The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-16
COURT HOUSE DAY.

Today the corner stone Of the new
Grand Forks court house will be LAID
with appropriate ceremonies, and,
while a great deal OF work on the fine
structure has already been done TINS
event will mark, in a way, the otlclal
beginning of the building proper. II
will be Well for the citizens TO be pres
ent, as hy an inspection of the work
at its present stage, a better idea can
be had of the solidity and massiveness
of the structure than at a later time
when the building is more nearly COM
pleted.
The basement walls, four feet thick,
Of solid concrete. are more available
for inspection than they will be later,
and a look over the grounds, covered
as they are with great blocks of cut
stone, will cause a feeling of wonder
as to where all that mass of material
is to be placed. AS a matter of fact,
only a small part Of the stone that is
to be used in the building is on hand
at this time. new shipments being re-
ceived daily, and material of all sorts
is constantly arriving.
The laying of the corner stone will
be- an impressive event. The building
of which 1t forms a part will be by
all means the finest public building in
North Dakota, and it will remain for
many years the finest county building
in the state. 1t happens that of the
larger counties Grand Forks is the last
to equip itself with a court house suit
able to its needs. All of the valley
counties have court houses which have
been built in recent years, and they
long time. All of the larger counties
farther west have new buildings. and
will be supplied for many years to
m The smaller. counties, more
lately organized, will doubtless build
good buildings, but on a smaller scale.
The Times has always been in favor
Of the building Of a good court house.
1t has held that more was to be con-
sidered in the building than mere room
n convenience and safety. IN our
private building we regard other
things. The man who builds himself
a home, If he is a wise man, takes
into account the fact that the building
must not merely be a shelter for the
elements. but something on which the
members Of his family and others must
gaze. and by whose appearance they
will be influenced. He makes his
building substantial, and he makes it
slightly. He erects. as it were, a
monument to himself, and the home
TN which he lives becomes an express
sion of himself and a representation
Of HIS own life
Thes community owes much to this
spirit. In its structures it should re-
gard those things which appeal to the
'eyeaand the'imagination and the artis-
DC sense as we'll as those which are
simply for utility. The county COM
ymissioners have taken this broad view
In making their plans for this build
ing. They have undertaken to erect
2 building which shall stand as a
monument to the progressive spirit Of
the people Of Grand Forks county and
which shall typify. in enduring stone,
something Of the ideals Of the people
who own 1t. When that building is fin
ahed no citizen Of the county who
has a regard for things other than
material a look upon 1t without a
feeling Of qualification that he is a
citizen Of the county to which it be-
longs, and that it is, In part, his own
possession.
May the splendid building with its
great pillars and it's massive walls, its
strong foundation and its lofty walls,
be an enduring monument, and may
n beauty Of its design truthfully
represent the dignity and nobleness
Of the aspirations Of o,r neonla