en-
dangered he declared; and he re-
solved to sacrifice money to aid the
cause.
Suggests 1t Be Memorial
The new pool in Custer park should
be memorial to the children who
have died in the waters near the city,
and his thought was echoed by an.
other who heard him.
Perhaps nothing has heartened the
Elks committee more than an inquiry
which came from fraternal organi-
cation in the city. A representative
asked il it would be considered out
OF place for the organization to add
to the fund. No such solicitation can
be made, of course, but the individual
members of the committee have made
it plain that the Elks are simply out
to do something for the boys and
girls of the city and just as they want
to help they hope every organization
and every individual will want to help
There has been growing feellng
among many fraternal organizations
that the members have been wont to
think of the organization as some
thing through which they may 'Dene
fit and the correct conception Is that
the organization is one through which
they may aid individuals or the com:
munity. 1t is this spirit which has
Drompted a number of public efforts
by organizations.
High school boys today went over
the city selling bags Of cement Tor
the swimming pool. They made u
house toulouse canvass. The EIKs
hone that everyone will find it possi'
BILE to help bit in the swimming
pool. SO that it will be q real COM
munity project. The solicitation was
made in q business.like manner. the
bows carried cards and they under
stood and were glad, too. that an abao'
lute check was maintained on the can
Vass.
The Boy Scouts of the city sent rep
to a meeting OF ElKs
last night and rendered their services
in the cause. |