The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-11-11

when ottler accommodations were not
to be had, bunkcd in rows OF rows of
cots IN the ball room of the CONNER
c1al club. 1t was one of the sights OF
the campaign excursions to see the
way they outspanned Ito use an Afrl-
can camp cxprcsslnn) and turned in
for the night in the club rooms. An
attendant was in charge, frequently
two or three, and as fast us the young
fellows would come in and ask to be
put to bed, a cot and a few blankets
would be taken from Il big pile. open
ed out next the wall; the lodger would
pull off his coat and vest. thrown his
shoes and tie and collar under the cot.
roll in, pull the blankets over him and
that hard slumber which only comes
after a long ride and hours of tramp
ing in a crowd o 0 put him dead to
all the world. When the last one had
been slowed away the beautiful ball
room, with its polished floor and dain-
ty decorations, became like a big bar
rack at an army post.
Supt. Collins of this division was
out in his private car on the freight
one day last week and while %sidetrack-
ed waiting for the Chamberlain pass
enger and its long string of heavily
loaded coaches, he made the remark
to the conductor: "Thank God we'll
own u our W road next week.
Supt. Collins probably expressed the
sentiments of every employee of the
road. But they all made the best of
the situation and in spite of the fact
that hundreds who were not rightfully
entitled to free rides under the idea
prompting the literally of the road
tried to "work" the conductors but
they were uniformity courteous and
%forbearing. A good one is told on Con-
ductor Fargo of the Aberdeen-Mitch-
ell run-one of the oldest and strictest
conductors in the employ of the COM
pany. lie had been running north
temporarily from Aberdeen and when
he get back on his regular run the
heavy rush of travel had just started.
Failing to tind anybody i'm the first
Car who had a regular ticket or any
other kind of regular transportation
he went forward into the baggage car,
sat down and lighted a cigar and re-
mafked, they can all go towel.
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One of the wonders Of the daily ex-
cursions to Mitchell and Pierre for
thirty days was that no one was killed
or injured. 1t is a conservative esti-
mate to place the number of passen-
gers carried at 100, 1000: and when it is
considered that half Of the distance
traversed by the heavily loaded trans
on all roads and divisions was done in
the night and many trains running IN
sections, it was perhaps the most
remarkable feat of railroad operation
eyer performed in the world. 1t seems
the more wonderful in view of the
facts that hundreds have been killed
and manned in railroad wrecks during
the past year in all parts of the coun.
try. -
A page of the GRAPHIC could be
filled with incidents coming into the
Mitchell committee roomso of IL strik-
inRly interesting nature all through
the campaign. the most OF which of
course the prophecies will not per-
nit mentioning. The requests for
passes from the inception of the cam
paign was as vexatious at times as it
was amusing at others. The impress
sion was general that we had unlimit-
ed authority to issues passes to any
body and everybody and to any point
reached by the Milwaukee. Some also
thought that the Mitchell people
could issue Il pass on the Northwest
ern as we'll. 1t made one tired to have
reQuestlons for transportation of a
nature that could not even be obtain
ed for workers engaged almost wholly
in Mitchell's interest come from those
who were ayowed Pierre sympathiZers
The gall of some people is something
wonderful to behold when they turn it
loose. -
And the communications and ad-
vise-all of which of course was we'll
intended-that came in the mails to
the manager Of the press bureau. They
would ill a volume and prove more
interesting than anything that got
into print. Sandwiched with them
were poetical contributions which
would beat any obituary offerings to
the average country newspaper a
block. But tie writer acknowledged
them all in a personal letter just the
same. 1T goes without saying that
many communications sent in. arti-
Giles sustaining the Mitchell side Of
the arguments were we'll written and
as logical as any that did appear from
any source. But it was simply i'm
possible to circulate them. either
through the newspapers supporting
Mitchell-already giving literally of
their space-or through the mails, as