The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-11-06
b +. A. Mlnf1h

. yspetAAU town IN FlQ544 that s0ute
tssst~ s&nb6 was the sceIaaRe a rivalry
between e%&o newspapM The Geld
oaif.4 tie rbs3nleie, AhicRaad occupied
Atssef)ihss'j ltSsl Kxtei3 S6tab,hbed I,
Edottestf aist.,4dtury ssswben Ba..
I'll IL '| Il as e. "a 1a$t lS;.' s. e. ia: 3D. ss : .
.ln the Confederate ar4e during the
wal between the sta tes ~ received 4
|ftwu1ed that had crippiebHtim for life.
lfIAe gtrl he had left beetbb him. how
ever. was true to him married him
Fan a hospital after the sblhender.
Joe was 6tted to perfk61 the indoor
work connected with u IlVspaper. but
Eswas dot able to do much getting about
Rsthering news. Mrs. Ioei did a good
deaf Of that. and. ha wing many friends.
she was kept we'll posted on the social
news. which IL important to any news.
paper, She and Joe managed to keep
the wolf from the door till Philip
Stringer ca me frotn New Orleans. look.
ed the place over and determined that
there might be room enough for two
papers.
The truth In that tue place was BE-
ginning to I'll up with n0rthern visitors
during the winter and the more PEG.
pie the moe chance for a newspaper
But the special inducement was that
Joe's physical handicap kept him from
/ getting about to gather in the news.
and Strfnger calculated to get ahead Of
him In this respect every time. Be.
sides. Springer. having been connected
with anew 0rkean as paper. believed he
pie than did Baxter.
So the Gazette was esta blished and.
being the more enterprising Of the two
papers. got most Of the new subscr1b
ers and advertisers, the old residents
standing by the Chronicle. But the
Lev was more valuable than the old.
and the former was constantly eating
into the latter till It looked as II the
Bakers would soon have to discontin.
ue their paper.
One morning Molly Baxter, after hav
Ing cleaned up the breakfast dishes and
sent the children to school. reported at
the office to f1nd Joe very gloomy.
1.-The weather bureau reports q hur.
ricane coming up from the West In.
dies and says that It will probably
reach u coast today. II 1t should be
here ] ought to go to the coast and
write a description Of 1t. But can
feel the storm in my wound now, and
It takes all the starch out Of me.
stringer will be there and will write 1t
I.up with all the grandiloquence Of which
he Is capable"
"You stay where you are. know
how bad weather affects you. ri do
what work is to be done here between
now and II O'Clock. go home and get
the dinner ready for you and the chill
dren. and l will take the 2 o'clock train
for the coast" 81 z -.
Al the afternoon train ,neared Its ter
minai on the coast on passing between
two hills it was struck by a gust Of
wind that lifted 1t clear OF the track
Molly Baxter was on It and consider
ably bruised. She thought Of how Joe.
when he was wounded in Pickett's
charge at Gettysburg. got up and went
on till he q driven back with the
rest By q: murderous Ore and. pulling
herself together, she forced her way
against what wind there was on the
lee side OF a hill facing The ocean to
the top and found herself IN the corner
OF q stone wall. where she was perfect
y protected aud with her eyes Just
above 1t saw one Of the biggest storms
<hatdsave evervfsfte0 the 1t,antic coast.
She did not have writing materials
With Der. for she Hwoaid not have been
able to use them. but she had a dus
memory and stacked 1t with numerous
details. She saw the waves enveiop
the town below. IT. shrieking citizens
climb the hills. one ship riding at q u
Choir buried By q huge billow and then
lifted ' % 4 dock and landed up among
tnSr Ka1tSSs: These and many more
things % terrible she saw and cram.
med them all down in the storehouse Of
hSre aaeDory. -
When she had got enough the problem
VA TO get back home With 1t. About
dusk the wind went" down inland
enough to admit Of a vehicle not BE-
ing blown over. and. hiring 4 farmer to
take her In his wagon. she reached the
Chronicle Office about II o'clock. where
she found her husband anxiously wait.
ing for her. Assured Of her safety. he
gave her copy paper and n pencil and
prepared to set up what she wrote
At 2 O'Clock the next morning she had
finished her description and helped
him set up the last column.
When the Chronicle and the Gazette
came out those who read the Chroni
Gle account remarked. what a biz
storm that was!!" Those who read the
Gazette said. THAT storm has given
Stringer a chance to spread himself"
A correspondent Of a northern paper
who had mo- seen the storm. hut saw
Molly Bakers account Of 1t. telegraph
ed It verbatim to his paper. A mes
sage came back: