Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-22
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COULD RUN :.
FULL TRAIN
WEIGH Says Men in the Bismarck
Company Arc Versa
tile.
MESS ON THE
INTERNATIONAL LINE
First Visits Pumping Station
Where Regulars Engaged
Mexicars.
MESS ON HE -" "
INTERNATIONAL LINE
BY Erving Lewis


could run a train with men in my
company" said Captain A. B. Welch
of Bismarck, as he discussed the
brewing railroad strike. There isn't
a place of duty on freight or pas
senger Grain which l could not fill
with the men right here in Company
A.-Engineer, fireman, conductor,
brakemen, engine wipers, everything
from headlights to tail lights.
Company A is a wonderfully YER
satile organization. 1t would surprise
a stranger, how many kinds of skilled
labor are represented in that line of
tents. There are men In the Com
pany street, who left SIS day jobs
to serve their flag.
eyes, if Uncle Sam calls on the
First regiment to run a train, there
will be no trouble detailing crew to
handle it, and handle it right"
No Storm
Co. A broke it's hoodo last night
when it went on guard, and failed to
breed storm. The company has won
the name of a storm-magnet, especial
ly since. the wild night of two weeks
ago Saturday, when a thirty mile
wind and volleys Of rain tested the
strength of canvas and tent ropes.
81 fully expected to see young
tornado come along last night" said
Captain WEIGH as he greeted the
rising sun today. "We must have
lost our pull. Well, it's just as well.
If our reputation as a storm breeder
had gotten much bigger, the govern
ment would have been shooting us
over the country to every place that
needed rain.' v
On International Line
The North Dakota regiment had
noon mess on the international line
last Friday, hiking to the Rio Grande.
1t was splendidly performed regi.
mental hike and the men stood the
march to the border in good shape,
reaching the river without fatigue.
They struch the river at the pumping
station which supplies Mercedes and
thousands or acres around the town
with water .. %
A fight between Mexicans and
small detail of regulars took place
at this pumping plant a few months
ago, one of the regulars being killed.
Fay Ross, who came here with Co.
G, who was assigned to the third
cavalry, regulars, in Mercedes, sec
ond lieutenant has for the last few
days been the commanding officer of
his troop, and captain and first lieu
tenant being out of town.
It's Mer-say.dees.
l am giving away great secret
and when it becomes known in the
first North Dakota regiment that I
have betrayed it, I may become an
outcast.
The name Mercedes is mot pro-
1ounced as up north we say the name
OF girl, or an automobile, but Mer-
say-dees.
1t has been the intention of a num-
Der of young Bismarck soldiers to
spring this upon the home folk when
the troops get back and take the wind
out of their sails when they say it
the border way. But I fear the fam
lilies OF these soldiers may get so ac-
customed to saying it in the usual
way that they cannot break them
selves OF the habit. The instruction
which these young soldiers have plan
ned for the home circle is something
like this:
Scene: the parlor at home. Father
pronounces Mercedes in regular six
cylinder fashion. Son, just back from
the border, breaks in: eve don't
say it that way on the border, dad.
It's pronounced in the Spanish way
like this" And he illustrates. "You
see it's a Spanish name. All the
names are Spanish down there" And
the youth reels off all the stations
along this branch road that skirts
the Mexican border, and winds UP
"Buenos Dias."
The proper thing for the home cir
Gle to do is to practice and be ready
for this cocky youngster when he
arrives. It will take some of the
wind out of his sails if grandfather,
meeting him at the gate, greets him
in the Mexican tongue. AS thor
Ough surprise l recommend that his
mother prepare tamales for his first
dinner and, when he demands spring
chicken, reply: ''No savvy spring
chicken, Senior"
Concert In Grocery.
Competition for the trade of the
soldiers takes many from in Mercedes.
One of the groceries has victoria
concert lasting from Z O'Clock in the
morning until o'clock at night You
buy sardines and cheese waters to
the strains of walking the Dog" and
"My Little Gray Home In the West"
A North Dakota officer has decided
what are the two biggest needs at
Mercedes. One is ten cent store
and the other is 1000 percent in
crease in the feminine population.
Answers Roll In Pajamas.
The North Dakota men have learned