The Bismarck tribune., 1922-02-03
COMPLETION OF
WAR HISTORY BY
MAY 30,IS AIM
Goal is Set For Compiling Bur.
leigh County Records Of the
War, by Chairman
WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING
Many Organizations in Various
Parts of State Working on
County Histories
WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING

Completion of the Burleigh Count!
War History by May 80, is the goal
set by Mrs. Robert Orr county chair
man, in a letter to the several vice
,chailmcn named for the work which
is urdcr the North Dakota War His
tory Commission.
Cooperation and assistance of citi~
Zens or Burleigh county is necessary
II lnc history IS TO be completed by
that time, it is emphasized. Already
two counties in the state have COM
peted their war history museums and
have> held dedication services. 1t IL
planned TO have the county war mu-
scum in a section Of the city library
reserved for that purpose. The his
tory Of the county Will include rec
ord of each soldier. sailor and marine
from the county in the World War,
record Of the Liberty Loan drivers
and other civilian activities whicil
helped to make Burleigh county
known as one Of the strongest couN-
ties in the a.atc. in the persecution OF
the conflict.
What Others Ha,e Done.
Mrs. Charles f. AmidCn Of Fargo,
member Of the state committee, writ
ing of the Accomplishments in some
counties says:
Wells county dedicated her war
museum with appropriate exercises,
including an address by Dr. Levi II.
Bellcr, of>the Minct Normal. school,
who talked upon Citizenship and
Americanization. A room in the court
house was set aside for the war
tropliies a5
Benson county, Mrs Amidon writes,
has many valuable trophies in the
collection including one Of the secret
German trench daggers and knife
bayonet. Many photographs some Of
them contributed by soldiers who
were in France and others taken from
newspapers and other sources, are ill.,
icluded.
Golden Valley county has complet-
ed a Red Cross history. In Griggs
county the trophy collection is going
forward splendidly. One of the ex-
hibits is Bible carried through bat
tiles on four sectors.
Morton county has full commit
tee and is working under a carefully
tbought-out plan Mrs. Amidon re-
ports.
Ellendalc'S Idea. .,,l,4,.,
lllcndales idea for a Red Cross eX-
hibit is highly praised. Miss Fleming,
of Glendale, says:
1--WE are also going to have an en-
hibit of articles made by the Red
Cross during the war, one sample c1
each garment made. 1t may be we
will be so fortunate as to secure one
Of each of the hospital garments from
the Rea Cross headquarters. If it is
not possible to secure the yarn goods
there, we happen to have quite a sup
ply of yarn still here and that can
be utilized in the making CT these
garments. A picture OF Camp Greene,
North Carolina, has been promised: !:
copy of the Stars arh Stripes, a
piano scarf made by some French
peasants a number Of pictures, two
helmets, and number Of newspaper
articles" @ .t
ANlng in. the work in Burleigh
CCunty, whn would Ec glad to receive
nny suggestions or aid in the compiT-
alton cf the history arc: Major e. X,
Ru.", Jr.. milit>hy; Mrs. N. Il. Ram
sad non-militarv; Mrs G. j.. Young.
civilian: ~, Mrs. P. G. Ecmington, war
organization Mrs. r. i. CcniSlin, Act.
ters-diarics iphGtOstrophier>; Dr..
Gilmore, newspaper files; Mrs. f. r,
Smyth, publicity.