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Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1912-12-13
The Whining Little XIII,

The b. c. copies an editorial
from the Beach Advance in
which perfumed brickbats are
tossed at the editor of the Slope
Cuonty News. The masterpiece
was reproduced the next issue af-
ter the outcome of the election
was known. 1t was only because
the sky pilot was disgruntled over
the course the voters pursued in
chucking Tottens nose in the
dirt. Totten realizes that we as
sisted materially in the drubbing
handed him.
Looking little farther back
into history we can see the source
of the editorial, along with 9TH
ers of equal calibre. Many moons
ago primary was held in North
Dakota and one r. M. Andrews
was nominated for states attor-
ney of Billings county. Since
that day a petted idol of a
crooked political gang has been
mad enough to bite his own
grandmother. The pill was so
bitter that the taste hangs unto
the defeated one through all
these months, and Step brothe,
Agnew' was one Of the fellows
that dished out that bitter pill.
We have been informed more
than once that this disgruntled
little tin god has controlled the
editorial policy of the Beach Ad.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1912-12-13
Coteu Newspaper Press Purchased by the Chon
ice Through the c. l. Johnson Mfg Co., Of ST Paul.

of. To give our readers a little
better idea of the plant, we will
give a short description of it here.
The first operation in printing
a newspaper is to put all the mat.
ter in type, and on the majority
of papers. in towns even larger
than Beach, this is all done by
hand, each and every letter being
handled by compositors. and af-
ter the papers is printed it must
again all be handled and put
back into the type cases for an
other issue. For this work the
publisher purchased the most
modern typecasting machine
made. a No. 8 Mergenthaler Limo
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1912-12-13
Hanna's Place as Congressman
Will Be Vacant for Short Time

Governor-elect L. B. Hanna of
North Dakota will resign his posi-
ton as Congressman from this
state shortly before the Christ
mas holidays. and from thae-tine
till March 4, next year. North Da-
kota will have but one member
in the lower house at Washington.
This condition existed only
two years ago when Congress
man Gronna was elected Senator,
the seat from this state being va
cant from the time he entered
the Senate in January till the
time Congressman Helgeson en-
tered. At that time Congress
man Hanna was the lone men,
Der.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1912-12-13

professional cards, including bor-
ders. on page ten, and many 9TH
er ads in the paper, were put into
type by this machine. and all
reading matter and legal notices.
also. 1t is operated by one man
working at a keyboard, who can
cast or make type Just as rapidly
as a stenographer can operate a
typewriter. 1t is impossible to un-
derstand how all this can be done
without seeing the machine per-
form. 1t is one of the greatest
inventions ever. recorded in the
patent Office and on account of
the many patents which it carries
it brings a high price to the manu-
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1912-12-13
A. L. Martin as Big Grain Farms
Says More Live Stock is Needed

Senator A. L. Martin of SEN
tinel Butte finished threshing his
grain crop of $4,000 bushels on
Monday and came to Dickinson
in the evening. He owns his own
machine and had his own crew
and has been threshing when the
weather was suitable since the
| 9th of September. Mr.. Martin
had 225 acres of flax that was
caught in the snow storm on Oc-
tober 18th and it was some time
before he was able to stack it.
He says that the wet weather and
snow injured the grade Of wheat
to some extent. He had 1917
bushels of wheat, the balance be-
ing oats and flax. The average
yield for wheat was about "a
bushels per acre. one field yield
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1912-12-13

this page. is capable ,.of casting
three different sizes OF type of two
faces each, which gives the oper-
Ator a variety Of six different
kinds of type, all of which are
used in this. issue. The larger
part of the Power & Wagner ad,
including border, on page three,
the Mitchell ad on page nine. the
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1912-12-13

investment is the large newspa-
per press. a two-revolution. four
page. seven-column Cottrell. also
manufactured in New York. This
press weighs 5000 pounds or
four tons. and is capable of print
ing four pages of seven-column
size paper at the rate of over g.
600 per hour. Attached to this
press is an Omaha folder, which
receives the paper from the press
and folds it up ready for mailing.
The printing and folding is thus
done in one operation, the blank
sheet Of paper being fed into the
press which passes through it and
the folder and comes out ready
for the mailing machine. The
press and folder combined costs
over 100000 and it does it's
work with almost human intelli-
gence. These two pieces of ma
chinery are shown separately on
this page. When attached and in
operation the two measure over
20 feet from tip to tip.
In addition to this press we
have New Series Gordon job
press upon which all small COM
mercial printing will be done.
the large newspaper press being
also used for larger work such as
sale bills, book work. etc. A
large Diamond power cutter is al
so included in the job depart
ment.
The typecasting machine and
the job press are propelled by
a one-horse gas engine, while the
newspaper press and folder re-
quires a four-horse engine.
In type equipment we have the
very latest faces, all body type
and practically all our display
type being selected from that
popular face known to printers as
the Cheltenham family. Along
with type we have the latest in
type cabinets. imposing stones.
racks. stitcher. etc.
The papers are addressed with
a Horton mailer such as is used
in nearly all the daily newspaper
Offices.
We expect to rebuild on the
Chronicle building site some time
during 1913 and eventually move
the plant back to the old site. but
for the present we will be glad to
have our readers call on us at the
Dickinson building and see our
new outfit in operation. After
you have looked it over you will
agree with US in saying that Beach
has a print shop to be proud Of
a print shop that will give you a
bigger and better Chronicle than
ever; more reading matter, and
a print shop that will make it pos
sible for the publisher to uphold
the Chronicles reputation as the
leading Newspaper in Beach,
Golden Valley county, and West.
ern North Dakota.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1912-12-13
"As FULL OF GINGER AS EvER''

to be noted that of the unusual trials upon
deserving newspaper is illustrated by the unfornate
loss of plant and building by fire Beach,
time by Editor Bnton fearless crapper for he rsht
he it. and with plenty of courage as he
times, his plant will shortly do the Phoenix and
arise better and certainly full Of ginger eves
he has the sympathy Of the press
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1912-12-13

vance. and its crying and sob-
bing at this late date is additional
evidence. We can't believe from
what we have heard Of him. that
Egan of the Advance u such ~
puny little pouter and believe
that such unfounded and unnsa N
ly attacks originated with ~
whining little kid that emit 4 te
defeat like a man.-Slopes Cousiiii-
ty News. ssis
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1912-12-13

facturer. The machine is the larg-
est single investment in our plant.
It is manufactured and sold by
The Mergenthaler Linotype Com
pany Of New York. and the No.
8 purchased by US is the second
machine Of it's kind in North Da-
kota.
The second piece of machinery
which represents the next largest
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1912-12-13
A Carload Of Modern Printing Machinery In
stalled by Chronicle Publisher-Paper
to be Continued, Enlarged and
Made Better in Spite of
Fire and Enemies

type. which casts or molds the
type az needed from solid bars of
metal. There are different styles
of Linotypes. ranging in price
from $l.500.O0 up, the most
generally used machine being the
No. 5 at So, 10000, which casts
one size Of type in two faces. The
No. 8, which the Chronicle has
installed and which is shown on
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1912-12-13
THE CATHOLIC FAII,.. E,,lII d :. !,

Very successful was the two
days fair given by St. John : plr-
ish in this city. The fair wasshSld
on Tuesday and Wednesday lasf.
the proceeds being ST. .l50 1ae
ladies served meals both days
and deserve great credit fos the
culinary ability displayed rixes
were given and numerous ron
testants for the same engenx xlered
much friendly rivalry. AIto-
gether the fair was a grand 90
cess. Sstssssss Sissi
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1912-12-13

The Beach Advance asks if we heard the story
who sat the red hot stove does
had but object the question the ground Of bsn
leading and tending incrimnate the
Herald aSkksss
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1912-12-13

my attention to my wife, who.
like myself. hurried from the
building scantily clothed. and es-
corted her to the home Of her
sister, Mrs. Lloyd. in the south
eastern part of town. So violent
had been the explosion that when
| returned to the building it was
on fire to the roof and nothing
could then be saved from the Sec
ond story. H. w. Peek, my fa-
ther-in-law. who was visiting with
US and sleeping in our apartments,
lost all his clothing and personal
effects also. escaping with scant
clothing. He recovered the only
articles saved from the building,
two fur coats and suit Of clothes
that hung in hall closet near the
outside door. Aside from this
the writer and his wife lost every
thing in the way of household ef-
fects. even our watches which lay
on the dresser in the bedroom;
piano, furniture, books. clothing,
pictures. ETC., amounting to near
ly $2,5OO.00, according to the
estimates taken by the insurance
companies.
On the second floor were also
located the Offices of Atty. r. M.
Andrews. Dr.. L. G. Smith and
Dr.. Foster, who saved very little.
On the first floor was the post
office, the writer's Office, stock
room and work room in the rear,
and in the basement the press
room in the rear and Ed Perry 8
tailor shop and B., T. Piesik' .
loan Office in the front. Not a
single thing was saved from the
basement or first floor, the entire
contents of the posto&ce being
destroyed, together with $500
worth of posto6ce fixtures,
boxes, safe. furniture, ETC., which
was personally owned by me.
The entire loss of building and
contents was about 100000,
over $25,000.00 of which was
sustained by the writer, and this
does not cover the loss of books
and records of the Chronicle,
which contained over 100000
in unpaid accounts, portion ol
which, Of course. will receive.
Another heavy loss not estimated
in the above was the destruction
of the Chronicle subscription rec.
ords, which will take months.
yes, years. to completely straight.
J, en- out.
i Mrs. Brinton also lost abou,
$500 worth of baby clothes
bed, ETC., which had just beer
gathered together to care for ].
w. Brinton, Jr., who put in an
appearance just seven days afte,
the fire, and who would have had
but the clothes that God gave
him had it not been for the gen.
erous shower of baby parapher.
MALTA which the good women ol
Beach gave his mother, and it i.
with thoughts of appreciation
that we mention it here.
The following is the property
belonging to the writer which wa.
destroyed in the fire. togethe,
with the insurance companies es.
. Inmates of its worth and the
. amount of insurance carried and
paid:
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1912-12-13
THE GENERAL OPINION EVERYWHERE.
Editor Brinton, Beach. N. Oak.

Editor Brinton Beach. N. Oak 5}l .&6
Dear Friend Brnton: Since your fire failed to receive
copy Of your paper presume this Of
books being destroyed = = You certainly have had
your share Of many troubles and deserve
the press universal sympathy hope you recovering
from the effects of the loss nicely and also hope that
have been able get clue the The gem
era opinion among the boys in this section that
of your political enemies did the work.
Respectfully,
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1912-12-13
Chronicle Large New Plant Now in 0peratidd
lNcRlMlNAT1Nc EVIDENCE

Ere admit that the Advance the Largest Pelh
the Beach,. would ascertain if they the pehblS
the Biggest Toad in the Puddle on.-Medora
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1912-12-13
Statement From Publisher

On account of being handi- |
capped in getting out the Chron-
icle since losing my plant. a COM
plete account Of the fire which de-
stroyed it has never been pub
lished. and many of the Chron-
icle readers have never learned
the particulars. except as told on
the street. And in this instance
many an untruth was told and re-
told by designing parties. We
hope these particular parties en-
!ayed misrepresenting the facts.
for like chickens, lies come home
to roost, and they have gained
nothing by spreading these false
hoods. except the. enjoyment
which they seem to get by telling
lies about another. To give
Chronicle readers the facts and
to set some Alright who have been
:misinformed. l will give the par
ticulars of the fire here.
AS will be remembered, and as
was chronicled at the time in this
paper, the Chronicle suffered a
severe damage on the night of
September 4-from fire origi-
mating from an unknown cause in
the basement Of the Chronicle
building. The damage amounted
to about $4,000 and was fully
paid by the insurance companies.
The windows in the back part of
the basement were burned out
from this fire and had not been
replaced on October 5. a month
later, when the second fire and
explosion destroyed the entire
building and it's contents.
Y Neither fire could be accounted
for, and both originated in the
same part of the building at the
same hour and on wet. stormy
nights. No gasoline was kept in
the building to cause fire or explo-
sion and no fire was in the fur
mace on the nights mentioned.
The writer and wife lived in
rooms in the rear Of the second
floor, which contained all our
household goods and personal ef-
fects. On the night Of October
5 we returned from the moving
picture show at about nine o clock
and retired for the night. About
two hours later Mrs. Brinton was
awakened by smoke coming in
through the open window of the
bedroom. and, thinking at first
it was smoke from train. did not
become alarmed for several min
utes. but finally aroused the writ
er, who, realizing it was coming
from the lower part Of the build
ing, ran to the back door and was
about to open it when the explo-
sion occurred, shaking the build
1ng end cracking the plastering
: overhead. Realizing that The fire
MAS in the building, drew on a
pairsof trousers and an overcoat
andswent down the front way to
the ground to find the entire
basement and the first floor a
mass of flames and smoke, which
forbade entrance. The fire
alarm had not yet sounded and
only two parties. aside from my
self, were on the ground. Few
If any saw the fire before the ex-
plosion took place.
Finding that nothing could be
saved from the lower part of the
building and knowing that the
Property.
Chronicle building. heating plar
permanent fixtures =. :.
Chronicle printing plant, Office
ure, stock, ETC., outside of ty
chine /.
Type machine and equipment.
Posto@ce fixtures and equipment
by ]. w. Brinton) =. j. !.
: Household goods. personal effee
Piano .....................
Totals u. j..
tn. above j., aes, j include, !: ! J,
over $400 with ~ paid .,
damages on the er' spt ! /
=
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1912-12-13
If you want a newspal,ssss suh-
scribe for the ChroniclS S 4 VI 3ts

FOUND: Lap robe en5 m skFeets
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paying costs of this notice Call
at Chronicle Office.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1912-12-13
Burned to a "Frazzle"

Burned to q "FrazzIe' 5HyysSNSSsSg8s sSNS|SsSg8Ss
The very Brother Clemens but did you
the story of the fellow who on red hot
Advance
The Chanute times., 1912-03-01
SYNOPSIS.

Jack Keith. a Virginian. now bor-
der plainsman, Is looking for roaming war
parties Of savages. He sees wagon team
at full gallop pursued by men on ponies.
When Keith reaches the wagon the raid
ers have massacred two men and de-
parted. He searches the victims finding
papers and a locket with woman's Por-
trait. Keith Is arrested at Carson CITY.
charged with the murder, his accuser be-
Ing a rufflan named Black Bart. A negro
companion In his cell named Neb tells him
that he knew the Keiths in Virginia. Neb
says one of the murdered men was John
erly Confederate officer. The plainsman
and Neb escape, and later the fugitives
come upon a cabin and find its occupant
to be young girl whom Keith thinks
he saw at Carson City. The girl explains
that she is in search of brother. VINO
had deserted from the army. and that, a
Mr.. Hawley induced her to come to the
cabin while he sought her brother. Haw-
ley appears, and Keith in hiding recog-
nizes him as Black Bart. There Is ter
Keith Is victor. Horses are appropriated
and the girl who says that her name Is
Hope, joins in the escape. Keith explains
his situation and the fugitives make for
the hotel landlady, Miss Hope tells that
she is the daughter of General Waite.
Keith and Neb drift into Sheridan. where
Keith meets an old friend, DR.. Fairbain.
under the assumed name of Fred VIII
and becomes convinced that
Black Bart has some plot involving the
two. Hope learns that Gen. Waite. who
was thought murdered is at ats sherldan, an an.
Christie Maclaire, the Carson City singer.
Keith meets the real Christie Maclaire
and finds that Black Bart has CONVINCED
her that there is a mystery In her life
which he is going to turn to her advan-
The Chanute times., 1912-03-01

also? AS her foot touched the land
ing, she saw him, her eyes lighting up
suddenly in recognition. a wave OF
color flooding her cheeks.
why, Captain Keith" she exclatm-
ed, extending her gloved hand frankly,
you have been to my room, and were
going away. | am so glad l came in
time"
81 hardly thought to meet you," he
replied, retaining her fingers in his
grasp. when did you reach Sheri-
dan?"
only last night. had no idea you
were here until Doctor Fairbain
chanced to mention your name. Then
| at once begged him to tell you how
exceedingly anxious l was to see you.
You see, was sure you would come
II you only knew. | really thought
you would be here this morning, and
remained in my room waiting, but
there were some things | actually had
to have. | wasn't out ten minutes, so
you mustn't think l sent you a mes
sage and then forgot"
The nature of the mistake was be-
coming apparent, and Keith's gray
eyes smiled as they looked into the
depths of the brown.
Your message had rather an anus
ing result" he said, "as the doctor in
formed me that Miss Christie Maclaire
was the one who desired my pres
ence."
Miss Maclal-e!" her voice exhibit
ing startled surprise. ''Why-why-
oh, did forget; l never told him diff
ferently. Why, it was most ridicu-
lous." She laughed, white teeth
cleaning between the parted red lips,
yet not altogether happily. Let me
explain, Captain Keith. for really |
have not been masquerading. Doctor
Fairbain and l arrived upon the same
train last evening He is such fun
ny man, but was very nice. and offer
The Chanute times., 1912-03-01

out then and there became almost
overpowering. He had no fear OF
Hawley; indeed, physical fear had
scarcely a place in his composition,
but he was not as yet sufficiently for
tilted with facts for the seeking OF
such an encounter.
A man came in through the office,
and began climbing the stairs. He
was almost at the landing before
Keith recognized him or the other
glanced up.
"Ah-seen her, | suppose?"
YES" returned Keith, not thinking
1t worth while to mention the lady's
denial of having sent for him. Il have
just come from there"
"Hum-thought you'd be through by
this time-flne looking girl, amt she?
believe I'll run in and chat with her
myself"
81 would advise you to select some
other time, Doctor" said the younger,
drily, las the lady has a visitor at
present"
"A visitor?" his face rosy, his
shrewd eyes darkening. "Ah, indeed!
OF the male sex?"
81 judge so-'Black Bart Hawley."
Good Lord!" so startled his voice
broke. Did he see you?"
Rather; | backed him up against
the wall with a gun while made my
adieu."
But what brought him there? Are
they acquainted?"
Don't ask conundrums, Doctor. He
may be your rival with the fair lady
| for all | know. II he is, my sympa-
thies are all with you. Only | wouldn't
try to see Miss Christie just now; I'd
wait for a clearer field. Hawley is
probably not in the best of humor"
Fairbain stared into the face of the
speaker, uncertain whether or not he
was being laughed at.
Reckon you're right" he acknowl-
edged at last. Tired, anyhow-been
out all night-thought I'd like to see
her again, though-flnest looking
woman I've met since | came West
remarkable eyes-well, I'll go along to
| Dou-S6e you again lO-luOIIOWt JAM
Keith watched the sturdy figure
stamp heavily down the hallway,
loose boards creaking under his posi-
tive tread, and smiled to himself at
the thought that he might have, In
deed, become truly interested In the
music hall singer. Somehow, the doc
tor did not harmonic with the con-
ception of love, or fit graciously into
the picture. Still, stranger matings
had occurred. and Cupid does not ask
permission before he plays pranks
with hearts. Keith turned again to-
ward the stairs, only to observe a
woman slowly cross the office and
commence the ascent She was in the
shadow. her face even more deeply
shaded by her hat, yet he stared at
her in amazement-surely. 1t was
Miss Maclairel Yet how could 1t be?
He had left that person scarcely i've
minutes before in "26." and this stair
way vas the only exit His hand
grasped the rail. his heart throbbing
strangely, as a suspicion Of the truth
crossed his brain Could this be
Hope? Could II be that she was here
The Chanute times., 1912-03-01

Charles H. Sheriff., minister to the
Argentine Republic, who has been in
the United States telling business or
ganizations about the opportunities
to get wealthy from trade with South
America, received a call from a middle
aged woman who approached him IN
a western city with the statement; i
am going to assist you In your work.
"Yes9" said Mr.. Sheriff. Il am go
ing to take some Of these lecture
dates of your hands and give them
myself. BY the way. how much do
you get a night for them?" Mr.. Sher-
riIl related with a directness which
carried conviction that he did not get
a red cent and paid his expenses be
sides. Well" said the caller. In
great anger. as she hounced to the
door, Il thought you were a business