The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-29
FIFTY CENTS PER
QUARTER SECTION
That Would be Maximum
Taxation per Annu1n for
Court House.

Building a new court house was
h piece de resistance Of the after
dinner talks At the Commercial club
turkey. dinner last evening. County
Commissioners Joseph Poupore laid
particular stress on the fact that II
quarter section Of land yearly for the
period that the bonds would take to
mature in order to erect a 5000, 00O
structure-one that the county could
point to with pride as "our court
house" And the commissioner wa.
there with facts and figures to make
good his statement.
that the only reason that the bonds
lost out at the primary election wal
that the farmers did not understand
how small a burden would be placed
upon them. It was altogether insig.
niicant and surely those who voted
against It must be unfamiliar with
the condition Of the old building
which was little better than a disgrace
to the county.
The court house bonds are to be
voted on at the election next Tuesday
and all OF the speakers at the dinner
last night were anxious that the mat.
ter should be thoroughly understood
folks. P. G. Peterson, a prominent
pioneer from Reynolds. and Johr
Scott Of Gilby as we'll as Commission.
er p. N. Korsrno also came out strong
for the new building, Ind Mayor Muir.
pry said that In all Of the converse.
ton he had had with farmers Of the
county there seemed to be but little
opposition to the expense of a court
house that would be a credit to the
county.
The mayor thought that all that wa.
necessary to secure a favorable vote
was to let the farmers know how lit.
tie h new structure would cost each
n Of them under the proposed bond.
Ing plan. This was. indeed. the trend
OF the remarks Of each Of the speak.
ers. l
MI. Peterson Of Reynolds recalled
the time when the old court house
was built in 1879. He thought Grand
Forks county should have sufilcien,
pride to replace a public building
thirty-three years old. and which Il
had now long outgrown. The speaker
court house square as a flimsy ole
structure. neither beautiful nor safe
He said that he had supported the
bonding plan at the primaries. ant
that he proposed to do all he could al
the coming election.
Commissioner Korsmo Of Northwoot
said. that he had definitely and finally
SssUs9SN AsbS AAtS4 oPpOols1Ol W IL
proposed building. He said that hi,
mixing with the members Of the Com.
mercial club had changed his Views
and convinced him Of the kindly feel.
ings Of the people Of Grand Fork.
toward the farmers Of the county. HI
believed that II the farmers under.
stood the situation that the success.
of the bond issue would be assured al
the coming election.
It is expected that an effort will b.
made to give the farmers an under.
standing Of the case as It really stand.
between now and election.
Apart from the court house matter
short addresses were made by Mayor!
Waugh Of Winnipeg. and Berry Of st
Boniface who were guests Of Chair
q F. D. Cameron Of the commttte.
which has charge Of the proposed
curling rink. Both spoke warmly II
favor Of Installing a rink for the ole
Scotch game. It would be another
connecting link between, Grand Fork,
and Winnipeg.
More than one hundred w wer.
laid for the turkey dinner last even
ing, which indicates the popularit,
Of the 'bi-weekly dinners of that in
stitution. Chairman v. P. Squires o.
the house committee considers thu
outlook very encouraging.