The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-03
Ownership of Auto Used
By Fraser Being PrObed
Anders Says Original Vehicle
Traded in Chicago; New
One Was Burned

Ownership of the car used by G
Angus Fraser, former adjutant gen.
eral and member Of the capitol COM
mission, for his trip to Louisiana in
1891 was q subject for questioning at
the capitol legislative committee hear
ing Friday.
Acting Adjutant General Herman A.
Brocopp identified a voucher which
he said showed payment OF $500 from
the adjutant generals department
funds toward the purchase price of
the car from Devils Lake dealer.
From Frank L. Anders, secretary of
the capitol commission came the in
formation that the Hudson car in
which the trip began was traded off
by Fraser at Chicago for q LaSalle
and that it later burned. He added
Fraser told him he had made SETTLE
ment" for the loss.
Brocopp said he had heard" the
insurance had been paid to Fraser.
Sen. w. G. Bangert Of the investi-
eating committee examined Anders
and Brocopp on the ownership of the
car and was told the $500 voucher
represented the difference between
the value Of the car and the trade
in value Of a used car.
Surety bonds, files, brick, doctors.
architects and other subjects were in
cluded In the subjects covered by the
legislative investigators as they con-
tinued In their ninth day Of examine
ton Of the work Of the capitol COM
mission.
After hearing from Anders the tes-
timony that the records Of the COM
mission were in different cities, Ban
CERT moved to demand that all records
be assembled and kept on permanent
file In Bismarck, with the committee
approving the motion.
Sen. w. E. Matthaei, chairman OF
the committee, brought from Anders
and the minutes Of the capitol COM
mission q story Of difficulties encoun-
tered In getting in touch with the
architects for the new $1,000 DOC
building when important problems
arose.
Matthaei read from the records the
order Of the commission to the archi-
tects to get together in Bismarck for
the solution Of their problems.
Tells Of Difficulties
AnderS said that with one architect
In Grand Forks, one in Fargo and the
associates in Chicago. the work was
hampered and frequently necessitated
much correspondence and effort to
get In touch with all Of them when
decisions arose.
The Matthaei questioning led up to
the motion made by Bangert to as
semble the records In Bismarck Mat
thaei's examination Of Anders brought
out the story Of bidders surety bonds,
with Anders informing the investiga-
tors that the commission had agreed
to have all bonds written In q IRE.
sponsible group" Of bonding compa-
MES which included the Aetna. Mary
land Casualty company and the
American Surety company.
Anders was asked II H. +. Murphy,
Bismarck insurance man, had written
most Of the bonds. He answered. II
think he did"
Anders said that one bond furnish
ed the commission by the architects
was returned to them but was later
accepted.
The J. w. Darragh company. Cedar
Rapids, H.. holders Of the plumbing
contract, were brought back into the
testimony several times with Gilbert
Semingson. North Dakota state ex-
aininer, reporting that he had re-
ceived from the state examiner Of
iowa information concerning the GER
tilted check for 43,720 furnislled the
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