The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-03


landed upon our shores. This Flying
Man. If man he really Island he Ger
tainly must be either that or an al
most equally dangerous ape thing
must be rendered powerless to threat
en- JIG. He has already tasted oul
blood, observed our impotence, and
no one can tell when he will take Il
Into his head to commit wholesale
crime. | think he is proceeding with
cunning and seeking to draw out our
full powers against him by commit.
ting single crimes-flrst the compare.
lively minor otfense OF dropping a
stone through roof and then under
sudden impulse, child stealing. He
will probably reason that If we have
not the power to avenge such a crime
as the latter he Is safe in assuming
that we are completely at his mercy.
and having waited a little while to
see what we will do, and finding that
We can do nothing, he will give full
vent to his desires. Now, he is already
IN outlaw by reason of what he has
cone and If the girl dies in his pos.
session he may be made to suffer the
Feath penalty II caught. Already we
lave enough evidence against him to
i cncb De called TO arms and dIstrib:
,ied as you think best. But if we
''@" set squadron Of aeroplanes after
In we will have him upon the defen.
i've at once" Governor McNeill
mote the table with his fist.
And by the Great Horn Spoon we
ball have the best aviators of the
alton here as quick as an immense
reward can get them. Within a week
We will have a score of them securing
the mountain peaks for leagues about.
with others arriving every day. ]
will at once issue a reward of two
hundred thousand dollars for his dead
body and two hundred and fifty thou,
sand Il he be brought in alive and not
iAortally wounded. will go further.
! will call upon the surrounding states
to add to the prize and will also ask
tie United States government td
brant us whatever assistance we may
require. l will take the matter up
this very hour and never leave It out
0! my mind until this sky scourge Ia
rendered powerless. l will order out
the militia at once and issue a gem
erai warning and instruction to the
2cople to be placarded throughout the
territory within my Jurisdiction. Ev.
cry person In this state should be-
fully advised az to our peril as quick.
" AS the telephone, the telegraph and
the printing press can do it. If nee
essary / will call special session of
the legislature to consult upon further
measures. Keep me fully advised al
to your local situation. Good day, Mr..
Mayor"
The next day the following procla,
nation appeared not only in every
laily paper that was published In his
Estate but universally throughout the
union as well.
Proclamation by the Governor.
To All the People:
Whereas, it has come officially ia
my police that there ie abroad in our
variant any citizen Id killing him
upon sight, and l will so state in q
proclamation to the people. But we
must do more than rely upon individ.
uals. We must put the machinery OF
the whole state In motion and run
him down II we have to follow him
to the pole and spend q million dol.
lars In doing it. Now you have
thought about this matter more than
l have. and what do you think wa
should do first, Mr.. Mayor?"
Mayor Elkins passed his hand
across his forehead. so far / have
been able to think of but one way
which promises any hope of immedi'
ate success. We must run him down
and meet him upon his own battle.
field-in the air."
you mean the flying machines"
4 do. We must call upon the aero.
planes and hound him as wolves do q
deer until we corner him and either
force him to surrender or kill him
outright as those present at the time
think expedient-always bearing in
mind that captured alive he would be-
OF incalculable value to US from q
scientific standpoint. Militiamen and
cavalry will only be useful az guards
and scouts, yet all our. troops should
land a heretofore unknown flying
creature Of malicious mind and crimi.
MI tendencies who has already COM
mitted such crimes against certain
citizens as to warrant my proclaiming
hl0 menace to the whole People
and an outlaw who must be rendered
powerless to commit further evil, and
who by reason of his power to infiict
tncalculable loss of life and money
upon any community by means Of
ares, explosives and in other ways is
. source of grave public danger;
hereby warn all citizens to be upon
their guard and prepared to capture
or Il necessary kill the so-called Fly
Ing Man upon the first opportunity,
hereby promising all men within this
state that | as Governor will grant
Immunity from punishment to anyone
80 Going as a public benefactor.
! hereby further order all the mi
IL - ~ ~, IL A..
report at their respective quarters for
duty under arms, and l shall expect
that all state firearms, cannon and
mortars be Immediately put in condi-
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