Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-06-25
Ill Is DONE!
The Corner StOneofDa
COunty''s Court
House.
IMPRESSIVE MASONIC CEREMONIES!
Grand Master Frank A.
Brown, Under Aus
pices of Coteau
Lodge,
ALL DAY COUNTY ASSISTING
Last Saturday Laid the Corner
Stone of What, When Com
pleted will be one of the
Most Beautiful Tenn
pies of Justice.
GAMES, RACES AND FESTIVITIES
Mark the Day That was Full of
Unalloyed Pleasure to Vast
Majority of the People of
Day County.

About year ago a few of Day
county's most progressive and thorough
going business men began to agitate a
new court house. They realiazed that
the old wooden structure was not safe
place in which to have stored the
records of the entire county which were
worth thousands upon thousands of
dollars to Day county property holders
and further it was not in keeping with
the great wealth of the county. Con-
verts were rapidly made to their faith
and at last sufficient numbers were
induced to sign petition to the board
of county commissioners to warrant
them for calling vote ON the PROPOSE
ton.
The vote was taken in November, at
the last election, and resulted in bonds
being voted by a handsome majority.
The gentlemen who at that time con-
stituted the board of county commits
sioners having been replaced by other
gentlemen, decided that they would not
let the bids for the construction of the
building but would leave the letting OF
bids to their successors, who would also
have to superintend the constructor.
The new board began business in
January, and is composed as follows:
O. j. Sletten Chairman and M Tracy,
w. HI. Goodrich, J. s. Wyganoski and
M. B. Long. The first step was to
secure suitable plans. Several compel
ing architects were present and the
board finally-and wisely, cost, conven-
fence and beauty considered chose
those submitted by Kinney q Deitweiler
of ST. Paul.
The plans secured the next step was
to secure the builder Competitive bids
were advertised for. When opened the
commissioners found the Gross
Construction Company, of Lacrosse,
Wis, the lowest bidder. f. A. Gross
at once came to this city and took per-
sonal supervision of the building. His
work was rapid Thorough aud satisfac-
tory.
AT the May meeting of the county
commissioners contractor Mr. Gross
informed them that he would soon be
ready to lay the corner stone of the
building. The commissioners with the
direction and consent of builder set the
day for the corner stone laying on June
20, 1903 Then, as the building was TO
be entirely made of stone and masonry
the county board very appropriately
invited Coteau Lodge No. 54, a. +. and
A. NJ. to officiate at the ceremonies by
resolution and the invitation was
accepted
About the time the matter was agi-
tated in the City of Webster. Our local
people feel very grateful TO tie residents
Of Day county for the magnificent
building they are erecting in this city
and it was drought that something
more that the mere laying of the corner
stone should be done for che amusement
Of the vast number who would come to
witness that event. The matter was
brought before Mayor Levoy and Messrs
John Williams, p. r.. Gruby, Charles
Hawkinson, Herman Olson aud Philip
Groos as councilmen in their June
meeting. The city appropriated 500 and
appointed acommittee to solicit additio-
nal funds and arrange program.
The committee Immediately set to work
to raise the funds and the following
table with the amounts set opposite the
names in cash is the result of their
labors in that direction.
Webster, s. d., June 10, 1908.
We, the undersigned residents Of
Webster, s, d., hereby subscribe the
amounts set opposite our names for the
proper celebration of June 30, the event
of the laying of the corner-stone foxrhe
new Day County Court House:
City of Webster, .......... q 100 90
ID. Williams. - Is 90
Webster Mill Go. .. 15 90
Hotel Webster, I. Is co
Julius Flagstad, 10 90
Warner 81 Smith Is 90