Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-05-31
HAS CAPITAL
REMOVAL DREAM
[VAPORATED?
r'--..r -
New Rockford TRANSCRIPT Admits
That the Town Is a Weekly
Town.
THAT TWENTY MINUTES
IN THE GATE CITY
Land Promotion Gentleman Gets
on 0lsen's Nerves and
Brings Warm Retort.
Has New Rockford thrown up the


Has New Rockford thrown up the
sponge?
This weeks New Rockford Tran
script has a statement from A. c. Oh
sen, its editor, that looks as though
everything was hardly as bright as a
June rose.
Mr.. Olsen admits that New Rock
ford is a weekly town.
There is a frank admission that
a daily paper than wireless station
The close observer can read between
the lines and judge from this article
in The Transcript as to where the
capital removal sentiment is coming
from.
Mr.. Olsen's confession follows:
I'VE believe, considering the mum
her of rulnors referring to the sale OF
The Transcript to the organization
having in view the establishment OF
a daily newspaper in New Rockford,
that word of explanation is due to
our readers and the newspaper fra.
ternity of the state, so that they may
have first hand information on the
subject, and also have 1t from the edi-
tor of this paper, who will undoubted-
ly have first knowledge of the trans
fer-if one is made.
Some six weeks ago an Organiza-
ton was formed for the purpose OF
establishing a daily newspaper in
New Rockford. Various reasons for
this move were advanced by the pro
moters One was that the only way
that the capital removal propaganda
ever could be brought to a successful
terminal ion and New Rockford become
the Mecca for all men, year, even
unto the warning nations of the Old
World and the third and fourth gen.
erations. was by having a daily paper
shooting beautiful sunshine every
morning-rain or shine.
Another was that the Great North.
ern railroad, having looked upon New
Rockford and pronounced her good
had decided that if it was to run two
more lines into New Rockford 1t
would be necessary for them to have
daily newspaper in the city to her
aid the glad tidings of great joy to
the world--and it was putting up the
money.
Out Of kilter.
Another was that the two weekly
newspapers of the town. who have
been here since memory of man run.
meth not to the contrary, had not
been doing their share in boosting
ho toxrn--&hot f1,oir h0o,if,,1
shine machinery was out of kilter,
and it was necessary that they be
"friz out" to make room for the new
er generations of young blood, who
have no conception of the financial
obligations coming due regularly to-
morrow in the gay and festive life OF
the daily newspaper game-and care
not, so long as today shall have it's
full need of glory, honor and public.
ity.
10 It Black?
"Another was that certain gen.
tleman who has in the past been iden-
titled with land promotion, has been
getting rusty, and was seeking more
OF his fellow citizens to- promote, "
so that he would be in shape to be
chief political advisor to the governor
when the said chief executive should
ride upon his great white charger and
enter into the capitol building at New
Rockford.
MANY other reasons, "too numerous
to mention" as the sale bills say, have
been advanced for the establishment
of the new daily. The true reason is
to the uninitiated as yet but guessed
at, and it is not the intention of this
article to divulge what is it's object.
The editor only desires to correct the
erroneous impression as to his posi-
ton.
Those Twenty Minutes.
"Some five weeks ago we were ap-
preached by the gentleman from Far
60 who is to have charge of the new
daily at stipend of $4,000 a year, and
we placed our plant on the market at
a stated price. VIE were informed
by the gentleman and by members Of
the board of directors and stockhold.
ers that our price was acceptable and
that the deal would be closed, but
Friend Promoter must raise $1,000
before the many little items OF ex-
pense incident to the establishing of
the new rag Of freedom could be TAX
en- care of. He promised us that
twenty minutes in Fargo with his ex-
cellent reputation and army of strong
financial hackers would sweep the
last vestige of doubt from the minds
OF the scoffers as to his financial
standing. the deal would be closed
and all would be serene on the upper
James.
Difference in Time.
THAT was two weeks ago last
Tuesday-May t9h.
'iHis twenty minutes have long ex-
pired- unless they use an entirely diff
ferent system of computing time In
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