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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-06
TO PLAY FOR THIRD PLACE

New York, March 6.-(FeThe New
York Americans and Montreal Can
adiens should settle all argument over
which Is to earn the third playoff
berth In the Canadian section Of the
National Hockey League In their
"home and home" series Tuesday and
Thursday nights.
Other games on Tuesday nights
program send the high flying Toronto
Maple Leafs against the Bruins st
Boston and Ottawa against the Rang
ers ct New York.
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HoNpos WINS MATCH
3ioslx Yalls, 9. D.. March g.

3ol0 04uS, y. d, MATCH 6!VRe
IN Lopdns, claimant Of the worlds
heavyweight wrestling championship,
tossed Henry GRADER, claimant Of the
German title, n one fall match Nom
~ night. Using IN airplane spin,
\ Andoe damned GRADER to the mat
v ! dec1Gion In ~ minutes, 10 Sec
I hak Laudos weighed 100: GRADER
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-06
Girl Basketball Team Travels 1850
Miles for Contests During Season
After 35th Straight Win Tioga
cagers Prepare for 'nvi.
tation Tourney

When the Tioga high school girls
basketball team returned home Sun.
day after three-game trip, they com.
pleted 1855 miles Of travel for this
season, according to G. A. Rodewald
superintendent Of schools at Tioga.
With three victories on that journey
the Tioga feminine cagers hung up
their 35th consecutive win for games
IN the last three seasons. They de-
feated girls teams at Robinson. q
to %: at the Indian Training school
Bismarck. 43 to II; and the State
Training school at Mandan. 10 to 9
last week.
Right now the Tioga girls are pre-.
pairing for an invitational basketball
tournament which will be held al
Toga March Is and Is. Girls teams
from any part OF the state. with gooe
records Of play this season, are in.
vited to enter. but entries will bt
limited to eight, Rodewald said.
The authorities at Tioga have the
approval Of the officials of the North
Dakota high school league, and the
winner Of the tournament will receive
handsome loving cup with the in
scription. champion Girls Basket.
ball Team OF North Dakota Rode
Wald said.
Already entered in the meet arr
teams from Larimore. Hamar, Arne
gard, and either Ignite or Columbus
According to Coach o. O. Moe, Ito
ga. the squad has been matched a!
much as possible against teams Will
the best records.
Outstanding performer for the team
is Myrtrice Mattson who has aver
aged 20 points contest this season.
Other players include Ethel Ander
son. Lenora Hanson. Lilly Fretland
Annie Edwards, Clara Sandberg. Mar
ion Koolmo. Letha Marshall ant
Evelyn Corey.
Summary Of the Saturday game
against the Training school girls
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END TOURNEY TUESDAY

END TOURNEY TUESDAY
Belleair, Fla. March 6.-(R)-Match
play begins Tuesday In the annual
Belleair Women's golf pionship
tournament here. Miss Bernice Wall,
Oshkosh, Wis, golfer who was second
low in the qualifying round With IN
70, meets Mrs. +. w. White, Hartford,
Conn.
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ICKEs' SON 4 sPORT

Raymond Ickes, son Of the secre-
tary Of the interior, Is . valuable
sports man ct the University Of Chi
cago. He Is on the varsity polo and
wrestling teams, and Is said to be the
best boxer on the campus.
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Pulitzer prize for the best
novel published in 1888 by m
American author went to +. s.
STRIBLING, author Of THE
Store" Fire damp ID known
commonly 40 COAL NINE GAS.
Capital Of Minnesota 10 ST.
PAUL.
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Carl hubbeID Tells Of First Big
League Baseball Game With Giants
John M'craw Acquires World
Series Star at Beaumont,
Tex, for $40, 900

Editors Note: This Is the first q
q series of articles by Carl Hubboil,
whose pitching helped the Giants WIN
thu remnant and world series last
year, performance voted the out.
standing sports achievement Of 1881
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WESLEYAN COLLEGE WINS
Mitchell, s. D, March 6,-(R!The
Dakota Wesleyan basketball team
completed it's South Dakota confer
ence campaign Monday night by nos
ing out Sioux Falls College, 80 to 81.
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Chicagoan's left side was bruised and
battered after the bout.
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team title OF the
---------a indoor track and
Pevs: y -.
re- located, not In Man
the Bronx. scored 1872
sf the II varsity events
nuare Garden Monday
Gated New York Uni
points.
blending champion, was
Cornell fourth with IA,
h at II; and Harvard
Nineteen schools figured
strictly on the team
but Bill Bonthron,
lightly middle distance
capacity crowd its big
the evening when he
ar behind to nip Gene
***:nn by two meters in the
un. The time of 1874
@ lively slow.
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college
; IS IA Meet
-'lege Upsets Dope
PLAGUE -.
London. M S'A "
hundred perso Events
Sr.ool1 IN q MI 01

said q dispatcich 6.-fP)-For the
Daily Mail toCy, little Manhattan
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He1eree, George SCnaumpefg, JAMES,
town Teachers College.
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the bars OF
Columbia d
United Stat,
stead Of cate
Job at once .
represent NJ
legislation b
tural state.
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Water from City Mains

A separate system Of piping has
been provided to convey the storm
water from all roof areas to tho main
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short q the 100000 approved BY tho
legislature - the cost Of the. building,
Ia funds available to pay construction
costa
On Monday, RIB. y. 1894, bids were
opened, - advertised, for the pur-
chase q $4,000 Of capitol building
fund certificates, aud issue, bearing
5 PER cent Interest. The Bank Of
North Dakota presented . bid for
these certificates at par, and inas-
much q this was the only bid sub
Eaitted, and met the requirements Of
the Law, tbs board accepted It. The
hank agreed 70 take these certificates
nom time to time 90 money Is needed
70 complete payments for the capitol
building.
After selling the second issue Of
certificates there remained 47S2.0l Of
the e2.O00.000 approved by the legis-
lature. The board Of state capitol
commissioners arranged to have Z
CWA project and relief project ap-
proved for tho wrecking Of the old
capitol building, and the sale Of parts
Of this building viii provide several
hundred dollars, which will increase
the amount Of money raised for the
construction Of the building.
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bond h The sum q not Leo t.ian one
halt q the contract price II . surety
company approved BY the Board.
1oe IT. own protection, tho commits
sion designated three surety COM
pauiee Tor bonding contractors, Aetna,
Maryland Casualty and American
Surety.
workmens compensation bureau In
compliance with the law. The entire
public liability Was carried By one
company 70 avoid confusion, with Gov.
erage for each accident up 70 42S0, 900.
Fire and tornado coverage was
secured from the state fund.
Adequate coverage against los from
riot, civil commotion, insllrrection and
explosion was secured
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Mechanical Items
For Capitol Best
On Modern Marts
Continued from Pare p

NHO4AVA4AOCO 44OIlI 6a&O ~
the burning Of Ignite has been in
corporated in the boiler setting de-
sign. The sprinkler type Of stokers
are motor driven throughout, each
stoker being provided with q forced
draft fan. The system Is controlled
by the over-fire draft and Is used In
connection with an automatic damper
regulator.
All condensation is returned to q
duplex electrically driven combination
boiler feed and vacuum pump which
returns the water to the boilers
through automatic boiler feed regu-
lators.
Coal from the overhead bunkers
Is delivered through coal gates to an
electrically operated weigh larry.
Heats Memorial Building
The boiler plant has a capacity,
and piping connections have been
provided, for heating the Liberty
Memorial building on site adjacent
to the capitol.
Mechanical ventilation has been
provided for most Of the legislative
wing and for portion of the admin
istrative wing. Approximately no.
GOO cubic feet OF air can be moved per
minute with all fans in operation. OF
this total $4,000 represents fresh air
taken from the outside, heated and
filtered, and conveyed to the various
rooms. One supply fan is provided
for the house and affiliated spaces;
another for the senate: . third for
basement space, such as locker rooms,
offices, etc.; fourth supplies air to
the public offices on the first and
second floors, such as the governors
suite. secretary Of state. Superhero
court and others; fifth to the htch-
en- and lunch room and q sixth unit
supplies air to the library rooms. Each
Of the above supply units is accom-
panied by q corresponding exhaust
fan.
Toilet rooms arc distributed
throughout the building with regard
to probable usage. Toilet rooms pri-
marily for public use are located on
the ground floor. Other toilets
throughout the building are intend
ed for the building occupancy. SUI
ficient plumbing fixtures have been
installed to provide for certain
amount Of growth and expansion In
the use Of the building.
A circulating system Of hot water
distribution piping through the build.
ing delivers instant hot water to al
lavatories and sinks. Circulation Of
the water Is accomplished by gravity
A circulating system Of drinkins
water supplies every drinking foun-
tain and a fully automatic electrically
driven refrigerating machine supplies
the cooling effect for maintaining the
water at the desired temperature
This unit Is located on the 18th floor
The circulation Of water is created
by means Of two electrically driven
centrifugal pumps located In thu
basement.
Water from City Mains
A separate system Of piping ha,
been provided to convey the storm
water from all roof areas to the mair
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Capitol Bill Provided
Insurance and Bonding

Provisions for insuring Of work.
man and bonding members Of the
capitol commission and their score.
tsry . wen . contractors were In.
corpogated In tho North Dekota capi.
tol building Law.
The commissioner and secretary
were bonded with the state bonding
fund at : cost Of $500 for two years.
The architects were bonded at ESQ.,
900 st . cost Of $500 per year.
E1ch contract Vas secured By .
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Dome Sacrificed in
State Capitol for
Sake Of Efficiency

CONTINUED from Page y
purposes Of the component parts q
the North Dakota state capitol build
ing has been fully recognised and ex-
pressed In . fashion that satisfies
this new and economic point Of view.
Alphabetically. the exterior Is but
"a expression Of the inner activities
made possible BY the use Of materials
appropriate to the design fashioned
In q modern manner and assembled
to produce structure which, In I'd.
dition to satisfying the practical de-
mands made upon It, may from time
to time be embellished to portray, Ia
no less degree, the ideals and aspir-
ations Of the people Of the state Of
North Dakota.
tn legislative group. comprising
the house and the senate leach d
which Is semi.circular In the plan.
ring) . placed to the west on op-
posite sides OF . large assembly hail
which runs east and west and which
adjoins the Memorial Entrance hall
forming . connection with the STATE
administrative group. which rises on
the east 10 stories, or az feet above
the base.
From . great distance the gleam-
ing white shaft rises from the rolling
prairie and, flood-lighted at night
Il provides . beacon Of real value n
this age Of aeronautics.
From the lSth-story observation
gallery the visitor q afforded . mag
nificent view Of the country In every
direction. The great Missouri River
and many landmarks Of early his
tory may b clearly located. Properly
equipped and furnished, this space
may Be worthy Of Z pilgrimage from
both within and without the state.
Effects WIN Be Varied
Whole days may be spent noting
the changing effects Of light from
early dawn through the glorious sun.
shine OF midday to the deepening
shades Of night: In contemplation ot
conditions before the coming Of TIKI
white man: In recalling happening
In the lives Of early settlers and
events momentous to the country
ana which have had their beginning
here.
A. one approaches the building 4
takes form and unity. The circular
legislative section, q feet high. clear.
" marks the seat Of the law-enactine
bodies. The great open plaza, 81 feel
By % feet Ut the head Of the monu'
mental stairs leading from the ter
raced approach from Sixth st., viii
great ornamental bronze window
sculptural bronze panels depictin(
figures Of early history. into Mem
orial Hall, clearly marks the main q
ceremonial entrance. This mouu'
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Chicago Firm Was Low Bidder
Among Is Construction
Firms After Job
Performance Bonds Secured
and Sub Contracts Let
Before Work Began

Saving won tho contract On July
u. 1881. Tor building North DakotaS
new capitol building, the Lundoff-
Bicknell 90. Of Chicago immediately
launched it, widespread preparations
Tor construction work.
The Chicago firm Won the contract
IN competition With y other con.
structiou firms, the LundofS. Btcknell
bid being @l,6750 900. Under terms q
the contract the fee vs. to b three
ana one-half Per cent With "a agree.
ment that % per cent Of savings O..
fected would revert to the state aud
20 per cent 10 the builders.
After qualifying Tor the lob 70 the
Subtraction q the original capitol
building commission, the Lundoff-
Bicknell firm immediately secured
performance bonds with three bond.
Ing firms guaranteeing completion ot
the building and qualiy q work.
Next came the lett / Of % sub.
contracts and axrau Huts Tor mn.
tertal purchases N. .pmeut q con.
siderable heavy building machinery
and devices from the Cleveland yard
d tho construction firm 70 the build.
ing site at Bismarck.
Work Began A1g. II, 1e13
The excavation Sub.coutSactoes, the
Wachter Transfer Corporation and q.
+. Lambert q Bismarck, began &C.
tual building operations Aug. u.
1881, after Governor George =. Shat.
or had turned the first shovelsful Of
sod Ia m appgopriate ceremony. and
construction work from that time I'm.
til the present has proceeded uninter-
rupted except Tor : l0-day respite
during the common labogers' strike.
The excavation Tor the tower part
Of the structure was l3oxl5o test.
Front elevation oe the site was rs
feet.
Steel columns 81 tho tower and leo.
islative wing 90 supported By 232
separate toottnSD Of concrete aud e.
infoecing steal. lfuut footiues are
sunk 81 feet below the average elevae
ton while back Sootines ere % feet
1t the maximum below average ele.
Walton.
Concrete wallis reinforced By steel,
were poured up to grade and actual
building work above ground began.
The first steel column Vas ct n
place Oct 3. 1881, and the structural
steel work On the tower was fiuishsd
FEB. -, 1883. les than five months
later. The columns rest On steel base
plates over thu footings. Al Of the
steel was detailed at the source By
tho American Bridge 90. and sent
here IN the order needed, With "a
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'Lll11dOff- Bicltt1ell
Lost Little Time

poeco0 mArkod tor certain positions.
according b blue peints. AIDING 81
tho detailing ware xoesmo and Gray.
who previously had assisted Hola-
bird and Root IN pcsparation Of gen.
eral plans.
FeetjnQ Az Massive
TootinCs aSe massive ana deeigned
70 carry much marc than the weieht
oe The building. . score q them being
q the canttlever type. Two Of them
supporting the elevator shalts aro 81
5eet long and - teet wide.
Necessary tor the project Were q
railroad freight carloads oS structural
steal and u carloads q yetnforcing
steal.
~ the structural stesl work mo-
SrsGsed upward. concrete floor slabs
ware laid On each succeeding floor.
Following the structural steel work.
efs were the steel-palnters, Who cost.
ed The the steel With . graphite pro.
tectave covering 70 peoeect the metal
from the elements
Stone facing work was not BEGUN
until about ApEil I, 1888. ana was
completed about sept. I, 1888, the lob
taking i've months. A. Ii the case
of the structural steel, each piece OF
stone Va detailed Tor . particular
position In the scheme. A total Of
10 railroad Freight carloads q lime.
stone facing vas shipped here for the
project BY the Shawnee Stone co. Of
Bloomington, Ind.
A. the stone work progressed, win.
dow castings were put In proper place.
according to detail, and interior work
was getting under way. including erec-
ton q tile partitions. plasterins.
placing Of electrical and plumbing
couduits and fixtures, telephone fix
lures, laying oe interior terrasso floors
(marble chips In concrete With iaish
polish), setting Of marble, and bronze
fixtures, etc.
Finishing WEEK. Last
Last In the WORK came the install.
Ing of cabinet work Woodwork walls,
door frames, etc.,. decorating, paint
Ing. cleaning, ETC.,
Work. In the tower section d com.
pleted at present aud Warren 1ick.
nell. r., Of the construction firm, pre-
diets the finishing work In the west.
ern O. Legislative wing viii b com.
pleted BY June /.
| During construction, the building
force has ranged from 90 70 376 men.
First superintendent Of couStruc.
ton for the Llndoff- Bicknell co.
here was John N. Davis. Early Ii the
summer Of 1883 be was succeeded By
George Wagner, who Is the present
SUPERINTENDENT.
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the transmission Of public business.
Copies Of these signed and approved
departmental layouts were trans
mitted to the commission BY the
architects March 3. 1882.
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Fiscal Explanation
OF Construction Is
Given by Rishworth
CONTINUED from Pase y

pendable for the erection ana CON.
pletion Of the new capitol building.
Money procured from the sale Of
capitol building certificates = cred.
tied to the capitol building fund
special. The redemption Of these Ger.
tificates, and interest, Is from the
capitol building redemption fund.
Stin 435z, 7S1 Short
After the issuance Of 100000 Of
certificates Of Indebtedness IN Decem.
Der, 1852. there still was 43S2, 1921
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mental entrance = conferred "a sixth
st. and some 100 feet north q tho
boulevard. Hare the base q tn
building = ut q IN elevation Of -
feet above the street intersection.
On tho west = provided Z direct
entrance 70 Legislative coat rooms.
lounge, committee rooms and large
convention Or hearing roam.
The state capitol grounds consist
Of 100 acres Of land donated in com.
pliauce With the requirements Of the
1853 territorial capital commission
law under which the territorial capl.
til was located ct Bismarck. Roads
and walks and landscaping Of the
entire tract might well b undertaken
ct time when Ill work Of this char
acter would afford employment for
many.
The four.foot base Of the building
i Of wisconsin black granite. Above
the base the entire building = faced
With selected Bedford limestone. The
semi-circular walls Of the senate and
house are enriched BY fluted piers
between high windows, indicating the
nature Of the large chambers within.
A narrow band Of stone for future
carving encircles the building 70 the
tower forming the coping Of the leg
islative halls u feet above the grade.
Back Of the roots Of the legislative
halls the parapet wall Of assembly
and Memorial Hall carries through
and joints the administrative unit On
the east, forming . strong tie between
the two. The tower, o6 feet square,
rises without . break to the nth
floor level. Here the plan u reduced.
forming IN interesting silhouette and
the beginning Of the topping Of the
tower.
Contractioa Above nth
Above the nth floor further con-
traction Of the plan 3 effected and
It IS capped 242 feet inches above
grade BY simple coping. The encas-
Ing Of ventilating fans, machinery,
tanks and smoke stack, together with
the observation gallery, leaves no UNI
slightly pent house Or breaks above
the roof.
From the grounds to the fifth floor
additional area was desired In the
plan. This requirement was enclosed
In . CO. tinuation Of the treatment
Of the connecting link on the west
and provides the effect Of buttressing
the tower against that intersection.
The slight setback In the center q
north and south faces Of the tower,
together with oxidi1e aluminium metal
spandrel treatment between windows,
gives . distinct vertical treatment 70
this unit and. naturally, heightenS
the effect Of the tower structure. The
spandrelS Of the corner windows are
Of stone, giving . rigid appearance 20
the corners. The windows are from
1 feet : inches to { feet 8 inches wide
with piers between generally I feet
8 inches, giving abundant light TO
every part Of the plan.
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New Capitol Shows
Science of Building
Has Made Progress
Continued from Pare a

VOuGI0UeQ 1I0m I48o ID
h the most direct and simple manner.
leaving for the future such embellish-
ments Of sculpture and murals 6 may
b within reach Of future legislation.
Rough stone has been left ct local
points Tor future carving and sculp-
tural adornment.
This was pre-eminently . problem
q expressing : human need; Of pro-
ducins : building that completely
satisfied the governmental functions
q the state for the present, and yet
20 flexible q, with only minor
changes. would meet future require
ments over . long period.
Here. then, was . problem. the solu-
ton q which required something Of
the same strength o( character, the
same spirit q adventure as domiuat-
ed the sturdy pioneer.
The approach Of the architects was
deliberate and cautious, without be-
ing weak Of purpose. Undisputable
fact Vas the basis Of the studies In
plan. elevation. perspective and clay
models.
The collection Of facts and require
ments pertaining to every state de-
partment, the purpose, methods and
personnel was recorded without any
pre-conceived type. form or express
SION Of the building In mind.
The assembled facts were careful
" analysed and set up to be clearly
visualiSed,
Two DiviSlons Divorced
From the first It was evident that
the Legislative activities should be In
Q measure divorced from those Of i'd
ministratton. The house and senate
both required large chambers, num-
erous committee rooms and facilities
to care for the orderly procedure Of
law enactment. These bodies meet
for about two months every two years.
The periods Of legislative activity IL
ways have been periods Of disturb
anoe and confusion 70 routine bust
ness u cur state capitol buildings.
Il vas apparent that . distinct sep
aratton Of administrative offices and
Legislative activities would DO i'd
vaatageous 70 both.
Vertical transportation, affordins