The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-03-30
ROTARY ENTERTAlNS
FARMERS OF COUNTY
AT DINNER PROGRAM
Capitol Ifalk, Vocal Solos, Dia-
logues, and Band Music
Are Features

Burlelgn county farmers ana men,
bers of the Bismarck Rotary club
had their annual get-together dinner
and entertainment at the latter or
ganization's annual farmers night
program in the gymnasium of the
World War Memorial building Tues
day evening.
Featuring the program following
the dinner was talk by Fred L.
Conklin, member of the state capt.
toll building commission. who ex-
planned the work done by that body
since the old state capitol burned at
the end of 1880. Slides depicting the
national capitol, the capitols of
Louisiana and Nebraska, which also
are Of the tower type, and the de-
sign for North Dakota's new state
house were shown by Russell Reid,
superintendent of the state historical
society, in connection with Conklin'S
talk.
100 Farmers There
One hundred sixty persons attend
ed the program, more than 100 be-
ing farmers.
Benediction was asked by j. P.
jackson at the opening of the pro-
gram and between courses the group
sang songs under the direction of
Henry j. Duemeland. Jason E. Wait
played the piano accompaniment.
Otto Bauer, accompanied by Mrs.
Grace Duryee Morris, sang two solos:
tom O'Devan" (RuSselD and I'm
mortalis" (Walker).
F. A. Barton presented two comic
dialogues in Jewish and Scandina-
Wan accents.
Band music was furnished through
out the program by Professor Sauer-
kraut Curtis DirlanO and his Ger
man band. Other members of this
organization were: Sammy Kontos
and George Munger, clarinets; Archie
Olson, Harold Yeasley, and Warren
jenkins, comets; Ray 1saak, E flat
horn; Marian Folsom, baritone; Al
bert Boutin, trombone; Her m a n
Leonhard, bass; and Joseph Sulli-
van, drums.
Train to Stop Here
Ray Bergeson, president Of the
Rotary club, presided at the banquet.
He announced that the international
convention of Rotary will be con-
Quoted at Seattle June 20 to "a. A
special train, westward Ho," which
will carry RotarianS westward to
Seattle for the affair, he said, will
stop for two hours at Bismarck Man.
dan the afternoon of Thursday, June
Is. During this time. the president
continued, Bismarck and Mandan
Rotarians will have an opportunity
to visit with the travelling club men.
Bergeson announced that the April
program committee of the local Or
ganization would include p. J. Meyer,
Carl Nelson, Roy Logan, and DR.. E.
P. Quain, who will meet with A. r..
Tavis, general chairman, to map out
programs for luncheon meetings next
month.
Conklin said that for many years
residents Of North Dakota had look
ed forward to new capitol struc-
ture and that the fire late in 1880,
which destroyed the old capitol,
mace it possible to begin plans for
a new building.
He traced the legislation which
provided for the new building, House
Bill ~, and told of its stipulations
and appropriation of 100000.
Selection Was Difficult
Selection of an architect or archi-
tects, he said, was made through a
QUESTIONABLE plan when the capitol
commission was forced to abandon
plans for an architectural contest.
Questionnaires were sent to outstand-
ing architectural firms throughout
the United States. When the ques-
tionnaireS were returned, the COM
mission began eliminating them one
by one until only five firms were left
Some were eliminated because Of
their great distance from the scene.
Joseph Bell DeRemer, Grand
Forks, and w. F. Kurke, Fargo, were
chosen as local architects and their
knowledge of North Dakota building
conditions, soil, atmosphere, and
materials should prove valuable, Con-
kiln said.
Holabird and Root, Chicago firm
chosen as associate architect, has
more than $50 expert employees, Con-
kiln said, and Gilbert Hall, who did
the actual designing, is respected
enough as an architect to have pub
lished in the Encyclopedia Britannica
several articles dealing with archi-
lecture.
Ambition for Capitol
Colonel Holabird, when asked by