The Dickinson press., 1917-09-29
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Next Monday is pay day.

Next Monday is pay day.
Trainmastcr c. L. Sponsel Of Man.
dan was in the city Tuesday and
Wednesday on official business.
Brakeman j. L. Brekken is back on
the job again after spending a two
weeks vacation at St. Cloud, MINI.
Brakeman l.. j. Sewell has returned
from his vacation trip to Nisswa,
Mimi, and is back on his regular run.
Pat Archambault, pipe filter at the
roundhouse, was on the sick list a
few days this week and unable for
duty.
Engineer Lavine and Fireman Hun
coskoy have returned from a weeks
vacation trip to .Thermopolis, Wyom-
ing.
Travelling Engineer Joe C%rosthwaite
OF Mandan was here Thursday on Of
fetal business connected with his de-
partment.
Conductor A. r. Boxrude returned
Wednesday from a trip to Red Wing,
Mimi, where he visited friends for the
past two weeks.
Roadmaster C. +. Nelson came up
from Mandan on No. 3 Tuesday after
noon and returned Wednesday via
speeder, inspecting the track on his
return.
Conductor Geo. Vrcedenburg re-
turned last Sunday from Winneconne,
Wis, where he spent his two weeks
vacation with friends and relatives.
Switchman A. F. Bingham left
Tuesday morning for Cakes, where he
will spend his two weeks vacation
with friends and enjoy a duck hunting
trip.
Conductor M. H. Talmadge, who
has been attending committee meet
ing in St. Paul for the past few
weeks as a representative OF the local
Brotherhood, returned home Wednes-
day.
Robert Rudiselle, former car clerk
at the yard office, is now a full-fedgcd
"hard-boiled" switchman, having been
transferred to that department the
first of the week. Ted Rudisellc is
now employed as Car clerk.
The we'll drilling crew at the
roundhouse have experienced consider
able difficulty with their work the past
week. The heavy drill became wedgcd
in the hole at a depth of about 200
feet and it took considerable effort to
remove it.
Brakeman r. l.. Barncr, who has
been employed here for the past year,
left the fore part Of the week for
Albany, N. Y, where he reports Tor
military service next Saturday. BY
his request he was transferred to his
old home for examination and he OK
poets to cntrain at Albany for the
New Jersey ~cantonment.
A special train of twenty cars Of
government horses passed through
Wednesday morning. This vas a
shipment Of government horses from
TT. kcough, Mont, to Camp Grant at
Rockford, ILL.,, and to Camp Custer, at
Battle Creek, Mich. During the stop
at this point the horses were fed and
wctered, the special horse cars used
being fitted with water troughS.
The round house fire crew respond
cd to the cal for help at Bcilicld three
times during the pass week. The first
fire in that village was last Thurs
day when the depot burned to the
ground, mention Of which was made
last week. Sunday evening fire was
discovered in the Farmers Union clc-
vator and the fire crew departed ii
once for the scene Of the fire To
render what assistance they could and
also to protect the railroad property
Immediately after the call came tho
train was made up with Engineer
Patzer at the throttle Of passenger
engine No. 2127, Conductor brown II
the cabin. They covered the distance
Of twenty miles in eighteen minutes
flat and soon had q stream Of Watel
on the flames. The third fire cal.
came Monday night when three build.
ings on the south side at BeliclG
were destroyed by fire. Engineer
Hodge and Conductor Brown were ir
charge of the train and made a quick
run. Had it not been for the rounG
house fire crews assistance the fires
at Belfeld would have resulted more
seriously.
An enlarged picture of the N. P
engine No. 43, which carried the late
President Hayes on his famous tour
through North Dakota in 1878, is the
proud possession Of G.. C. Rand, pio-
neer engineer Of jamestown, who rar
the old "side wheeler" on his noted
journey. The picture is on exhibition
and has occasioned much interest. 1r
'78 engines had no air and when the
engineer wished to stop somewhere
near the station he threw over an ole
hand brake, attached to the tender
When it failed the crew usually at.
tempted early day stunts in aviation
Engineer Rand ran the engine thai
carried the late General Custer to Bis.
marck in March, 1876, when the trair
was stalled in snow banks west O.
Crystal Springs. It was while thu
train was stalled that orders arrived
"from the rear" for the famous ole
general to appear at Washington
poste haste to answer to the charge.
of INSTRUMENTATION. Mr.. Rand wa!
also engineer of the train that tool
General Custer to Fort Lincoln priol
to the fatal expedition against the
Indians, chronicled as the battle O.
the Bighorn.