The Ward County independent., 1922-12-14
NORTH DAKOTA BEA UTIFUL"
NEW SLOGAN SUGGESTED

Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 2.--"North
Dakota, the beautiful" is the title
Miss Bertha Palmer would like to
have placed in every mind in the state.
Because many Of the states residents
fail to appreciate some of the colors
that the prairies and the shadows and
the skies bring forth. Miss Palmer
has made it a part Of her work as as
sistant state superintendent of public
instruction to teach the appreciation
Of color. She has also extended the
work to the women's clubs OF the
state, her position on the art commit
tee giving her entree to the education
al work of the federation.
Miss Palmer names two points at
opposite ends Of the state, where she
considers beauty paramount.
The first was in northeastern North
Dakota, at point near where the st.
Joe Mission was planted in 1885. Far
up in the Pembina mountains, guides
showed her a wonderful valley. 1t is
at this place, Miss Palmer was in
formed that the Norwegian minister
gave forth the exclamation that 1t
should be named Valhalla, "the habl-
tation Of the Gods" which later gave
name to the town of practically the
same name near there. Miss Palmer
also climbed to mountainside ceme-
terry, where rest the remains of some
early missionaries, killed by Indians
and from that point looked out over
country whose beauty was wondrous.
Miss Palmer also is enthusiastic con-
cerning the beauties Of the drive from
Cavalier to Langdon.
The other unusual point discovered
by Miss Palmer recently was in south
western North Dakota where one day
she visited the parts Of the Badlands
where Indians used to derive their
paints and found within a few feet of
each other clays presenting perfect
colors in maroon, blue, ochrc, violet
and silver These clays the Indians
used to cover with an oil derived from
buffalo bones which made it impervi
out to the elements.
The most interesting part of the
country, however, Miss Palmer found
in an ascent of Black Butte which
rises to height of 3,468 feet above
sea level, it's extreme summit tipped
with a rampant of stone, rising like
turrets of a castle above the slope Of
the butte. Arrived at the top Miss
Palmer found that these "battle-
ments" were 40 feet high and that
the sides of the butte were Uttered for
some distance down by gigantic pieces
which had split off and rolled down
the mountain.
While the view from here is magni-
ticent, Miss Palmer found as muclt
interest in the "eagle pits" holes, four
or five feet deep lined with stones in
which Miss Palmer was assured the
Indians used to hide themselves under
branches Of trees above which they
had displayed raw meat tied to
strings. Here they waited until one
of the great birds, which furnished
the early Indians with the feathers
for their war bonnets, attempted to
take the meat. The signal of the
striking of the talons was the signal
for the hidden aborigines to attempt
capture Of the birds, the successful
hunter having as his reward for many
blows, the highly priced wing feath-
ers Of the liking of birds".
Miss Palmer also feels that the De-
Mores chateau is worthy of mention
as one of North Dakota's wonder if
not beauty places. "It is like story
book house," she declared, with it's
unfinished water colors, the work of
Madam DeMores, it's linen Of half a
century ago, its handmade tables, its
china Of an earlier decade and red and
white table cloths.