The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-02-16
ENCOURAGEMENT IS
GIVEN TO BISMARCK
NCAPITAL CONTEST
Organizations at KiiI6eer and
Danzig Pass Resolutions
to Join Fight
Additional encouragement in the

Additional encouragement in the
fight to retain the state capital came
to Bismarck Tuesday from organ
izations at Killdeer, in Dunn county,
and Danzig, Mcintosh county.
At Killdeer it was the Town Criets
club which went on record while the
action at Danzig was taken by the
Commercial club. Every member of
the latter organization pledged him.
self to do all in his power to educate
the voters Of Mcintosh county as to
the benefits involved in retaining the
capital at Bismarck.
The text of the panzig resolution
follows:
WHEREAS, the voters Of the
state of North Dakota will vote on
the removal of the state capital from
Bismarck to Jamestown on the 18th
day of March, 1882;
"WHEREAS, the expense to the
voters of the state Of North Dakota
in removing said capital would
amount to several million dollars;
Would Be Great Loss
WHEREAS, there are millions of
dollars invested by the citizens of
Bismarck which would be greatly
deprecated in value by said removal;
WHEREAS, the capital Of the
state of North Dakota was located
at Bismarck by the constitutional
assembly;
WHEREAS, our railroads and
highways directly lead to Bismarck;
THEREFORE,, the following res
oiution was unanimously adopted:
"BE II RESOLVED, that each
member of this club pledges that he
will do all in his power to educate
the voters of Mcintosh county as to
the benefits involved in retaining the
capital at Bismarck, North Dakota"
John j. Weber is president Of the
organization and, at the same meet
ing at which the capital resolution
was adopted, A. e. Bietz was desig-
mated as secretary and Fred +.
Gieser as treasurer.
The Killdeer resolution, signed by
Fl. w. Weydahl, Fred Hollingsworth
and f. w. Jones, committee on res
oiutions, follows:
WHEREAS, on March Is the
people of the state of North Dakota
will have an opportunity to vote on
the proposition as to whether or not
Bismarck or be removed to James,
the state capital shall remain in
town, and
Was Permanently Located
WHEREAS, the state capital was
permanently located in Bismarck by
the early settlers of our state at
time when the center Of population
was further east than it is today,
and
"WHEREAS, the people Of North
Dakota have about one and one-half
million dollars invested in govern
ment property in Bismarck that
would be almost valueless should the
capital be moved to Jamestown, and
"WHEREAS, any state institution
in our state would be subject to the
same procedure should the James
town people be successful in NOV
ing the capital to their city, thereby
putting all government institutions
in the state on wheels, so to speak,
and
"WHEREAS, the people Of North
Dakota should overwhelmingly vote
in favor of keeping the state capital
in Bismarck, thereby setting prec-
edent that would discourage any fu-
ture fallacies of this nature;
NOW THEREFORE,, Be It Re.
solved that the Town Criers club Of
killdeer go on record as favoring
Bismarck for the future capital city
of our great state and that a copy
Of these resolutions be sent to the
Chamber of Commerce in Bismarck,
N. OAK"