The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 9, 1931, Page 6

Poe ee oe { t 6 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1931 : Seen aaa 1 Lutheran College Choir to Sing Here Former Member of State Body Scores Chairman Sauvain| (Continued from page one) Pay two different firms for the same Services as a result. Two other major points raised by Church were that Sauvain, as chair- man prevented the board from carry- ing out the mandate of the legislature with regard to constructing a new power plant at Grafton and that he has prevented action looking toward use of the remodeled north wing of the old capitol building, much of which is standing idle. Will Ask for Reply Church's statement is set forth in full in this issue of The Tribune, in} line with this newspaper's policy of printing the unbiased truth on all matters of a controversial or political nature, Sauvain was out of the city Thurs- day. As soon as he returns he will be asked for a statement on the mat- ter and equal space will be offered by The Tribune that he may set forth his position on the points raised by} Church in his statement. | Text of Statement Mr. Church's statement follows: “In view of the fact that I have just retired from the board of ad-| ministration and am again a tax-| paying private citizen, I feel I owe it to the public to call attention to cer- | tain recent developments within the board which I do not feel are for the best interests of the public and for | which I want, here and now, to dis- | claim responsibility. { “My six years on the board were | generally pieasant and hence I feel all the more obligated to direct. the public attention to these recent hap- penings which, I am convinced, are | against the public interest. | “The most important function of | the board of administration, to my} way of thinking, is to execute the expressed will of the legislature with regard to the expenditure of public| funds appropriated by that body. Following that thought, I have been impressed with three acts of the leg- aslature, recently adjourned. “First, in the building line, it had been agreed by the budget board and accepted by the legislature that only grave emergency situations justified any appropriations for public build-| ings or improvements in the several; state institutions. As far as the board was concerned, therefore, it seemed to me its first duty was to give seri- ous consideration to the following ap- | propriations: | Accepted as Emergencies “1, An appropriation was made to dar Melius Christianson of music organization. Forty well trained voices compose the Pacific Lutheran college choir of Tacoma, Wash., which comes here for a concert at the Trinity Lutheran church Friday night. Although medeled to some extent after the St. Olaf college choir, this organization from the Pacific coast 1s distinctive both for its interpretation and for its pre- cision. It combines the best features of other musical organizations with youthful spirit and enthusiasm. The ted by Professor J. O, Edwards, who took his training under that recognized master of a capella Since coming to the Pacific Lutheran college, Professor de a name for himself not only as a builder of the chorus but also as a composer and talented His ability is evident year after year as he takes untrained voices and works them into his musical St. Olaf's college. } completed May 1. The auditor and | treaturer immediately, and of their own volition, moved from their cramped quarters in the memorial building and a few weeks later the | land -ommissioner vacated his quar- ters in the memorial building and moved in also, “Repeated endeavors on the part ot myself and Mr. Murphy to have a meeting to consider the mov down-town offices back to the ca building to fill the available space in the north wing aud the memorial building (two-thirds of which is va- | cant in addition to the space left. by those who moved back to the capitol building) have been unavailing. No meeting of the board has been held to allot this space and at the present time, more than two months after its completion, tv sof the avail- able space in this reconditioned north wi pied Meanwhile the state continues to pay high rentals in the city of Bis- build 2 new power plant at the insti- tution for the feeble minded at Graf- | ton. This had been accepted as an| emergency by the budget board and| the legislature, which appropriated ; $150,000 for the purpose. | “2. Necessary additions to the} power plant equipment at the agri-| cultural college at Fargo, due to the} recent addition of the physical edu- | cation building and dormitory. For this the legislature appropriated $50. | 900 with the understanding that this amount would be spent to take care | of the emergency situation developed there this year. . An emergency appropriation of $10.000 was made and the board di-| rected to immediately repair the north wing of the old capitol build- ing to house all the offices possible | ! this appar netions the board has taken with re- | gard to these three appropriations: | Taken Up in April “When the matter of making pre- | liminary plans to get the Grafton and agricultural college jobs under way was taken up by the board early in April, Chairman Sauvain asked for a stay of procéedings so that he might consult the attorney general regard- ing the matter. Following this he reported to the board that the attor- ney general advised that only where an emergency clearly existed should ; the board be entitled to proceed in the matter of plans before July 1. Following this opinion, the board de- | cided to immediately proceed with | preliminary plans for the agricultural college power plant job and, in regu- Jar session, voted to have plans and} specifications drawn by the Fuel Economy Engineering company of St. Paul, Minn., which company, along with the Lignite Combustion En- | gineering company of Bismarck, has pioneered the field of efficient lig- nite combustion in the northwest. “In view of the fact that the pro- duction of lignite coal is one of the major industries of our state, the old board did constantly aim to encour- age every effort to improve the meth- ods of its use. “These plans were accordingly drawn and accepted by the engineer- ing authorities at the agricultural college and recommendation was} made by President Shepperd that bids be asked for as early in June as possible so that the plant might sure- ly be ready for use by October 1, Raises Technical Question ! “When Chairman Sauvain raised the technical question that contracts might not be entered into before July 1, it was agreed by the board and made a matter of public record that advertising should be made that bids be returnable July 2, 1931. This is the record and the only record up to July 1, although now it develops that about June 15, Chairman Sauvain, without referring the matter to the board, directed Secretary Wanner to have the date for the receiving of bids changed from July 2 to July 14, and also to change the text or body of the advertising material. “On the Grafton situation, al- though Senator Murphy of Walsh county had declared before the ap- propriations committees that the} erection of the new power plant was an emergency, and the engineers of the institution begged for its early construction two years ago, Chairman Sauvain persistently refused to con- sider the matter of securing prelimi- nary plans to further its erection this year. Hence the institution must now get through another year with the possibility of a complete break- dowr: in this plant which furnishes heat for the comfort of nearly 700 unfortunate inmates, Carry Out Mandate { “Following the expressed mandate of the legislature for the remodeling of the north wing of the capitol build- , for hich an emergency appro- sitions ‘of $10,000 was made, the ‘board proceeded immediately to make treasurer and of their marck for space that should have been vacated more than two months ago. All this, apparently, in the in- terest. of economy for the hard- pressed t ayer of the state. | Would Save Big Si “The occupancy of those rooms would mean the saving of over $1,000 a months and when, in June, I went to Chairman Sauvain and again, for the sixth time, asked for some action, he said: ‘What is your worry in this matter. The state has appropriated the money for those rentals up to July 1. “As it a s now, the state will be fortunate if this space will be oc- cupied within the next two months or so. Meanwhile the state continues to lose approximately. $1,000 a month in rentals. “In attempting to tind a reason for nt obstinacy on the part Sauvain in thus thwa: ing the expressed intent of the legi lature in all three points, the writer offers the following facts for the pub- lic information: “Shovtly after the board had au- thorized the drafting of plans for the agricultural college power plant im- provement, I accidentally met two gentlemen from Minneapolis who claimed to represent the Pillsbury Enginecring company of that city. They were in the hall of the board of administration office. They in- quired for Mr. Sauvain and, as he was out, I invited them into my of- fice. One of these gentlemen im- mediately proczeded to tell me that they had been advised a new order of things was in effect in North Da- kota; that his company was expecting to take care of all the power plant requirements for state institutions. Designed Mill Plant “I then recalled that this company, namely the Pillsbury Engineering | | dustries, of its lignite coal. company, the same company which had laid out the plans for the | state mill and elevator power plant while I was serving as a member of the mill and elevator state commis- sion, appointed by Governor Nestos. I was compelled to direct to their at- tention that the installation had nally failed in .hat it could net prop erly utiiize lignite coal and the siate had been foreed to burn eastern coal there, thus causing a loss of thou- sands of doll: to this institution but in- was now ‘ate in this direction. “On July 3, when I called at the they did not attempt to deny dicated that their compan prepared to op Office of the board of administ to extend my felicitations to my cessor, I was ir Pillsbury En necring company, had been empl plans and specificatio: ricultural col- lege power plant, and when I ex- ssc 1 surprise that the © availabl such time, Chairman Sguvain advised me that he company had beon emp ¢ time and plans were practically ready. “Z later cailed Secretary Wanner to ask him if any clandestine meeting of the board had been held in my absence to authorize such _high- handed procedure and was advised by him that no meeting had been held and no record had been made en the minutes of the board. He simply stated thet he had been directed by Chairman Sauvain to change the date for accepting bids from the date duly authorized by the board (July 2) to July 14. New Plans Drawn “Now it develops, as indicated to me by the chairman on Jt 3, that no cognizance whats paid to bids duly authorized to be opened July 2, and that con plans and specifications, already com- pleted by the Pillsbury Engineering company without any legal author of the board and furnished to the board on July 1, were being used and advertising authorized for the re- ception of bids on July 25. This means that two companies will be paid for one set of plans, the first of which was duly authorized by the board and the second by the edict of Chairman Sauvain. formed by Chairman | Sauvain that this same company, the | made returnable June 22 at Bismarck. Chairman Sauvain, knowing this and having been a party to the discus- sion, on May 30, without authority of | borrd action, made arrangements for bids to be opened at Grafton for the construction of a reservoir, at a cost of approximately $2,000, on the same date. Chairman Was Missing “When the coal dealers assembled at Bismarck at 10 a. m., on June 22, only Mr. Murphy and myself were present. Mr. Kitchen and Miss Palmer were en route to Los Angeles to attend the Nationel Education As- sociation convention at state expense and Chairman Sauvain was missing. Later it developed that he was at Grafton where he opened bids, in the | absence of four members of the board. | He awarded the contract for the Grafton reservoir to the second low- est bidder, an entirely new stunt in board procedure as well as being un- constitutional and illegal on the part of any beard or commission, { “In-as-much as the attorney gen-| eral advised uséthet no bids should | be opened except in the presence of | the majority of the board, 30 coal, $ had come from various distant s in the state were ob-! liged to return home without being! privileged to listen to the bids of| their various competitors—another | new stunt in board procedure, | Reluctant to Speak | ‘I give these facts to the public! with considerable reluctance, as up| until the last six months I had thor- | j oughly enjoyed my work on this state | | board and conscientiously feel that I | have given the best I have to improve | ' conditions in all the state institutions. | I always hesitate to direct what may | seem a personal attack. However, my | ive in this instance is not person- | al. Knowing that the public has} meager means of being properly in- their government, I submit these; above mentioned facts, actuated only ‘by a sincere, patriotic duty to serve) | the state which has treated me so; generously and which I love so well.” W. J. CHURCH. Iowa and Minnesota | Horses Win at Minot | Minot, N. D., July 9.—(@)—Bethel, | owned Allen Brothers of Des Moines, won the Leland Parker! owned and driven by H. L. Conly of} A. U Des Moines, the former was Artery of; Aimee 8 Ma Now Bi id the 2:12 trot, coming from in each heat to pass Harvest Heart on Blushing ride the stretch. The races will continue until Fri- day, the closing day of the exposition. Murder Victim’s Rites Attended by Hundreds| Temvik, N. D., July 9.—A funeral | procession more than a mile and a half long accompanied the body of Mrs, Louise Ogburn, 21-year-old store clerk, murdered by her husband at Linton June 29, from the home of her parents to the cemetery here. Funeral services were held on the lawn at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Foells. Grand Forks Child Suffers From Burns Grand Forks, N. D., July 9—(@)— Philip Lee Johnson, 3, son of Mr. and Mrs, Peter Johnson, Thompson, is in @ critical condition in a hospital from gasoline burns. The child's clothing was ignited accidentally by a match in his own hands, after the garments had been saturated with gasoline from a barrel. Wisconsin Farmers | Fight- Army Worms Milwaukee, Wis. July 9—(P)—) Farmers of four Wisconsin counties are engaged in an intensive campaign against an invasion of army worms that threatened all green crops. The worms were reported spreading | through Racine, Ozaukee, Jefferson and the outer edges of Milwaukee counties. Condition are described as “very bad.” { |\Now comes Mrs. Minnie (Ma) Ken- e jnedy it a new role—a blushing bride. A She surprised her evangelist-daugh- Infant Siamese iter, Aimee Semple McPherson, by i | }eloping the other day with the Rev. Twins Separated | G. E. Hudson, of New York. They fp . ‘were married at Longview, Wash. Baltimore, Md., July 9—(4)— (She is shown above in her bridal Baltimore's “Siamese” twins, sev- | gown. ered by an operation called un- | _ ee paralleled in local medical his- ry) es tory, apparently were recovering Thursday. They were separated Wednesday. Physicians said the sisters, who weighed four and a half pounds each, have a good chance to live. | Smut losses in the spring wheat jarea last year were estimated at | $5,000,000. Smutty wheat is discount- \ed from 1 to 2 cents to as high as 20 ‘cents @ bushel. Four cents a bushel is an average discount for ligat and {medium smutty wheat. 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