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BurneIl said that hts payroll the
past year was s5i 1000.
Antonio Valent, lifelong Port
Isabel resident and member OF the
fish house OF Valent and Custer
said he believed that as many fish
could be caught on pole and line
now as Is years ago Tie favored
drag seines as against gill nets.
Valent told OF establishing a fish
house at Reddish bay In 1902. de-
claring he left because there we're
no fish, ard said the fresh water
coming down the ARROYO floodwav
and the cut through Padre Island
during the hurricane have put fish
IN the bay. He also said he tried
Commercial fishing In Mexico IN
1905. but quit because fish were
scarce. attributing the secretly 20
the fact that they 10 out in the
Gulf at times and come back.
Baker then questioned him %
iength about the value or pleasure
fishing. and Valent said the peo-
Dle come down with their own
boat on a trailer. and their lunch.
and v their own bait" He said
everybody would have 70 leave
Port Isabel if commercial fishing
by nets were stopped.
Weight then read from O letter
which appeared in The Herald.
and declared he felt The Herald
should suuoly the evidence prov
inE the letter. since no name was
signed. The part he read referred
70 a fish house paying 2 cents q
Dourd for redfish and selling II
for u cents a pound at the plant.
He said fishermen make a profit
OF only z or 9 cents q pound.
Deny Any indication
Butler. who was still residing The
Herald report, read out loud 10
Weight the passage which stated
the committee by It's questioning
at the Brownsville meeting had
strongly indicated that 10 would
recommend opening OF Texas coast
al waters to drag seines.
He asked Weight Is ne had heard
any such statement made at the
meeting.
mo. Mr.. Chairman. I didn't"
Weight said"
Then Butler continued. "Now 7
sm going 10 ten you something that
told me In a private CONVEX
sation after the meeting-the per-
son who said II misquoted me here.
50 7 am going to tell H. Editors
note-Mr. Butler was not quoted on
this point nc all In The Herald's
report Tuesday,. He said that some
Of the merchants or Port Isabel
signed this advertisement because
they were high pressured. Were
those merchants high pressured7"
Weight said they were not. and
called Oh several Of those who sign
ed the advertisements. and they
said they signed voluntarily. Weight
then read from The Valley Morning
star about n group OF Hariingen
fishermen who caught 500 pounds
or reddish.
Jefferson asked him whether he
preferred the drag seine or the gill
net after Weight said he had never
used a drag she. but had used q
gin net. Weight said ne preferred
the drag seine because u killed
mere predatory fish. jefferson
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, 1934-11-22
The New Deal
and the Ioneses

100000, 900, and the CCC has taken
s0 far about s470.Oo1.D01. including
some money spent to 1uy waste
land.
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NEARLY 100000
TONS PRODUCED BY
n. D. Mines IN 81
O. ]. Olson, State Coal Mine
Inspector, Reports to
Governor

North Dakota mines produced l.
872,381 tons Of Ignite coal In 1888
valued at $2,251 ,592.80, according to
the 18th annual report of o. J. Olson,
state coal mine inspector, to Cover
nor william LANCER.
OF the total 349,162 tons was con-
sumed locally and 1,480,023 tons was
shipped from source for consumption
elsewhere.
Olson reported that coal production
in the state had increased from $780,
742 tons in 1908 to 1872 1871 tons in
1888. Last years production was
$780, 1923 tons greater than that for
1892 but was valued at $57,556.79 less
than the 1882 output.
Last year, the inspector reported,
the state had 30l mines In Il western
counties, 1913 Of which were UNDER
ground mines and 103 the stripping
type.
Burleigh county,s mines were listed
as follows in the report: Diamond
Coal Co. at Baldwin and Il others
at or near Wilton, Asplund Coal Co..
Asplund Coal Mine, Backman Coal
Mine, Burleigh Coal Mine, Coleman
Coal Mine, Ecklund Coal Mine, Eng
strom Coal Mine, Ferrick Coal Mine
Fosberg Coal Mine, Hedstrom Coal
Mine, Lind Brothers Coal Mine, Pc
terson Coal Co., Truax-Traer Ignite
Coal Co. and Rupp Coal Mine.
The report listed four fatal acci-
dents in mines in 1888 and 172 none
fatal accidents, lib Of which occurred
in underground mines and 81 in strip
mines.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-07
Western Union Has
State House Office

For the convenience Of state d.
partments, the Western Union has
established . special office In North
Dakota's new state capitol building.
Tho office u located Immediately
east Of the main entrance on the
ground floor and in return for the
space serves as an information bu.
reau to all visitors.
The capitol office is equipped with
. simplex printer photographic type
wrtter), which is In constant commu.
nication from . q. m. until 5 .. m.
daily with the main Western Union
office In downtown Bismarck.
Hours Of the Western Union Office
conform to those Of the state Offices
including holidays.
In charge Of the capitol telegraph
office Is e. A. Bates. who came herr
from Virginia, Mimi, to establish tho
new bureau Feb. Il.
The bureaus business, he says, ap-
proximates that Of an average city
Of several thousand inhabitants.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-07
Railroads Shared in
Freighting Material

Competitive freight costs in connec-
ton with construction Of North Da-
kota's new state capitol building were
estimated at approximately $250,O00
and the capitol commission exercised
its powers to bring about an equitable
and fair distribution of these freight
earnings.
A statement was procured Of the
amount Of taxes paid by each of the
great transportation companies and
a scheme was developed through
which the freight was distributed
among the railroad companies in pro-
portion to the taxes paid by them.
Difficulty was encountered in dis
tributing to the Great Northern Rail
way Co., the heaviest railroad tax
payer, it's proportionate share Of such
freight earnings, because that line had
no direct access to Bismarck. This
difficulty was overcome In part by
routing all lumber shipments from the
west coast over the Great Northern to
Minot. as well as by other measures.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-07
BISMARCK LODGE OF.
ELKS STARTED WORK
IN summer OF 1910
1enevolenco and fraternity Are
Prime objsctivss Of
Organization

sixty-six years ago tho Benevolent
and Protective Order Of Elks was
born in the minds and hearts Of .
few devoted friends whose only de-
sire was for fraternal companion.
ship. Continued association soon
awakened . conception Of the great
possibilities. Of the new fraternity.
which would be national In scope,
beneficent in purpose and American
In membership.
Since then the order has grown
from one parent lodge having q
handful Of members to more than
400 lodges with q membership Of
more than 100000. BY unceasing
practice Of the principles laid down
by its founders, the order has BE-
come Q factor Of considerable impor-
lance In the affairs Of the nation,
and its patriotic standing u recog-
nised by the nations constituted
authorities.
Bismarck Lodge, No. 1899, was In
stituted June 3. 1910, with the fol-
lowing charter members: +. L. Nigey,
r. Z. Best, H. J. 0eierman. r. Q.
Remington, F. q. drambs. r. L. Scott,
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Removal Started Dakota Civil War
SOUTH RESENTED ACTION
Legislators Staged Pitched Battle
building, . magnificent and costly

building, q magnificent and costly
gift.
Compliments 70 Women
"The enterprise OF your citizens In
thus contributing to the interests of
the territory is equaled only by that
of your mothers, wives and daugh-
tiers in contributing to the success OF
this evenings entertainment.
THAT you may reap the reward Of
your labor Is renewed and continued
prosperity Is the wish Of each Of your
guests"
Governor Pierce was followed by
johnson Nickens, member Of the
council from Stutsman county, who
made a special plea for union and
harmony and the abandonment Of all
sectional feeling. But the members
from the South would have none OF
1t, Falconer says.
They did not attend the dedicatory
exercises, reception, banquet or in
augural ball-"they made themselves
conspicuous by their absence"
On Jan. II. shortly after the open
ing OF the legislature, Major Pickles
Of Faux county introduced = bill to
remove the capital from Bismarck to
Pierre, and from then on to the close
Of the session 1t was q continual war
between the South and the North
over the capital removal proposal.
It was the intention OF Major
Pickles and his followers to put
through the capital removal bill and
then adjourn to Pierre for the re-
mainder Of the session, but Pickles
could not hold his forces together,
and his bill did not come up for q
final passage until late in the session,
when 1t was passed by a small ma
jority.
Vetoed Bin March .
On March 9 Governor Pierce vetoed
the capital removal bill and the fol-
lowing day Pickles and his followers
tried to pass the bill over the gov
ernorS veto. In this he failed, how
ever, the governors veto being sus-
tanned by q vote Of Is to 20.
When the vote was announced, hats
were thrown IN the air, members
jumped from their seats and shouted
and the applause was tumultuous.
The correspondent for the press Of
the southern portion Of the territory.
commenting on the veto, said BIS
marckians are happy tonight over
their victory, and In the thought that
the capital Is theirs. South Dakotans
will 60 home sadder and wiser men.
Had they stood together as the North
has done throughout, immovable as q
rock. they might have accomplished
something, but while they procrasti-
mated, the North improved the oppor-
tunity and came off victorious"
With the capital permanently To-
Gated at Bismarck, division of the
territory was fastened. Finally In
November, 1889, when statehood
came, Pierre was rewarded by being
made the capital Of South Dakota.
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lander, 1901: p. N. Nystrom, 1ool-l9o3;
p. J. Collop, 1o0l-l905: r. w. Stanton,
1905 1907; George B. Newcomb, 1905
1910; Bruce Jackson, 1911-1ol8 dur
ing this time, when Rev. Jackson was
given . leave Of absence to enter the
World war, Rev. l. r. Call served the
congregation from September, 1917, to
May, 1918, when he, too. enlisted) /:
George B. Richardson, 19lo-1e20: =.
r. Jordan, 1920-l921; L. r. johnson,
lo2l.lo24: A. A. Holmes, l925-1o26
(died May -, 1920; q. A. Stephens.
1896 1890; and Ellis I. jackson, the
present pastor, who came here In
1879.
Current Directory Listed
Tho present directory Of the church
il a. follows:
Clerk-Adry. Nellie Evarts.
TreaSurer-Adiss Gertrude Evarts.
Trustees-Dr. Fannie Dunn Quain,
Rev. H. q. Bens, Adam Hoff, william
Mueller and Howard McNutt.
Deacons-D. 3. Shaw, Fred Miller,
Charles staley and William Mueller,
Jf.
Church school-William r. Muel-
Ter, superintendent: Gertrude Evarts,
secretary: Mrs. q. ]. Worner. super
intendent Of primary department.
Ladies aid-MrS. Edward Herbert,
president: Mrs. William Barneck, Sec
Rotary: Mrs. D. B. Shaw, treasurer:
and Mrs. r. D. Hoskins. financial
secretary.
Mission circle-Mrs. r. L. Welliver,
president; Mrs. r. E. Kennedy, vice
president: Mrs. r. D. Hoskins, secre-
tary: and Mrs. o. T. Raaen, treas
uref.
Junior Worldwide guild-AGrs. =.
I. jackson, leader: Florence Miller,
president; and Eva Coates, secretary.
Crusade-F1orence Miller, president;
Howard Beers, vice president; and
Dorothy Mueller, secretary.
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IL = stevenson. T. M. McLachlan. 9.
n. Dion. o. Beardsley. Carl PeoeI'
son, = J. Lovaas, 2. II. Wnlte, =: e.. 80
lev. n. w. Roam, Q. B. Little, y. :; Mc.
Qillis, e. II. Tracey. N. A: f1ee1us'
81 b. miller, John Storey, II. a. 6sr"
vind. i. r. schwabe, J. L. Peterson
=. ". Lambie, w. A. Brown. ~ =
eslyie. 81. s. smith, 8. l. Htn, 7. h
1focfler. =. ". Evans, Owen ]. jones'
I. ". Mclean, Andrew Miller, 1nomss
Hanlon and Z. q. Patterson.
orena oflloegs Here
Pasa / Of tho minute book gives
the following history Of the insticoe
tion Of the lodge: IAN emergency ~.
sion Of the grand lodge OF 1aks Q!
tho United States Of America waS nelo
Ia the armory Of Company A. situated
in tho city Of Bismarck, 70 the stass
Of North Dakota, for the purpose o.
instituting Bismarck Lodge No. 11SS:
B. p. q. f., and was duly opened
With tho following officers n the
chairs: Grand exalted ruler, p. p. e.
Z. r., ]. L. Palda, Jr, Mtnot looeo
No. 1860; grand esteemed leading
fnieht y. !. Burnett, Dickinson lodge
No. llS7: grand esteemed loyal KNIGHT
J. =. Dryer: grand esteemed Sectuf.
ing knight, H. A. Burgeson; eano
secretary, Valdemar lessen; grano
treasurer, w. q. Ray: grand esquire
2. J. Hughes; grand inner guard, Z.
8. Connolly: grand tyler, 7. N. Hart.
,,ne. IN Of Dickiueou lodge, and grand
or9anist, Casper Aker Of 1inot lodge.
Members Of Bismarck lodge arS
scattered to Ill parts Of the United
States, with members in nearly every
state In the Union. Since the organ.
ization Of tho lodge. 1.l21 members
have been admitted By Initiation and
otherwise. OF this number - names
have been inscribed on tho mystic TON
Of those who will come no more, ana
many have joined other lodges.
The officers Of Bismarck lodge tor
the last year are: J. L. Clifford, exalt.
ed ruler: q. I. Spear, leading knight
w. 4. Doty, loyal knight: James w.
Guthrie, lecturing knight; Walter ".
Clark, secretary: J. p. Wagner, treas.
urer; John Graham, esquire: II. d.
Lombard, inner guard; George Up.
right, tyler, and the following tr1ls>
tees: John L. George. J. Q. Taylor,
ebert A. Olson. DR.. !. B. Strauss
and Walter A. Sather.
q Past Rulers
The past exalted rulers Of the lodgs
are: +. w. Evans (lol0), =. L Best
(lolD, r. r. Mockler Ool2), Carl
Peterson (lol3), 8. L. Hill (lolD, VIM.
O1Iara (lol5-l6-17), 1. x. Thompsoo
(lols), J. p. Sell (lol9), I. @. Davies
(lo2o). p. e. Fields (lo2l), H Z. Muir.
ply U922), Alex Rosen Oo23), r. =
Webb (1924). John Z. George (1o256
Obert A. Olson (l926). J. G. Taylor
l1027), Theodore Quanrud (1e2O,
Walter A. sather (lo2o), A. W. Moi
len (l030), A. Z Brink (l0Sl), ana
Charles Liessman O032).
The practice Of charity, without o.
tentation, Is ono Of the cardinal virs
tues Of the Elks. and Thousands a
dollars are annually expended, both
In and out Of tho order. Bismarck
lodge has quietly performed throughs
out the years, great and wonderfde
work Of charity, has aided the UNI
fortunate, spread good cheer and 70.
neved much human suffering.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-07

Ice blocks may be built In. In either
case . space Is left between the top
Of the Ice and the floor. Sweet cream
placed on the leo In cans was sweet
after two weeks Of storing. A build
ing over the well aids materially In
preserving the ice. The well ct the
Mandan station has been successful
" used during each Of the last five
summers. giving good refrigeration
well into the month Of September.
Experiments Under Way
In addition to cooperative breed
ing experiments with dairymen in
this area and work with the ice well,
feeding experiments have been UNDER
way at the dairy station for some
time. These trials include comparing
the feeding value Of oat hay and
alfalfa hay. Groups Of cows have
been fed On each Of these hays. In
addition each Of two cows was fed
nothing but oat hay during an entire
lactation period. TWO other cow
were carried through . total Of five
complete lactation and reproduction
periods solely on alfalfa hay. Rec
ords Of yields Of crops and the cost
Of same are being kept. and . COM
parison Of the efficiency Of . cheap
II constructed trench silo and the
considerably more costly pit silo 4
being made.
The regular staff ct the Northern
Great Plains Dairy Station consists
Of five employees including A. L
Watt. the station superintendent Thu
duties Of these msn include care o1
livestock. grinding and mixing feed
milking three times each day, farm
cultivation, harvesting. threading, en-
SLING corn, hauling hay. and other
work Of . similar nature.
The Northern Great Plains Dairy
Station = opeFated By the division o1
dairy cattle breeding, feeding. and
management. bureau Of dairy indus.
try, D. 8. department 81 agriculture.
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The removal Of tho capital from
Yankton IN 1883 did not create much
excitement or adverse comennt at the
time, according to w. A. Falconer
pioneer resident OF Bismarck and his
torian.
It was generally understood by resi-
dents Of the southern portion Of the
territory, Falconer says, that Yank-
ton was not the logical location for
the capital. and II the capital had
been located In any OF the towns or
cities in the southern portion Of the
territory, except the town OF Ordway,
the people generally Of the southern
portion would have been satisfied.
But when it became known that the
capital was to be removed to the
northern portion OF the territory, the
South rose up In arms and nothing
was too mean or vile to say about
Governor N. G. Ordway, Alexander
Mckenzie and the capital commits
sioners.
Governor Ordway was successed by
Gilbert A. Pierce. who was appointed
by President Arthur. Pierce was the
eighth governor Of Dakota Territory
and served from 1884 to 1887.
The first legislative session held IN
The northern portion Of the territory
convened at Bismarck Tuesday. Jan.
Is, 1885. Members Of the council and
house were sworn in by Judge VIII
liam H. Francis.
South Had Majority
The South, having majority, or
ganized both houses by electing ]. H.
Westover of Pierre president Of the
council and George Rice OF F1andreau
speaker Of the house.
Citizens Of Bismarck had made
elaborate arrangements for the dedi-
cation services and to receive the gov
ernor and his staff and members OF
the legislature.
The inaugural ceremonies were
held in the then new capitol building
Wednesday, Jan. IA, and the reception
was conducted the same evening.
Governor Pierce and staff, terri
torial officials and members OF the
legislature assembled at the Sheridan
House at p. M, where carriages con-
veyed them to the capitol. The gov
errors guards received the officials
and members Of the legislature and
conducted them to the house cham
Der.
Mayor John p. Dunn Of Bismarck
gave the address Of welcome. Gov
ernor Pierce, responding, spoke brief
", saying Ladies and gentlemen OF
the city Of Bismarck: In behalf Of
the officers Of the territory and men,
bers of the legislature. I tender you
my hearty thanks for this reception.
The best thing that I can say for the
city Of Bismarck Is that 1t Is typical
western town. Your city possesses
the famed enterprise Of the West in q
remarkable degree. She has present.
I'd tho territory with this new capitol
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-07
TOILET FACILITIES AMPLE

Toilet rooms are distributed
throughout North Dakota's new capi.
tol with regard to probable usage,
Toilet rooms primarily for public ~
are on the ground floor. Other toilets
throughout tho building are intended
Tor the building occupancy. Suffici.
ent plumbing fixtures have been In
stalled to provide for growth ana q.
pansion IN use Of the structure.
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Billy Laist Dean At New Capitol
CUSTODIAN 40 YEARS
*** - -
Has Served For II Administrations

Unanimously recognized q dean"
at North DakotAS new state capitol
building = William Billy" Iaist. an
ployed - janitoe and custodian Of
the state house Tor tho last four
decades.
Billy has served regularly @ Gus
todiau Of the state capitol under u
governors since 1895. They were
Roger Allin, Frank A. Briggs, Joseph
M. Devine, Frederick B. Eancher,
Frank White, Z r. sarles, John
Burke, Louis B. Hanna, Lynn ]. Fra
zier, r. A. Nestos, Arthur q. sorlie.
Walter Maddox, George +. ehater
and william LANCER.
He first was employed a. janitor
in 1893. The legislative session In that
year he recalls % tho most exciting
In his memory. "For 10 or 20 days."
Billy says, 'the solons balloted In
joint session before finally electing
North Dakota's q. 8. senator from
among several candidates. including
. woman"
On Job Since 1895
Ever since he was appointed regu-
lar janitor Of the capitol In 1895 by
tho capitol commission, including
Governor Roger Allin Of Grafton, Au-
ditor Frank Briggs Of Mandan and
Secretary Of State q. N. Dahl Of Bis
rnarck, LAist has held that position.
Billy's job became more secure than
ever In 1929, when the legislature
passed . special law giving him the
title Of custodian and providing him
with uniform and Job for life on
good behavior, and giving him regular
police powers. He cannot be removed
except for cause, and then only by the
governor.
Since last July I, when the general
reduction Of state pay checks went
into effect, Billy has refused to ac-
cept his full amount Of pay. He said
that Is long - other employees sur
Tered cuts, he should also.
The legislature failed to change
Billys salary, apparently overlooking
it when wholesale cuts were made.
Visited Attorney General
When his voucher came In the full
amount after July /, Billy learned
from the attorney general that his
salary for the next two years could
not be changed by any state official
or order. The only way for Billy to
take q cut was to refuse the full
amount and make the reduction vol
unfairly. This he did.
Laist first came to Bismarck from
Buchen, Baden, Germany, In the
spring Of 1885, when he was IL years
old. He worked on q ranch four miles
north Of tho city.