uifiGons wesr OFFICIAL! SOUVENTP « • • Q9H NORTH DAKOTA'S GOLDEN JU&ILEE 8 89 NORTH DAKOTA 939 • STATE LIBRARY • Bismarck, N. D. 58505 HI WS&aSm . -" PROCLAMATION OF ADMISSION (Issued by President Harrison, Nov. 2, 1889) WHEREAS, The congress of the United States hundred and eighty-nine, for ratification or rejec­ did, by an act approved on the twenty-second day tion by the qualified voters of said proposed state, of February, one thousand eight hundred and and that the returns of said election should be eighty-nine provide that the inhabitants of the made to the secretary of the territory of Dakota, territory of Dakota might, upon conditions pre­ who with the governor and chief justice thereof, scribed by said act, become the states of North or any two of them, should canvass the same, and Dakota and South Dakota, and if a majority of the legal votes cast should be for the constitution, the governor should certify the WHEREAS, It was provided by said act that result to the President of the United States, the area comprising the Territory of Dakota together with a statement of the votes cast should, for the purposes of this act, be divided on thereon, and upon separate articles of propositions the line of the seventh standard parallel produced and a copy of said constitution, articles, proposi­ due west to the western boundary of said Territory tions and ordinances; and and that the delegates elected as therein provided to the Constitutional Convention in districts WHEREAS, It has been certified to me by the north of said parallel should assemble in conven­ governor of the territory of Dakota, that within tion at the time prescribed in the act at the city the time prescribed by said act of congress a of Bismarck; and constitution for the proposed state of North Dakota has been adopted and the same ratified by WHEREAS, It was provided by the said act that a majority of the qualified voters of said proposed the delegates, as aforesaid, should, after they state in accordance with the conditions prescribed had met and organized, declare on behalf of the in said act; and people of North Dakota that they adopt the con­ stitution of the United States, whereupon the said WHEREAS, It is also certified to me by said convention should be authorized to form a con­ governor that at the same time that the body of stitution and state government for the proposed said constitution was submitted to a vote of State of North Dakota; and the people a separate article numbered 20 and entitled, "prohibition" was also submitted and WHEREAS, It was provided by said act that received a majority of all the votes cast for and the constitution so adopted should be republican against said article as well as a majority of all in form and make no distinction in civil or political the votes cast for and against the constitution and rights on account of race or color, except as to was adopted; arid . Indians not taxed, and not be repugnant to the constitution of the United States and the prin­ WHEREAS, A duly authenticated copy of ciples of the Declaration of Independence and that said constitution, article, ordinances and proposi­ the constitution should, by an ordinance irrevoc­ tions, as required by'said act has been received able without the consent of the United States and by me, the people of said states made certain provisions NOW, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, presi­ prescribed in said act; and dent of the United States of America, do, in WHEREAS, It was provided by said act that accordance with the provisions of the act of the constitution of North Dakota and South Dakota congress aforesaid, declare and proclaim the fact should respectively incorporate an agreement, that the conditions imposed by congress on the to be reached in accordance with the provision state of North Dakota to entitle that state to of the act for an equitable division of all property admission to the Union, have been ratified and belonging to the Territory of Dakota, the disposi­ accepted and that the admission of the said state tion of all public records, and also for the appor­ into the Union is now complete. tionment of the debts and liabilities of said In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my territory, and that each of said states should hand and caused the seal of the United States to obligate itself to pay its proportion of such debts be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this and liabilities the same as if they had been created second day of November, in the year of our Lord by such states, respectively; and one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine and WHEREAS, It was provided by said act that the of the Independence of the United States of constitution thus formed for the people of North America one hundred and fourteenth. Dakota should by an ordinance of the convention BENJAMIN HARRISON. forming the same, be submitted to the people of North Dakota, at an election to be held therein on By the President: the first Tuesday in October, one thousand eight James G. Blaine, Secretary of State. NORTH DAKOTA NORTH DAKOTA SI All LIBRARY BOOK OR AUTHOR 3 3105 00033 7830 OFFICIAL SOUVENIR PROGRAM o i NORTH DAKOTA'S GOLDEN JUBILEE August 21st through 25th, 1939 FEATURING U WAGONS WEST" Mammoth Historical Spectacle BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA PRICE: FIFTEEN CENTS North Dakota State Library - rck, N. D. 58r)05 1889 WAGONS WEST = 1939 —= BIRTHDAY GREETINGS to one pioneer from another The Standard Oil Company extends congratulations and best wishes to the State of North Dakota on its 50th birthday. Standard Oil, also, is celebrating its Golden Jubilee this year—and finds pleasure in this chance to greet a fellow pioneer. Both institutions feel justifiably proud of their long records of service to the people of North Dakota—and are sincerely grateful to the progressive spirit of the state which promises to both still greater chances for service, in the future. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (Indiana) NASH-FINCH COMPANY 1885 Since Territorial Days 1939 BISMARCK GRAND FORKS MERCANTILE DICKINSON NASH-STONE, Grand Forks JAMESTOWN LAKE GROCERY, Devils Lake WARD MERCANTILE, Minot NASH-LEWIS, Fargo NASH-STONE, Minot DeCAMP MERCANTILE, Fargo WILLISTON Wholesale Fruits and Groceries Page Two i t c.i DAKOTA TERRITORIAL CAPITOL FIRST NORTH DAKOTA CAPITOL Yankton, South Dakota Bismarck, North Dakota 1861-1883 L889-1930 DEDICATION TO PIONEERS The Citizens of the State of North Dakota, during the "Golden Jubilee," pause to observe its fifty years of statehood and to recognize the contribution made by the early pioneers, both living and dead, to the upbuilding of the commonwealth. From its virgin prairies of seventy years ago those early settlers, through periods of priva­ WiH tion and hardship, planned and built a great i ii - State. We cherish the traditions that have been our heritage and find new inspiration as we review their heroic deeds. I II I May the generations that have and will follow the path they blazed, be ever conscious of their obligation to the pioneers. 1889 WAGONS WEST 1939 I'n!/r Tin 11 Compliments OF Minneapolis Clearing House Association MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA Northwestern National Bank & Trust Company Midland National Bank & Trust Company First National Bank & Trust Company Marquette National Bank l_ Page Foui JOHN MOSES Seventy-five years ago the prairies of Dakota Territory we're unbroken save for a few trading and military posts. The plains then were the- home of roving tribes of Indians. Fifty years ago. the- pioneers of Dakota Territory, having established their frontier communities and strong in their young courage, turned their eyes to the future. They had the vision and the- energy to build a commonwealth. Their unrelenting efforts towards unity culminated on Nov. '2. ISS'.l. when North Dakota was admitted as one of the sovereign states of the union. This year we an- observing fifty years of statehood. Hut it is more than a phrase. We observe fifty years of progress. Now we meet in Bismarck and later in other communities of the state to pay our heartfelt tribute to I he brave men anil women who peopled Dakota Territory anil made- of it a state. We recall with pride- thai they were the architects who planned and the builders who moulded the great state that North Dakota is today. In common with the other citizens of North Dakota, I am humble in the presence of the pioneers. I am honored and pleased to ho able to extend to them all a sincere welcome to this, the state celebration of North Dakota's Golden Jubilee. And it is our wish thai we, the citizens of today, e-vc-r shall uphold the noble traditions that they established yesterday. fi^u^^y WAGONS WEST 1889 1939 Page Five CONGRATULATIONS and BEST WISHES from the WHOLESALERS OF ST, PAUL INLAND CONSTRUCTION CO, OMAHA, NEBRASKA Builders of Good Roads in a Great State Page Six NORTH DAKOTA'S GOLDEN JUBILEE Special Days and Their Significance Note: The Program for each day of North Dakota's Golden Jubilee has been developed to be a portrayal of the significant features to which that day is dedicated. SUNDAY We honor the pioneer missionaries and early churchmen August 20th who were responsible for laying the foundation of the "Religious Observance Day' spiritual faith of today, and we acknowledge their important part in the state's development. MONDAY A cast of 800 people will assemble, together with a August 21st massed chorus of 200 voices and 65 musicians, to "Pre-View Day" present the pre-view performance of the mammoth his­ torical spectacle, "Wagons West," on the Capitol plaza.