Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-16

~ .-EW q -SSSs Iii ~ AhS pANA0JSA III
"a story has reached this. Sec
ton q in the beginning. when
I tue capital commission was or
S gant1ed. a bar'l was allotted to
the Grand Forkers, the contents
OF which were to be divided be-
g tween DR.. Scott, q party by the -
name Of Holmes and George Win
Ship Those who have an OPP
'portunity to fAthom the mind OF
MT. Wlnship.> as It makes It Inn
preston In type. judge that the Is
SCOTS trail. aod the reason Dr..
scott looks under the bed for
George is. when the division was
made 1t was reported the Doctor i
look the contents, gave Holmes
the oarl: and left George with
the bung-hole."
In this same old D also. are
apecimens. Of Journalistic shafts fred
At the Major. He is referred to as
the "1ackal OF Journalism 'the obese
monstros!ty.' and the greasy odd
Erafter," etc. etc. "Holier- than-thou
George" the whited ~sepulchre," and
.Wtnship the whiner." etc. we're a
at me-.
After the preside entail campaign Of
1888. The Herald had another op-
portunity to sell out. and for a few
days I imaSined I had $4,000 in my
jeans. Bend. Harrison was elected
president: he hailed from Indiana,
cd Presbytrian minister. H. G. Men
denhall. hailed from. Mendenhall
was an eloquent preacher. but ambi-
ton to- be- q. fstatesfhanf took possess
SION of him, when Mr.. HARRISON the
good friend Of his family. was count
ed in as chief executive. What more
speedy way to jump full-panoplied in
come h owner and editor of q daily
newspaper? Here was the opportuni-
ty of a lifetime! It'll buy The Her
AID" ~soliloquized the dominic, and
straightway Burke Corbet was COM
missioned to open negotiations.
One cold. raw night in> November,
after the election. there was a Meth
odist sociabN at our house on Bel
mont avenue. We had recently built
from the building association. and had
it furnished with furniture from the
emporiums of ed Richmond and Os-
car T. Thomas. We were feeling quite
swell over the new house. and Mrs.
Winsiip. who had stood OF a session
Of the Methodist Ladies' Aid society
for a long time. was DESTROYS of re-
warm up" our new domicile.
when the good brethren and sisters
were enjoying themselves. in their
way. to the limit. in burst Burke with
his proposition and his check book.
He proposed to buy The Herald. Five
hundred dollars arnes money was
rendered. and a hastily written memo
of agreement drawn up. But as the
memo was couched in Burke's terms
and not in mine. l refrained from
signing up. and suggested that the
matter be deferred until the following
day. That was the last sight I mad Of
that check book. I have always be-
lieved that I neodleasly threw away
$500 in cold cash. -, =.
The deal was deferred from day to
until Mr.. M~endenhall absorbed new
idea. On a visit to St. Paul. where
he consulted Joe Wheelock. of the
Pioneer Press. and H. P. Hall. of the
Globe. he was advised To- capture the
morning field: that was the franchise.
he was told. that would eventually be
the humdinRer OF the northwest. Back
came Bro. M%endenhall and a few
days later an entirely different pro-
1ject vas launched. He would buy
both papers In the course of a few
days he interested every ! -d-headed
money graber il" town. and the sub
scription list showed a.-capital of
$66 900. For a few days the greater
newspaper project was the absorbing
topic of conversation. the h~tgh-brows
approving and the ro~ugh-necks de-
nouncing. -
The matter terminated in Mr.. Men
denhall purchasing the Plaindealer
for ~$27.500./ I was not disappointed.
There was no good reason why I
should sell The Herald: 1t was do
ing a good business, and prospects
for future growth were exceedingly
bright. Ishad no worries.
Mr.. Mendenhall on taking possess
sion Of the Plaindealer Suspended the
Sunday edition and issued Monday
mornings. The change did not meet
with popular approval. Then, too.
much of the Plaindealer's clientele
were dissatisfied: the paper no longer
represented them: it had abandoned
its former friends and was now the
organ Of the ~intellectuals. In their
dilemma the disanpointed element
turned to The Herald. and our ONCE
was ,deluged with orders from sources
previously antagontstic to us. We
fairly reveled in prosperity. while the
Plaindealer was vainly endeavoring
10 6OJu0t 1I0eiIrLO 1A new CO0QlLlONS
Inc changed atmosphere.
Mr.. Mendenhall did not long remain
as manager Of the Plaindealer. In
less than a year he withdrew from it's
MANAGEMENT, and from that time un-
til its demise it had more owners
than a balky horse. some OF which I
will refer to in later articles.
PENSION FOR SIS MINERS.
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old age pension system In effect
the United Mine, Workers OF America
is an use in District No. 81, Oklahoma,