Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-16
pleased Mr.. Hill
and on his J,

much, and on his firs,
visit. to Grand Forks follow
ing the defeat Of the lottery bill. he
made it a point to see me; and ex-
press his approval Of my course. At
the time of the organization OF the
Securities Trust Co... when MT. Hill
acquired control of the Northern Pa
extremely DESTROYS of receiving public
approval in all the northwestern
states. A special messenger from st.
Paul called at The Heraldl Office to
talk with about cooperating with
other papers in the work of moulding
sentiment favorable to the Securities
project spent an evening with him.
then refused his request. on the
ground that it was in, conflict with
public policy to approve OF he. ANAL
gamation of parallel and competing
lines Of railway. The messenger was
much disappointed. and on retiring he
volunteered the statement that The
Herald would stand alone in it's OPP
But The Herald did not stand alone,
and public sentiment decidedly oppos-
ed the plan. My opposition to 1t, OPP
emily, taken. did not ALLEVIATE Mr.. Hill,
u personal relations suffered no
impairment I inject this incident at
this time. to illustrate the big. broad
character Of James ]. Hill. He re-
honored opponents who stood by their
convictions. a.
Early in 1884. for economic rea-
ons The Herald became an evening
paper, which field it occupied until
1891. when 1t again was issued in the
morning. The period from '84 to
1890 was prosperous for The Herald.
1t acquired a book-bindery and began
to take orders for blank work. It's
Job patronage was profitable. and it
got a liberal share of local advertis-
ing. The Plaindealcr captured most
of the official printing, city. county
and territory. but The Herald had the
confidence of the. leading business
'men m farmers. and enjoyed their
esteem as well as their patronage.
During the spring Of 1886 I was
the recipient of a windfall that was
most encouraging. Capt. Mccormack
was secretary of the Territory. and
territorial printing! he awarded it to
me. One day I received a telegram
from him notifying me OF the award,
and requesting hat I report at Bis
marck at once and enter into con-
tract. I scooted for the capital with
out delay. Mr. Jewell. OF the Ir1Oune,i
met me at the station. and / soon dis
covered that he vas a much disap-
pointed man. Assuming that the
printing would be awarded to his es-
adjustment. it being the only one In
the north with a plant large enough
to do the work. he had ordered extra
printers and paper stock sufficient to
turn out the work as quickly as pos
sible. I had neither the printers or
press facilities to do the work: but
having the contract on my hands, it
was incumbent upon me to make the
best Of the deal. both for myself as
well as fPr the territory After a
parley OF several hours. 1 accepted
$1,000 for my interest in the work.
and Jewell signed the contract with
the Territory. I left for home with
my "easy money the same day I ar
rived. and no trip to Bismarck that I
had previously made could compare
with it for rich pecuniary results. I
was actually carrying home the r"ba-
con-" I was doing things all, the way
to Grand Forks. and it was on the
home stretch that the idea entered
my head that subsequently grew and
developed and resulted in the con-
s%truction OF the present Herald, build
ing.
The result of my trip to Bismarck
was especially gratifying to me and
my friends, because previously The
Herald had been deprived of official