The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-23

YIELDS the executive power Of the
state Of North Dakota, Mrs. Ole H.
Olson remains typical North ,Da-
kota farm woman who has shared
With her husband ana family the
hardships which recent lean years
have brought to agriculture.
This Is emphasized by Alma +.
Riggle, special writer for the Fargo
Forum, who writes the following In
teresting story Of . visit to the Olson
farm near New Rockford and IN in
terview with the new governors wife:
A governors wife, who Is as unin-
terested In her new estate Is II 1t did
not exist
A first lady. who doesn't intend to
change the furnishings In the guber-
national mansion and won't worry
about It's being too small-because
she doesn't expect to move to the
capital
A woman, who hasn't any interest
in the news that she ranks socially
ahead Of any other Of her sex In the
state
That's North Dakota's new first
lady-Mrs. Ole Olson, wife Of the
Eddy county dirt farmer, who sue
ceeded during the week to the office
of governor, when the supreme court
ruled william LANCER, convicted Of
. crime against the federal govern
ment, could no longer function as
the states chief executive. Olson,
the lieutenant governor, Is exercising
the powers invested In the office.
Solid, Dependable, Enduring
Mrs. Olson, q solid, dependable and
enduring Is her Morse forebears. dis
claims any specific concern over the
fantastic turn Of events that sudden
" has given her husband the high
est political position the state has
to offer, that In turn placing her in
the commonwealth highest official
social position.
And her views In the matter are
understandable when you've seen her
ct home and talked with her for .
while. Your correspondent arrived
ct the acting governors farm In the
early evening. Supper was about to
be served-a substantial meal Of
sausage and potatoes, sauce and cake.
The governors wife was hot and tired
1T had been an exciting day-the
regular work and the worry Of hav-
Ing photographers and an interview
|er about. She had just returned from
helping one Of the boys with water
ing some Of the stock-he Is lust q
little fellow and It would be hard for
him to do 1t alone"
The 20 odd years Of Mrs. Olson's
life have been spent In Eddy county.
She was born-Julia Ramberget-on
q farm just two miles east of the Oh
son farm-a half section Of rolling
land-part Of the Great Divide, q
range Of low lying hills that definite
", however gently, separates the Mis-
sissippi valley and Hudson Bay slopes
Travels Have Been Limited
All her life In one tiny community
"a trip or two to Bismarck and
Fargo, Q couple to the state Of Wash
ington (once when her father died)
where her folks went to reside "a
years ago. The country school that
provided her only education Is just
across the road from the Ramberget
farm. And Ole, q young homestead
er, came accounting from just two
miles away, taking her to their pres
ent home when they were married
Dec. II. 1912. Julia was 81 at that
time and the years since have been
average for . Dakota farm woman
with . large faInily-little money. no
conveniences Is we have come to
know them in modern times, hard
physical work day In and day out, and
few pleasures.
Impossible drudgery" would be the
explanation Of probably any other
woman who has ever found herself
the wife Of . governor, but to Julia
Ramberget Olson 1t Is Ill in the
course Of things-the life Of the aver.
age woman In her community: she i
used to It.
It isn't that the Olsons couldn't en-
10y more gracious livins-the first
lady's honest face shone with en-
thusiasm when she explained that
the children must have an education
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