Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-08
Richard Did
Not Die In Vain;
Spirit Goes On
Nights Live Stock Assoc
citation Banquet Was The
Fourth Anniversary Of
The Famous Agricultural
Achievement COLLATION.
Many Prominent Men
Were Here. !.

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"The King is dead! Long live the
king!"
1t now is four years since King
Dick Kingman Of Hillsboro was
slaughtered to make a Roman holi-
day for Grand Forks business men
and their invited guests. from various
sections Of North Dakota and the
northwest.
But King Richards spirit bellows
merrlly on, as last nights live stock
banquet 80 clearly demonstrates. The
collation.. served last night at the Hoo
tel Dacotah by the Worth Dakota
Live stock association. was the fourth
Achievement banquet, served in the
same dining hail.
On the night OF March z. 1914, $50
prominent men Of the northwest
among them the late James j. Hill
sat around the banquet table. and,
after feasting as they never had done
before, took stock of tho past and
girded up their loins for the, future.
Speakers at that banquet recited the
progress of North Dakota along agri-
cultural lines. giving glimpscs OF the
past, with it's romantic. picturesque
history of pioneering days In farm
ing. and picturing the future with the
glorious possibilities offered by lands
as rich and fertile as any under tho
blue canopy of heaven.
Last night North Dakota. live stock
dealers, among them a Number who
sat at the other banquet, went back
over the four years Intervening and
were able to account for much prog
ress. +
SO King Richard was not slaughter.
ed in vaini
The. King Richard banquet" as il
was Familiarity known, was the great
est thing OF It's klru ever given III tic
state. No similar gathering sine,
then has equaled it. King Richard
was one Of the finest specimens OF
shorthorn steers brought. to the Red
River Valley. : He was fed for ex.
hibition at the Corn and Glover con.
ventlon in this city the week of Feb.
ruary Z. At the conclusion of thu
convention, Il. 4. kingnan. one o.
the pioneers in the live stock indus.
try, gave him to the association tol
use as the organization saw fit. A
committee, composed OF +. Y. Sarlcs
j. u. i,acon, n. l.. Goodman, NJ. c
Bachelor and d. V. Moore decided
upon the King Richard" banquet.
King Richard wrot his will, ant
then went to the Strengthening pen
The results proved conclusively tina
range steers could be fed In this~statt
and sold In stock markets ut a yer,
good profit.
10 the banquet came the mos
prominent mel of the northwest
James j. Hill, who had done so mucf
for the development Of North. dakota
was the guest Of honor. The address!
he gave that night was one of the fin
est he ever gave The Great North
ern, Northern Pacific and 500 rail
roads. banking institutions of the twill
cities, st. Paul stockyards, the Min
neapofis Civic and Commerce Ex
change, prominent officials of Nortl
Dakota and farm journals and news
papers Of the northwest were all rep
resented. l.. y. Hanna. then Cover
nor. vas the official Representative,
of Worth Dakota. Former Governo
e. Y. Sarles was toastmaster.
Among the other prominent me,
who spoke were: Dean Russell o
the Wisconsin agricultural college
Mayor Wallace c. Nye Of Minneapo
lis; Douglas A.. Fiske. president o
the Civic and Commerce association
Of Minneapolis: Joseph Chapman
vice president Of the Northwestern
National bank of Minneapolis: Allel
Albert, then managi". editor Of Tn
Minneapolis Tribune: A. J.. Glover
editor OF Hoard's Dairvman Of For
Atkinson, Wis: John Worst, thel
president of the North Dakota agri
president of the University of Nortl
Dakota: Harry Wander Vcycr. pre<i
dent of the Merchants National harl
of st. Paul; r. G.. Magivney. prcsidcn
of the Union Stockyards pan o
s.. Paul,