The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-03-09
TINAN WRITES
GOOD COMEBACK
KINIBALL EDITOR CoNIPREHENDs
THE SITUATION AND RE-
PUBLICAN GOSH" OF
LAST WEEK.

When special equipment was US
ed last week on the line west to Cham
berlain, on the day on which Clate
r. Tinan, editor of the Kimball Gra-
phic, and number of other Aurora
'chell to see The Birth of a Nation"
The Republican carried story in
timating that it had been arranged
for his special benefit by A. j. Rozum
chief dispatcher for the Milwaukee.
Here is the Graphic mans reply:
And it's no josh; the incident was
actually true, and came about just
las played up by the Republican.
But l didn't think so when my at
tention was called to the "story"
while waiting for an order to be fill
ed at the dinner table of Mitchell's
new cafe; read more like a collab-
GRATED pipe dream by the Milwaukee
crack train dispatcher .and the pop
ular editor of Mitchell's daily news
paper. But. as said. it was really a
case Sof when dreams come trne", as
was revealed later by sundry smiles
and grins at the station and later by
the equipment of the overland
flyer" itself. | had been in to call on
TONY" earlier in the day-as | usu-
ally do when he isn't too busy-and
was not only assured that the train
would be held until we got ready to
go home but that he would Fix me
out all right. all right" with smile
hovering around the corners OF his
mouth-and he sure did fix things.
The sleeper, one of the best i'll the
service was attached, and that no
partiality might be shown even to so
important q parsonage as Kicking
country editor, the immaculate sleep
cr was shared and every seat filled
With dazed as we'll as grateful pat
rons from Mt. Vernon, Plankinton
back to Mitchell the next morning
to take its regular run. And the way
those doubleheader engines snakee
that big train toward klmball was
caution to frosty rails in 10 below
temperature we'd have beaten the
passenger train time card to flinders
had it not been necessary to SIDE
track at White Lake for No east
bound And in what luxury to sleep
while waiting. had not slumber been
ont of the question amid such sur
roundings that an awakening might
find but a dream.
AS Editor Ronald put it, that
euuipment--an whether for the spec
ial benefit of the editor of the Gra-
phic and his family or-not-w sure
some GOALS of fire" but past exepr-
fences with this prince OF railroad
men, A ]. Rozum, has demonstrated
that equal or more dehshtlul cour-
tesies have in times past been shown
the kimbal scribe by him, and We're
not this already strung out 10 an
unusual length over pure personal
matter I'd like 10 relate some OF them
right now and here.
AS a matter of fact, there isn't
whittier set of railroad men on earth
than the bunch who operate ana
equip the train service on the /. ID
division of the Milwaukee road. II the
main bunch was the same way we q
all be riding i'll Pullmans most OF the
time. Ii is largely because OF this that
the Graphic has been known as "a
railroad organ" because ii is pretty
hard matter to criticise any corpora
ton that gives its livelihood to sci
of men like these. When it has come
which has been infrequent, 1T mas
come good naturedly- ,more in dls-
position of a josh than to find serious
fault. Nevertheless. Tony had ap-
parently been laying for the klmbaii
scribe for some time. 1t had been
year and over since he had been on
a railroad train (you know it's those
who never travel who do the most
kicking. as it is the man who never
pays for a newspaper who finds the
most fault with it). and when circum-
stances threw the cards just as he
wanted them "Tony" saw his oppor-
tnnity to put one over on the editor
man and seud- him TO the bench ..........