The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 7, 1932, Page 7

N THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1932 Wild Happenings in Old Capitol Had Real Color New Structure Bound to Lack Atmosphere Which Pre- vailed in Old Days (Editor's note: This is the sixth and last of a series of articles dealing with North Dakota his- tory, recalled by the construction of the new state capitol building and the cornerstone laying set for Saturdey.) (By The Associated Press) However stirring may be the events which may take place in the new North Dakota state capitol, the cornerstone of which is to be laid Saturday, they can hardly rival the; wild happenings that marked early legislative sessions in the old building. The Bismarck to which 1932 visi- tars will come will be larger and more modern, but it will lack the glamor ot the Missouri river steamboats, still running throughout the ’80s, the old Sheridan House, palace of the frontier, and many other historic points. But sUll around Capitol Hill and the frag- ment of the territorial capitol that yemains there always will cling an aura of the past for in the Liberty Memorial building are preserved pic- documents, and relics of the old “Much of this atmosphere which will ‘be re-created on the occasion of the cornerstone laying for special down- town window displays are arranged by the historical society. Many exten- sive private collections, of which that of Captain I. P. Baker probably is} the largest, also will be drawn upon for mementoes of the old forts, the river days, the capital removal, the picturesque frontier figures, and the territorial politicians. Sheridan House Interesting If the halls of the old capitol re- sounded with spread-eagle oratory that will never dic, the bar rooms, parlors, and secluded rooms of the Sheridan House were of almost equal interest, for in them many deals of far-reaching consequence were con- summated. Located first on the Northern Pacific right-of-way facing | the tracks, it was moved later a short distance, remodeled and named the Northwest. It burned in 1921. When it was built in "77 at what was then the farthest west railroad point in the country, it at once became the mecca of army officers and soldiers going to the Indian country or en route to their posts at Yates, Clark or the nearer Lincoln. To the trav- eler coming from the cattle ranges or the forts up and down the valley, the Sheridan House was the first place for a bath and a shave and a taste of civilizatic Sturgi les, Merritt, Terry, Sher- man, Hancock, Crowder, and Sheri- dan himself wrote their names on that register while the Indian troubles Jasted. There were occasional visits trom the Northwest Mounted Police, territorial and national officials; pres- idents, ex-presidents, and near presi- dents frequented the old hostelry and helped to make history within its walls. When the capital was removed to| Bismarck in '83, the hotel at once became legislative headquarters. From it ages proceeded for the corner- stone laying that September. In it later the last territorial legislatures and many during the statehood period found their winter homes and held their momentous conferences. First Session In 1890 The first session of the legislature after North Dakota was admitted to the union, was held in 1890. When the session opened, Gilbert A. Pierce, former governor, and Lyman R. Casey, Carrington bonanza farmer, had just been chosen the first U. S. senators after much excitement and a dead- lock of many days. The Louisiana lottery, conducted by that state and extended to other localities which in- cluded Frankfort, Ky., and to which many Dakotans had_ contributed throughout the territorial period, was being offered as a means of replen- ishing the new state’s treasury. A strong lobby led by an Alabama sena- tor had come to Bismarck in its in- terests and against it a large group of citizens, including Governor John Miller and Lieutenant Governor Al- fred Dickey, had lined up. It was the last session before state Prohibition, adopted when the statc was admitted in '89, went into effect jand until July of that year the law- ‘makers, lobbyists, and their friends might imbibe. Detailed records in an unusual document preserved in pri- vate hands indicate an enormous con- sumption of liquor. A Pinkerton de- tective, posing as a Chicago newspa- perman, made an investigation for the anti-lottery people and was generally credited with preventing the passage of the bill. In his daily reports, he felt it necessary to explain how he and those he was watching spent every moment of time, how many drinks they had, in what places and the cost. Forty drinks to a page of his report was a fair average. Days of McKenzie The days of 1890 and thereafter were the days when Alex McKenzie, often called the “boomer of Bis- marck,” and Jud Lamoure, “the wiz- ard of the north,” were in their primes. Many of the men interested in the lottery project later went to Alaska with McKenzie and the foundations of many a later deal were thought to {have been laid during the first year of statehood, in the halls of the old | capitol and the lobbies of the Sheri- dan House. Balls and tea parties were given in the Sheridan parlors by the wives of legislators and after a time elabor- ate inaugural functions at the capitol |itself. For these latter balls people {came from all over North Dakota, bringing trunks of clothes which were described to the extent of several columns in the newspapers on the day jafter. When Fort Lincoln was occu- pied, the uniforms and decorations of jthe military lent an added glamor to ‘the state functions. But all that has passed and when jthe cornerstone on the new state | house is laid, in the presence of the | vice president of the United States, Charles Curtis, and the represen- tatives of many states and Canadian | provinces, it will mark the beginning jof North Dakota’s modern era, exem- plified in a capitol building that is as typical of its day as the old was of the territorial times. MINNESOTA LAWYER DIES Preston, Minn., Oct. 7.—(4)—Suf- fering a heart attack, A. D. Gray, Sr., 87, member of the law firm of Gray & Thompson, fell dead at his home here Friday. He leaves two sons and three daugh- ters, including Mrs. Nettie Kruze, Jamestown, N. D. SON-BEATER SENTENCED Harrisburg, Ark., Oct. 7.—(P)—Her- man Ledbetter, 31-year-old farmer, has been convicted and sentenced te life imprisonment for whipping his two-year-old step-son to death. The defense, which contended the child died of injuries received in a fall from @ wagon, indicated a new trial would be sought. MENTION STEPHEN O'MARA Dublin, Oct. 7. — (®) — Stephen O'Mara of Limerick, who was an Irish spokesman at Washington during the era of the “Black and Tans” from 1919 to 1921, probably will be asked to accept the post of governor general of the Irish Free State to succeed | Governor General James R. McNeill, it was reported here Friday. NORRIS PLANS PEAKING TOUR New York, Oct. 7—(#)—George W. Norris, independent Republican U. S. senator from Nebraska, will make a coast-to-coast speaking tour on be- half of the Democratic presidential candidate, David K. Niles, director of publicity for the national progressive league for Franklin D. Roosevelt, an- nounced Thursday. 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The streets adjoining the postof- fice will be roped off from traffic during the program, and a speakers’ platform has been erected from which Mayor Guy Cook will be mas- ter of ceremonies. Carrington’s city band will open the ceremonies with a parade through the streets to the postoffice site, aft- er which Rev. N. E. McCoy will give the invocation and grade school chil- dren will sing “America, the Beauti- ful.” Mayor Cook will welcome and introduce the guests. North Dakota's song by school children will precede Judge Burke's address. Postmaster J. E. Galehouse will lay the cornerstone. C. C. Richardson will lead the audience in a song fol-| lowed by benediction by Rev. Edwii:| R, Howard. A copper box to be placed in the cornerstone will contain numerous ar- ticles including a history of the Car- rington postoffice, pictures of pasi postmasters, a group picture of the present postoffice employes, a list of 1932 Carrington high school gradu- ates and their pictures, a photograph of Mayor Cook. Arrangements for Friday's cere- monies were made by committees composed of Mayor Cook, Nels Kun- kel, C. B. Craven, O. L. Rusley, How- ard Kriewald, Florence Thune, J. E. Galehouse, Charles E. Legris, G. E. Norrel, Mabel Rusk, W. F. Caverly, Frank Putnam, E. D. Seckins, F. Ray To Represent State At Rate Conference Fay Harding, state railroad com- missioner, and E. M. Hendricks, traf- fic expert, will represent North Da- kota at conferences and rate hearings in Chicago and Washington, D. C., during the next two weeks, it was an- nounced Friday. They will meet at Chicago Sunday with representatives of public service commissions at a conference in which livestock rates in the northwest will be discussed. Monday they will leave for Wash- ington to present oral arguments be- fore the interstate commerce com- mission in resisting a proposal to in- crease freight rates on livestock ship- ments from North Dakota. Harding and John W. Benson, chief of the motor transport department on the state railroad commission, have been in Kansas City attending a con- ference of railroad commissioners from states in the west. Regulations for truck and bus traffic were dis- cussed at the meeting. TAKEN TO ROCHESTER Omaha, Neb., Oct. 7.—(#)—Suffer- ing from brain tumor, Robert Co- Air Lines, was flown from Omaha to a Rochester, Minn., hospital in a specially assigned plane Friday. He was accompanied by two physicians, who said they did not consider Co- chrane critically ill, Fancy Fresh Dressed Springers 20c per bb. 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