Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-02-19
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To the Press and Dakotaian: In an
issue OF the Mitchell Mail OF the l4sh
INST we find an article with the following
head lines:
"For Yanktan's beneit-A communi-
cation from a citizen on the last tourna-
ment-Some interesting facts for the
Yankton fire department to digest"
This article in the Mail was brought
out by a letter l wrote to the gentleman
whose name is signed to the article, re-
qnesting him as q member OF the s d.
f. A. to obtain the records of the last
tournament that were in the possession
of the secretary, o Mitchell man, and
send them to me for publication in a
pamphlet Icing gotten up by the asso-
citation for the use of he next tourna.
ment to be held in this city in june next.
That for all the Misrepresentation
and missthtements that aver appeared
in any n newspaper article the one re-
rerred to certainly not only takes the
cake, bat the whole institution not
leaving out the baker. He starts out by
saying that the treatment the Mitchell
department received at the hands of the
Yankton boys at Haron WAS disgracsful.
1t Is a mystery wherein the disgraceful
treatment at the hands of the Ysrkton
department comes in, unless it is that it
is q disgrace for Mitchell! to be beaten
in its race for the championship cart by
Yankton. He says that we (MitchelD
did not care so much for the champion
ship cart and the 5000. II they did not
care for the cart and the money, why did
they hire men with which TO make mp q
, team to compete for said money and
cart. And why when the cart and money
we're ia dispute did the Mitchell men ap.
! preach Yankton's. chief engineer and try
] and coDpromise the csse-Yankton tC
take the money and Mitchell the cart
Bot our chief refused to Dske any com
7 promise, our boys had either won oil
they hadn't. They had won all or no
thing, and the record shows or should
show they won everything.
Does Mitchell claim her team was
made up of Mitchell men, or do they
a claim that their team complied with sec
n tion 10 of tournament rules, which pro-
: vides that companies must consist en-
tirely of man who have been bona fde
residents OF the city at least three months
and q member of the company sixty
: days previous to the tournament?
Does the gentleman not know that al
r least four men in the Mitchell team we're
r not, neither did they claim to be resi-.
+ dents of Mitchell, but Immediately afte,
the close of the tournament they return
ed to their homes, q in Sioux City
one in Alexandra. one in Woorsocke'
! and one in Chamberlain There is ne
need to mention names, as the gentle
man from Mitchell is probably wei
acquainted with oil OF them, but the
names con be furnished il required.
I would advise the department II
. Mitchell the next time they hire men t.
work Tor their town that they max
8 them acquainted with each other, SO j
one of them ia asked the name of hi
running mate he will not be compelled
to make the startling announcement
that he does not know, as was the cas-
y with the Mitchell team at Huron. I
was on the ground OF non-residence tha
the protest CT the Yankton team agains
the Mitchell team was made, and by th
board OF control entertained, ant
decided in favor of Yankton, and decide,
Justly. as every fsir minded and un
prejodiced man will say.
He says that Yankton cannot get up
10 team that can beat Mitchell. That mo,
y be even 80, but one thing certain Ysnk
D. ton has always gone on the track With
home team. There has never been an
is men hired to draw q Yankton cart, on
n boys have always done that work them
Ia selves, we were always willing and or
70 now, to take our chances with Ysnkton'
young men to WIN. Our boys hav
done it once and they can do il sgail
Mitchell to the contrary Notwithstanding
a. He asks did Yankton give q bond for th
cart, did the recording secretary dra'
a an order for the 500 90? To both que
e. tions, I answer, no. The reasons for th
neglect are as follows:
Il In regard to the bond, our chief VIC
never asked for a bond, but il one is de
sired it can be had, the gentle
;, man knows that when the de
=. cision OF the board OF contrt
., was rendered givingthe cart to Yanktol
the Yankson team was at the depe
q ready to start for home, with the rpdel
!, standing that if the cart was awarde
them, it would be forwarded to then
And when word was brought that tt
cart was theirs the train was about read
~ to stert, and there was no time to get d
" the bond. Had the bond been asked f.
when the board OF control mel in Yanh
ton last month it would have bee
y furnished or 1t can be now.
Iaregard to the 500 the recording Sc
:. rotary of the association being q Mitche
man, and the money going to Yankto
He Che secretary refused to make o
the order, but the treasurer paid q
money on the presidents order.
1 WILL ask the gentleman il there W
IN any other team except Mitchell W
IN threatened to break up the champio
ship cart?