The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 20, 1929, Page 2

2 FARGO MAN, FORMER ‘DEVIL’ ON TRIBUNE, RECALLS OLD TIMES E. A. McBride Was in Bismarck in 1876, When Custer Made His Last Stand When the old Washington “arm- strong” presses still were in use and when the makeup man still used |Hurun.s “shoot sticks and mallets” to lock up the forms—them were the days, ac- | cording to E. A. McBride. McBride, who resides in Fargo had a hand in publishing the Bismarck | ; Tribune when Colonel C. A. Louns- berry was editor, publisher, reporter. business manager and what have you. . That was back in 1876, the year that Custer made his last stand “I was a printer's devil, about 13 years old, and I guess I did more wot then than any threc printers put t gether nowadays,” he said. “There | weren't any unions in those days aud there weren't any newfdngled type | settin’ machines either. All the type was set by hand, and believe me, it was some job.” The Tribune then was publishing | ¥\ r Weather Report o——— Highest yesterda Lowest last nig! Highest wind ve Devils Lake Dodge Cit Bamon Havre oH Miles City M M rinee Quan Tapid oo OBSERVING RULES, None Wasting More Than Tenth of Time on Publicity, Say North Dakota Officers Fargo, Noy. 20.—(#—North Dakota radio stations are observing all rules laid down by the federal radio com- mission and, in addition, are com- plying fully with all implied orders of this body, officers of the North Da- kota Broadcasters’ association an- nounced here, after a survey of the North Dakota situation. In the light of certain criticism of stations over the nation by the com- mission, officers say, it is interesting to note the percentage of time given over to advertising by North Dakota stations. Surveys were made of four stations in the state, and it was found that in none of them was more than one-tenth of the time on the air given over to , Publicity talks, One state station which is on the 4; 00 air at least 12 hours daily used, on the average, only two hours and 35 oo | Minutes of talking. This included an- nouncements of musical numbers, weather reports, mews reviews, the Aunt Sammy chat for housewives, THE BISMARCK | IB 1 minutes of the station's time dail}. A report on this survey is being for- warded to the federal radio commis- sion by the association. | SAY RADIO STUDIOS: u Dakota Playmakers’ | Cast Makes Road Trip Grand Forks, N. D., Noy. 20.—The Dakota Playmakers. dramatic group |at the University of North Dakota, will send a cast of 12 people on the |road Saturday to tour North Dakota | Presenting “The Boomer.” a three act jcomedy in which Carl Wright, Grand Forks, takes the leading role. The complete schedule for the tour which follows a presentation of the play in Grand Forks Wednesday, Nov. ‘20, is announced by Prof. E. D. |Schonberger, director, as follows: | Nov. 25. Lakota; Nov. 26, Leeds; Nov. !27, Rugby; Nov. 28, Minot; Nov. 29, | Kenmare; and Nov. 30, Parshall. | The cast which will make the trip includes: Carl Wright, Grand Forks, who takes the part of the village boomer; Mildred Kunde, Minot, and Helen Moore, Grand Forks, character actresses; Sylvia Steele, East Grand Forks, ingenue lead; : Marian Gever- son, Grand Forks, ingenue; Marjorie ‘Graham. Grand Forks, soubrette; Jack Sutherland, Williston and Ver- non Squires, Grand Forks, ‘roles; Don Loader, Rolla, heavy; Oli- iver Nordmarken, Rolla, a business- ;man; and Phyllis Robideaux, Par- shall, character comedy. about 700 copies a week, all set by | hand, all printed on the old “arm- & strong” (socalled because one used yiy"fuing his arms to operate it) and every what cold ing tonight. rth Dakota : Generally fu prepared by the U. 8. department of | agriculture, a state college period of The site of a village dating back to | educational lectures, the chapel ex- the end of the New Stone Age has | ercises of another college, which con- been discovered and excavated at ; tinue for 20 minutes, and all market Moedling, a picturesque town a half Saat ies, copy folded by hand. Above People’s Tin Shop The shop was in a small room above George People's tin shop. Type 7 cases, stock for the job press and the , hortheant old “armstrong” and all the rest of Yiile from. the the material was all mixed up to- westward to the gether, said McBride. It usually took De ateruinnins from 24 to 26 hours to run the 700) ‘bo editions off the press—hours of hard | labor. The sheets of paper were laid | \iss!x out on a flat form and a huge crank Gyer was turned by hand and rollers run Hig! by hand over the forms, Then the!” [i printed pages were stacked up and when the job was finished they were folded. The actual printing, however. was but an incident, McBride said. hursday. Somewhat L portion tonight, CONDITIONS h a 8, the Dakotas, upp and Great Lakes i ir weather pre’ ughout the sti od condition, Tam. 15 fect ROBERTS, jeteorologist. ROADS | roads poor. ads fair. fair. v type by hand, which usually took | (iran Ho most of the week. It was customary, | he recalled, that after the paper was “out” a bottle of whisky was brought forth to “celebrate.” | The printing “crew” consisted of ___ two men and the “devil.” Frank Boles was the job foreman and Van Gor- , Reckless Driver Now don, who came up from the St. Paul . Pioneer Press, ran the press." Me- Serving 60-Day Term ie — Bride did the “dirty work.” fair. roads paper consisted of eight pages and delivery was made through the mails, newsboys having no place in the sun then. Report Three Days Late Minot, N. D., Nov 20.—Martin Sulli- van, Carpio, convicted in county court in Minot about a year ago on a charge of reckless driving, and whose conviction was affirmed by the state It was while “4cBride was working supreme court, has been committed on the Tribune that news reached | to the county jail in Minot to begin Bismarck of Custer's death. Custer's | serving the sentence imposed by the horse. “Comanche.” McBride recalled. | court. was found down the river by a boat Sullivan, following his conviction, crew and brought to Bismarck. When the animal was found its saddle had been twisted under its stomach. Ac- tual news of the Indian victory didn't reach Bismarck until three days later, recording to McBride. The town was greatly shocked and he recalled the frantic efforts of the Tribune crew to get out an extra. The first attempt failed, but finally a make- shift edition was, prepared on the job press and distributed. was sentenced by County Judge Wil- | lam Murray to serve 60 days in the county jail. Pending the appeal to the supreme | court Sullivan was at liberty under | Following Sullivan's commitment to the county jail an appeal was re- ceived by the court to suspend the | Sentence, which was rejected. ; _ Sullivan's arrest followed an auto- |mobile collision a short distance west McBride came to Bismarck in the | of Minot, in which @ car owned by J. spring of 1874, making the trip with |W. Rowan of Minot was damaged. his parents by ox team. The famil: came to Fargo in 18723 and the father STORE LOOT RECOVERED bought some lumber and built a small Stanley, N. D., Nov. 20.— Nearly shack in which they lived during the | §300 worth of loot obtained about a winter. In the spring he bought two |year ago in the burglary of the Dakota teams of oxen and two wagons and | drug store in Stanley was found hid- the trip to Bismarck was begun. It (den in the basement of an unoccupied took them 27 days for the journey, | farm house four miles south of Stan- McBride said. There were no roads ley. A boy trapper made the discovery and very few trials at that time. he of the stolen goods when he went added. into the basement to look for skunks. THE SMOKE SCREEN THAT KEEPS OUT THROAT-SCRATCH i |reports, which take approximateiy 25 hour's train ride from Vienna. What do you do when a slug- gish system tells you the bowels need a little help? The best thing yet discovered for the purpose is still the little candy Cascaret! ‘Take one when- ever the liver and bowels are not functioning as they should. Casearets are pleasing to the palate, and pleasant in their ac- tion. You eat them just like candy. They work while you sleep. Gentle, but thorough. Cas- carets don't stir-up the stomach or upset the system. But they cleanse the entire thirty feet of bowels in one comfortable, thor- ough action that leaves the sys- tem clean and sweet; leaves you OLD GOLD changed the nation’s smoking HABITS -»e BECAUSE YOU NEEDED A COUGHLESS CIGARETTE Play the cold season safe. 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Take a candy Cascaret tonight and see how fine you'll feel in the morning—and for days after. 2’ WEDNESDAY, NUVEMBER 20, 1929