Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-24
SERVICE FOR
~BATIlESH|P
Governor Is Anxious to Present
Silver Service to the
North Dakota. =

Governor Hanna has appealed t.
the bankers of North Dakota to make
up the balance due on the silver ser
vice for tho battleship North Dakots
so that the service may be presented
to the battleship named after thi:
state. ~
The North Dakota was launched
several years ago AID shortly after
wards a movement was started K
raise funds for the purchase of a sill
yer service to he presented to the
ship. This is customary when
batt3aship is named after a state tina
such state present to the ship a sii
yer service. The full amount however
was never raised and some Of the
:Gnountf is still due
Through the efforts Of GoverNo!
Hanna all interest on the amount still
due will be waived upon the payment
of the balance. - 49,.
The Governors Letter.
The governor is very anxious to
have this matter. settled and the ser
vice presented to the North Dakota
as the following letter, addressed to
the bankers of North Dakota, shows:
Several years ago the dreadnaught
North Dakota was launched at the
shipyards near Bcrton. A large dele
cation headed by the Hon. John
Burke, then goWarnor, attended the
ceremonies, which were impressive,
interesting and successful.
ut has been the custom for many
years for a state where a; cruiser, bat.
tleship or dreadnaught is given the
name Of a state to present to the
ship SO named a. solid silver service.
Shortly after the launching of the.
North Dakota a movement was started
by a committee to raise funds through
voluntary subscription to pay for a
silver service. which was to cost some
nine thousand dollars. A part of this
money was raised. Two ysars ago as
governor of the state, i recommended.
to- the 1918 legislature that an appro.'
be- made by the state lagis!a-
ture to pay the balance. The bill pass.
ed the senate, but failed in the house.
"TWO %sccisties in the state, the
knights OF Columbus and tn" Elks
have each given $500 toward paying
the balance due. The Gorham Com
pany of New York, who made the sill
YER service, and who have hid it
ready for some four years, had a
for several hundred dollars in
the way of interest at six per cent on
the amount that remained unpaid, but
| have made arrangements with them
by which upon the payment of: the
balance of the principal they will
all of the interest. la4<A
North Dakota is the only state in
the union after which a battleship
has been named that has not present.
ed q silver service. It has been known
to tina officers and men Of the North
OAK ia for a number OF years. that a
silver service had been made and they
have wondered why it has not been
presented. It is a reflection upon our
in not closing this matter up. and
I am v%enturing to ask you to kindly
and send me four dollars within
the next thirty days. If this request
is generally responded to by the banks
Of the state, it will give sufficient to
pay the balance we owe and the ser
vice can be presentd, and the good
name of North Dakota preserved.
This letter is in a sense a circular
letter and l am sending a similar let
ter to every bank in the state and l
ask Cor your kind and generous con.
%sideration. =.
Sincerely, >44
IL. B. HANNA"