Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-02
Townley Raised Pay.

Q. Did he fix It?
A. Yes, sir. J. :
+ @. So you finally started in the
bank at $1,000 a year? q,
A. Yes, sir, <
@. Do you remember about wher
II. was that you were appointed
about don't care for the .exac,
time?
A. 1t was the early part Of April
I think around the 4th of April.
Cathro's Appointment.
c.thro Sne" did you ''Fs' near OF Mr.
A. Well it was soon after that. q
@. Who was the first person thai
the bank, il you remember.
A. William Lemke.
Q. The present attorney general:
A. Yes, sir.
@. BY the way, William Lemke
wasn't on the industrial commission
al The time you referred to that he
asked you to go to A. C.'s room7
A. No, sir.
you when he mentioned Mr.. Cathro'.
name?
A.. I was still acting as state ex.
aminer and until Mr.. I1ofthus-in fac
I don't think Mr.. Lofthus had beer
appointed, but it was understood he
he would be. The governor had told
me who he was going to appoint and
had said 1t would be possibly a month
before Mr.. Lofthus could get all ar.
engagements made to dome to Bis.
marck and l told him I would stay
and take care of the Office until hi
that Mr.. Lemke came in and said We
would have to get busy and start the
organization Of the bank. And hi
says you better have Mr.. Cathro from
Bottineau come over and help you
and he is a splendid detail man.
said I don't know Mr.. Cathro, bot il
is all right you can send for him.
! Well, he says you are appointed
manager of the bank and it would
be only courtesy for you to wire him
to come over, which I did.
i @. And he came over?
A. Yes, sir.
@. And I suppose you and Mr.
Cathro started in on the matter of thu
details of the organization of the
bank?
A. Yes. sir.
@. How long after your appoint
ment, about, was it that you sent thi!
wire to Mr.. Cathro?
A. Well, it would be within q few
days. l don't remember, but within
a few days.
@. Did anybody else assist in tn.
organization of the detail of thu
Bank?
A.. Yes, Oliver Morris. secretary o
the industrial commission. looked at
ter some of the detail work.
O.. After Mr.. Cathro came, I as
sumo he also assisted?
A. Yes, sir. Mr.. Cathro started il
drawing up the rules Of the bank, ant
on other detail work.
@. Well, now. after the bank wal
started as q going concern-by thu
way when was Mr.. Cathro appointed
to an unofficial position by the indus
trial commission. do you know?
A. Well, it must have been abou'
sixty days later than that. / am no
positive as to that time. but / thinl
ut was about that time. ;&.ss@ 90 s
a. Was his salary fixed al the. tim.
he was appointed? /. -
A.. Yes. at the later date::
Cathro in Limelight. -.
c.. Well. now. after the bank start
ed going and Mr.. Cathro and your
self were there, who was it that con,
ferred with the industrial commissio,
in regard to the affairs of the Bank
A. Mr.. Cathro.
@. Were you called in by the in
dustrial commission for conference?
A. I don't remember that I wa.
ever called in. There was only on
time I remember sitting with them
and that was the day Mr.. Cathro pur
chased the bonds.
@. The day Mr.. Cathro purchased
the bonds from the state Of North Da
kota?
A: Yes. sir.
@. Well, who went to the Bankers
conventions. representing the Bank o
North Dakota? You or Mr.. Cathro2'
considered a first-class detail man
and quite a public speaker, and h,
was sent out to the meeting OF tn,
Bankers convention to explain tn,
system and workings OF the Bank o
North Dakota.
@. Well, if you wanted to get an,
information to the industrial com
mission. how did you go at it, tell j
to Mr.. Cathro?
A. Yes. sir.
@. Mr.. Cathro. then, appeared t,
be the representative of the industria
commission lin the bank?
A. 1t would appear so.
@. Did the members Of the indus
trial commission themselves come t.
visit the bank?
A. No. sir.
@. Who were on the industria
commission at that time?
A. Governor Frazier. John N. Hag
en-, commissioner of agriculture an,
generals
i @. Well, did any Of them come t
the bank to observe the conduct o
it?
A. Governor Frazier came dow,
one afternoon with that radical edito
from Chicago. that Is the editor o
the New Majority. I don't. remembe
his name now. he brought him dow,
there and showed him through tn
bank.
@. Was that the only time 70
know Of when the governor was dow
there?
A. No. I think the governor va
down there one other time. but tina
was. / believe, during the noon houl
G.. He came down to see you? ,
A. No. not particularly: 1 don
know now just what his mission wa,
It wasn't anything that had any bear
Ing on the bank at any rate.
@. Was Mr.. Hagan down there
A.. All l know is hearsay: the nigh
Waterman told me Mr.. Hagan was /
conference with Mr.. Mcintosh an
Mr.. Cathro one night down there.
@. Mr.. Langer-do you know {
his being down there?
A. No. sir, he neve was.
O. Do you NEAR to a that Lange
was never In that bank as a membe
OF the industrial commission that 70
know OF?
A. No, SIR. although / sent sever
invitations t him to come down..
a @. Do you remember when 70
opened the bank for. business. n
Waters?
A.. Some time In July, y am n,
positive - to the date.