The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-15
VICE PRESIDENT TO
Be CHIEF FIGURE IN
CAPITOL CEREMONY
Definite Assurance That He
Will Attend Received BY
Fargo Politician
PROGRAM BEING ARRANGED
Local Committee to Meet With
Shafer and Other Officials
to Plan Details

Vice President Charles Curtis will
be the principal speaker here oct. 8
at the program marking the laying
OF the cornerstone of North Dakota's
new 100000 state capitol building.
Definite assurance that the vice
president OF the United States will
be here for the dedication was re-
ceived Thursday by william Stern at
Fargo. Republican national commit
teeman for North Dakota, who is In
charge Of the state Hoover Curtis
headquarters.
Selection of the date for the pro-
gram had been held up pending word
from national Republican headquar-
tiers at Washington, D. c.
A large committee Of state officials
and Bismarck persons will meet with
Governor George F.. Shafer, probably
Friday. to formulate plans for the
program, no other details Of which
have yet been arranged.
May Be All-Day Affair
Whether it will be an all-day or
just an afternoon program has not
been decided. Neither has 1t been
decided what special features, II any,
will be staged in connection with the
celebration.
Thousands from all over the state
are expected to attend the ceremony
and the committee hopes to present
a program appropriate to such an
occasion.
Members Of the state capitol build
ing commission are expected to aid
in arrangements.
Any date between Oct. 1 and Is
would have been suitable for the pro-
gram, according to o. F. Bryant, sec.
rotary to Governor Shafer, but those
arranging the ceremony held I'D all
arrangements pending word regard
ing Curtis, since it was desired that
some high official Of the nation be
present.
Nearby states are expected to send
their governors or other representa-
tives here for the program and dele
cations are expected from the Cana
dian provinces of Saskatchewan and
Manitoba.
Contractors assured the capitol
commission that the program could
be arranged conveniently any time
during the first half Of October, ac-
cording to Bryant.
Concrete work on the structure is
expected to begin next week, accord
ing to George Kandzie, of the Hola-
bird and Root architectural firm.
Await Steel Shipment
With excavation work completed
wednesday forenoon, further construc-
ton Is being held up until the arri-
val here Of reinforcing steel to be
used in the concrete work. The REIN
forcing steel is expected here this
weekend, while the first shipment
OF structural steel for the History
tower is expected to reach here
about Oct. /.
The first shipment of sand and
gravel to be used in concrete work
will reach Bismarck Friday and will
be sidetracked on Northern Pacific
spur line near the federal weather
bureau. according to T. p. Allen,
Northern Pacific agent. The sand
and gravel is being furnished by the
Riverside Gravel company, Mandan,
from its pits about 20 miles south
west OF Mandan, near st. Anthony.
Removal of the gravel from the
sidetrack to Capitol Hill is not con-
templated before next Monday morn
ing, since 1t will not be needed UNI
til then.
Meanwhile, contractors are pre-
pairing for the sinking Of footings for
the skyscraper.