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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1912-09-05
Official Council
Proceedings

Valley City, N. D.. Aug. Goth, 1912.
Council Chambers, 8 O'Clock, p. m.
Council met pursuant to adjourn
ment Mayor Platou presiding.
Uuon roll call all aldermen were
found present except Aldermen Clark
and Curren.
There being no objection the first
matter taken up was the opening Of
bids on new machinery for the cleo
trio 4ight plant.
Bids were received from the fol-
lowing: g. ..... %.
Robinson, Cary, & Sands Co., st.
Paul, MINI.
R. B. whitacre & Co., St. Paul,
Mimi.
J. G. Robertson, st. Paul, MINI.
Erie City Iron Works, Erie. Penn.
Representative of the different bid
ders, upon request, explained the
merits OF the machinery bid on by.
them.
Moved by Alderman Lee, seconded
by Alderman Mackey, that a commit
tee be appointed, consisting O. rne
mayor and three aldermen, together
with the superintendent of the light
plant, to thoroughly consider the bids
submitted on new machinery and pre-
sent a report thereon at meeting of
the council to be held on Thursday,
Aug. 22nd, 1912, at o'clock p. m.
Motion carried. rs
The mayor appointed as such com
mittee, Aldermen Lee, Mackey and
Thomson.
A communication was received from
the mayor of Grand Forks, N. D., re-
garding the organization of munich
pal league in North Dakota, and re-
questing that Valley City send rep
resentative to meeting for such pur-
pose to be held in Grand Forks on
Sept. 25th next.
Moved by Alderman Krogh, second
ed by Alderman Lee, that the COM
munication be received and placed on
file, and that the city auditor &C.
knowledge receipt thereof. d..
Motion carried. RI
On motion the meeting adjourned
until o'clock p. M, Thursday, Aug.
22nd, 1912.
L. s. PLATOU,
Attest: Mayor. :
NJ J. BOYD,
| City Auditor.
Valley City, N. d., Aug. 22nG, 1912
Council Chambers, 8 o'clock p. m.
Adjourned regular meeting. Called
to order by Mayor Platou.
All Aldermen were found present
upon roll call except Aldermen Clark
and Curren.
The special committee, to whom
was referred the bids on machinery
for the electric light plant, presented
their report thereon, recommending
that the city purchase Lent engine
and the electrical machinery manutac
tured by the Electric Machinery con-
pany, of Minneapolis, Mimi, as pei
bid submitted by the Erie City Iron
Works of Erie, Penn.
Moved by Alderman Lee, seconded
byAlderman Krogh, that the report o.
the special committee be adopted.
Motion carried. &.
Moved by Alderman Lee, seconded
Iby Alderman Krogh, that the machln
cry recommended by the special com
mittee be purchased by the city from
J the Erie City Iron Works, Erie, Penn.
and at the price stated in their bid
namely, $24,950.
i Amendment moved by Alderman
Mackey, seconded by Alderman O'Mal
ley, that proposition No. contained
in the bid submitted by R. B. Whit
acre & Co., for the sum of $18,957.0
be accepted.
Roll call-Yeas: Mackey, O'Malley
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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1912-09-05

The arrows Of sarcasm are barbed
with contempt. It Ii the sneer IN the
satire or ridicule that gals and wounds.
w. GLADDEN..
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1912-09-05
| WENTY PERISH
IN CL0uDBuRST
Flood Sweeps Pennsylvania
and West Virginia.
RIVERS BECOME TORRENTS

NYEkS HCUmE lOkkENlS.
Scores Of Persons Known to Have
Lost Their Lives and Many Others
Arc MIsslno-Damase to Property
Pittsburg. Sept. Twenty persons
are known to have been drowned and
many others are missing as q result
Of a series Of storms which swept
over Western Pennsylvania and the
Pan Handle OF West Virginia. Through
trains were marooned during the night
In the flooded districts. Many manu-.
featuring plants are under water and
the property damage will be heavy.
Reports from Golfers in the Pan
Handle of West Virginia are that nine
persons have been drowned there and
many more are missing, but the exact
loss of life cannot be ascertained until
the searching parties along the valley
Of lannon's creek have completed
their work.
The storms came after day of un.
usual heat and burst with little warn.
ing. Rain fell in torrents, small
streams soon became raging torrents.
Houses were swept away and lives
lost before the people were aware the
dood was upon them.
Whole Family Wiped Out.
Cherry Valley. a mining town on the
creek, was flooded within half an hour
after the rain began to fall. Founda.
lions Of houses were undermined and
they toppled over into the flooded
streets. George Gillespie, his wife and
four children were asleep and did not
hear the shouts Of warning. They were
drowned in the house and the bodies
Of the children were found on the lit.
tle beds in their rooms, the mattresses
floating in four or i've feet Of water.
Cannonsburg. Pa, also suffered from
the storm, although hardly having re.
covered from like experience last
week., Charters creek overlooked its
banks and swept through the town.
flooding the railroad and trolley tracks
and many Of the streets.
At Avella, Washington county, three
children Of Henry Grow were drowned.
| The house was located near q little
stream which rose so rapidly that 1t
undermined the building and when 1t
collapsed Mrs. Crow was badly in
jured. Crow fastened to her rescue
and saved her, but before he could re-
turn for his children they were swept
away.
Great Damage to Property.
After spending it's force south ano
west Of Pittsburg the storm swung
north to Butler county, where great
/ damage was done, but so far as known
no lives were lost.
| Oil derricks were blown down, small
streams flooded and scores of persons
spent the night in interurban cars
while repairs were being made to lines
and tracks.
| Damage to railroads is very heavy.
The Washington branch of the Pan
Handle was 50 badly washed that all
trains were annulled and in spite OF
the 500 men rushed there from Pitts.
burg to make repairs it is stated that
several days will elapse before com.
munication will be opened with Wash
1ngton, Pa.
| Cook White, a. farmer in the out
skirts Of Burgettstown, when he heard
the sound Of the flood fastened to his
stable to save his horse. He was
drowned and son who went to his
rescue was swept away, but, catching
the branches of an overhanging tree
drew himself to safety.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1912-09-05

HOME TONIGHT,
Miss Mae Persons will arrive home
this evening after a couple of weeks
sojourn in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-08
"reminiscences of One
Reared in the Office
Incidents lin The Everyday Life of The Herald and
Neuus During The Past Twenty Years.

Carolina State Press association. The
Herald and News Office was then in a
frame building which stood On the
northwest corner of the present Cen
trail Methodist church property. The
Herald and News made great prepara-
tions to welcome the triumphal return
of the editor of its cotemporary from
the meeting which had chosen him
president. He was met at the train
with a carriage, drawn by horses with
flags On their heads, and with other
paraphernalia of pomp and circum-
stance, and was driven in state over
to The Herald and News Office, where
he was told how proud Newberry
newspaperdom was Of the honor which
had been heaped upon him. Following
the public ceremonies, the mechanical
force of The Herald and News retired
to the rear office and opened a keg OF
beer, which they had ordered in honor
of the occasion. I don't know whether
the editor of The Herald and News or
the editor of the Observer ever knew
anything about that keg of beer or not.
Nor do I know whether or not they
would have taken a small glass, had
they known. The 'tboys" didn't bother
themselves to inquire into those de-
tails.
A few years later The Herald and
News office was burned, and what was
saved of the plant was moved into the
two store rooms on the west side of
the two rooms now occupied by the
Southern Express company and the
Newberry Coca-Cola oBttlings works.
The building put up by Mr.. T. c..
Pool an.l used by Mr.. L. NJ. s.peers IN
his undertaking business was erected
after that time. The NoWberry Obser-
yer occupied the two rooms now oc-
pied by the Southern Express COM
pany and the bottling works, and
Newberry's two newspaper plants for
a good many years were side by side,
forming miniature Park Row. For
time, while the mechanical plant OF
The Herald and News was On this
Park Row." the business and editor
ial Offices were in the little red brick
building which stood across the street
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-08

is none who takes greater pride in his
work. For a good while he held down
with credit a responsible position in
the government printing Office in
Washington.
Since have known the paper, Mr..
Jno W. Earhardt, now with the OBJ
server, has also served The Herald and
News, we'll in the reportorial and me-
chanical departments.
With the passage Of time and the re-
movaI of The Herald and News Office
to its present quarters, I began to
dabble in the editorial department of
the paper l positively refuse to read
in the files such editorial and local
effusions of mine in those days as
were allowed to find themselves in
print. I know they are there, however,
for l have a distinct recollection OF
the objectionable pride with which I
read them at the time. 1 was great
on poetry in those days. I have the
proud satisfaction, however, of know
ing that I never attempted to write
any. But when I would read piece
of poetry that struck me as being es-
pecially pretty, I would rack my brain
to hit upon something to write so that
l could bring in verse of that poetry.
But The Herald and News managed to
survive-it printed that kind of rot
only occasionally-and, in this in
stance, let the dead past bury it's dead,
and don't rake over the files.
The Herald and News up until Oc-
tober 20, 1903, was a four-page, seven
column paper, semi-weekly. Some
years before that it had been changed
from an eight-column weekly into a
seven-column semi-wekly. On Octob-
er 20, 1903, the first issue of the eight
page semi-weekly made its appearance.
At that time there were five co4umns
to the page. Since. then the size has
been increased to six columns to the
page.
With the four-page paper, it was
necessary to print the outside" first,
and the "outside" embraced the first
and fourth pages. Under this arrange
ment, the latest news-all local hap
penings, and any late happenings of
State or national Importance, were
placed on the inside pages. The as
sassination of a president would have
to go on the second or third pages, if
it happened after the first form went
to press.
I was in Columbia, in the door OF
Governor McSweeney's Office, when
Lieutenant Governor James H. Till
man fired the shot in front Of the
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-08

transfer station which resulted in the
death of the brilliant editor Of the Co.
lumbia State 1t was "press-day'' for
The Herald and News, and I immed-
lately wired for the paper to be held
until details followed. That afternoon
the story, as far as the facts could be
learned in Columbia that day, was
wired to Newberry. A happening OF
such Importance had to be placed On
an inside page of the paper.
reported the Tillman trial in Lex
ington for The Herald and News.
went to Lexington to do some steno-
graphic work for the Columbia State,
which reported the trial verbatim,
working about dozen men on it. We
would come to Columbia every night
on special train run by tn. Columbia
State, and go back to Lexington next
morning. During the days the trial
continued there was hard work and
plenty of it. In fact, did then some
of the hardest work which has ever
fallen to my lot That was in 1903,
nearly nine years ago. Looking back
to that trial, the thing which strikes
me as most remarkable is that tho
people of Lexington seemed to take
very little interest in it. Here was
trial upon which the interest Of the
whole United States was centred, re-
ported by a special representative OF
the Associated Press and by special
representatives of many New York
and other Northern newspapers, and
yet during the whole trial, my recol-
lection is that the little court house
was never filled. The issue Of The
Herald and News, bearing date Octob-
er 16, 1908, but printed the night be-
fore, carried the story Of the acquittal
of Tillman, which had come on ''press-
day" also.
The day returned from Lexington
news reached Newberry that trouble
with the negroes was feared at Waugh
awhile. To show how quickly news
papers get son to- a story, it may be
stated that within an hour after
heard of the threatened trouble at
vaughanville, I had telegram from
a New York newspaper asking for a
story of the "race riot" suppose
the Columbia correspondent of this
newspaper had heard something Of the
supposed trouble, and had wired his
paper to get in communication with
us. There wasn't much of a story to
it. The sheriff and his posse and
good many of us went. We spent the
night in B. Whit Goodwin's store
and it was an awful night from a
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-08

was asked He was put on the job,
and there he has remained faithful
since.
In those days only Mr.. Barger and
Sam Cannon, of the boys" were mar
ried Gus Fulmer was the first to take
unto himself help-meet. He is now
in Columbia, holding the responsible
position of foreman of the press room
cf the Daily Record. When the limo
type came into general use, Kuhns
Blats and Pearl Rikard went off to
learn to operate it, and both became
Experts and are among the best opera
tors in the South. Pearl came back
to Prosperity for his bride; Kuhns
married in North Carolina. Sam Can
non learned the linotype in Columbia,
and is now live operator. Will
Werts went off and studied the limo
type, and came back and operated the
machine in The Herald and News Of
fee, after it's installation, for several
years. He married in Greenvill, where
he is now engaged in the printing busi-
ness. Mr.. Barger is still with the pa
per, as vigorous as ever. John Wicker
has passed from the burdens and cares
of earth, and here's wreath of re-
membrance for his memory. There
are many in Newberry who will recall
old John Wicker as he was when he
brought them the paper every week,
acting as city carrier. He was faith
full to the end, and he bore up under
circumstances and affections which re-
quired a good and a brave heart. l
trust that in another and brighter
world he has found that true happi-
ness and everlasting peace which b.
lieve must be vouchsafed to the weary
and heavy-laden of earth.
Mack Davis and Bob Bass came into
the office later. Both of them after
wards sought other fields. Mack is
now with the Columbia State as limo
type operator and night makeup, and
the last I heard from Bob he had fall
len from grace-that is, had fallen out
of the pril. ing business, and was fol-
lowing the alluring foot-lights.
John Lee Davis began to learn the
trade in the Office comparatively
few years ago. He became swift"
ON the linotype, and then he, too, left.
He went to Columbia, and is now one
of the fastest operators who ever
graced the machine.
Billy Hunter, printer and fireman,
and general all-round man, was with
the Office offhand on ever since l can
recollect. There is no better job
printer than Billy Hunter, and there
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-08
(By Jno. K. Aull.)

To give a detailed sketch Of my con-
nection, directly and indirectly, with
The Herald and News, would be to
give a sketch in detail of my life, which
is at best very commonplace and un-
Interesting. I shall attempt simply to
give few recollections covering the
time l have been associated with the
paper. And that time, by comparison,
is not very long. This issue commem-
morates the rounding out of a quarter
of a century since the present editor
became connected with the paper as
part owner and editor. A quarter OF
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-08

in front of the Newberry hotel. This !
little building afterwards gave way
before the march of improvement.
was then attending the graded schools
Occasionally, and acting as office
boy and errand boy and "devil" most
ly "devil"-around the printing office. !,
The business had a peculiar fascina-
ton for me, and 1 dreamed dreams of
future greatness, when l should take
rank with the Greeleys and the Danas
and Wattersons of the profession-and
about that time l smoked the stump
of a cigar, and decided that life, after
all, was very stern reality.
It was about that time I learned to
set type. The Lutheran Visitor was
being published in The Herald and
News office, by Aull & Houseal, and
Mr.. VIM. P. Houseal, in addition to
remembering dates and names and
making weather prophecies and build
inc a house over in High Point, and
doing a thousand other things, was
the general factotum in what We call
ed the "back Office" Mr. E. H. Aull
was editing The Herald and News, and
attending Lutheran synods, and doing
the other thousand things of the more
than two thousand which were at
tempted by the partnership. Both
partners were always trying to collect
money. Mr.. Houseal would sometimes
work telepathy on the subscribers to
the Visitor. He would sit down and
think, and think hard, and then think
some more, that such and such people
were going to send in a check, and
sometimes the check would come-and
very often it wouldn't.
Gus Fulmer was foreman of the me-
cQaQlCdl uOpdl JOiAi w 1SAANA
and Hosea NJ. Barger were the old
"war horses" who had been sticking
type since the days when the memory
of man ran not to the contrary. Kuhns
Blats and Pearl Rikard were the
"swifts" on the case, and Sam Can
non was an A No. 1 typesetter. Will
Werts was "devil No. 1'-being one
degree higher than I was, who was
"devil No. 81
While we were in that Office Willie
Davis, the present colored generals
simo in The Herald and News office,
and chief gardener and valet to the
editor, blew in one day from Lexing-
tn. He told US Mr. Harmon, of the
Lexington Dispatch, had raised" him
in his printing office, and he told us
what a great man Mr.. Harmon was.
He gave no reasons for leaving the
happy home of his boyhooG, and none
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-08

century ago l was less than a month
more than three years Of age, and my
recollection of events transpiring at
that time is somewhat hazy and in
distinct. 1 grew older, however, as
everybody does, with the passing of
the years. Sometimes l have wished
l had never grown any older-as every
body does sometimes.
Ny memory refuses to carry me
back further than the year Mr.. W. H.
Wallace, the editor Of the Observer,
was elected president of the South
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-07-27
typhoid Comes From Poor Water.

The rural sections, long considered
ideal so far as concerns the health OF
their inhabitants, have been dealt a
blow by physician Investigators who
maintain that two thirds of the cases
of typhoid fever in the city owe their
origin to insanitary conditions in the
country and to polluted water supplies.
Farms which are generally remote
from towns, cities or other areas of
congested population, would seem to
be almost ideally situated for obtain
ing pure and wholesome water, but in
reality polluted water is exceedingly
common on them and typhoid sever
rates are usually greater in country
districts than in cities. Typhoid fever
is now slmost universally believed to
be transmitted solely through drink or
food taken into the stomach, and is es-
pecially liable to be communicated by
polluted waters obtained from shallow
wells near spots where the discharges
of typhoid patients have been thrown
on the ground and subsequently carried
down through the soil and to the wells
and it is doubtless principally this fact
that accounts for the disease being so
common in farming districts.
On great many farms the well is
located at point that may be conven-
lent to the dwelling without any re-
gard to the possibility of the pollution
of the well water through seepage from
qarn or>cess. pool or through the circu-
lation of water underground. lnforma-
ton regarding the underground move
ment of water is. particularly val
liable, and on this account the United
States Geological Survey is distribut-
ing report on the subject Water Sup
ply Paper 255- Underground Waters
for farm use," by Myron l.. Pulley.
The demand for this publication has ne
eessitated third reprint. A copy Of
the report may be obtained by address
ing the Director of the Survey at
Washington, d. c.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-07-27
Candidates For County Officers

Yesterday was the last day that can
didates for office had to file their petit
tions to get their names on the various
tickets which will be voted on by the
voters on Primary election day. There
does not seem to be any scramble for
the various positions except for Judge
of Probate and Prosecutor there being
two sets of gentlemen on the Repub.
lican ticket who desire to serve the
public.
The following petitions were filed at
noon yesterday:
Republican-Judge of Probate, James
Mcmahon; Roger C. Williams.
Republican-County Treasurer, Chas.
Kelsey. -..s-
Republican John Rasmussen, Coun-
ty Surveyor.
Republican Prosecuting Attorney,
H. A. Brennan; Joseph j. O'Connor.
Republican-County Clerk and Reg
lister of Deeds, Martin Voetsch.
Republican Coroner. Matthias Han
sen.
Democratic Peter n. Demgen.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-07-27
Public viii Be Pleased

The new South Shore depot at Ne5-
toria is nearing completion and it al
ready presents an attractive appear
ance. The station is to be steamheated,
thus lessen the danger of fire. The
floor of the baggage room is of cor
crete and this material has been used
for the platforms and walks. Space has
been reserved for commodious lunch
room. The improvements will be appre-
ated by the travelling public, for the
old station had long since outlived its
usefulness. 'Rah! for General Man
ager Walker!- Michigamme Dept, Ne
paunee Herald
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-07-27
hester Lumber Co.
Barn Destroyed
$15,O 900 Loss. Twelve Draft Horses
Burned

The hester Lumber Co., large barn
and twelve heavy draft horses were
destroyed by fire last Friday evening
and the loss is estimated at $4,000,
partially covered by insurance. The
fire was discovered at 10:15 o'clock but
not until the entire building was ablaze.
A number of horses were in the barn
and numerous efforts were made to
save them all being taken out except
the twelve which were burned. The
fire is presumed to have been started
from sparks from the pump house
stack.
DIR. Buckland's loss was also heavy
having lost his buffalo coat and robes
which he will be unable to replace.