The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-10
THE NoNPAREJL MAN

OBLIGATORY Exercises Of the Town Pump
at Wheelock, N. D.-MasterIy Address
by Minneapolis Newspaper Man-HIs-
tory OF the Evolution Of the Pump
Enjoyment OF the Day Slightly MARRIED
by a Dog Fight In the Postoffice.
DR.. Ralph w. Wheelock, who left town
on his vacation this week, attended the
ded1catory exercises of the monument he
has presented to Wheelock, N D., yes
terday, and made the address of the day
in the hall fronting on the square. The
day was a pleasant one in the MAN, tho
it was cool and there were at times masses
or heavy cloud driven over the village by
a stray northwest wind. The pump stands
in the public square, near the drug store
and just across from the Sitting Bull mon
ument. On the south side of the square
are the park and the public library, con-
tanning file Of Mr.. Wheelock's writings.
The pump. was yelled in the American
flag before the exercises. When the clock
struck two the halyards were pulled by
Miss Janet Johnson the first white child
bern in Wheelock, while the school chill
dren, clad In White and massed on the
center Of the grandstand, sang America"
Mr.. Wheelock, after the cheering had sub
sided, said In part:
my friends and fellow citizens, also
ladies (cheers): It gives ME great pleas
ure to attend the delicato4y exercises Of
this little monument of LOVE for the city
Of my choice and Of my ancestral name I
need not. assure you thatE feel highly
honored at being asked tof speak at this
occasion ard In this presence, before an
audience representing the bone and sinew
of our republic, the breadmakers and the
breadwinners Of this great land lcheers).
= ~ MOI a FIJI
symbol of4purity and truth than the
sparkling fresh, water from this well which
we dedicat to today (sensation). And if the
waterais aNsymbol of purity, surely we
tnay 1otSd espise the pump that brings 1t
into manifestation before our eyes. Hid
den as tits in the yelled and mystic
depths of the bosom of the continent, of
what value is the water unless, it is
brought to the surface? With this thought
IN mind, / was pleased and proud to pre-
sent to this town the pump we dedicate
today" (Cheers.)
| Mr.. Wheelock then sketched briefly the
history Of the well, related the various
steps in the history and evolution of the
pump and gave a brief summary of the
varieties Of pumps-no In use. He closed
his grafton with a mastery tribute to
North Dakota and to its loyal sons and
daughters.
There was much enthusiasm. "A fine
lefsons hall. In the evening there was a
dance and a general good time was had.
A large number Of farmers came in
from the country, and neighboring towns
sent their Quota alg6, The restaurant and
hotel sran out aof food befote midnight, but
the citizens Hospitality opened their doors
and no one suffered for lack Of food or
Entertainment y sin ~:
The, enjoyment of the evening was
slightly marred by terrific dog fight in
the postoffice, just as the western mail
was being distributed No one was hurt,
except the spotted dog, which was badly
bitten.
While we are speaking Of newspape
men it may be well TO note that; Joe
Johnson, who opened the Subway Tavern
and secured the approval of Bishop Potter
for the enterprise, is an old newspaper
man and one Of New Yorl's characters
He belonged to the robust school OF jour-
nalism Of which James Creelman and Doc
| Cohn are the two best surviving examples.
He quit the world to enter the game of
reform. politics. and in the new field he
was o great success. Mayor Low thought
So rnnchsDf him that he gave the ex-re-
I porter d SIS, 900 berth. He was one Of the
conspicuous figures in the last municipal
campaign. He organized the Acorn club
and did great service for Low, but 1t
proved ineffective. He was fired when
Mcclellan came In. AfterS<a years eclipse
he emerged again with the reform saloon
idea and enlisted the support of some Of
the best people of New York, among them,
Las before remarked, Bishop Potter.
| Johnson is said by those who know hin,
! best to, be on the level in the new scheme.
Money with him is a secoTid-a close sec
1ond-consideration.
Brother Dowie has "butted in" on the
saloon incident and has intirnated in his
I kindly and affectionate way: that Bishop
Potter is on the road to- hell.
Wait: till Halloween, and our minister al
Constantinople may go out after dark and
4 tip over few mosques.
i The Fargo Forum has a good story tolG
1 by a newspaper man from Iowa. The
\ town where his paper was published was
4 pretty quiet and on some days its trance
j was so pronounced that, when there was
no dogfight on, the lack of news to make
q the paper interesting was something ter.
4 rible. One night when this was the sac
4 condition Of affairs, the newspaper mar
saw that something must be done. HI
says:
81 began racking my brain to get some
kind of a piece of news when happened
to think Of a bridge about three miles ou
4 of town where man had been murdered
i two years before and it hadEbeen general,
conceded that the murdered mans ghos
had been seen on several occasions
so called In one of the reporters and
sent him to the bridge. He took with hin
a sheet with which to do the ghost act
He had good ina gina ton, SO L knew tina
If any one passed that way at all tina
/ night there would be a story in it. ~
I! We'll, about 1 o. clock he came in hardl,
able toS walk. An exam Hation showed
that he had been shot. He had the story
however, and it was the richest thing tina
ever happened.
4 The reporter got month off with full
time, and though it was a pretty dea
story after all 1t helped us out wonderful,
that night
I It seems that the ghost-reporter reached
the bridge just in time to play spirit on
farmer who was going home. The farm
4 er was badly frightened and in his figh
i he hit the high spots only. Unfortunatel,
4 he shot before he ran, the charge taking
effect in the ghosts arm Well, 1t was
& q story anyhow and that's the main thing
"A. j. r. I
MARK TwAiN's RENEWED ACTIVITY
i Mark Twain has been more active sine
his arrival in Italy than for many year
4 past. According to his letters to friend
in America, when he is not writing he Il
looking for q new villa, = He has beef