The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 8, 1932, Page 6

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1932 6 OLD TALES REVIVED || BY EARLY PIONEERS | HERE FOR CEREMONY Hundreds of State’s First Set- tlers on Hand For Laying of Cornerstone Qld friendships were revived, old ccntacts renewed, and old stories were retold here Saturday by the hun-} dreds of pioneers gathered in Bis- marck for the celebration held in connection with the laying of the cor- nerstone for the new North Dakota; state capitol building. Hotel facilities were taxed to the! utmost and lobbies were crowded with scores of visitors from throughout the northwest. Tales of the frontier days were re- counted by the old settlers, gathered in the city where they once watched 2 group of notables from all parts of the world assemble for the laying of the cornerstone for the first capito! of a great agricultural state. Among the many “old-timers” on; hand for the festivities was J. A! It was no love match when Greta Coulter of Dawson, dean of the Kid-( Heyburn watched the tennis tow der county pioneers. Erect and alert| days after this picture was taken, despite his 78 years, Coulter braved the chilly fall air to come here for the A Love Match No Longer old marriage had ended in a separation, People’s Forum ne play will Al Pyiters. All te yeu wish to a pseudonym, sign the pseudonym first and your own name beneath it. We will re- be such requests. We reserve the right to delete such parts of letters as may be necessary to conform to this policy. FAVORS PROHIBITION Wilton, N. D. Sept. 26, 1932 Editor, Tribune: Have written in the Peoples’ Forum on different subjects and thank the editor very much for the opportunity. {I hope to be able to write on big machinery, war, and use of tobacco by the women of the nation, but this time I am writing of what seems to me the truth about prohibition. In_ thinking of prohibition one should view the matter in a general way considering the history of the world up to this time, and remember that everything now depends on us, the living link between the past and the future. The use of strong drink has more against it in the past than for it, the climax being when Belshazzar drank with a thousand of his lords and praised the gods of gold, brass and stone while the enemy was dig- ging away, turning the river from its course. A hand was sent and it wrote Nissen, movie actress, and Weldon irnament at Hollywood. For, two they announced their six-months- ceremony even though he is suffering ~ from a severe cold. Leavenworth by Judge Andrew Miller Came Here in ’81 in federal court here Saturday after Coulter first came to Dawson 51|they had pleaded guilty to violating years ago as telegrapher for the/the Dyer act. Northern Pacific railroad. Carefully] They were accused of transporting wrapped in paper he carries a picture|@ Stolen automobile. of Dawson taken in 1881. When the] After imposing sentence, Judge photograph was taken, a depot sec-]Miller adjourned the court term, tion house, telegrapher’s office and a]Which opened here Tuesday, frame building were the only struc- upon the plaster of the wall the verdict against King Alcohol, “Thou Recalls Throng: s art weighed in the balance and found % * wanting.” For ’83 Ceremonies nan things which have been or are practiced in the world are to be ‘The cornerstone laying ceremonies| eliminated by man and guided by Saturday brought back vivid recollec- | God. tions of the first time such a cele-| One was polygamy, practiced by the bration was held in Bismarck to Mrs.| best of People in olden times, but George Welch, 415 Fourth St., who|now not allowed. This is just the = | drown the nation with intoxication.” tures in the town. He also has a pic- ture of Sitting Bull, which was pur- chased from the famous medicine man for 25 cents by Coulter, himself. Charles Anderson of Sterling also ‘was on hand for the exercises and re- calls with pride that it was he who mixed the mortar that cemented into place the cornerstone in North Da- kota’s historic old capitol. John E. Olin of Sims, one of Mor- jon county's earliest pioneers, ar- rived here Saturday morning for the festivities. He aided in the manu- facture of the brick used in the old capitol and hauled many loads of it to Bismarck from a brick plant at Sims. He painted a glowing picture of the frontier days of the state. He Was present when a group of cow- boys attempted to intimidate Theo- dore Roosevelt by firing a pistol shot through his hat. Olin chuckled at the memory of how Roosevelt acted under the circumstances to the chag- rin of his tormentors. Olin said Roosevelt offered them a round of drinks. The Marquis de Mores was} stone. the most colorful figure in the fron- tier west, Olin said. The French /Shafer. nobleman was both honest and fear- less and a cultured gentleman. Washburn Men Present Fred Hoover and William Lindell, beth of Washburn, were among the henored guests at the section reserv- ed for pioneers. Both were present the cornerstone laying in 1883 and gover laid the second brick in the is of the first capitol building. hh were employed by contractors, erected the structure, and Hoov- lso worked in construction of the wing addition. like a hand in building this one, too,” Hoover said, “but I guess Im too old for that kind of work now.” Both are pioneer residents of McLean county, having owned and operated farms in that district since the early '80s. Mrs. Isabelle Hines, mother of Mrs. George Humphries, 930 Eighth Sts; ts another early resident of Bis- marck who viewed the laying of the cornerstone in 1883 and who occupied one of the seats reserved for the | frontier settlers. TRINITY CHOIR 10 PRESENT CANTATA ;North Dakota who eerved in the; Harmon as a young girl attended the placing [] T | |of the old capitol cornerstone in 1883, | She had come here from Wiscon- 8 | Sin that summer to visit her broth- er, Jack Jones, who resided on what is now the Wilbert Field farm, east | of Bismarck. The trip to town, she | Fecalls, was made with a lively team, (which her brother had some difficul- {ty in handling, because the horses became excited by the huge crowds. “It was a great day for me, and one | I have never forgotten,” Mrs. Welch | Said in reminiscing over the happen- {ings on that occasion. It was the first 5 time that Mrs. Welch, thi The official list of items to be plac-|her early ‘teens, ever had sehinaed ed in the copper box which will rest} such a large gathering and. th within the cornerstone of the new! throngs of BOOBIE: the Indian ate capitol building was announced Sat- | riors in their bright robes and bon- urday by Judge L. E. Birdzell, repre-| nets and General Grant held her in- hate the committee in charge, as| terest throughout the day. follows: | 2 American Flag, presented by Min- | neshoshoe Chapter D. A. R. | », Proclamation of Governor George | J. H. Harmon’s Father F. Shafer, designating October 8,| Was Marshal in 1883 1932, as the date for laying corner- | Official Documents and Inform- atory Articles Included By Committee J. H. Harmon, Fort Yates, county auditor for Sioux county, in Bismarek Autographed address, Honorable S#turday to attend the ceremonies Charles Curtis, vice president of they "/"king the laying of the corner- sete stone for the new state capitol, re- Haig Bini TSE iad iy ene calls that his father, Captain ‘Wil- Mae BIE DEN liam Harmon, was marshal of the Constitution of the United States |@V When the cornerstone of the ter- and constitution of North Dakota. itorial capitol was laid here Sept. 5, Compiled Laws of North Dakota, | 1883. Supplement and Session Laws to date.| , 48 # boy he remembers hearing his Volume 61, North Dakota reports, |{ather speak of the celebration and it being the last published volume. {Of the huge crowds gathered here for Roster of men and women from| the occasion, Harmon said, ‘as accompanied here by Address of Governor George F.) 9, World War. |Frank Fiske, Fort Yates newspaper- Bismarck-Mandan City Directory. }™an and photographer, who was Complete Atlas of the World. born in Dakota Territory in 1883, Last North Dakota Blue Book, 1919./ Fiske will obtain photographs of the Directory of State Officials and| ceremonies and will cover the event Boards, 1932. for his paper, The Sioux County Ar- Text Book of Civics, “Government | row. of North Dakota and the Nation.” |, Fe Manual for the State of North Da-|"—,_ 7 7. —, ——— kota. | Additional Society | The American Year Book, showing | ¢——-~.. _________" the record of events and progress Mr. and Mrs. Malvin Olson, 514 the year 1930. Fifth St. have as their guests this Minningarrit, 1878-1928, Golden| week Mrs. Olson's parents, Mr. and Jubilee Celebration, Icelandic settle-|Mrs. John Marshall of Devils Lake. ment in North Dakota. ‘and Mrs, Olson's brother and sister- “The Long Ago,” History of Pem-| in-law, Mr. and Mrs. George Marshall, bina County, | also of Devils Lake. They are here to Handbook, Boy Scouts of America.|attend the program and cornerstone Compilation, Election Returns, Na-| laying ceremony. tional and State, 1914 to 1928. | * kx Collection of Stamps in Current! Miss Thelma Liessman, daughter of Use. |Mr. and Mrs. Charles Liessman, 613 Will Sing “Ruth”, Famed Har-| vest Cantata, at Church | Sunday Night Collection of Coins. Seventh St., Miss Isabelle Humphreys, Weather Bulletin for Bismarck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, George October 8, 1932. ‘ Humphreys, 930 Eighth St., and Miss Seventeen Current Daily and Week-| Helen Targart, daughter of Mr, and natural course of an ever changing moral standard. Then there was slavery, not spoken against in the Bible, and still every- one believes it was right that it should be abolished. War is probably an- other institution that can and should be done away with. No doubt aggressive warfare is wrong, defensive warfare only should be _countenanced, So the world has had polygamy and eunuchs, slavery with its terrible abuses and the devastating ravages of alcohol which has enslaved mil- lions and caused them to often neg- lect and mistreat those whom they would love. Some have deceived themselves by thinking these things were their rights, forgetting the rights of weaker ones. } So liquor is in line to be outlawed jif the human race lives up to the path that is marked out for it. So we jshall deduce the law that what is harmful to the human race may be/ done away with. One reason why the prohibition laws have not the respect they should have, is that their enforcement has been left to persons who have been in the business for the salary and not to clean up the conditions. Of course this does not apply to all, but to a great many it does. But, too, the laws against bank robberies, having all moral and legal support, are flag- rantly violated. I believe if we had the fighting spirit of the pioneers, these things would find determined resistance and be kept more within bounds. The laws should be enforced and as time can't be turned backwards, be- gin right now; but those who have turned to these things in trying to make a living should be helped to get honest work and decent food and for “every good gift and every perfect gift is from above.” If some great disaster were impending you know the nation would vote dry, so why not be serious for it means a lot. A beer tax would not enrich the nation @ penny for money gained wrongfully jhas a way of getting away, while those who pay tithes know that $9.00 will go farther than $10.00 will com- monly. The banner reading, “stop business j stagnation with beer taxation,” should have read on the reverse side, “for I) The flower of the liquor people’s argument is give the people alcohol. The resultant is people with alcohol inside of them. Is it wise? It has been argued that barley is a poor feed, but in 1930 hogs fed barley with a little corn and some wheat averaged 330 pounds at about 10 months of age. I have fed hogs for many years and was never afraid of the results if the barley held out. Also the question has been raised as to whether the Bible said anything about alcoholic drinks. It does say: “Look not on the wine when it is red etc, no . . .drunkard .. . shall in- herit the kingdom of God and if any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy.” When this country was new it was a refuge for christians of all churches, who came here for freedom and we have always felt that there was a kind of special blessing resting on our nation. We cannot think this way of Russia under its present rule. Take this away and things would not always turn out right in the end as they have in the past. Prohibition had been before con- gress for many years, 1875-1914-1916, and was not pased in a hurry. As to results, Evangeline Booth is quoted in the Christian Herald in 1930 as saying that before prohibition 1200 to 1300 persons were picked up off the streets and cared for in New York each evening. When prohibition went into effect it dropped to 800 eight. It makes a difference how people think on many questions the way they have been brought up, so a person might be honest in his opinions and still be wrong. This is why education and thinking on these matters should have good results. The world must have a leader. It used to be the Jewish nation, now the honor rests upon the United States. Let's hold it. If we go down some other nation will take the place, probably England. Shall we carry or give up the banner? Righteous- ness must immediately use back bone and no more wish bone. The spirit of righteousness is chal- lenged all along the line by the drink evil, bank robberies, racketeers, crooked business as the Insull debacle shows up and communism. Let us go forward. Hugh Redington. FAVORS LIBERALISM Bismarck, N. D., Oct. 6, 1932. Editor, Tribune: With the various campaigns and political discussions nearing a close Tace permit me to venture a few re- marks. In the presidential campaign I am inclined to favor Governor Roose- velt for various reasons, principally because of his liberality of thought. However, I cannot bespeak the same for Mr. DePuy. I denounce a guber- natorial candidate whose public ut- terances show that he is well within the conservative ranks, Mr. DePuy is opposed to any cx- tension of the North Dakota-owned bank, even though the people may desire same. Under the League plan the people may have one in the might be given to us if we do well | DEMOCRATIC LEADERS DISCUSS CAMPAIGN STRA Speaker John N, Garner (center), democratic vice presidential candidate, is shown in Washington . Pat Harrlaon (left) of Mississipp! and Rep. Joseph W. Byrns talking over campaign strategy with S (right) of Tennessee. (Associated Press Photo) ...apartment seekers and apartment owners get sure results by using our and in 1930 the number was seven or clothing. Also the real food drinks} county in which they live, should which are created for our refresh-| they so desire. In a time of wide- ment, such as real orange juice, grape| Spread banking failures an institu- juice, apple cider etc., should be for| tion of this kind is often necessary jSale in a pure state and at a reason-| for banking conveniences. They are able price. I hope to help to put these | limited by law only to first mortgage good things on sale everywhere in| and warehouse certificate loans, our nation at fair prices. which privilege one state-owned bank When in California I would pick|mow has. Not one dollar has been ripe oranges from the tree and make] Jost in the bank of North Dakota, real orange juice, and most of these} While millions in private and public drinks sold are not at all compared] deposits and private stocks have to it. been lost in connection with private Evil tries to spoil every good thing.| banking. How anyone can unre- It is probably natural to dance but | Servedly favor private banking in op- there is so much evil with it now| Position to any branch banks of one that one should leave it alone. Love | State-owned institution is hardly un- may be ruined by evil. The day of|derstandable to the writer. rest would be ruined by gambling and| Serious tax problems have to be greed. Music is riddled by jazz, and| met, in spite of the best efforts of 80 it goes. Racketeers are mentioned|©Ur People. A rise in state taxes along with prohibition but that canj Seems inevitable. The farmers of our ly Newspapers. ceremony. Proclamation of Governor Gilbert Territorial Capitol, Dated November W. J. Targart, 706 Sixth St, | Mrs. | Invitation to attend corner stone! nave arrived from Fargo to spend ths week-end at their respective homes. The young women are students at the Members of the Trinity Lutheran! A. Pierce. at the Completion of the North Dakota Agricultural college. * x church choir will present the harvest cantata, “Ruth,” Sunday evening at) the church, it was announced Satur-| day by Rev. Opie S. Rindahl, pas- tor. The music for the cantata is by Alfred R. Gaul and the words were written by Edward Oxenford. Mrs. Iver Acker, in the title role,| will sing the soprano solos and arias. ; Grace Livdahl and Dagny Aslakson, as Naomi and Orpah, appear in con- tralto numbers with Myron H. An-/} derson, as Boaz, carrying the bari- tone parts. The cantata is based on the Bible story of Ruth. Part one opens with a chorus, “A Grievous Famine,” tell-| img of the depression in the land of Moab which compelled the return of Naomi to Bethlehem in her native land. A recitative and aria by Naomi is;followed by a choral recitative and women’s trio. The soprano solo and two choral numbers conclude part oye. ‘A chorus of reapers opens part two. Chorales and recitatives interchange to portray the scene in the harvest field, the home of Naomi and the Gate of Bethlehem. The wedding chorus is followed by a baritone solo i which Boaz sings “Glory Be to Thee, O Lord.” The final chorus is the brilliant “Rejoice, Rejoice, Re- ieice.” “Organ accompaniments will be played by Marie Lemohn. “The personnel of the Trinity choir follows: Sopranos — Mesdames Iver a T. G. Plomasen, O. E. John- . O. C. Ellingson, A. B. Lueck, J. A, Hyland, Oscar Oleson, F. 8. Lunde and the Misses Hilda Boe, Josie Grinde and Ruby Gilbertson. Altos— Grace Livdahl, Dagny Aslakson, Ma- thilda Welo, Clara Trom and Mil- dred Hoff. Tenors—O. E. Johnson, Q. C. Ellingson, Arnold Amundson and Opie 8. Rindahl. Basses: My- rée2 H. Anderson, Alf Ellingson, E. 1% Hedahl, A. B. Lueck and 8. Lunde. Two Men Sentenced To Federal Prison °Max Stewart and James Gilbert- transients, were sentenced to years in the federal prison at K 13, 1884. | The Story of Capitol Removal as} |told by Honorable E. A. Williams, | Speaker of the Legislative Assembly for 1883. Story of the Location of Capitol at Bismarck, by the Honorable Bur- leigh F. Spalding, Fargo, N. Dak. Copies of Bismarck Tribune, describ- ing the cornerstone ceremony Sep-| tember 5. 1883. | Photographic story of the laying of | the cornerstone September 5, 1883. | Photostatic copy, subscription list) of citizens of Bismarck who subscrib: ed to the Bismarck Capital Fund, 1883. 130 Autographs of persons now liv-/ ing who were present at the laying of | 4. the cornerstone in 1883. Portrait of Honorable William Jayne, first Territorial Governor, ap- pointed by President Abraham Lin- coln. Group photograph Constitutional Convention, 1889. Photographs, Legislative Assembly for the Year 1907. Twelve items consisting of Pamph- lets, Booxlets, Reports and Collec- tions of Statistical Data descriptive of | the arts, industries, natural beauties! and fiscal affairs of the state at the present time. Story of the New Capitol to date! by the Secretary of the Capitol Com-| mission. General Contract and Specifications for the general work and for the me- chanical work on the new capitol. Photographic story of the burning | © of the Capitol, December 28, 1930. Photographic story of the removal of the cornerstone of the original cap- itol. Photographic story of the opening of the original cornerstone box. Photograph of the First Territorial Capitol at Yankton. Photographic story of the ground breaking ceremony and the construc- tion of the new capitol to date. Airplane views of the city of Bis- marek at the present time. Autographs of persons attending the ceremony incident to the break- ing of ground for the new capitol. Photographs of the present cere-| mony. i Mr. and Mrs. Malvin Olson, 514 Fifth St., entertained Friday evening with a 7 o'clock bridge dinner. Ap- pointments suggestive of Halloween Were used for the tables, where covers were placed for 12 guests. Honors in the bridge games were held by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Twilling, Mrs. Della Fox and Howard Cunningham. Mr. and Mrs. John Marshall and Mr. and Mrs. George Marshall of Devils Lake were guests from out of the city. ——+ If Meetings of Clubs, | | | Fraternal Groups Officers will be elected at the an- nual business meeting of the Bismarck court, Catholic Daughters of America at 8 o'clock Monday evening in St. Mary's school auditorium. ee & The Past President's Parley of the American Legion Auxiliary will meet at 8 o'clock Monday evening at the ome of Mrs. Herman Leonhard, 719 Mandan St. with Mrs. Leonhard and Mrs. W. A. Falconer as hostesses. * * & St. George's Evening Guild will meet at 8 o'clock Monday evening with Mrs. L, R. Bunker, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A, E Shipp, 610 West Rosser avenue. —— © | City-County News | A daughter was born at the Bist marck hospital Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hojian of Bismarck. Mr. and Mrs. Silas Umber, Sel- fridge, are parents of a daughter born Saturday at the Bismarck hospital. HERE 40 YEARS Although the official designation of a pioneer is a person who lived in North Dakota before statehood, there are many who narrowly miss being included in that classification. be handled too. How long would Mussolini allow such a state of affairs? Some fine morning an army would surround Chi- cago and move forward through the| city, registering every one and those who had no honest business would be held until they could be put in places where they could live as citizens and not bandits, desperadoes and pirates. Perhaps if Chicago will not cope with the situation it will come to a down-! fall some day. The lake has been up into the town before, and its gray waters don’t look like they could be trusted; or a rever- sal of prosperity as per their school business might be their lot. It seems a nation goes down from within and not from without. Gover- nor Ritchie of Maryland said, “let's have clean government and self re- spect,” putting the government into @|the liquor business. Is this cleanest government? The world is in a better state for @ conflagration now than it was in 1914 for Germany might be over- thrown by the Bolsheviks, letting this system reach the shores of the Atlan- tie. India would revolt against Eng- land the moment the time seemed opportune and our own economic trou- bles could be turned into national turmoil. Japan, with its army out of control by its government, would im- mediately try to take the Philippines. Alcohol poured over the mass will not have the settling effect which is needed. In this time of trouble we need to try to live the spirit of Abraham Lin- coln, to hold things together and hope and pray for the dawning of a brighter day. Concerning civic improvement, it is said Moorhead and 8t. Cloud have done much more since prohibition than before. Concerning the honesty of liquor interests it is well known they do not respect laws. Did you ever hear of a saloon keeper, after a weak-willed man had spent his money, giving him back a dollar to take food home to his family. If you did he was a kind hearted man. Alcohol nas its place but it is as the coming motor fuel. In the Bible are blessings and along Among them is Mrs. M. H. Schnecker,| With them curses. Since slavery has Bismarck, who came here as a bride|been abolished we have had wonder- in 1892 and has lived in this city con- | ful blessings in inventions. If slavery state, a majority of whom are affili- ated with the progressive movement, are the ones who give this problem the most serious thought. Regard- less of what may be said of their candidates, they are nevertheless the choice of that organized group which picked them to lead in this emer- gency. Let us turn our hands down on conservative rule, under which we ae all suffering, except a privileged lew. ULYSSES McFARLAND, Prominent Bankers Attend Celebration George H. Prince, president of the First Bank Stock Corporation and chairman of the First National Bank of St. Paul, was in Bismarck Satur- day in connection with the laying of the cornerstone for the new state cap- itol building. Also here was M. O. Grangaard, vice president of the First National Bank of Minneapolis. Prince expressed himself as being optimistic over the future economic development of Bismarck and North Dakota. He has been a prominent figure in financial circles of the northwest for 40 years, The Prince hotel in Bismarck was named in his honor. Both Prince and Grangaard are guests of Colonel C. B. Little. Offer Parish Here To Oregon Minister Rev. John Richardson of Dal- les, Ore., will be offered the rector- ship of the parish of St. George's Episcopal church in Bismarck, it was announced Saturday by the Right Rev. Frederick B. Bartlett, of Fargo, bishop of North Dakota. Decision to offer the post to Rev. Richardson was reached at a meet- ing of the vestry Friday night. Bishop Bartlett presided at the meet- ing. Rev. David Pierce-Jones, present rector of the parish, has accepted the position of archdeacon in the White Field of the diocese of North Da- kota, classified advertising columns. Used Car Bargains Buy or Sell beat. If you want prompt results— Used Furniture Bargains Buy or Sell apartment hunting. Business is business -.. and it’s at its very best in the want-ad section of this paper. Profit by that fact. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Home Newspaper for Bismarck and the Missouri Slope 222 Fourth Street RESULTS ... and when it comes to Used Cars the want-ad columns of The Bismarck Tribune can’t be PHONE... ... women find so many uses for the want-ads. Selling old furniture, getting household help, c Bismarck, N. Dak. tinuously since that time, Copy of the program for the pzes-| ent occasion Use the Want Ads $ had been general perhaps we wouldn’t have had electric lights, telephones Bring Results lete. And since prohibition we have * Tribune Want Ads ea Pictures etc, eee 4 > HORE NS I ci ei ad